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So if you buy a paid account at Dreamwidth, what happens after it expires? Will your journal be deleted or can you just continue with a basic account?

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Things goin' okay around these parts, I got a slight raise at work, so that's good times, and I got to leave early today because of low volumes. We had the option to stay but I felt like napping instead. Mmm ... napping.

In other news, it's ... raining?

Oh yeah, the excitement that is my life, she rolls like thunder.

ETA: D'oh! I thought I had registered my OpenID thingy and confirmed my email address, but I guess not :/

• 10:46 On break at work; Twitter is still horrifying to me in a way I can't quite place. BUT! I love that Neil Gaimen follows David Hewlett :D #
• 10:47 @Steve_Quinlan 103 degree fever! Don't be so obtuse! xD #

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• 10:19 Work and neck/shoulder pain: a plague on both your households :B!!! #
• 20:24 @Steve_Quinlan you know what I like about you, man? That shining optimism lol #

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• 06:49 I'm trying this Loud Twitter thing to see how it works out. Maybe my LJ will actually see some regular updates now :D #
• 08:24 At the rheumatologist now; appointment was for 9am so maybe we'll see someone within the hour. #
• 17:23 I just saw a woodpecker! It's like they're headdesking over and over. #

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Etsy, you have eaten my brain.




I've ordered $40 worth of soap omg.

This episode is on Space right now and yes - Rodney is all sorts of kick ass in this, but I'm surprised by how much I'm loving Elizabeth in it. I remember liking her the first time around in this episode, but it's been a while since I've seen it so I kind of forgot. But I thought she spoke to Rodney with genuine caring and insight and understanding. She really rocked it.

I'm sick. Flu or somethin. I hate being sick, I hate missing work -_____- I haven't been sick in SO DAMN LONG I forgot just what a miserable and pathetic experience it is. I feel all clogged up and achey and sniffly and gross.

Bah.

I need to stop watching this show, it always makes me cringe D8 I have a total embarrassment squick, why do I watch this! It's so much better to come into this show when they've weeded all the bad people out, and they're just singing and voting like normal. But I know that won't happen until after weeks of bad auditions, followed by weeks of stringing people along through an agonizing elimination process.

In other news, I have a new mouse and keyboard, they're niiiiifty! The keyboard has illuminated keys! And the mouse is all sleek, and black, and um - bendy. It's totally my John Sheppard mouse xD

Mm ... icons.

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It's been forever since I posted anything substantial, and I really want to make it a priority this year to keep up to date with my LJ more. I miss reading through each post and commenting like I used to. I just want to say: Happy New Year to all, I hope it's happy, healthy, exciting, fulfilling, and that you get from it whatever it is you strive and wish for. I <3 you guys, my LJ homies :)

My resolutions for this year are:

1. Learn something new.
2. Move upwards in my job.
3. Stick to healthier/smarter habits.
4. Walk the dog more.
5. Read.
6. Stand up for myself.
7. Stop caring so much about what other people think.
8. Make my bed.
9. Drink less pop.
10. Take more risks.
11. Be more social.
12. Don't put myself down (or let others do it for me).

An ambitious list to be sure, but I figure if other people can do it all year-round without it having to be a resolution at all, I can do it, too. I didn't mean to put it in any particular type of order, but looking at it now, I wonder if I kinda did anyway.

I've already sort of completed number 1. I recently ordered this from amazon. It's called "The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving your Memory at School, at Work, and at Play". It's really interesting stuff. My memory's not the best for some things (while incredibly accurate for others), and I thought this might help me out.

One of the exercises in the book is memorizing the 50 States. A while back I tried that name as many states as you can in 10 minutes game, and did ... okay, considering I'm Canadian ;) I think I got about 30-35 within that time frame. Now I can reel off all 50, in alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order, in about 3 minutes.

For some reason, I keep forgetting Alabama :|

It basically talks about associating words/things/whatever with pictures. So for "Alabama" I picture a photo album, because "album" sort of reminds me of Alabama. Then you link that picture, to a picture that you can associate with the next State on the list. So I picture the album falling into a snow drift for Alaska.

The goofier the better. Like the wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz clutching a bucket of Kentucky fried chicken, or a naked chick with a hunk of cheese on her head standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial xD *

But yes - I definitely recommend checking it out. I'm only into the third chapter but already I find the methods they recommend working. It sticks, too. No forgetting it again in a few days or a week.

And now - I'm off to the mall with my mom. I can hear my final gingerbread latte of the season calling my name.



* For the record, it was Washington -> West Virginia -> Wisconsin :q