Grumpy Young Woman

[fredericks]

Three FOUR things to wax about on my space this morning:
1. theoban gave me a good laugh this morning with this short entry so I figured I'd share. I like laughs and I like when my friends surprise me. It's a nice way to start off a morning I was pretty ambivalent about.

2. I was about to start a quiet whine about how I never seem to meet anyone on the ADD ME comms and how it seems like I'm too peculiar for those places and blah blah blah emo whine and then I realized almost 2/3 of my current FL comes from gents and ladies I've been honored to find on those places. I supposed I've reached the limit of people who can tolerate me on LJ which would explain LJ friending comm society's lack of interest in me at the moment. Not that that's a bad thing, because 99% of you people are amazing. :) The 1% are those people that don't.say.anything. Is this thing on?

3. I forget what the third point was, but I've remembered something on-the-fly: the new BSG episode? Meh. Big Meh. I can't believe they couldn't keep the momentum from last week. At least Aaron's back in the picture.

4. Something else! Right. I saw the last episode of Samurai Champloo on AS's Friday Night Fix block. Is it wrong that I found myself both amused and squeal-ly fangirly when Jin showed up with long thick hair a-flowin' in the wind and gi half missing? NICE fight scenes, but honestly... And "It was heads"? Come the hell on.

I can't wait until I'm old and people in my (R)life indulge me by listening to my mini-rants.

Comments

[theoban.livejournal.com]

*sigh* those of us not fortunate to live in the land of the free have never seen Samurai Champloo...I have heard tell of it's wonders but have yet to gaze on it's awesome visage. And with this crappy 2gig download limit I never will.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

I feel moved to help you out. If I can figure out how to burn DVDs on my dad's PC I'll copy what I have and send it over. I figure you'll be stuck in house for a couple more weeks and might enjoy it. Although you might have to watch it on a computer. Do your folks PCs have DVD drives? If not...oops.

[theoban.livejournal.com]

PC? With a DVD drive? You can do that now? This one here you still have to shovel the coal in automatically!

Don't worry about it, I'm watching re-re-re-re-re-runs of JLU. It's keeping me fairly entertained.

[geeklovegod.livejournal.com]

who are you with that you've only got 2GB limit? There's plenty of ISPs that offer 50 to unlimited for a cheap enough price.
I used to recommend freedom2surf [something like £25 per month for 2Meg unlimited], but they've been bought over by pipex, so although you've got the unlimited download, your bandwidth isn't always going to do it justice.

[theoban.livejournal.com]

Not me! Parent's. They think it doesn't matter...

[geeklovegod.livejournal.com]

do what I did while I lived with my parents - pay for the broadband yourself [if you can afford it, that is].
You could then, if you feel so desired, charge them a letting fee, so to speak :)

[theoban.livejournal.com]

I'm only here 'til April, when my leg will be able to bear weight again and I'll be able to walk up and down my stairs. So I'm not too fussed right now...

[lab-brat.livejournal.com]

I've been checking the add me comms lately, contemplating making a post myself. I found some nifty friends last time. but, two reasons why I havent yet this time.

1) I'll be the one person that doesnt get 15 people going "ooh I added you"

so I thought, ok.. I'll just add some people that have posted. But then I got all nervous and like, "what if they dont like me. its not like Ive made a proper post lately" etc. and didnt add anyone.

2) I'm really slack with commenting on the people I already have on my f-list.

and I think people are getting used to it, which is probably not a good thing. I used to be good with it. I used to have 100 comment discusions on some of my posts along with all kinds of wacky fun.. but lately Ive just been meh about it.

hmm.. there was a point to this, other than random "hey look Im commenting on your post"-ness, but its 3am and I think Ive forgotten what it was. so erm.. look! I'm commenting on your post! :D

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

*grin* You sound like me.
I occasionally peruse the comms because ... I don't know, you just keep looking for the person/people you *click* with without much effort. I've come to think that those I would click with don't care much for Add Me comms so there's that aspect of things.

And I slack with the comments too. I come in and I'm pooped. I keep saying I'll make a list and force myself to make at least 15 interesting comments a night but I come in and I'm just "meh" in general.

Look, I'm commenting on your comment! :)

[captainschlumpy.livejournal.com]

I did a little fan girl squeel over Jin myself! Oh how I love Jin. I thought the fight scenes were excellent but the ending....meh. I'm kind of sad it's over but my wallet isn't. I have a problem with the add me communities because people friend me (hey sea turtles!!!) and I feel obliged to friend them back, just to test them out, but I always end up with parents of small children, (OK if they don't constantly update about little mikey's acievements)people who use their journal to chronicle their mental illness (I get that enough w/my mother..thanks), or people who never comment and I don't even know if they are there. I like my current friends and I'm a little scared to go looking for more.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

I did a little fan girl squeel over Jin myself! Oh how I love Jin.
::slobbers, as coherent speech has left her::
I know that the creator doesn't have any further episodes in the works but I keep wishing we can see the three of them get together for some more hijinx. Okay, I'm lying - just give me some more shirtless Jin.

*grin* Since I have you here...my school has had a recent influx of Japanese exchange students. I guess they're in for a couple of weeks. The males are cute for the most part. When I was stuck in an elevator with a gaggle of them the first thing I thought was "I get the feeling wc_dragon would not mind being where I am right.now."

I like my current friends and I'm a little scared to go looking for more.
Ah, but this is just online. Looking for friends is fairless painless. I've found that keeping them is similar in many ways to the offline goings on.

[chiana606.livejournal.com]

It seems like a vast majority of people on add me communities just post a picture of themselves and are done with it, and get readers that way. It's odd, really.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

That baffles me too. What does someone's appearance have to do with wanting to read what's going on through their head? I think it's all just a relationship-making scheme.

[geeklovegod.livejournal.com]

I've been putting off watching this week's BSG because I'd heard it was "meh" too...
I mean, after the stonking episode of last week, as well!

With the addme communities... it took me, personally, ages to get myself to post in one - where you picked me up like a stray puppy, I guess :) - and although I check back there now and again to see if there's anyone interesting, I always wonder if I'm the sort of person people want to have adding them [especially with my recent life fun... maybe once I get some happy posts I'll post again.]
Hmmm, that reminds me - I better rejoin some communities...

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

I mean, after the stonking episode of last week, as well!
"stonking"? Okay, at this point I'm pretty sure you're just making these words up and trying to pass them off as Scottish slang to the hapless merkin(ette).

It took me a while to get the nerve to post in one as well. The concept of basically advertising yourself and your journal always struck me as weird. Even now it still strikes me as something that isn't quite right, but I can't deny that I've found some wonderful people using them. And I think that you generally have to worry more about the type of people your recent posting would attract rather than if anyone would want to friend you. The more internal gloomy posting tends to bring in certain readers, and they're a little peculiar. But then again you never do know.

[geeklovegod.livejournal.com]

It's a perfectly cromulent word!
No, seriously - it's not really Scottish, but British slang. I guess I forget sometimes that I have to use "real" words :)
You can probably gather the meaning from the context though, since last week's episode was brilliant.

I think I just need to find happier times before I go looking for more LJ friends...

[pr-spin-girl.livejournal.com]

I've met some great people through the add-me communities, it's the IRL people that I have a problem identifying with. :p

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

I've met some great people through the add-me communities, it's the IRL people that I have a problem identifying with. :p
Oooh, preach it sister!

[darker-one.livejournal.com]

Ooo! Ooo! I found your journal through your post on a add-me community, and you are one of my favorite people on my friends list.

Just thought I'd share that! :)

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

and you are one of my favorite people on my friends list.
*grin* Thanks for placating the crazy lady in the corner. You're so very sweet and kind. I like you oodles too. You remind me of me and I know that sounds narcissistic and it sort of is but it just means that I don't worry about you being weirded out with me and my turns of fancy. *whew*

Aww! Cyber-friendship! ::feels the love::

[darker-one.livejournal.com]

You remind me of me and I know that sounds narcissistic and it sort of is but it just means that I don't worry about you being weirded out with me and my turns of fancy. *whew*

No, I don't think it sounds narcissistic. I completely get it. I can identify with you, and it's really nice to have people like that in my life (and that includes cyber life).

[fireslide.livejournal.com]

sheeesh...thanks for ruining the end for me. :P

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

sheeesh...thanks for ruining the end for me. :P
I actually didn't ruin anything. *grin* Trust me. Are you at Evanescent Encounter Part II?

[fireslide.livejournal.com]

I actually haven't gotten a chance to watch the series yet. But I've been interested since I saw an episode back in May of '05. [AS] is starting the series over on Tuesday so I planned on picking it up.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

It is? Oh coolness.
Sheesh, and I was foolish enough to spend money on the first four DVDs.

[fireslide.livejournal.com]

just go to adultswim.com and they give you all the dates of when shows are airing(like 4 weeks worth anyways)