Journey to Gestalt

Writer's Block: Famous last words

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:32:47 GMT

If you were close to death, what would you choose for your last words? To whom would you want to say them?

Submitted By whoismarion

View 1389 Answers

"I did it... for Johnny!"

*wonders if anyone will get the reference*

Time Zone says...

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:23:27 GMT

...that it's still velithya's birthday here!

Hope you've had a wonderful day, hon. {{{Hugs}}}

W.T.F. DISNEY TAKES OVER MARVEL?!?!!

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:01:39 GMT

It's the End of the World(s) As We Know 'Em... and I don't feel fine.

Not that I think Marvel was doing a bang-up job on its own, but - but - but - !!!!!!!!

The only good thing I can think of here is that now they may retcon the whole brain deletion thing... but is it worth it if it's a Deus Ex Mickey-na?

Hope You've Had...

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:24:35 GMT

...a very Happy Birthday, bohemianbrandy! (And that the rest of your weekend is most excellent.)

Happy Birthday!

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:21:56 GMT

I've already "said" it several times to the birthday girl in question, but I think it bears repeating once more:

Happy Birthday, orenda33! Glad you've had a good day, and a yummy birthday dinner.

...See Eddie Run!

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:51:29 GMT

Okay, I'm very late trying to get the word out about this, but since I know several people on the f-list are fans:

Comedian Eddie Izzard has (so far, mind you) run the equivalent of 24 marathons in the month of August, to raise money for Comic Relief's "Sport Relief" challenge. I've been catching his daily commentary on his Twitter stream, and there's more info on his website blog. His goal is to run all the way 'round the UK!

Stuff for Sale - Updated

Thu, 28 May 2009 22:58:43 GMT

Added more CDs, pins.

Ouri's House Downpayment Sale!

Fri, 22 May 2009 17:58:50 GMT

Details here!

Happy Happy!

Sun, 17 May 2009 00:50:07 GMT

Happy birthday to iapetusneume - hope you've had a lovely day, and are enjoying your evening!

{{{Hugs}}}

Tact Fail

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:48:33 GMT

Cannot be compared in scale to AmazonFail

This One's for thorne_scratch!

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:44:28 GMT

Note to Self

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:37:32 GMT

Stop picking up the "Song of the Week" cards from Starbuck's. Just... stop. Only one of the last four was even tolerable, let alone enjoyable. >,0

Right, gimme one of my soundtracks now plz.

Something to Celebrate

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:34:29 GMT

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to the fantabulous twigcollins, without whom I never would have 'met' the majority of people I know here on LJ!

Hope you've had a wonderful day, and that the upcoming weekend is full of fun and goodness for you! {{{HUGS}}}

Attention Earth 616

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:38:09 GMT

...so yeah, I'm totally defecting to Marvel Adventures universe until you get your shit together. 'Cause really, if I want grim, depressing and "gritty," I'll read the frikkin' news.

Off to spend quality time with my new love,

~ Ouri ~

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:13:28 GMT

I've been following several Marvel writers on Twitter, and have reached the following conclusion based on their "tweets" - they're all tripping out on drugs, and/or drunk.

This explains a lot about recent plot lines in the comics, don't you think?

Hee!

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:36:39 GMT

I has a Tony on my tree!

Er. *ahem* Pardon me, that's Iron Man. >,>;;

What can I say? Hallmark really nailed me, this time. ♥

lights candles

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:44:00 GMT

*ahem*

"Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday eramundo...
Happy Birthday to - "

*gets drenched as fire extinguishers go off overhead*

... ... ...okay, so maybe I shouldn't have done the candles bit while at work. Hope you're having a great day anyhow! XD

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:27:24 GMT

Happy Birthday, velithya!
Once again, I use the excuse that it's still your birthday here. ^^;; Hope you've had a wonderful day!

24 hours without LJ

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:04:52 GMT

I'm a little late posting this because I debated whether or not to do it - then the second of these two came out and pushed me off the fence.

1) LJ recently put a filter on the interests that show up on the "Popular Interests List." Most believable explanation? They wanted to eliminate things that might scare away potential advertisers/investors.

stewardess said: Using the wayback machine, I was able to compare Livejournal popular interests from May, 2007, with those of today. In order of size, these are the interests SUP has disappeared from the daily popular interests report:

Sex, Boys, Guys, Girls, Fanfiction, Yaoi, Hardcore, Porn, Bondage, Faeries, Pain, Depression, and Bisexuality.

...hello, okay I can grant you some of those, but how are boys, guys, girls, faeries, pain and depression offensive? They're not only ruling out fandom and alternative lifestyles here, but every teenager on LJ who's expressing an interest in the opposite sex. O_o Isn't that what they want to encourage?

2) Then I saw this interview translation: http://darkrosetiger.livejournal.com/373663.html The guy's attitude just made me grind my teeth - and this is SUP's director of the blog division.

I'm using a single quote here, as a segue into my next point:
(interviewer) "So you're sure there will be no boycott?"
(Nosik:) "No, I didn't say that. Because any person can create several hundred fake LJ accounts, comment in them that on the 21st of march I will be silent in protest. Then you journalists can quote those fake users and list the names of those that were silent that day. And add a cute catchprase like 'that's just the top of the iceberg'"

Well, Comrade Nosik, you can check the creation date and the activity level on THIS LiveJournal; I may not be the most active blogger here, but this definitely isn't a fake LJ created just for a protest.

Content strike, proposed by beckyzoole
The one-day content strike is on for this Friday, March 21, from midnight GMT to midnight GMT.

For 24 hours, we will not post or comment to LJ. Not in our own journals, not in communities. Not publicly, privately, or under friends-lock.

This is a protest that will have long-lasting effects, showing up forever in the daily posting statistics.

This is a protest that will not harm LJ in the long run, as leaving LJ might do.

This is a protest that will demonstrate the power of community, as all users unite to support Basic users and the concept of adfree space.

This is a protest that will educate the new owners that LJ is driven by user-created content.

How Can I Help?

DO post about this in your own LJ.
DO post and comment about it in appropriate communities.
DO remember that it's based on Greenwich Mean Time, which may not be your local time.
DO turn off LoudTwitter and your RSS feeds for 24 hours.
DO feel free to friend beckyzoole for updates, and defriend when the strike is over.

DON'T forget to get permission from community mods before making an off-topic post or comment about the strike.
DON'T be spammy with your posts or comments about the strike.
DON'T forget to turn your LoudTwitter and RSS feeds back on when the strike is over.

I don't pimp wank often, but....

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:34:17 GMT

http://news.livejournal.com/106731.html

"Other changes you may have noticed are the logged-out homepage and registration process for new users. We streamlined and simplified things so that now it’s faster and easier than ever to create a LiveJournal account."

Which boils down to, "Hi, new users can no longer get ad-free Basic accounts. They can either look at ads, or pay us directly."

So, who actually believes that the "grandfathered" existing Basic accounts will stay ad-free? Personally, I trust them about as far as I could throw downtown Pittsburgh.

A Valentine's Day Wish

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:07:09 GMT

Dear Friends List:

My wish today is that we all screw the expectations of the card companies, florists, jewelry stores, and the ad agencies who have hyped this holiday to **** and gone.

If you're in a relationship... just relax and enjoy as much of the day/evening/night with your loved one as you can. Cuddle. Make each other Valentines from paper cut-out hearts like way back in grade school.. even if you put a distinctly NON-grade-school sentiment on it! ~_^ ♥

If you're not in a relationship, don't get stressed out over it. Take a long bubble bath, get yourself a little bit of your favorite chocolate to enjoy (or other treat if chocolate's not your thing) - heck, pop in a much-loved movie or play your favorite video game for a while! Just do something that makes you happy, makes you feel good.

That's what I wish. Oh yeah, and {{{HUGS}}} to all.

* Glee! *

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:33:52 GMT

Hoping you've had a very very Happy Birthday, twigcollins! I wish you a year full of easy productive writing and crafting, much anime and game goodness, and just overall happy.

{{{HUGS!}}}

Right, then!

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:12:43 GMT

Okay, for everyone who's cheesed off at LJ and promised they're not getting another shiny cent from us? Fandom is recommending an alternative for what to do with aforementioned shiny cents.

Over 30,000 people have now joined fandom_counts. How many more users took a stand and withdrew all financial support from LJ/SixApart over the incident? If everyone who vowed not to renew their paid account, everyone who swore to give LJ and SixApart no more of their pennies in the form of extra userpics, or virtual gifts, or more storage - what if all those people took that money and instead donated it to charities for the prevention of child abuse and sexual assault?

Well, that'd be something, wouldn't it.

Strikethrough '07 --> now follow through! --> Strikeback '07

I just donated what would have been my paid account renewal for the next year to RAINN (the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network, which has been called one of America's Top 100 charities). Feels better than mindlessly forking over my hard-earned dollars to the Six Apart Thought Police. ♥

Letting LJ Know

Thu, 31 May 2007 01:51:21 GMT

...just how much of its user base is here, in part or in full, due to fannish interests:

http://community.livejournal.com/fandom_counts/profile

Also, there's a poll at http://community.livejournal.com/fandompays/ to try to get some data on just how much money we fan types drop on LiveJournal. I know not everybody pays for LJ, but if you do? Please consider taking the poll.

Thanks. ♥