LEAVE LOTS OF COMMENTS I HAVE MISSED YOU ALL! I will reply to some of the vacation comments soon.
Look, I am a fake DJ in my fake DJ headphones.
(The album I'm holding is the 1977-ish reissue of Buckingham Nicks if anyone cares. Yeah, like a real DJ would spin that disc. But I'm a fake DJ so it's okay.)
I've actually had those headphones for years, and in fact the leathery fabricky stuff that goes right over the top of my head has all come apart and I need to duct tape it back or something. And they're starting to buzz when they play certain sounds. I still adore them though.
Sorry about the lame-o email updates with the cramped phone writing, then the dumb double posting and dumb giant link, and finally the dumb Yahoo signature and weird line breaks.
Now I'm back and getting all comfy here at home. It's nice to be back, especially when the vacation went so well. I'm revving up to create my new Annie fan page.
I've already made some custom error document pages, 400 - Bad Request (I have a better picture I could use, I might change it), 401 - Unauthorized, 403 - Forbidden (guess which pic I used?), the infamous 404 - Page Not Found (there's sort of an in-joke with this one), and finally 500 - Internal Server Error. I mean I just threw those together using pics that people posted on the official forum*. They might be improved in time.
* I feel kind of guilty using pictures posted by other people but I may ask permission in the photos thread.
I'm completely blanking on what questions to answer in the faq section. I can't get past "who is Annie" and "what is Annie's real name". Duhhhh. I miss Redbeard3 who doesn't get back until Monday and NoControl who doesn't appear to be around at the moment, and L7rules and anyone else who could give me advice (and who I've been missing anyway!) I need your help
Also I'm blanking on how to make the discography. For one thing I don't really KNOW her discography and I'd have to hunt down all the info on her 12" and 7" releases and stuff. I guess I should just put Anniemal and the CD singles on there for now.
Also I'm thinking I should have a (free) php web-mail form or something so people can contact me and I don't have to put my email address up there and can avoid some spam... but web-mail forms can be spammed too, even if they have those dorky "type the funky-looking letters you see here" things.
Anyhow I bought $50 worth of games and puzzles at the games and puzzles shop at the beach. (Pictures soon.) Overpriced? Probably. But I couldn't keep my grubby little hands off this fun stuff. I currently have Rush Hour on my desk (aksiokersa recommended it) and if I get bored I'll set up the next level and solve it. I'm still on the easy ones but I did shuffle the deck before changing my mind and deciding to go sequentially, and thus ended up trying one of the expert levels, which I couldn't solve. So I better start slow.
Bought yet another "how in the hell does one play chess" book because I have as yet never been able to figure out that game. It really would help if I had someone to play against who would play as a teacher and not as a murderous and ruthless and cruel opponent from whom I'd learn NOTHING except how it feels to cry on the inside. Anyone interested?
Oh and the REALLY cool thing about the games and puzzles store is that in the area in front of the store there's this giant (well, large) chess board with big chess pieces that anyone can play, and I saw a couple games going on. That was pretty cool. No I didn't take pictures, I'm sorry. I never take pictures.
The pictures I did take are basically all the ones you already saw on that thonky.com/beach page, but I'll put them in my folder(s) eventually and do a photo journal or something so you don't have to click inconvenient links to see everything.
Now I'm just really tired. The drive back was like 3-4 hours or more because returning-from-beach traffic was pretty slow. And I was jammed in the back seat next to my cousin and both our butts started to hurt real bad sitting all awkwardly for that long and I'm sure my cousin's friend's butt was not happy either.
I listened to Anniemal a bunch on the drive home and was irritated when my family would start singing or yapping really loudly and I could hear it through my headphones. I kept my mouth shut but I was tempted to tell everyone to shut up. Mom listened to her Ian Broudie on the car stereo as I was trying to listen too. Ahhh! (I saw some graffiti that said "Ahhh!" on the way back it was funny.)
(p.s. I didn't realize that the lack of Smiths/Morrissey playing in the car today is a result of mom's once again swearing off Morrissey. Seriously, the drama this woman puts herself through over that guy is just insane. You think I'm bad with my Annie fandom... that is NOTHING next to mom's Moz fandom.)
I played Chewing Gum on repeat like a zillion times. Hot dog!
(See, I may play a song of hers a zillion times but... do I desperately want to meet her/write her fan letters/be her friend/be curious as to what she's doing at all times? Well, maybe to some degree, but not NEARLY as much as mom. She's crazy.)
Exchanged a few phone emails with NoControl while in the car... he can't make it to Annie on Sept 21st in NYC Did I say I was seeing her then?? Wow maybe I didn't. Yeah, I'm seeing her Sept 21st in NYC. And I'm not sure what that means for me getting a job, because that's a Wednesday and I figure they won't be too happy if I tell them I have a previous mid-week engagement (I wouldn't say it's a concert though). I might have to start the job the week after the show or something.
And that worries me because I will stop at nothing to see Annie in the future, and if future gigs are mid-week like this I will have to find a way to take a break from whatever job I will hopefully get, because there is just no way I'm missing Annie for anything. NO. WAY. ^&#*($^#*(@^%#^%*#^* Seriously, that's one thing that will break my heart beyond repair, if I can't see Annie perform. Stupid JOBS.
Mom seems to think I'll meet/talk to Annie in NYC this time. Basically these days I get really nervous when I think about Annie because I start obsessing over what would happen if I were to really meet her. What would I say? I know I'd make an ass out of myself and she'd think I'm the biggest moron! Of course in my head I'm cool, collected, and charming, but we all know I'd turn into a blubbering mess in front of her. I think I'd do a little better than to squeal OMG ANNIEEEEEEE!!!!!! but I'm sure my voice would crack (it does that all the time) and I would say the stupidest things and she'd think I'm weird because I AM weird. Ughhhhhh.
It's sad. I plan to take some of my tranquilizer before the show to keep my anxiety from spiraling out of control. Lord knows those are prime conditions for a panic attack right there. I've done that before, taken my tranquilizer before going to something that I know is going to make me hella anxious. It's a help, but usually I'm still a mess (i.e. parties and clubs and the like). In fact I'm starting to think my tranquilizer isn't working as well for me as it once was. It takes forever to stop my panic attacks and I can't be sure whether the attack just stopped on its own or if the medication really did help. I don't want to start taking more because it's a benzo and those are extremely addictive and I don't want to have a crippling addiction to tranquilizers on top of everything else. No, no, no. I'm prescribed the same tranquilizer Stevie Nicks infamously got addicted to after she kicked cocaine. That makes me more than a little uneasy.
But as it is, the most I might take the tranquilizer is maybe twice in a bad week, with a couple weeks in between where I don't take any at all. I do not take it regularly and I hope I never do. I'm noticing my panic attacks tend to start when I'm in a car (I had one both on the way to and from the beach).
Ughhh boring! What else is new? The cats are fine and I have a package that UPS tried to deliver yesterday and today but couldn't because we weren't here. Fenchurch's custom pillow maybe??? *hope hope hope* They're trying to deliver it again Monday and I'm sure to be here sitting around praying for strength to apply for jobs.
I'm moving soon but I don't want to talk about it!! I will later when I'm not still in vacation mode I suppose.
OH! My latest raster Annie poster for your viewing pleasure:
It got into the "extremely cool" gallery on the rasterbator site!! It's still right at the top! Here is a link to it in the gallery.
yayayayayayay
Look, I am a fake DJ in my fake DJ headphones.
(The album I'm holding is the 1977-ish reissue of Buckingham Nicks if anyone cares. Yeah, like a real DJ would spin that disc. But I'm a fake DJ so it's okay.)
I've actually had those headphones for years, and in fact the leathery fabricky stuff that goes right over the top of my head has all come apart and I need to duct tape it back or something. And they're starting to buzz when they play certain sounds. I still adore them though.
Sorry about the lame-o email updates with the cramped phone writing, then the dumb double posting and dumb giant link, and finally the dumb Yahoo signature and weird line breaks.
Now I'm back and getting all comfy here at home. It's nice to be back, especially when the vacation went so well. I'm revving up to create my new Annie fan page.
I've already made some custom error document pages, 400 - Bad Request (I have a better picture I could use, I might change it), 401 - Unauthorized, 403 - Forbidden (guess which pic I used?), the infamous 404 - Page Not Found (there's sort of an in-joke with this one), and finally 500 - Internal Server Error. I mean I just threw those together using pics that people posted on the official forum*. They might be improved in time.
* I feel kind of guilty using pictures posted by other people but I may ask permission in the photos thread.
I'm completely blanking on what questions to answer in the faq section. I can't get past "who is Annie" and "what is Annie's real name". Duhhhh. I miss Redbeard3 who doesn't get back until Monday and NoControl who doesn't appear to be around at the moment, and L7rules and anyone else who could give me advice (and who I've been missing anyway!) I need your help
Also I'm blanking on how to make the discography. For one thing I don't really KNOW her discography and I'd have to hunt down all the info on her 12" and 7" releases and stuff. I guess I should just put Anniemal and the CD singles on there for now.
Also I'm thinking I should have a (free) php web-mail form or something so people can contact me and I don't have to put my email address up there and can avoid some spam... but web-mail forms can be spammed too, even if they have those dorky "type the funky-looking letters you see here" things.
Anyhow I bought $50 worth of games and puzzles at the games and puzzles shop at the beach. (Pictures soon.) Overpriced? Probably. But I couldn't keep my grubby little hands off this fun stuff. I currently have Rush Hour on my desk (aksiokersa recommended it) and if I get bored I'll set up the next level and solve it. I'm still on the easy ones but I did shuffle the deck before changing my mind and deciding to go sequentially, and thus ended up trying one of the expert levels, which I couldn't solve. So I better start slow.
Bought yet another "how in the hell does one play chess" book because I have as yet never been able to figure out that game. It really would help if I had someone to play against who would play as a teacher and not as a murderous and ruthless and cruel opponent from whom I'd learn NOTHING except how it feels to cry on the inside. Anyone interested?
Oh and the REALLY cool thing about the games and puzzles store is that in the area in front of the store there's this giant (well, large) chess board with big chess pieces that anyone can play, and I saw a couple games going on. That was pretty cool. No I didn't take pictures, I'm sorry. I never take pictures.
The pictures I did take are basically all the ones you already saw on that thonky.com/beach page, but I'll put them in my folder(s) eventually and do a photo journal or something so you don't have to click inconvenient links to see everything.
Now I'm just really tired. The drive back was like 3-4 hours or more because returning-from-beach traffic was pretty slow. And I was jammed in the back seat next to my cousin and both our butts started to hurt real bad sitting all awkwardly for that long and I'm sure my cousin's friend's butt was not happy either.
I listened to Anniemal a bunch on the drive home and was irritated when my family would start singing or yapping really loudly and I could hear it through my headphones. I kept my mouth shut but I was tempted to tell everyone to shut up. Mom listened to her Ian Broudie on the car stereo as I was trying to listen too. Ahhh! (I saw some graffiti that said "Ahhh!" on the way back it was funny.)
(p.s. I didn't realize that the lack of Smiths/Morrissey playing in the car today is a result of mom's once again swearing off Morrissey. Seriously, the drama this woman puts herself through over that guy is just insane. You think I'm bad with my Annie fandom... that is NOTHING next to mom's Moz fandom.)
I played Chewing Gum on repeat like a zillion times. Hot dog!
(See, I may play a song of hers a zillion times but... do I desperately want to meet her/write her fan letters/be her friend/be curious as to what she's doing at all times? Well, maybe to some degree, but not NEARLY as much as mom. She's crazy.)
Exchanged a few phone emails with NoControl while in the car... he can't make it to Annie on Sept 21st in NYC
Did I say I was seeing her then?? Wow maybe I didn't. Yeah, I'm seeing her Sept 21st in NYC. And I'm not sure what that means for me getting a job, because that's a Wednesday and I figure they won't be too happy if I tell them I have a previous mid-week engagement (I wouldn't say it's a concert though). I might have to start the job the week after the show or something.
And that worries me because I will stop at nothing to see Annie in the future, and if future gigs are mid-week like this I will have to find a way to take a break from whatever job I will hopefully get, because there is just no way I'm missing Annie for anything. NO. WAY. ^&#*($^#*(@^%#^%*#^* Seriously, that's one thing that will break my heart beyond repair, if I can't see Annie perform. Stupid JOBS.
Mom seems to think I'll meet/talk to Annie in NYC this time. Basically these days I get really nervous when I think about Annie because I start obsessing over what would happen if I were to really meet her. What would I say? I know I'd make an ass out of myself and she'd think I'm the biggest moron! Of course in my head I'm cool, collected, and charming, but we all know I'd turn into a blubbering mess in front of her. I think I'd do a little better than to squeal OMG ANNIEEEEEEE!!!!!! but I'm sure my voice would crack (it does that all the time) and I would say the stupidest things and she'd think I'm weird because I AM weird. Ughhhhhh.
It's sad. I plan to take some of my tranquilizer before the show to keep my anxiety from spiraling out of control. Lord knows those are prime conditions for a panic attack right there. I've done that before, taken my tranquilizer before going to something that I know is going to make me hella anxious. It's a help, but usually I'm still a mess (i.e. parties and clubs and the like). In fact I'm starting to think my tranquilizer isn't working as well for me as it once was. It takes forever to stop my panic attacks and I can't be sure whether the attack just stopped on its own or if the medication really did help. I don't want to start taking more because it's a benzo and those are extremely addictive and I don't want to have a crippling addiction to tranquilizers on top of everything else. No, no, no. I'm prescribed the same tranquilizer Stevie Nicks infamously got addicted to after she kicked cocaine. That makes me more than a little uneasy.
But as it is, the most I might take the tranquilizer is maybe twice in a bad week, with a couple weeks in between where I don't take any at all. I do not take it regularly and I hope I never do. I'm noticing my panic attacks tend to start when I'm in a car (I had one both on the way to and from the beach).
Ughhh boring! What else is new? The cats are fine and I have a package that UPS tried to deliver yesterday and today but couldn't because we weren't here. Fenchurch's custom pillow maybe??? *hope hope hope* They're trying to deliver it again Monday and I'm sure to be here sitting around praying for strength to apply for jobs.
I'm moving soon but I don't want to talk about it!! I will later when I'm not still in vacation mode I suppose.
OH! My latest raster Annie poster for your viewing pleasure:
It got into the "extremely cool" gallery on the rasterbator site!! It's still right at the top! Here is a link to it in the gallery.
yayayayayayay
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Bought yet another "how in the hell does one play chess" book because I have as yet never been able to figure out that game. It really would help if I had someone to play against who would play as a teacher and not as a murderous and ruthless and cruel opponent from whom I'd learn NOTHING except how it feels to cry on the inside. Anyone interested?
That is an awesome comment especially the "cry on the inside"
I used to take my panic attacke meds before stressful stuff I knew would cause one. I really does work that way, or at least my meds did.
Love and hugs girly