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November 6th, 2009
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| After a week and a half of pulling our hair out and shaking angry fists towards Luxembourg, we finally got back to what we should've been doing all along -- promoting this bloody Show! Yes, free publicity, RTL, why do you make this so hard? The situation's not ideal by any means. Instead of capturing clips directly from the video stream like we used to, now we're stuck spending literally hours on screencaptures. It's totally draining -- the RTL player is, quite frankly, crap. Everytime it stalls, I have to rebuffer and restart the recording. On about a third of the files the soundtrack comes out wonky. And even at its best, the quality is jerky because it is, after all, a string of screencaps. THANK GOD THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN BEFORE REUNION! Still! We posted episode* and we're getting comments again (they are like a drug, I tell you!) and I'm going to sit here and drink wine and spam like whoa. And if I have enough wine, I just might make a defiant "you can't take the Hope you're all ready for an awesome weekend! * This episode was nabbed before we left for Germany; it's not representative of the new stuff we're getting. You'll know what I mean when you see those in a few days. Boy, will you know what I mean. | ||||||||||||
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jubilantNovember 5th, 2009
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| Which was kinda weird to see -- I mean, mentally I've been trying to brace myself*, but when I looked out the window to see things moving nearly horizontally across my view, my first thought was "what an odd rain." (Followed quickly by nooooooooooooooooooooo.) Also, ![[info - personal]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small} deakat is a goddess! She waved her magic wand over my laptop (she called it installing drivers, but I caught a glimpse of her wand before she stashed it away) and now my screencapture software works, and we maybe have an (albeit imperfect) workaround to nab episodes of AWZ.To celebrate, we watched Bandits, which was AWESOME! Wonderful cracky fun right up until the end. (The end which I have recut in my head.) And now I have a long list of new movies I must see staring Katja Riemann *sigh* My work is never done. So in conclusion, today looks a bit brighter than yesterday, despite the grey snow clouds overhead. * Sorry, much as I love Canada, this transplanted Texan is never going to fully embrace winter. At least I don't run screaming to the Dominican Republic anymore... | ||||||||||||
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hopefulNovember 4th, 2009
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| If I just crawl back into bed and burrow under the covers, will the world be better when I wake up? I feel like every bit of the shiny world I was in last week has disappeared. First RTL goes and closes the loophole that let us capture episodes. aldiara and I are sitting amidst piles of hair ripped from our heads while searching for a workaround. It's all extra-maddening because we came home from such a high, ready to dive into all the exciting stuff that we know is coming... and suddenly the door's slammed in our faces.Then they make things worse by (we think) discontinuing free episodes. I say "we think" because there's no communication of any sort, just a price tag on the current episode. So much for encouraging people to watch the source! How can a corporation be so shortsighted? They have to give a little free to hook people for more -- have they learned nothing from drug pushers. But no, they really don't understand fandom or anything more than making disposable, mediocre entertainment that nobody would ever want to watch more than once. (But maybe it's just a glitch, and maybe they'll get it fixed, and maybe we'll be able to download eps again. *flings glitter feebly*) I'm weary from it all though. And then I read about Maine. What is this voting on civil rights bullshit? Last week, in a moment of pissiness over Harper, I said that Canada was no better than the U.S. I officially retract those words. Hmmm, sorry for the super cranky post. Let's see. THINGS WOT ARE GOOD: *I have gummi bears. *My cat's snuggling because it's cold. *I only have one more client to finish before 6. *Massive trip report is getting a good response. I admit, I feel the crankiness fade while reading these comments. | ||||||||||
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crankyNovember 3rd, 2009
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| They've got the boards up for the hockey rink in the park. *shivers on principle* | ||||||||||||
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November 3rd, 2009
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| Yesterday I knuckled down to do my ten mandatory minutes of writing for wrisomifu and almost pulled my hair out. Today I woke up and spent an hour scribbling down 500+ words of DeRo sling porn without breaking a sweat. My brain baffles me sometimes. *** Cryptic P.S. to Possibly Helpful But Totally Condescending Tech Support Dude: While I appreciate your technical advice, IF YOU COUCH IT BY TALKING DOWN TO ME LIKE I AM A NAIVE TEEN MORE USED TO READING TIGER BEAT THAN PRESS KITS, I AM GOING TO SHOVE YOUR BALLS THROUGH A SAUSAGE GRINDER. | ||||||||||
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productiveOctober 31st, 2009
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| Last night's party was a big success -- those folks are hardcore with the decorations. (I loved Hands of Blue in the vodka punch.) Even Zombie Beaver was representing. I was really pleased with how my Nina costume turned out (pics here) and I loved that I was recognised. (Yay for indoctrinating all my friends!) To everybody else celebrating tonight, here's the cutest Halloween trio ever: I miss these guys -- can't wait for the second series. (And just saw this awful news via ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} randombastery: Do.Not.Want. Come up with your own ideas, Hollywood, and keep your grubby hands off the shows I love!)Now to wander through some of my tabs here -- I think I've got nearly 100 open. Expect comments of randomness for as long as my whiskey lasts! A very happy hallow's eve to you all!! | ||||||||||||
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relaxedOctober 30th, 2009
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| That's right, time to dust off the laptop and pretend I remember how to write. No, not NaNoWriMo, I'm not that insane. Luckily wrisomifu is gearing up for another round of miserable fuckitude. If you'd like to join in ten minutes of grumbling over how hard it is to write, go here and sign yourself up. The community's open until midnight on October 31st in some timezone that I'm not sure of, and sorry for the late notice but that's how life is these days. Now off to finish my Halloween costume for tonight's party. Which you can see modelled here:  | ||||||||||||
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October 29th, 2009
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Trip was a Blur of Awesome, start to finish!!! Full report coming as soon as I am sure it wasn't all just mass delusion! For now... <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 | ||||||||||||
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