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Aaaagh! Or possibly "Arrrrr!" though it's Thursday here.
I sent off a publication to the printers today and they didn't have all the fonts I used so it came back borked. Borked, I tell you. One ad's lost half a phone number, an article has half the last reference missing, one whole column and half another are totally messed up due to them replacing two of my fonts with some huge monstrosity that didn't fit. [cries] They're reprinting it tomorrow but it's still going out two days late when I'm the only person in the department since one person left and the other's out of town and I have to handle everything alone. We never had a problem with the printers before. Why now? And [points at icon]
I need cheering up but this is not likely.
- I was so pissed off I came straight home, forgetting I had three books to pick up at the library. [hits self on head]
- LJ is strangely quiet. Not many people have been posting recently and even fewer have been commenting. What's going on? It's not just LJ either; the Freedom City mailing list is belly up in the water.
- A strange cat is getting in our cat door and upsetting our guys. I'll have to put magnets on them again. I hate doing that to them, and Vic, an ex-stray, has never been collared. Oh, joy...
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*mutter* *grumble*
This may not cheer you up, but at least you're *not alone* in that particular pit of gloom. Pull up a chair, and get yourself a drink. We've made the "suffering at the hands of the printers pit" quite comfy, now.
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I've been wondering that myself. I thought it may have been my LJ acting up and not showing any recent posts. But there were a couple today so I guess it really is just quiet right now.
What would cheer you up?
Oops
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Eh, I'll make some soup and watch some comedy. I'd say that the old overnight file reorganise and backup will put things in perspective, but I'll have to deal with the whole mess tomorrow regardless. Crap.
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oops *drops all manner of things, not just the juggling implements*
hey!!! sorry...hmmm shouldn't have tried that at work...
Ok. You were right, this is a no juggling zone.
Hope that you have a good lunch at least.
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Thanks, I will. And then after a few hours of office hell, it'll be the weekend.
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I don't know for the quietness. Though it will probably feel quiet compared to last month, considering how busy a number of us were with
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*slaps hand to forehead* Of course!
I'll put that on my list of things to do; right after bungee jumping, sheep-herding, and powered lawn-mowing races...
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I'm putting magnets on ours.
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No qualifications necessary! Look:
That's one of my earliest icons. I didn't start off being good at it, I got better with practice.
Please don't put yourself down!
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I'm probably moving into my 'quiet-online-because-work-is-manic' month, from the end of September (closing date for applications oh joy)...
But I have several pieces of writing that are on deadlines, so I'd better at least do them.
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I hate change, so I'll hang on as long as possible, but other people are more flexible than I am (and probably don't have a permanent account, which I'm too cheap to simply abandon no matter how irked I get at LJ.)
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I haven't posted much fic lately because I've been working on ficathons. I still have 11 completed stories on my computer waiting to be posted...
I don't want to move from LJ because I want all my stuff in one place. Also, I think unless a whole fandom agrees to pack up and move, it would be really negative.
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I've not been ficcing because RL has not been letting me. *grump*
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I'm staying around too because this is where my friends are.
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I didn't take part in that one because the topic was connected and I didn't want to write protest fic. I also didn't notice my flist being quiet then; only now.
I don't want to move either; I agree. If people move somewhere else en masse though, I will too.
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The Lyst is watching and discussing an ep a week which works well on a mailing list; great idea of
Yes, your and my fandoms don't meet much at the moment. I watch DW but I'm not that much into it. No need to feel guilty; I don't. :-)
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Exactly. {hugs Nico}
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Logic (and this applies to Start Trek PUs too): This is another universe, yet their parents still met, the same sperm fertilised the same egg, and the same child was born - sort of. They all have different personalities from the ones in our universe, but they still all went to Atlantis and have the same jobs there even though for example Mensa-John is unlikely to be a fly-boy air force colonel and Ace-McKay mightn't have been as single-minded about his studies. A surly Ronin is in their Atlantis, but why would they have happened upon him in a different universe where they did different things for different reasons? And even if the universe was caused by some random minor decision, why would younger characters still get born?
Morality (not the right word, but hey): I just loathe the whole idea that there are infinite universes and many versions of me which are better (probably) or worse than this version. It makes the decision to live a good life meaningless. Is there another universe now because I had cheesy toast for breakfast instead of an egg? Everything in me hates the whole idea.
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Ah. Though I think this type of story is even a subset of parallel universes, it's the "mirror universe" thing (that, yes, Trek does too) where there is no logic to why these people would still be there, in that situation, if they're different people who would have made different choices.
On the other hand, there have been episodes in the Stargate universe that are more "Alternate History" (starting with There But For the Grace of God) where they are "what if this had happened differently" -- in "There But For the Grace of God" it was "what if Daniel hadn't joined the Stargate programme?"
I agree with you on the illogic of mirror universes. They make no sense.
Morality (not the right word, but hey): I just loathe the whole idea that there are infinite universes and many versions of me which are better (probably) or worse than this version. It makes the decision to live a good life meaningless. Is there another universe now because I had cheesy toast for breakfast instead of an egg? Everything in me hates the whole idea.
I agree! I agree! It renders the concept of free will and responsibility meaningless, because in an infinite number of universes, all possible choices are made, which means that any choice I make in this universe is essentially random, rather than being a choice at all. And if there's no actual choice, then there's no free will, no moral responsibility, no morality, no point.
On the other hand, it is a fun concept to play with in fiction.
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Yes, and I enjoyed those a lot: geeky dowdy Sam with her sexual organs on the inside (go, Sam!), O'Neill on the boat... They were fascinating and satisfying. I liked the parallel McKay in this one--it was a fun and witty ep--but the lack of logic still bothered me.
On the other hand, it is a fun concept to play with in fiction.
Yes, because it's not about parallel universes, but what might have happened in this one if something changed, like those SG1 eps you mentioned.
Just went to the library on the way to lunch--and they've lost one of the three books they e-mailed me to say were waiting for me. Crap. It was the funniest and lightest and I was looking forward to it for the weekend because I need cheering up. My neighbour works there though--and saw it yesterday--and said she'll bring it home if they find it. I hope so.
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I am so glad it's the weekend. I'm off to bed now. My brain is tired.