Livejournal - or at least, the english-speaking parts of Livejournal that I tended to frequent - is pretty much a dead platform. Hundreds, thousands of journals and communities that have slowly trickled off to a halt as their owners found themselves less and less motivated to post here. It's certainly not a criticism - heavens knows that's the ( Read more... )

"Reply and I'll give you four fandoms. you then have to make an entry writing about your favorite character from each fandom, and why."

Them's the rules; I don't make them up. I might have to crib a guess at the fandoms you're into, but we'll manage somehow.

( Star Trek: TOS, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Slayers: This WILL contain spoilers )

When I was a teenager, my grandfather died. We were close, and I didn't take it very well. At the time, I remember thinking, through my grief, that everyone else seemed to be a lot more composed than I was. Oh, sure, I was able to go through the motions of day-to-day life, but everyone else I spoke to at the wake and the funeral, even those who ( Read more... )

For those not in the know, WORA (it stands for When Online RPGs Attack) is a message board that I lurk at devoted to the very worst that online roleplaying has to offer. It is often regarded as a place that is Not Very Nice. But every now and then you can glean some good lines from it. Case in point, when discussing the recent Gold Medal hockey ( Read more... )

Apparently Shinji really is Jesus. Who knew?

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And once again, it's my birthday. I've never figured out why I feel compelled to let everyone on Livejournal know, but I do. Nathaniel even got me something; he let me sleep in. And, if you're having trouble deciding what to get me, I still like pictures.

I think this really speaks for itself.

http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/areyoulivinginaconstitutionfreezone.html

So I'm a dad now.

That's pretty cool.

I know the news is already out and all, but I feel kinda bad having gone this long without saying anything.

His name is Nathaniel Rowan, he was born on August 8 (08/08/08, how awesome is that) at 9 pounds 9 ounces, and he's doing just great.

I never want to have to pull a cat out of the wall again.

It's the eve of the big day, and strangely I'm not feeling very jittery. I feel a lot more comfortable about this move than I did the last one.

My experience here in Hamilton was totally worth it, though, even if I didn't meet many people here.