I just made my annual birthday party invite post to my "party" filter. If you're not on it and would like to be, comment here. If you're on it and don't want to be, comment here. If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands (but don't comment here (unless you also want on or off the filter (and that on or off is different than your current ( Read more... )

So, there's another The LiveJournal Sky Is Falling thing going around. Rather than scrambling to back up my journal (which I did a comprehensive job of several years ago - I'm not too worried about my recent entries since they're just me whining about LiveJournal going downhill and I have comments emailed to me so I probably have them all saved ( Read more... )

So, um, I don't live in Vernonia anymore and thus am just fine. I mention this since Vernonia, where I taught last year, is having the kind of flooding problems that leads to some people being in Red Cross shelters and a second day of school closures. Last year it was multiple-day power outages after a storm right before winter break so I think ( Read more... )

(last post for a while - sorry - it's hard for me to get to a computer while moving so I want to get everything out of the way while I can ( Read more... )

I have moved back to Portland! Woo! (I also got a job here in town. The specific school will probably be kept to locked posts, unless I forget. Hi kids! I'm boring, but probably a slightly different boring than you thought I was ( Read more... )

( an email I just sent to the FCC )

So, I survived the school year. I am looking for work for next year and am in the slightly awkward situation of being able to find lots of jobs in locations I don't want but not very many in locations I do. There is a certain amount of deciding how picky I can be that is happening as a result (I have people from rural districts cold-calling and ( Read more... )

This is an email I just sent to feedback@livejournal.com

I am frustrated that I, as a permanent account holder, now see an ad each time I log out. I just now noticed this because I generally log out by just shutting my browser window but I actually wanted to log into one of my other accounts today so I finally noticed ( Read more... )

I have a new little game that I've started playing with myself, just in time for Valentines Day. I eat Conversation Hearts two at a time and string their messages together. Clearly, I am easily amused. Also, I've been eating far too much candy. I will be fat but jolly! (Fat I know I can manage.)