The Wonders of the Internet

[sevendials]

For some reason I'm still in Kent with my parents. I was meant to be going home today, but last night I decided that I didn't want to. I'll probably be heading back to London on Wednesday. Or Thursday at the very latest. What can I say, I change my mind about what I want to do quickly.

Sometimes I think I could really get to loathe the Internet. It took me god knows how long to get a viable form field to update my LJ tonight, though God knows why this should be the case. Still, every time I tried to get the wretched thing to update, I got a wonderfully confusing page telling me my update had been successful, but no field to actually type a new entry in. Yes, it makes no sense at all.

Now fanfiction.net won't let me in to upload 'Stasis', which was only the whole point of this update. What's doubly annoying is that arldetta has updated her wonderful 'Mend My Heart' and I want to review it, but ff.net is being so irritating tonight that it won't even give me the chance of doing an unsigned review. What the hell is the problem with that site? Just recently, it seems to be having stability issues beyond the wildest dreams of - who the Hell dreams of server trouble, though?

Consequently, I'm beginning to wonder if it wouldn't be a really good idea to take a firm hold of this computer and sling it out of the window. Sadly, that wouldn't even be terribly satisfying as my family's PC lurks in the basement, so it wouldn't even get a chance to make a satisfying crashing noise as it powered into the ground at excessive speeds.

As if that wasn't bad enough, my parents' computer screen is on its way out. This means that the thing has a tendency to horriplate alarmingly in front of the eyes. Spend too long staring at it and it induces headaches, nervous tension and various other symptoms indicating that one is slipping into an altered state. Does anyone else out there remember Magic Eyes? This is a Magic Eye Monitor. Stare into its depths and squint, and I'll probably end up seeing a completely different, stereoscopic image of a browser page appear as if by magic. Never mind that I could never make Magic Eyes work. This is different and special. Ooh, I think I see something coming now...

I love technology. No, really.

Oh well. I'll give this a little while longer and see if ff.net decides to pull itself together. I really want to post 'Stasis' tonight, but going by the way I haven't seen any fics archived from today at all it's looking like there might be some major issues going on there - meaning my updating schedule is probably shot and it's only the first night. I know - I'll go read lousy movie reviews while I wait to see if it recovers. Too bad nobody's panned 'The Interpreter' yet - the Guardian did a wonderful job at spearing it, and I'd have liked to see more. Oh well, with any luck the bad ones'll be coming. There's no way that thing can get a clean sheet when it sounds like such a pile of nonsense.

Speaking of movies: This had better be good, or I'm going to cry.

Comments

[arldetta.livejournal.com]

You know, I think it's just me. EVERY time I update after a break something happens and I can't get any feedback which drives me absolutely crazy!! I mean, a writer lives for reviews. I would have to call it my secondary addiction. First of course is Angst. ;) But I can't wait to read what people think. It's horrible. Like 5 minutes after I post I get the urge to check my e-mail. And I do it constantly over and over until I get something. Then I get all happy and start all over again. With ff.n being down, I'm ripping my hair out! I want feedback and this is really hindering my muse! ;___;;;; WAHHHH!!!!!!

On a side note, does that mean more of Seuche is done? please. I need more. I want KenAngst! AAHHHHHH!!! ;__;;;;;; OK, shutting up now. ;)

[vermachtnis.livejournal.com]

I'm so thrilled that you're planning on putting up 'Stasis' tonight- I hope that ff.net stops being a shit and lets you post. It's been shitty to me too lately; I had wanted to leave some reviews for fics last night and I couldn't, so I gave up.

And your posting schedule makes me giddy- something to read each day for the next few days! Just what I need to get me through the week; it seems the closer I get to the end of the school year, the more stressed out I become. And your stories are a great stress reliever. Sigh. Ken Angst. Hooray.

[angstchan.livejournal.com]

T_T I waited on msn for you. *sniff*

>_> Doof. You're supposed to let me know these things! ; ; I feel very unloved without email. I even have the week off from work so I don't have to do work for the kids or anything! buuu