The Chronicles of a Raving Lunatic

I HAVE A BED AGAIN!! YAY! NO MORE SLEEPING ON A LOW COUCH. NO MORE ROLLING IN ONE SPOT. NO MORE PULLING THE CUSHION OUT FROM UNDER ME WHILE I TURN IN ONE SPOT. I CAN GET SOME ACTUAL SLEEP AGAIN!

Pauly and Corie brought it over from the house for me. I can't wait to sleep on it tonight.


Now, I have a question for you guys.

Should I stay here? Like, move in here? Corie suggested it a couple weeks back. So should I? It would make things easier. There's a car here. And a phone. And the internet. And no Neal. (Remember him? He's the one that bashed my leg with a shotgun butt and dented the bone.) Neal and his GF are living at the house now. I like her fine (much better than his ex-wife), but he's still kind of an a-hole. Part of me wants to go back to the house because then I'd have a big room to myself. I have less room here, but I have all that other stuff. Everyday, a little more of me says to stay here. I'm about 70-30 for here right now. Should I go ahead and have Pauly go pick up the rest of my stuff sometime, or hold of a little longer?

So, Corie's out here watching "Clean House" and we started discussing how they go through your stuff and see what they can sell to get money to fix things up and/or get new stuff (which seems futile to me, but...)

Corie was saying how she would get rid of anything to get nicer stuff or things like curtains/carpet for the house. Pauly and I agreed that there are certain things we would NOT sell, no matter what. She brought up that on the show they would ask me if they could sell my china cabinet. I told her that I'd tell them "If you touch it, your hand will be lost." And I mean it. I hav vowed to severely harm anyone that tried to do something with it. She was saying she'd easiy get rid of it because it could get money. No regard for the fact that it ws my grandma's and was a fixture of my childhood and has been promised to me since I was born. If it was up to her, she'd get rid of it. She also said if it was up to her, she'd get rid of brother's 250-300 records. We were both flabberghasted at that. Espescially coming from someone that supposedly likes music. She listens to music all the time, but she'd easliy get rid of all those records. Wha?? "but they look ugly in those plastic crates and they take up space. They're just wasting space." #1, they're purposely in those crates. Records belong in crates! #2, there's no such thing as records wasting space. She said she'd get rid of the records and use the money for things the house needs like curtains or carpeting. Huh? How do you trade awesome records for stupid, plain old curtains?

We were asking how she can NOT have anything she wouldn't get attached to and keep. She brought up living with deadbeat cousin who would refuse to buy food and things for the kids so she had to sell anything she had long ago. Now she refuses to form an attachment. I think that's not human, but...

Anyway, I was wondering how you all felt. Would you easily and readily get rid of anything and everything you had for some money? Or are there some things you'd have to be convinced to get rid of? Never get rid of no matter what?

Is it wrong to create a fake MySpace in order to get a specific person to do/say something so you have proof without them knowing? Even if it's mostly just for your own satisfaction?

Oh, and totally be RPing it and enjoy the RP aspect with only one other person knowing you're not that person? Like messaging each other back and forth, in character?

So, I haven't read the interview, but I think people are over-reacting a bit with this whole boycott thing. Yes, communication is key in a business. Yes, users should be informed of changes before they happen. Yes, LJ has been a bit lax on those things recently. Every company has their faults. Every company has times they lack. I just think the whole thing is being over-exaggerated. And everyone starting Insane Journals because of it? Maybe it's the conspiracy theorist in me, but did someone from Insane Journal make the first post about moving over there? Come on. What are the chances EVERYONE who's "fed-up" with LJ lately just happens upon Insane Journal?

Onto the things (that I know of) that people seem to be boycotting for.
1) Fanfics being "targeted" by the filter. Guess what, it's all been fixed and is back to normal. Already taken care of. No need to boycott for it.
2) No new Basic accounts. Umm...How many of you actually have a Basic account? And how many of them have been created recently? How many were planning to create a new Basic account in the future? Exactly. I thought so. Are the ads really THAT much of a problem? If you have that much of a problem with ads, you'd better just turn off that computer you're sitting at and get off the internet.

Okay. I just read the interview. I think people are blowing it out of proportion. People are all, "he's saying the boycott is blackmail". Um...isn't it? You're saying, if you don't do what we want, we're leaving. I do believe that's the working definition of blackmail. (brother just pointed out that that would technically be extortion, but...) I think these people are just mad that they're being called out.

Anyway, I don't plan on participating in the boycott and I think it's not going to work. If I happen to not post on Friday, it's totally coincidental. In fact, I may try to post on purpose. Just because I think the boycott is pointless and stupid.

[ETA]If you disagree, if you agree, please feel free to state your opinion and why. I'm not going to jump on you for it.[/ETA]

Is there something going on internationally the last couple days that I don't know about? It seems like there's no one on the internet. All over LJ, all over boards...nothing. Especially today. What's going on?

I just saw that a couple of you made voice posts using this new 1-888 number... Why didn't I hear about this? Okay, I know why, I haven't been around. But why can't I find it anywhere?