I’ve begun moving my BOS to Livejournal. It took me a day and a half to find a layout that looked good as a Plus account, and had all the bells and whistles I needed. My first choice was Gradient, the one with the blocks across the top. There was a scheme called chalkboard that was so effing cute it made me squee like a fangirl. Alas, even though it is a newer template it doesn’t allow for addition of links. Next choice was Component, but that one doesn’t have the ability to link to specific posts. I can’t for the life of me figure out why as it predates the LJ tags and it has a link for those. I finally ended up with Opal, with some major color modifications. Everything is currently f-locked except for the posts that are older than a month, which are private. I’ve already copied 18 posts over. Only 174 to go. I am currently looking for a new web host and domain handler for both my personal and business sites. All I have to do is unlock my domain with Tripod and transfer over to whomever I please.
In other news, Tripod may get the hint that I’ve been patient long enough, in more than one way. A couple of weeks ago the idiot secretary at my clinic was having trouble running my card through their reader and rather than billing me they wrote the number down, in its entirety. Upon learning this I immediately canceled the card. The only problem is my bank seems to be having great difficulty issuing a new one. The first card arrived in less than a week… in Glenn’s name. According to the bank there’s a glitch in their software. Because mine is the second name on the account when they requested the card it defaulted to Glenn. They said they would monitor the second request, which I suspect is also having issues because we’re now going on well over a week and no card. While I’m waiting, my subscription to the Grocery Game has been supended, as has Ben’s Gamefly subscription. In three days I have to pay Tripod, followed by my Netflix subscription. Writing checks is a bitch. Market Basket won’t take them unless you’re pre-approved, so I have to cash a check at the bank and calculate the price of every item I purchase, to make sure I don’t go over what I have in cash. On the plus side I’ve been able to keep a closer eye on the account. Glenn won’t write a check, either, so I know the money is safe.
I have about half of the 188+ eps of the fansubbed One Piece burned to disk. I figure by the time I’m done I’ll have freed up another 50GB of my hard drive, if not more. I can’t beleive how quickly I filled that up! That and my music are the biggest culprits. I burned 4 more CDs over the last week.
The first episode of MEGAS XLR is available to view on toonamijetstream.com. Hopefully enough people will view it to give CN the hint to bring it back. Sure it was mindless, but it was mindless fun. And there isn’t a minimum joint requirement before you can view it, like Bobobo. I want to see new eps of MEGAS and Teen Titans. Then I shall be a happy fangirl.
Gearing up for next weekend’s Lammas Family and Friends cookout. So far the menu consists of Jamaican Curried Lamb, Vegan Chili, Ale Bread (both whole wheat and white), Cornbread, Vegan Italian Sausages, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Grilled Corn on the Cob, Sangria, Jello Shots, S’mores and a Jello Mold. I’ve been keeping everything for the cookout set aside, but someone has moved the boxes of jello I’ve already collected. I only needed orange and grape to make a rainbow mold, so I hope they turn up as I don’t want to have to repurchase more jello. The tie dye equipment is almost complete. All I need is rubber bands. Since none of Jarret’s friends have RSVP’d I’m downsizing the moonbounce that I’m renting. Jarret’s not happy with this, but he’ll have to deal. Worse case scenerio is the adults get to play in the moonbounce.
