save-yourself.org v. we've come a long way baby
November 16, 2003 : Back Soon
3 came a long way, baby
So yeah, school is kicking my ass. Therefore, I will be back as soon as school ends with a new design and all that good shiznit.
October 06, 2003 : The Missus
9 came a long way, baby
I really don't like Vaughn's wife. You know, it's not only on principle but because she seems, well, sneaky, especially after the spoilers I've read.
I mean, I get it. She's worried about Vaughn and his relationship with Syd (and she better damn well be worried), and what wife wouldn't be if a former flame of your husband's came back (it doesn't necessarily have to be from the dead). But seriously...gah.
I think I don't like her just on principle (and from the slightly arrogant quotes from Melissa George herself), and though I know it's shallow, I'm gonna take it and run because JJ has a way of making you like people; I've got to have one reason to cling to my dislike of her.
Anyways, I've got Anna and Thomas on my side...SO THERE!
September 24, 2003 : Deluded People
1 came a long way, baby
As I was just updating my Coldplay Fanlisting, I got an application from some guy from Chile that said, in his own direct words, "maybe you could change the layout... no offense... I could help!" After visiting his site, I know that I have nothing to worry about regarding his comment as most of you can tell that he doesn't have any credibility when it comes to webdesigning (or HTML or spelling, or anything else).
Excuse me, but I have been designing websites professionally for almost three years now and actually have people paying me to work for them. I don't think he can claim such things.
What a pompous arse. I hate people like that.
Edited: He's also a completely oblivious. He sent in another application saying that he hadn't been added yet. No shit Sherlock. Check the "Last Updated" part on the main page. If I haven't added you yet, you'll get on the list soon enough. I don't just throw applications away, it just takes time to get through the bunches of emails that I get everyday in regards to this website. Ugggh.
September 23, 2003 : School Daze
5 came a long way, baby
The last four weeks have been the slowest AND fastest that I can remember. I think for most people, school feels like that. It's slow because you're stuck in classes for hours at a time, most of the time listening to professors drone on about things that bore you to death. But it's fast because before you know it projects are due, midterms are starting, and your life becomes you, doing nothing but homework.
My classes aren't awful this year, and I have a kick-ass job at the library that pays $16.16 (CAD) per hour, but everday I'm dead tired by the time I get home, so I never want to do school work at night. I've definitely got to work on that sleeping thing.
I'll post about the actual good and funny things that have happened since my last entry in a few days.
Oh! I'm also proud to say that Blair and I are celebrating our one-year anniversary today. I love you honey!
September 03, 2003 : English, Anyone?
5 came a long way, baby
You know, sometimes I just cannot believe how awful some people butcher their native language when writing and speaking. The following mistakes are by far the worst offenders:
There and Their: Honestly, do not learn this in like fourth grade (or even before that)?
Its and It's: It's is "it is" people. "It's" is not the possessive form of "it", "its" is.
"I did good.": It's "I did well", moron.
My personal favourite, and a blunder I willingly admit I used to make, is probably the single most mistakenly used word in the English language (and DEFINITELY on television):
"I did bad.": For goodness sakes! It's "I did badly" or "That was done badly" or whatever. It's "badly" not "bad". Even Tish from the Weekenders (the supposed brains of that show) missed the mark.
I'm sure I'll come up with more soon. I don't fancy myself as a English professor, but some things should have been learned by the time you were, say, NINE YEARS OLD. HONESTLY.
August 21, 2003 : All Work and No Play
1 came a long way, baby
No, no. I haven't disappeared off the face of the earth. I've actually been very busy, design-wise, and just wanted to wait until I was finished (almost) everything before I blogged about it. So...TA DAH! I've revamped both the Serendipity and Syd and Vaughn fanlistings, and have created a fanlisting for the song Babylon by David Gray and another fanlisting for the character of Tony from Bend It Like Beckham. That just leaves me to redesign one fanlisting: Coldplay, and create another one: episode 3.16 of Dawson's Creek, "To Green, with Love". Oh, and I've finally put up some content under "Consie". It's not totally done, but hey, it's a start; especially for the procrastination queen herself.
Oh. Just to let all of you know, I hate my university. You know why? Well, they emailed me yesterday morning informing me that the class I want to take is totally full (which I already knew) and that I should consider changing majors (which I DEFINITELY did not know). Yeah, that's right. They wanted me to change majors. This is because it is a required class is strictly for people who want to go into Chemistry or Biochemistry (Hello?! Me!), and they're having WAY too much overflow. I screwed myself over by not working hard enough last year, and it was reflected in my grades. That's why I had a late registration date and why I didn't get into the class, as all the seats had been filled by then. You ask why they can't make another class? Or why I can't take the course in the summer? Well, there are physical limitations on class size and the amount of people who can specialize in Biochemistry. I talked to the Associate Dean of Sciences (who, interestingly enough, is Kate's uncle), and he seems to think that it would be taking a big risk to try and register for the classes next year, as I would have to maintain a very high average this year, and I would have to compete with the second-year students next year. Long story, well, long, I've switched my Biochemistry Major to one in General Sciences with a Primary Specialization in Chemistry and a Secondary Specialization in Life Sciences. The major game of musical chairs wasn't even that I had to move into another program, it was that in Biochemistry, the requirements for your degree were set out for you --- plain and simple; in General Sciences, I don't even know if I have to (or had to) take certain courses. Thank goodness that I'm going to see a Science Advisor on Monday. Boy, do I hope this pays off, and I can get into Med School in two (or three) years.
July 31, 2003 : Broken and Fixed
3 came a long way, baby
The previous entry was only published for the world to see today, even though I composed it more than a week ago. It seems as though I forgot to configure MT to my new local site path, so I spent a couple of hours in Whistler stressing out about the impending destruction of my site via weblog configuration failure, and then figured that I would fix it when I got home. What surprised me, was that I thought I had deleted that log. Whatever. It's a boring little read, but that was me a week ago.
I've finally figured out PHP Fanbase and the freaking batchmembers.php file, and it is now running sleekly (is that a word?) and smoothly at Don't Panic: The Coldplay Fanlisting.
In other news, I have an ear infection. It hurts like a bitch and I feel as though I've got a gallon of water sitting in my left inner ear. I went to a walk-in clinic in Whistler and the doctor said that it was strange that I came down with one since it's mostly predominant in habitual swimmers, which I am definitely not. (But that's another story.) It was probably just that I didn't dry my ears well enough after dipping in the lake or taking a shower. Anyways, it again, still hurts like a bitch.
This is going to be a blog full of complaints, I can just see it now.
Not to let any of you down, I'm going to moan and groan about my back. So Blair and I went on Ziptrek Ecotours up in Whistler. It's basically you and about ten other people in your group travelling down a cable wire, strapped in a harness (on the peak run) 80 feet up and 1100 feet across an extremely fast-moving creek/river. It was completely fun and memorable, especially going no hands and upside down, but I think I pulled every muscle in my back when doing it. Oy, now it hurts like a mofo.
I almost forgot: the tragedy that marked the end of the weekend. My beautiful Roxy American Soul bikini bottoms were horrible disfigured when the velcro on my new Billabong board shorts (Blair, bless his beautiful generous heart, bought them for me as a summer gift.) caught onto the Lycra and frayed the hell out of my beautiful suit. Horrors! I know, I know, it's not much in the grand scheme of things, but don't things like that piss you off too? (If you didn't catch on, I was being sarcastic ala the :sarcasm: smilie.)
Thankfully for all you folk out there, I think that's all the bitching I can do for now.
