clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (My "People Skills" Are "Rusty")
2014-08-28 10:21 pm

I LIVE.

We moved! Still in AZ, but now in Glendale. I have a room! We have a pool! I also have a horrific sunburn. I just started taking Zoloft a few weeks ago (holy shit, it's amazing how much that has helped me) and did not realize photosensitivity was a side effect, so I went swimming for two hours on Sunday and today is the first day I've been able to wear a shirt since without cringing.

My forehead, nose, cheeks, and from the elbows up was all lobster red and is currently peeling. And, JFC, the amount of times I have slammed my arms into the doorways since getting this burn is unbelievable. White as I am (and I am PALE lately) I have never burned from less than around 12 hours in a pool before. So I totally thought two would be fine, and I was only a tiny bit pink near my nose when I got out. Then three hours later I was a lobster.

We also have cable now (Cox) instead of satellite and every single thing I watch is now on three hours later because AZ sucks.

I still have no job. I have insurance, though? And unemployment. I kind of got fired at a great time, though, because I've been able to help take care of Ma and go to her doctor's appointments with her, and even though I worked at home before I couldn't go to appointments except for when she could get them scheduled on Wednesdays.

I started a mainline of The West Wing, and I'm up to 2.16 so far. I loooooooooooooove it. So, in about ten years I'll probably watch The Social Netowkr finally too.

I have actually gotten, like. Really into makeup. Really really. I know, lose your job and then find something expensive to like, right? But I totally have learned how to pinch pennies and the magics of things like online surveys and ebates (holy shit, if you shop online you need this place, it is totally legit and I've made $20 from shopping). Also, not hesitating to return anything that doesn't work for me. Doesn't matter if it's .99 or $60, if I don't love it, I take it back.

Also, I made a giant OCD spreadsheet that is an itemized inventory of everything makeup that I own. Because, hi, me.

Fandom-wise, I am totally still in Supernatural (though, holy shit, S9, what. Just what.), I watch Teen Wolf (as Tumblr says: Jeff Fucking Davis is a gift I'd like to return), and I live on Twitter more than anything else.

And now, a meme!

10 (fandom) Facts About Me
Just list 10 facts about fandom/ships/characters/kinks/headcanons whatever you like!

1. I joined fandom when I was 12. I'm 28 now, so I have spent more than half my life (16 years) in fandom.

2. The first ep of Teen Wolf I watched live was the S2 finale, and the first ep of SPN I watched live was Route 66.

3. I skim the sex in fic most of the time. Sometimes I'll read it, but for the most part once it starts I skim and pick up when it's over. This is probably a big part of why I get annoyed at fics where the ending is that the two characters have sex. I feel short-changed.

4. I cannot and will not read fic with drug use. I can't. I hate when there is random pot in a scene in a fic and that usually makes me make Ugh faces at it. The last time I said something like this I got defriended y a lot of people, but right now I don't care. It doesn't trigger me in the way you think of when people say "trigger" but it comes awfully close.

5. I love mpreg. I do. IDEK what it is. I used to kind of like it, and then I like it in a weird shameful way (mostly because LBR, good mpreg is hard to find) but when the mpreg is good it is SO GOOD and I am totally fine with you guys judging me.

6. I also love easter eggs in RPF. I love reading J2 and spotting one-off and background characters. I play that "MATT BOMER! FBDKS IT'S JASON MOMOA!!!" game where I flail all over like when I catch Aldis in a rerun of Bones.

7. Parallel AUs, too. Where you change the main setting but you can still see it poking through? GIVE THEM TO MEEEEEEEEEEEE.

8. I'll go through phases where I don't want to read anything but MCU Avengers genfic or Tim/Kon or something else weirdly specific that isn't a primary fandom of mine.

9. 90-95% of the shirts I own are fannish tees. One is Sherlock, one is Teen Wolf, and basically everything else is Supernatural or DC.

10. I love bottom!Sam like air and I will never stop being sad that fandom by and large prefer bottom!Dean and incredibly toppy top!Sam.
clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (ARGH)
2013-06-03 09:25 am
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HELP?

Anyone have a Windows7 disc they're willing to send me? I'll pay?

This is the fourth Blue Screen of Death I've had in 3 days, and we have 0 discs for Windows to reinstall with.
clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (My "People Skills" Are "Rusty")
2013-05-30 12:07 am

Depression

It's fun, right?

I'm pretty much bipolar. It isn't diagnosed because the job I work at that I hate doesn't give me insurance. I was gonna go to Ma's GP on Tuesday to see about getting on some kind of medication, but didn't go because a combination of not having the money and CJ wanting to talk to me about it first. Which I get, because Ma sometimes gets an idea in her head and gets her Stubborn on, and I know he just wants to make sure that I'm not agreeing to go if I'm good but just hating my job.

And, let me tell you, the amount of hate I have for this job is eclipsed only by the amount of hate I have for the asshole who is my temporary boss. Mine doesn't come back until the beginning of July, and I really don't know if I hope I'm still there then or not.

Ranting about work be under this cut. )

I added a ridiculous amount of words to my Big Bang on May 1st (almost a full 13k) and then have hardly touched it since. I feel so bad for poor [livejournal.com profile] colls, because she has 7k of coherent fic and then nothing. I try, but this entire month has been about 90% downswing and the other 10% so busy I cannot do a thing. And when I'm on a downswing I either just am too numb to care and don't even bother to try to open it, or everything is SO fucking horrible and stupid that I just want to delete it all and start from scratch. Which would be a very bad idea.

In addition to all that, one... Saturday? Friday? My old desktop broke, I moved to one we bought off a guy that was password protected in the core like work computers tend to be, so I couldn't install my work system on it. Then I moved to Ma's new desktop, which would not allow me to the login page for work, and then to Yussie's which is now mine. And then two days later my old work computer completely broke. About an hour after my laptop gave out.

Now, when I say my laptop gave out, what I really mean is it did that thing it would do occasionally where it spends about two hours trying to fix an issue it finds, and says in big, BOLD letters across the screen ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR DISC. DO NOT POWER OFF OR UNPLUG.

So, naturally, Ma turned it off. And it ruined the harddrive to the point where Yussie tried to reinstall Windows on it and it told him to go fuck himself. Now, on the plus side, I had known my desktop was giving out, so I backed it up on my server constantly. I have all my comics, fonts, PS presets, pictures, music, etc. The TV and movies I downloaded are gone, but I have 3.80TCreds on TVT and a ratio of 4.73 on IPT with 3,559 bonus points, so I'm not exactly worried about getting those back, besides just plain remembering what I want.

But my awesome husband [livejournal.com profile] unperfectwolf has been working on her Squee! submission for the last two hours and unwittingly helping me feel better by talking about finding fandom when she was in single digits and [livejournal.com profile] wincon. I genuinely am feeling a little better now, so I'm going to end this novel of a post before that turns again.

I might be super slow to respond to comments, because procrastination is awesome when I downswing.
clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (Sam Is Fucking Exhausted)
2013-05-06 11:47 pm

Big Bang Reveals!

I was lucky enough to get grabbed by the amazing [livejournal.com profile] colls even though I have the most generic summary on the planet that I, once again, came up with right before hitting send.

A (Pinch of) Salt And Batter-y

Dean's been running the family business for all of ten minutes and he's already fucked it up so bad that Sam had to practically drop out of school to come save him. And if that's not enough, the pretentious douchebag who manages the health food store across the street won't stop hitting on Sam, and Dean is this close to physically lighting their new rival shop's owner on fire.

Or, "Sam and Dean run a bakery instead of hunting demons, Crowley opens the new cupcake shop down the street, and if Lucifer (who used to be a boring dude named Nick when he went to school with Dean) tries to hit on Sam one more time Dean is going to get arrested for murder."

THAT'S RIGHT. I WROTE A BAKERY AU FOR BIG BANG, AND THEN SOMEHOW DID NOT MENTION IN THE SUMMARY THAT I WROTE A BAKERY AU. Thankfully, I think I made [livejournal.com profile] colls pee herself with joy, so yay!

We post August 15th (101 days from now), because it's like [livejournal.com profile] wendy knows me or something.

In non-fannish news, I walked through for almost five hours today, spent 16 hours somewhat coherent and awake yesterday, am dyeing my hair, Ma's hair, and my aunt who is visiting for a month's hair tomorrow.

Also, I literally facemashed through about 13k of my Big Bang on the first, like usual, and now have to detangle it and make it coherent for my artist because, no, really, at one point I managed ten words to say that Dean was yelling.

P.S. You guys. I loooooooooooooooooove Show. I really do. Pac-Man Fever made me all fluttery all over!

Tumblr still won't let me reblog and I hate it there so I'm mostly okay with that.

I have been working Tech Support for exactly a year as of an hour 39 15 minutes from now, and I still hate it so much that I cry on a pretty much daily basis. Fun times.

I am two episodes behind Hannibal (which I am in LOVE with), STILL eight episodes behind Dexter, four behind The Voice, four behind Doctor Who, at least five behind Scandal, three behind on Glee (I hope I can quit this! I hate Glee so much and can't stop watching), one behind on Psych, and I don't even know how far behind I am on Happy Endings.

I wrote no fic in March because of a death in the family, and none in April probably in part from trying to mentally/emotionally recover from March and April (because no seriously April, WTF). I'm going to try three this month to make up for it. Feel free to laugh. (But, also, feel free to leave ideas for wee little ficlets. I have an entire window devoted to comment meme prompts I might attempt to attempt.)

OH. And I might be getting an iPhone 4? IDK if I want one, but our phones are due for upgrade, and Yussie's refuses to charge anymore, which has resulted in a lively game of "Switch me batteries" when he goes to work, comes home, and then is home for a few hours. And the iPhone 4 is a free upgrade at Verizon ($30 upgrade fee, what the actual fuck) so either he's gonna upgrade, or I will and then I'll give him my current phone (we all have HTC Thunderbolts right now).

I was going to say something else here. OH, RIGHT. Yussie broke his hand. Luckily, it happened at work, so his boss is paying for everything, and he's on light-duty so he doesn't have to miss time. He got it pinned between between a fitting and the truck while loading it at work, and then his boss said "Nah, just looks dislocated. Let me pop it in for you."

And now he's in a cast to hopefully avoid surgery and them having to screw things through his hand.

It's 11pm and I am SO. FUCKING. EXHAUSTED. I'm going to go grab my laptop to charge my phone and sleep. But not before spending five minutes making a new icon that fits this.

JFC, I did not know I had this much to say.
clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (Writing: Big Bang 2013)
2013-04-18 11:12 pm

The Big Bang Home Stretch

Third call for the Big Bang Email Chain! I don't have to have you friended for you to want in on this, otherwise I'd lock it.

In related news, I have 1,637 words and Dean is already fucking my story sideways.

RL things happened at the end of March, and so I didn't get a fic done for that, but am hoping against hope to get 2 done this month and posted, or I'll owe 3 in May.

Speaking of this week, I am genuinely scared of and for Boston right now, and my thoughts are with everyone there and everyone who has friends and/or family there.
clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (Sam And Dean: Functioning Morons)
2013-02-08 12:50 am

This Started As A Quick Post

Glee is horrible in just about every way. Except for Kurt and Unique. Also, I kinda like Not!Balthazar. He's adorable and he'd make a good friend or boyfriend for Kurt. Tina, meanwhile, is now the Nice Guy who is pissed off that she got "friend zoned."

Also, I'm watching Project Runway (what what WHAT THE FUCK, I do not understand some of their Top Threes sometimes) and there was an ad for their movie Twist of Faith, and it gave away the entire actual movie. What even?

I made Rice Krispie Treats today. The first batch did not work well. I assumed stale marshmallows would work fine. NOPE. Instead the toasted and then melted the spatula I was using. IDEK how that was possible. I think the universe thought I was cooking. It's okay though, I told it I was baking and the next two batches came out beautiful.

Also, I had a REALLY big downswing today and have thus been grazing on random food here and there non-stop. Which, you know, great way to celebrate actually having a loss for the first time in two weeks.

On the upside, I applied to Fry's and Walmart. On the downside, applying to Fry's and Walmart are pluses.

Also, I woke up at 6 today, watched The First Wives Club and then fell asleep with JUST enough time to almost make us late for Ma's doctor's appointment.

I hate that I work at a job that makes me miserable enough that I should probably be on medication, and that because of said job I can't afford to see anyone or take time off or anything. I was actually crying as I answered my first call this afternoon, and that shit is hard to hide when it isn't silent tears.

More work rambling and self-pity. )
clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (My "People Skills" Are "Rusty")
2013-02-05 10:14 pm
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I Unfucked My Habitat!

Part of it anyway, at least. Today was my day off, so me and Ma went shopping and bought ALL THE THINGS. Except hangers. Then we came home and I cleaned off the kitchen table that was horrific, and my side table, which was not as horrific but still bothered me.

Tomorrow we tackle all the cabinets in the kitchen, and the bathrooms.

I also managed to get enough hours switched and traded that I did three hours of work tonight so that I would have my morning shift on Thursday free to go with Ma to her doctor again. Legit just about the only thing I like about my job is that it's work-at-home and that I have a split shift, so I work 9a-1p my time, and then 4p-8p. So it's like getting a three hour lunch in the middle of getting screamed at by morons!

P.S. Anyone know how to make a shitty resume look good? Or any kind of cover letter? I've gotten desparate enough to be seeking info from websites, even when I know they're full of shit (my cover letter REEKS of "PLEASE HIRE ME FOR ANYTHING AT ALL, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE").

Pictures under the cut of the awesome Unfucking I did today. )
clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (SRS BZNIS - J2)
2013-02-03 11:40 pm

A WILD CLEX APPEARS!

HI THAR. LONG TIME NO SPEAK. Here's what you missed: I got new glasses! And lost 17.6 pounds since February 13th of last year. Technically, I lost way more than that at one point, but then had a really bad downswing, mood-wise in October and it decided to stay until basically January. But I'm starting new again! I'm marking down all my food I eat and making a conscious effort not to eat when I'm bored or not actually hungry. I am super looking forward to being able to buy clothes without crying. I think I did that once. It was nice.

I work for a satellite company now! And have since May! (JFC, really? It's been that log?) I am tech support, and if you want to see me rant about how much I hate people you can follow me on Twitter, because I fucking hate people. There is a reason I.T. people are always angry and annoyed in TV/movies. IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO CALL ME FOR HELP, AND THEN TELL ME I'M WRONG. BITCH, WHICH ONE OF US GETS PAID TO DO THIS SHIT AND WHICH ONE ADMITTED DEFEAT AND CALLED FOR HELP?

Also, Supernatural is back, and has been for a while, and I still LOVE IT. I know this is an unpopular opinion, but it's mine and I want to dress it in frilly clothes and make it have sex with it's brother. Or something. )

While we're talking about me not posting shit ever: how the fuck did I only write two fics last year? )

BUT! That brings me to my next point! I'm aiming for at least one posted fic every month this year. One done, so far! I might even have two this month, possibly.

Also, [livejournal.com profile] spn_j2_bigbang! I signed up for it again, and I have a fic idea already (that will hopefully stick), and an awesome title possibly, and I might actually attempt to write the worst summary possible this year, because that's what I get when I try to write a good one, so if I aim specifically for bad I might stumble into perfection. There will be a Flocked post about this after this one, because, duh.

In addition to living on Twitter, I also live on Tumblr now, despite fucking HATING it. And then I had a rant about Teen Wolf, which I like for some reason. )

ALSO! THERE WAS [livejournal.com profile] wincon! WIIIIIIIIINCOOOOOOOOOON! IT WAS AWESOME, AND I LOVED IT, AND I AM NOW ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF PROGRAMMING! GO SUBMIT A PANEL, YOU GUYS! This year we're in VEGAS and it's going to be so fucking amazing I don't even know where to start. Actually, it's so fucking awesome that I will make a separate flailing post about it later.

Also, in my absence I have done ALL THE ART EVER. It was not easy, and the Mona Lisa was cranky. I have become [livejournal.com profile] unavoidedcrisis's Dedicated Pinch-Hitter for her eleventy-five Big Bangs she runs, and have four arts I'm doing for [livejournal.com profile] apocalypsebang alone. I'm very excited, and also very worried, because, obviously. Ugh, I am stressing myself out just thinking about it right now, even though there's no reason to. On the plus side, each of the arts and the steps in the process are gonna average out to another level or two in GetYeDone. What, you ask, is GetYeDone? I AM SO HAPPY TO TELL YOU!



This site is basically the best thing ever. It's a To Do List site that lets you level up and earn EXP, which, man, is fucking awesome if you're as competitive as I am. The site itself is still brand new, and the party system is still under development, but you guys should all go join, add me over there, and then comment here with your name so I can add back when the parties go live. I'm Clex the Indecisive over there, shockingly.

In case anyone was wondering, I spent the entire Superbowl writing this, am counting it as a Boss Fight because I have put this off for literally an entire month, and am happy that the Ravens won.
clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (ARGH)
2012-06-17 02:50 pm
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Posting From My New (Old) Desktop

Firefox's Sync sounds like a good idea.

In theory, it lets you sync all your tabs from, say, the laptop you have sitting next to you with 6 tab groups and hundreds of tabs, onto the new desktop you're on.

IN REALITY, IT'S A STEAMING PILE OF SHIT.

It's virtually impossible to find the tabs once you've synced them, and most of mine aren't there AND aren't in any kind of order AND it seems to have completely fucking ignored the tag groups.

I JUST NEED IT TO SYNC SO I CAN PUT PHOTOSHOP ON HERE AND FINISH THE FUCKING ART THAT POSTS ON TUESDAY. THAT IS NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK.

Also, hi.
clex_monkie89: Dean Winchester and his amazing What The FUCK face (WTF? - Dean)
2012-06-04 08:02 pm
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All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012

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All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012

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All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
Seriously. WHAT THE FLYING FUCK WORLD.

"File-sharers, beware: By July 12, major US Internet service providers (ISPs) will voluntarily begin serving as copyright police for the entertainment industry, according to Cary Sherman, chief executive of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The so-called “six-strikes” plan is said to be one of the most effective anti-piracy efforts ever established in the US."

The article goes on to give details. After six notices, internet providers will decide to throttle a person's internet speed, or cut it off altogether. I don't know if they will crack down on torrents only, or if it is up to the internet provider. I get the sense it is up to the internet provider. So some people could get away with downloading non torrents, while others might get their internet service cut off. I urge you to click it and read, as we all know people who download.

No more downloading eps of your favorite shows for vidding, gifs, or fanfiction art. No more downloading screencaps possibly. I'm so sorry my friends. I don't even know if BT Guard will work to protect you, but I would google it if I were you. It is a professional service that supposedly can protect you from the invasive eyes of your internet provider.

Just, my friends, please make each other aware. Please be aware of the date JULY 12TH. Mark your calendar and double check with your internet provider by then. If you start receiving notices of downloaded activity, this is why. And your internet service could be throttled or cut off.

Fox News confirms this:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/17/us-isps-become-copyright-cops-starting-july-12/

Youtube video explaining this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5OG0R-yS-c


ETA: Petition for RIAA and the Obama Administration: Stop ISPs from launching a massive copyright spying scheme this July 12th


I did a find/replace to remove the extra coding.
clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (Proud Mary - Young!Mary)
2012-05-02 02:27 pm
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Help Us Support Planned Parenthood

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Join us in standing up for reproductive health and education. Planned Parenthood, the organization that delivers reproductive health care, sex education and information to millions of people worldwide, has come under fire in the U.S. lately, with many politicians on both state and federal level seeking to end funding (and in a few cases succeeding).

During the month of May, you can send a specially designed Planned Parenthood vgift to your friends to help support this cause. (And if you need someone to send it to, [livejournal.com profile] frank is always happy to receive gifts!) There are three variations ($1, $5 and $10) for you to choose from, but they'd all look good on your profile when your friends know that you stand by something so important.

                    

Thank you all for your help in our support for Planned Parenthood. This promotion ends June 1, 2012; LiveJournal is not affiliated with Parent Parenthood. For more information about Planned Parenthood, please visit: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/

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clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (Sam Thinks You're ADORABLE)
2012-05-01 11:39 pm

AND IT ALL STARTED WITH THE BIG BANG (BANG!)

I TURNED MINE IN LAST NIGHT!

THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER FINISHED BY BIG BANG DRAFT BEFORE THE ABSOLUTE LAST MOMENT!

AND I HAVE A JOB! I START TRAINING ON MONDAY! WHICH IS WHEN ART CLAIMS GO UP FOR [livejournal.com profile] spn_j2_bigbang!

I SHOULD PROBABLY SLEEP NOW.
clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (Geekboy - Sammy)
2012-04-28 12:17 am
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House Passes CISPA: Make Sure It Dies In Senate

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CISPA would give the government and corporations vast new powers to track and share data about Americans’ Internet use.

But our hundreds of thousands of emails and tens of thousands of phone calls have had a real impact:

Amendments were adopted that made CISPA (marginally) better.

Earlier this month CISPA was supposed to sail through, but we helped foment opposition, and the vote was far closer than anybody could have imagined even a couple of weeks ago.

Most Democrats held firm in opposition, and more than two dozen libertarian-leaning Republicans defied their leadership and voted no.

Most importantly, President Obama has threatened to veto CISPA.

***Additionally, CISPA would destabilize the internet inviting cyber attacks and increasing the amount of identity theft.***

The Senate will consider cyber security legislation in the coming weeks. Let’s turn up the heat right away: Tell the Senate to reject CISPA and any and all legislation that doesn’t respect privacy and civil liberties.
Add your name at right to tell the Senate to reject cyber security legislation that doesn’t respect privacy.

http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/cispa_passes/?akid=1332.1998782.hoiowQ&rd=1&t=2

clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (ARGH)
2012-04-16 05:51 pm
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Stop the Arizona birth control Bill

Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] earthquakedream at Stop the Arizona birth control Bill
Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] seasight at Stop the Arizona birth control Bill
I just signed the following petition addressed to: Arizona Sentate, Arizona State Legislature, Debbie Lesko.

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Stop the Arizona birth control Bill

If this bill passes the senate then women of Arizona would be forced to provide documentation that birth control is for medical purposes only. The "company" would not be required to cover birth control if it was for prevention of conception. Additionally this bill would give companies the right to fire women if they discovered that she was using a contraceptive to prevent pregnancy.
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http://www.change.org/petitions/arizona-sentate-arizona-state-legislature-debbie-lesko-stop-the-arizona-birth-control-bill#

clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (SRS BZNIS - J2)
2012-03-24 10:59 pm
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All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012

Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] wrthy2bluvd at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
Seriously. WHAT THE FLYING FUCK WORLD.

"File-sharers, beware: By July 12, major US Internet service providers (ISPs) will voluntarily begin serving as copyright police for the entertainment industry, according to Cary Sherman, chief executive of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The so-called “six-strikes” plan is said to be one of the most effective anti-piracy efforts ever established in the US."

The article goes on to give details. After six notices, internet providers will decide to throttle a person's internet speed, or cut it off altogether. I don't know if they will crack down on torrents only, or if it is up to the internet provider. I get the sense it is up to the internet provider. So some people could get away with downloading non torrents, while others might get their internet service cut off. I urge you to click it and read, as we all know people who download.

No more downloading eps of your favorite shows for vidding, gifs, or fanfiction art. No more downloading screencaps possibly. I'm so sorry my friends. I don't even know if BT Guard will work to protect you, but I would google it if I were you. It is a professional service that supposedly can protect you from the invasive eyes of your internet provider.

Just, my friends, please make each other aware. Please be aware of the date JULY 12TH. Mark your calendar and double check with your internet provider by then. If you start receiving notices of downloaded activity, this is why. And your internet service could be throttled or cut off.

Fox News confirms this:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/17/us-isps-become-copyright-cops-starting-july-12/

Youtube video explaining this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5OG0R-yS-c

Petition for RIAA and the Obama Administration: Stop ISPs from launching a massive copyright spying scheme this July 12th

clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (OCD FTW)
2012-02-29 01:06 pm
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This Is Today's To-Do List


  • Move my desk (Where it is now).

  • Organize my makeup, Post-Its, pens, notebooks, and notepads.

  • Outline my Big Bang ideas.

  • Put on makeup (aka: stop wallowing and feeling crappy).

  • Make my update for [livejournal.com profile] winconshapesup (go join, if you want!).

  • Badger Ma and CJ about the LA Fitness on the corner.

  • Figure out some kind of work-out routine I can do at home until I have enough money for the gym.

  • Make a post to Makeup Is Hard (the blog I am starting to help me be less dumb about makeup).

clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (Young!Puppy is Young!)
2012-02-14 09:21 pm
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Still Jobless

Not much has changed since my last update, really.

I'm still applying places. Have only gotten calls from two places; one that is too far for too little pay (after gas I'd be making a couple of dollars a day), and another somewhere that does a credit check (which I will not pass).

Yussie's still trying to find work too, but eight bucks an hour 25 miles away is, again, not worth the gas and physical labor.

I've decided to lose weight and get in shape. Chat and I were gonna do this last year for [livejournal.com profile] wincon, but then we all kind of fucked off and gave up pretty much ten minutes in. But this time we will succeed! I made a comm and we have plans and resources and I really want to look so much different at [livejournal.com profile] wincon this year. I would love to not cry buying clothes, I really would.

And I've already lost 1.4 pounds! I know that isn't a lot, but this only started on Saturday, so I'm taking it as a win.
clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (Hallucifer Sees What You Did There)
2012-01-27 03:51 pm
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Holy Shit, I've Been Here For Eight Years

As of 17:10:09 my local time, I will have been on LJ exactly eight years.

Yesterday I accidentally sold my drawing tablet for $70 bucks. I put it up on Amazon about a year ago with the intent of using the money towards a new one and then forgot about it until I got an email from Amazon telling me where to ship it.

I had a job interview Wednesday (for a job I tried not to let myself want, because I'd interviewed there before) and they said they'd call today between 1 and 2 if they wanted me for a second round of interviews. It's 3:15 right now, and I called to make sure they didn't want me (they didn't).

PLUS SIDES (Not really having anything to do with the above):

  • I still have White Collar to watch.

  • I cut and sorted about 300 pages of notes last night.

  • I have a ridiculous amount of comics to read.

  • I wrote 207 words on Symbology yesterday and I don't hate some of them.

  • I'm still managing to come up with plus sides, even though I just feel like crawling under the covers and going back to sleep (and not because I'm tired).


I know, that last one was a backhanded plus side, but I wanted five.
clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (BAD. DAY.)
2012-01-25 07:24 pm
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U.S. Petition to prevent ACTA

Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] lk737 at U.S. Petition to prevent ACTA
Kosmonaunt on Tumblr just posted this link to the U.S. Petition to stop ACTA. Here is what was said about it:

Americans, this is a link to the White House petition to End ACTA and get the Obama Administration to withdraw its support! This petition needs 25,000 signatures by February 20, 2012! Please, Please take a minute to sign this petition!! I'm sure the more signatures we get, the greater chance the Obama Administration may listen to us.

Please pass this along!!

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/end-acta-and-protect-our-right-privacy-internet/MwfSVNBK?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl

Please check it out and Retweet if you're on Twitter (hashtag #ActAgainstACTA). Here is the shortened link for Twitter -- http://t.co/suHDHx8K



Thank you to everyone on my flist and twitter for talking about this and making us so aware! You guys have really filled my flist with so much information! *massive hugs*
clex_monkie89: Close-cropped picture of Sam and Dean Winchester sitting far closer than normal people. (To-do List - Dean)
2012-01-23 04:30 pm
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I CLEANED ALL THE THINGS! ALMOST!

CLEAN DISHES ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.

CLEAN COUNTERS ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.

CLEAN STOVETOP ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.

CLEAN SHEETS AND PILLOWS ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.

CLEAN CLOTHING ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.

COUPON CLIPPING ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.

Tomorrow, me and Ma are cleaning the floor and I'm organizing all the things I have stuffed into the corner between the TV and the couch.

Tonight, I beta all the words.