The Bungalow

I ranted over in fanvidrants about the current trend I'm seeing of songs being all chopped down to less than two minutes. And how much I hate it. Apparently, no one agrees with me. And all the comments are making me think that I don't vid the same way everyone else apparently does.

I don't start with a story and try to find a song or part of a song that fits it. It all starts with the song and I vid the song. That's it. I'm not trying to shove things together that only work if I use this little bit here and that bit there.

Not that either way is necessarily right or wrong. It just seems odd that I seem to have such a fundamentally different view of creating a vid. It's weird...

I've come across sooooooooo many fics with outright HORRIBLE punctuation, it pisses me off. Especially in dialogue formatting. I know that there are some subtle differences between countries, but for the most part, these mistakes seem to be happening with the American and British population, which I understand to punctuate the same manner. And I don't get HOW they can get it so wrong! Have they never read a book? Another fic? You'd think people would just pick this stuff up by osmosis. It's not that hard. Look:

"Let's go to the park," Jake said.

This is WRONG:

"Let's go to the park." Jake said.

"Let's go to the park" Jake said.

"Let's go to the park". Jake said.

HOW HOW HOW can you keep getting it so wrong? Grrr........



Sorry....

I just love getting yelled at for shit I didn't do. Makes for a fabulous day.

And I can't get hammered like I really want cos I have to go pick my hubby up from the airport later tonight. sldkkfja;sehfa;woirehg

So, if you wanna make me feel better, please leave a joke or funny story in the comments. :-)

And if any of my graphic making buddies really wanna make me feel better, I have 2 ideas for wallpapers that I've messed around with and I just can't get them to work. They'd make for lovely pressies. :-) (I'll make icons in return if you want...)

1) A Meridian-based Jack/Daniel one. With the following lyrics: "Show me what it's like/to dream in black and white/So I can leave this world behind."

2) Torchwood, Jack/Ianto. Probably mostly Fragments. And these lyrics: "I see you cos you won't get out of my way/I hear you cos you won't quit screaming my name/I feel you cos you won't stop touching my skin."

:-D :-D

I enjoy reading fanficrants. It's kinda fun to have a place to get the crap you find in fic of your chest with other folks who sympathize with you. However, I've noticed recently this trend of rants where people are like "Why does every guy have the perfect dick? Why is the sex always great? Why is there no bad sex?" And I realized, it's because no one wants to read about Ianto actually have a puny little 4 inch dick and Jack not being able to get it up. Seriously. Does anyone want to read that? No. Fanfic is a fantasy. And when I fantasize, everything is always great & perfect cos that's what fantasies are. Unless the fic is some great epic that goes into every detail of their entire life, I don't want to read about the times where Daniel is too tired and he can't get it up for Jack. Perspective people, please.

I'm just so pissed and angry in general right now, I don't know how I'm not exploding. It started on Friday (but wasn't really that bad). My windshield washer fluid ran out on my way home so when I pulled into the parking garage, I decided I would refill it. First off, it took me forever to get the hood open. And it was FREAKING COLD!!! Brrrrrrrr!! And apparently, when I opened the hood, the cable that goes from the lever inside the car to the latch under the hood snapped or became loosened so my hood wouldn't close all the way. Whatever. I call the dealership and they have an opening Saturday afternoon when I can stop by. Well, hubby, being the lovely man he is, takes it in for me as he has a few other things he needs to take care of and it's FREAKING COLD!! Well, apparently, it's broken and they need to order a part. So, hubby comes home with an appointment to drop it off Tuesday morning. OK, fine. I can deal with that.

Then Sunday. Well, we all know what happened with that. On top of the Bears losing, I was starting to come down with a cold. Monday morning - full blown. Icky cough, stuff nose, sore throat. So, I call in sick to work. But, I did get some good news. I went to the orthopedic surgeon guy to see about my wrist. It appears everything is healing very nicely and I really only need to where the wrist guard when I'm at work on the computer and I don't need to keep taking the anti-inflammatory unless it's acting up. Yay. So, Tuesday, I think I should be good to go back to work. Nope. Still sick as a dog. Late morning/early afternoon I do start feeling better, so I decide to do some laundry that I have piling up. Well, one of the dryer loads takes THREE RUNS to get dry. Ugh. First time was partially my fault as I forgot to get a big heavy sweater out of the dryer. Oy. So I have to waste $3 on one dryer load of laundry. But hubby brought the car back and all seemed well.

So today, I get up. Feeling better. Still not 100%, but not all head-foggy completely sicko like I have been. So I go to work. Half way there, I realize something is really not feeling right with my car. When I first started driving it this morning, it just felt like maybe there was some ice or something on the tire. Nope. I had a flat. Yippee. So, I managed to pull into a parking lot where I see a sign for a towing company. Call them and they can send someone out to change the tire for me. TAKES OVER AN HOUR. WTF. Ugh. At least I was able to wait in my warm car. But still. Sheesh!

Then, this is the straw that broke the camel's back, the IT dept, BLOCKED EVERY FREAKING WEBSITE AT WORK. I can't even check my e-mail. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT??? They say it's to keep confidential material from leaving the company. How the hell does blocking Yahoo e-mail do that?!?!? It doesn't!! It just pisses people off!! ;dlskgkjsop9gu And the worst part is, I generally don't have enough work to fill up my day. So I would visit LJ, Gateworld and a few other sites. ALL BLOCKED. Fuckers. I need a new job.

Oh! And my windshield wiper fluid must not be the kind that works in below freezing weather cos IT DOESN'T FUCKING WORK!!