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I should really stop stick to my "never post online WIPs" rule. I have too many and there are some days when I get angry at myself because it's really a waste of time from my part keep hundreds of pages hidden on my HD instead of sharing: perhaps getting comments from readers could help with my writer's block?
I dunno. Just... I'm tempted to start share.
Should I do it? Anyone? Please? ç_ç
I dunno. Just... I'm tempted to start share.
Should I do it? Anyone? Please? ç_ç
I've just got the news that at yesterday's referendum to fuse Civenna to Bellagio has won the Yes. And that the new name will remain Bellagio.
There are documents that attest Civenna existed since Early Middle Age, always as stand-alone. For a time it's been together with Bellagio but then they split. Last century it was even together with few of the neighboring small towns. And now we become yet another suburb of Bellagio.
And I'm furios. No, furious is an understatement. I'm pained. And angry, to all the citizens who SOLD their town, its history, for big, fat lying promises.
Fuck you all, bastards.
R.I.P Civenna.
Yesterday Paul Walker's news, now this one. Not the best days I had.
Shit, scorpion, don't you have grasped it's 11 in the morning and you should be sleeping in some dark corner instead of being, you know, WANDERING IN MY FUCKING KITCHEN????
F@#$ you, Facebook!
October 12th, 2011 09:30will you stop harrassing me once for all??? No, I don't want to see the two friends - blast them - who had invited me like two years and more ago to join FB, do you hear me?? NO NO NO!! You can't keep sending me these invites every x months and no, I don't want to click the link to cancel because you will still store my TWO - TWO - mail addresses for "make sure I won't get any other messages"!! You should ERASE my damn addresses, not keep them!!
Sincerely NEVER EVER EVER yours,
Hakka
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And I'm done. *yummy*
But I admit I'm unsettled to see how many "dishes" are considered the real pizza. Pizza is thin, with the roll as crust, simple tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, a bit of oil and fresh basil (and small tomatoes too). Its tip must fall when you grab a slice, the cheese must go stringy and you must taste tomato sauce, not garlic or meat or other things. Everything else's a fake.
And I'm done. *yummy*
But I admit I'm unsettled to see how many "dishes" are considered the real pizza. Pizza is thin, with the roll as crust, simple tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, a bit of oil and fresh basil (and small tomatoes too). Its tip must fall when you grab a slice, the cheese must go stringy and you must taste tomato sauce, not garlic or meat or other things. Everything else's a fake.
Scorpions - II
August 25th, 2011 05:28No, seriously, this is starting to get disturbingly ridiculous!
Four, four, scorpions in four days! I get it that this is your time of the year, the one when you're reproducing so you're in a frenzy to find sperm placed all around or what in your stupid way to scorpion-reproduce, but... really, four in four days???
I mean, usually the ratio is one every three months which, adding the fact that they're around only half a year, means two for year, make it one every two months if the year has been particularly prolific, but...
I'm starting see a pattern here! Are you tiny, little black loved/hated nightmares of mine trying to tell me something?
Ok, fine, I'm not sure the fourth was a true scorpion, but there was this black, flat black spot sitting over the door jamb right under the ceiling and, even with my enhanced second pair of glasses, I couldn't make it out if it was a damn scorpion or what (I may have tried with the binoculars but I'm too much shortsighed that the correction of the device couldn't help anymore, so niet, didn't work), but after ten minutes I checked and the black spot was gone, so...
Now... since things always come in three but there's no saying about coming in four... I do sincerely hope tomorrow I won't get a close up with another one. Groan.
Four, four, scorpions in four days! I get it that this is your time of the year, the one when you're reproducing so you're in a frenzy to find sperm placed all around or what in your stupid way to scorpion-reproduce, but... really, four in four days???
I mean, usually the ratio is one every three months which, adding the fact that they're around only half a year, means two for year, make it one every two months if the year has been particularly prolific, but...
I'm starting see a pattern here! Are you tiny, little black loved/hated nightmares of mine trying to tell me something?
Ok, fine, I'm not sure the fourth was a true scorpion, but there was this black, flat black spot sitting over the door jamb right under the ceiling and, even with my enhanced second pair of glasses, I couldn't make it out if it was a damn scorpion or what (I may have tried with the binoculars but I'm too much shortsighed that the correction of the device couldn't help anymore, so niet, didn't work), but after ten minutes I checked and the black spot was gone, so...
Now... since things always come in three but there's no saying about coming in four... I do sincerely hope tomorrow I won't get a close up with another one. Groan.
Congrats to me for conquering another step in the whole "get over your scorpions' fear" thing: managed to get rid of the animal with dustpan and the handy convenience of the balcony. I'm not sure which one of us, me and the scorpion, had shitted themselves more during the whole thing, but yeah, mission accomplished.
On another side... that "tic tic" of him pattering alongside the wainscot will give me nightmares for a week.
Gee...
And where the hell the bastard had come in? From the fireplace's hood?
Add this too to the nightmares... =_=
On another side... that "tic tic" of him pattering alongside the wainscot will give me nightmares for a week.
Gee...
And where the hell the bastard had come in? From the fireplace's hood?
Add this too to the nightmares... =_=
Away from home...
August 11th, 2011 01:27Has it ever happened to you to be in love with a place? And I'm not speaking about the city you visited once and stole your heart (Rome, anyone?), but somewhere you've been so many times you should be bored to death and yet... you peep out from the window, breath some air, and that?
Me and Civenna... it has been a strange love between us. Being forced to spend here every weekend and vacation because of my ill parents has allowed me to make some friends in people who were from Milan (friends I long since lost growing up) but to not mingle with my school ones. I do remember being little and spend my summer nights around carefree, I remember when this place was lively and not half-death as now. People now don't like quiet towns to spend their vacations at, they like sea, they go outside the country and get further stress travelling half a world away instead of enjoying some fresh air near home. Gee. It's just that, now that I'm here alone (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aleniakalain back at home and my Spotty about to come), I get all emo about this place not getting the amount of visits it deserves.
Near Bellagio (you can get there via bus), it's quiet and makes you want to walk even if you hate exercising like me. And you get this as a bonus.
Yeah, I know, I'm getting gloomy and sappy, but...
A part of me wants to get home, to my beloved old PJ and the DSL connection and my old routine, but another wants me to stay here...
Damn. I'm so, so sappy!
Me and Civenna... it has been a strange love between us. Being forced to spend here every weekend and vacation because of my ill parents has allowed me to make some friends in people who were from Milan (friends I long since lost growing up) but to not mingle with my school ones. I do remember being little and spend my summer nights around carefree, I remember when this place was lively and not half-death as now. People now don't like quiet towns to spend their vacations at, they like sea, they go outside the country and get further stress travelling half a world away instead of enjoying some fresh air near home. Gee. It's just that, now that I'm here alone (
aleniakalain back at home and my Spotty about to come), I get all emo about this place not getting the amount of visits it deserves.Near Bellagio (you can get there via bus), it's quiet and makes you want to walk even if you hate exercising like me. And you get this as a bonus.
Yeah, I know, I'm getting gloomy and sappy, but...
A part of me wants to get home, to my beloved old PJ and the DSL connection and my old routine, but another wants me to stay here...
Damn. I'm so, so sappy!
Originally posted by heeroluva at "Suspicious comments" and "Spam comments": LJ decision to 'block' spam is a big FAIL!
heeroluva at "Suspicious comments" and "Spam comments": LJ decision to 'block' spam is a big FAIL!So I've been noticing in both my own journal and communities that I haven't been able to see some comments even thought it says there are more comments there than are actually showing up. Instead I'm getting a place holder that says (Spam comment) or (Suspicious comment).
Why are these showing up like this you may ask? In their rush to fight spam LJ has created a new filter that're AUTOMATICALLY TURNED ON in ALL journals and communities, which screens comments that are made with 'suspicious links' ie links that are not on their safe whitelist, so pretty much the majority of the internet. There is no noted way to add to the 'whitelist'.
What really gets me is that they didn't inform people that they were doing this until a week after it was done and that it was automatically turned on.
So how do I turn it off you might ask.
That's simple. Go to your Settings, click on the Privacy tab, and half way down where it says Spam Protection uncheck the box next to "Comments containing a link to a non-whitelisted domain will be marked as spam and moved to a special section." This applies to both personal journal and communities and the opinion has to be manually changed in each one.
While I understand how this could be a good idea, I think they went about it in a very backhanded way, and have implemented it poorly. There was no message to anyone that the link has been screened. It's automatically done. This went on for over a week before they said anything about it. There is still nothing in the FAQs about it even. The only way I found out about this way going through the support pages where people were reporting similar issues.
Please share this!
ETA: This links really illustrates the problems.
Why are these showing up like this you may ask? In their rush to fight spam LJ has created a new filter that're AUTOMATICALLY TURNED ON in ALL journals and communities, which screens comments that are made with 'suspicious links' ie links that are not on their safe whitelist, so pretty much the majority of the internet. There is no noted way to add to the 'whitelist'.
What really gets me is that they didn't inform people that they were doing this until a week after it was done and that it was automatically turned on.
So how do I turn it off you might ask.
That's simple. Go to your Settings, click on the Privacy tab, and half way down where it says Spam Protection uncheck the box next to "Comments containing a link to a non-whitelisted domain will be marked as spam and moved to a special section." This applies to both personal journal and communities and the opinion has to be manually changed in each one.
While I understand how this could be a good idea, I think they went about it in a very backhanded way, and have implemented it poorly. There was no message to anyone that the link has been screened. It's automatically done. This went on for over a week before they said anything about it. There is still nothing in the FAQs about it even. The only way I found out about this way going through the support pages where people were reporting similar issues.
Please share this!
ETA: This links really illustrates the problems.
LJ downtime?
April 9th, 2011 04:23Originally posted by clari_clyde at post
clari_clyde at postI’ve been wondering what’s up with all the DDoS attacks LJ has been receiving lately. Signal boosting ingridmatthews:
Just in case anyone thinks LJ's downtime is just TPTB being incompetant, read this:
LiveJournal, Russia's blogging platform of choice, is sustaining biggest cyberattack attack in its history. Bloggers say the Kremlin wants to crack down on political discussion.
"LiveJournal, Russia’s most popular blogging platform, has been under a massive DDoS attack for the past few days. The attack has effectively wiped out Russia’s main refuge for unbridled political discussion, a hugely lively and extensive domain frequented by politicians, opposition activists and social commentators alike...
“The reason for attack is more than clear in this case — someone wants LiveJournal to disappear as a platform,” Ilya Dronov, development director at SUP, wrote in a post on his LiveJournal blog earlier this week. He said the hackers were hoping to push bloggers from LJ to social networks where “it's easier to fight individual users.”"
http://globalpost.com/dispatches/globalp
http://putinwatcher.blogspot.com/2011/04/c
ETA, One more link, ganked from norwich36 about the importance of LJ to russian bloggers:
LiveJournal's DDoS and Russian Politics
How bad is it that I was hit by a sudden need to write a shot, my Muse all warmed up for an idea that had just crossed my mind, all the mood set and... I wasted it all by saying "no, I still have to read all the comments at this post"????
Trekmovie, I sincerely hate you even if the idea was born thanxs to said comments!
*throws herself against the nearest wall because banging her head is too little*
Yeah, better go and sleep while hissing like a spitting cobra.
Oh, and do me a favour LJ: when I wake up, would you mind working? Thx. Bye.
Trekmovie, I sincerely hate you even if the idea was born thanxs to said comments!
*throws herself against the nearest wall because banging her head is too little*
Yeah, better go and sleep while hissing like a spitting cobra.
Oh, and do me a favour LJ: when I wake up, would you mind working? Thx. Bye.
After ten days away in the foggish, cold lands of Riverside, Iowa (aka, Lake of Como, Italy - yes, never heard about the similarities between Iowa and Northern Italy?! XD :P) playing the bonded couple, I already miss my First Officer aleniakalain... T_T My Spocks, come back to me! T_T
And, hot damn, half a day spent to catch updates here and there! o_O Fortunately, fortunately, you K/S have been quiet these days (or, at least, have been the ones Istalk watch). So yes, 4.40 in the morning and just finished to check the updates. *drops on the floor*
Anyway, expect toons of ST pure, evilish crack in the next weeks (and more, since it comes the times for Spocks to have their exams). Mostly will be posted byaleniakalain since she drew it with me only providing half ideas and generally more crack, but... yeah, toon of crack: my old granparent's house is filled with spores, it seems.
Well, let's just say there has even been a Latin vocabulary involved in the mix...
Yes. Latin. All my former teachers are probably bitching for the seven years of Latin I had in the past...
Oh, yes, and coming a full geek post regarding Spock, canon and fandom. Soon on this screens.
*crawls to bed*
aleniakalain... T_T My Spocks, come back to me! T_TAnd, hot damn, half a day spent to catch updates here and there! o_O Fortunately, fortunately, you K/S have been quiet these days (or, at least, have been the ones I
Anyway, expect toons of ST pure, evilish crack in the next weeks (and more, since it comes the times for Spocks to have their exams). Mostly will be posted by
aleniakalain since she drew it with me only providing half ideas and generally more crack, but... yeah, toon of crack: my old granparent's house is filled with spores, it seems. Well, let's just say there has even been a Latin vocabulary involved in the mix...
Yes. Latin. All my former teachers are probably bitching for the seven years of Latin I had in the past...
Oh, yes, and coming a full geek post regarding Spock, canon and fandom. Soon on this screens.
*crawls to bed*
Beta reader needed!
December 22nd, 2010 23:44I will post at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
kirkspock too but I will be out of town next week for ten days (yay for shoreleave with my Spock's aleniakalain ) so it would be really stupid to ask help and then vanish from the Internet world until January. XD So, yeah, I will ask there in January.
So, here's my request. There's a willing soul on my F-list that would like to beta one shot K/S of mine?
It's a five times + 1 fic, 4.000 words. Reboot. No sex involved (I'd say PG-13 just to be sure). Pre-slash with a bit of Kirk/Gaila.
Since my first language is Italian, I mostly need someone very skilled with English who can offer suggestions and perhaps changes to words more suited than the ones I chose. I am open to changes too, so don't be shy: I don't bite. ;)
Anybody? *offers Spock's cookies*
kirkspock too but I will be out of town next week for ten days (yay for shoreleave with my Spock's aleniakalain ) so it would be really stupid to ask help and then vanish from the Internet world until January. XD So, yeah, I will ask there in January.So, here's my request. There's a willing soul on my F-list that would like to beta one shot K/S of mine?
It's a five times + 1 fic, 4.000 words. Reboot. No sex involved (I'd say PG-13 just to be sure). Pre-slash with a bit of Kirk/Gaila.
Since my first language is Italian, I mostly need someone very skilled with English who can offer suggestions and perhaps changes to words more suited than the ones I chose. I am open to changes too, so don't be shy: I don't bite. ;)
Anybody? *offers Spock's cookies*
Star Trek is love!
December 18th, 2010 02:15Recently I really, really realized how much awesome this fandom is!
You can make happen almost everything to our guys, and you'll won't be even near the canon.
Hell, you don't even have to fear of exagerating: in every other fandom two abductions would be much, with Kirk ad Spock (well, Kirk) it's too little!
Star Trek, I love you! ♥
You can make happen almost everything to our guys, and you'll won't be even near the canon.
Hell, you don't even have to fear of exagerating: in every other fandom two abductions would be much, with Kirk ad Spock (well, Kirk) it's too little!
Star Trek, I love you! ♥
Just a random post to celebrate: me and aleniakalain have finished our supposed short fic spin off of our main mirror Reboot.
Short, I said, right?
Yeah... 200 pages...
Hopefully we will be able to post it before the end of January, but mySpock partner in crime still has to translate a quarter of it (she writes directly in english, while me writes in half english half italian), fix bits here and there and... then we have to find a masochist beta willing to work with us.
Now that I really ponder about this, I feel overly depressed: now it's time for the main fic and... my Word 97 is already trying to suicide.
aleniakalain have finished our supposed short fic spin off of our main mirror Reboot.Short, I said, right?
Yeah... 200 pages...
Hopefully we will be able to post it before the end of January, but my
Now that I really ponder about this, I feel overly depressed: now it's time for the main fic and... my Word 97 is already trying to suicide.
Yesterday I woke earlier because of the plumber: I'm missing three hours of sleep so I'll head off right now. But, before sleep - or, at least, to freeze under my two sheets until my mind decides he wants to finally shut down instead of giving me prompts for new fanfictions... - someone can tell my how the hell you are able to start and finish fics (more than one at the same time, actually) without making them longer than a novel???
I'm fucking tired of starting something that should be short and then spending 35 pages for something that should have been covered in a little chapter!! *hissing*
That's why I have folders of unfinished things!
I really want to bang my head against the first wall and see if the first to break is my head or the wall!
Ok, sleep deprivation make wonders to my lovable persona.
... or maybe this is the first sign of an upcoming Plak Tow? Bah...
It is for posterity to judge...
I'm fucking tired of starting something that should be short and then spending 35 pages for something that should have been covered in a little chapter!! *hissing*
That's why I have folders of unfinished things!
I really want to bang my head against the first wall and see if the first to break is my head or the wall!
Ok, sleep deprivation make wonders to my lovable persona.
... or maybe this is the first sign of an upcoming Plak Tow? Bah...
It is for posterity to judge...
Dear Livejournal,
I'm fucking tired to not getting notifications when my fave author post a new fic so fuck you.
Sincerely,
Hakka
I'm fucking tired to not getting notifications when my fave author post a new fic so fuck you.
Sincerely,
Hakka
Grrrrrrrr!!
July 25th, 2010 04:20Ok, my cell phone charger has died, so goodbye cell. Fuck.
I know, the cell is very old (a Sharp GX20, bought in 2004), so it was time to change it (memorytrees started trying to convince me to buy another one since... 2008? 2007?) but it really pisses me off! I mean, I was ready to see it die because of the battery (that was actually dying since a life...), not for the fucking charger. ><
My main concern is about the content I still have on it.
1) I have the bad habit to keep all the contacts on the cell's memory, so I don't know if I'll be able to recover them - since there is not "transfer to SIM" function but only the opposite.
2) Fortunately the last bit of energy of the battery has been used to write down the few sms/notes I still had there (fortunately I copied the big bunch of the last week a couple of days ago), but there are a few photos I took to mysleeping beauty; father that I won't be able to recover... even if the battery wanted to cooperate, I would need to send them to my own via MMS (but MMS are fucking expensive. ><)
Even mum says to not worry because there's no problem and we'll buy soon another, but... damn, why now??? I was not prepared! Plus, this week I already spent too much money, and I would have prefered to not have the semi-urgent need to buy a new cell.
Fortunately my mum never uses her, so I've stolen it. XD Maybe I could temporary use an old of mine to send sms only, if the battery is still working. Bah...
On positive news, Wednesday I took home the latest member of the family, my Personal Ninja aka a wonderful Sony Vaio series E. I'm waiting to buy the tablet (Wacom Bamboo) so I'll be able to start draw on PC: can't wait to order it!
Let's hope I'll be able to make it and the PJ to talk to each other despite the age difference (I mean, Windows 2000 and USB 1.0 Vs. Windows 7 and USB 2.0) or transfering data will be a pain in the neck...
I know, these are little problems, considering what life gives us but... pissed!
Oh well...
I know, the cell is very old (a Sharp GX20, bought in 2004), so it was time to change it (
memorytrees started trying to convince me to buy another one since... 2008? 2007?) but it really pisses me off! I mean, I was ready to see it die because of the battery (that was actually dying since a life...), not for the fucking charger. ><My main concern is about the content I still have on it.
1) I have the bad habit to keep all the contacts on the cell's memory, so I don't know if I'll be able to recover them - since there is not "transfer to SIM" function but only the opposite.
2) Fortunately the last bit of energy of the battery has been used to write down the few sms/notes I still had there (fortunately I copied the big bunch of the last week a couple of days ago), but there are a few photos I took to my
Even mum says to not worry because there's no problem and we'll buy soon another, but... damn, why now??? I was not prepared! Plus, this week I already spent too much money, and I would have prefered to not have the semi-urgent need to buy a new cell.
Fortunately my mum never uses her, so I've stolen it. XD Maybe I could temporary use an old of mine to send sms only, if the battery is still working. Bah...
On positive news, Wednesday I took home the latest member of the family, my Personal Ninja aka a wonderful Sony Vaio series E. I'm waiting to buy the tablet (Wacom Bamboo) so I'll be able to start draw on PC: can't wait to order it!
Let's hope I'll be able to make it and the PJ to talk to each other despite the age difference (I mean, Windows 2000 and USB 1.0 Vs. Windows 7 and USB 2.0) or transfering data will be a pain in the neck...
I know, these are little problems, considering what life gives us but... pissed!
Oh well...
A lovely Santa at thesecretsantas made me the Christmas themed header featuring Santa Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas you're currently viewing.
The style kinda sucks but I wanted to put it online immediately, since it's almost Christmas Eve! :D
Oh oh oh... *runs off to sing Santa Jacks's songs*
thesecretsantas made me the Christmas themed header featuring Santa Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas you're currently viewing.The style kinda sucks but I wanted to put it online immediately, since it's almost Christmas Eve! :D
Oh oh oh... *runs off to sing Santa Jacks's songs*
