On being here, and things....

[curiouswombat]

Well it's a busy time on LJ - or it would be if the damned thing was not moving like a sloth on Valium.

I will make an effort to keep up with things over on GJ, which is where my second journal is, but despite everything I will keep posting here until everyone I know has left! I have said, as a comment on someone else's journal, that LJ is my spiritual home on the internet - it is a bit like citizenship - we might disagree strongly with the way we are being governed but it is hard to emigrate and actually give up your nationality totally!

So - around here it is the Centenary TT - there are almost 50,000 extra people on the island - our population is usually about 80,000 - so this is a big increase! It becomes very much the Isle of Man as most of the extras are male!

D-d is home for the weekend - she couldn't bear to think of TT without being here. Her 'boyfriend-on-hold' is here too - they are not currently 'in a relationship' as from a few days ago, but are 'best friends' - goodness knows what they'll be next week, but he is a nice young man, and they both seem happy enough which is what is important.

Unfortunately today was the only racing they would see - and all racing was cancelled because it was damp on the mountain part of the circuit and misty - and it is not good to travel over mountain roads in the mist at speed which touch 180mph! However I took them out around much of the course this morning by car for B-o-h to get a feel of the place, and he was quite fascinated by just how many motor bikes were on the road and how many people were sitting in all the hedges waiting for the (soon to be cancelled) racing.

I think that they are currently in the beer tent!

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[gamiila.livejournal.com]

In addition to my GJ account, which has been languishing in near oblivion ever since its creation last year but has now been reactivated, yesterday I've created a InsaneJournal account as well, which I don't expect to be using at all, but it seemed like the right thing to do at 3 o'clock in the morning.

They're both free accounts, and unlikely to ever be upgraded to anything more permamnent, because like you, I consider LJ my home on the internet. At the moment it may be slow, it may at times even fail to load altogether, but it's where I live and where I'll be happy to continue living for as long as SixApart don't ruin it completely.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Having the second journal set up, with a matching friends list etc is quite a comfort just-in-case. Actually it is useful at the moment because I keep seeing posts by people saying 'my LJ won't load, so I'm posting here..."

as long as SixApart don't ruin it completely. And that's the rub, s Shakespeare would say. Hopefully they won't ruin it.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

I've used my GJ account pretty much once, when LJ was down for a relatively extended amount of time (I believe it may have been as long as 12 hours), but otherwise I tend to forget it's there!

I think I've already got you on my flist over there, though.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Don't bother with more than one icon if you are leaving it fallow - if the journal is unused the icons disappear to save them wasting space!

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

I do want to stay at LJ if at all possible. I love it here, I love the community, I have both fandom and non-fandom friends. However, for an alternative place to congregate if/when needed, it's looking more and more like InsaneJournal is a *far* better option than GreatestJournal for the long haul ~ despite its not having much in the way of fandom activity set up yet. (Are you checking the fandomtossed comm at GJ? I've been learning more there of why GJ isn't a very reliable option.)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

InsaneJournal is a *far* better option than GreatestJournal for the long haul ~

I am really fairly much on the fringes when it comes to fanfic - I read some, I occasionally write some, but could easily post it on our website and just put a link on any journal anyway. I see LJ more as a coffee house where I gossip with friends than a library. So I will keep my journal wherever my friends end up.

If they all go to IJ I will probably get a journal there as well, but checking two FLs is enough for now!

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of GJ that way myself (plus I hate the orange and gray colors at IJ and cannot figure out how to change them) but in case people do move, I hope it's to a more reliable site. Somewhere that can handle activity more suited to an adults-only pub than a family-friendly coffeehouse, and has a reliable support staff and interface.

For just a little coffeehouse, I like GJ esp. since the default colors are prettier!

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

For just a little coffeehouse, I like GJ esp. since the default colors are prettier!

Glad to see it's not just me! :D Though I"m arguable deeply shallow...

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

Bleh, apparently I'm deeply shallow myself because the color thing bothers me a LOT. Yuk.

But I'm also deeply cynical about LJ/6A and don't for a second believe the problems are over ...

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Actually a pub is a better analogy - you're right.

[evilawyer.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness someone is out enjoying beer! ***goes back to other screen to see if research has finished downloading***

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

You would enjoy the beer around here - this http://www.bushys.com/ is the home page for one of our local breweries where it explains Manx brewing law....

Maybe I need a quaffing icon....

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

but despite everything I will keep posting here until everyone I know has left!

Me too! I'm hoping things calm down a little though. I didn't have time to really dig down and enjoy investigate this (series) of maddness(es)!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

The whole debacle was simply another example of the site owners really not understanding quite what it is....which is the most worrying aspect, I think.

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

The whole debacle was simply another example of the site owners really not understanding quite what it is

If nothing else, I think they have a much better idea now!

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

Boyfriend-on-hold -- Thank God I'm not dating, and I hope never again! Too confusing, too messy.

Bojoette had a bit of a letdown with her boyfriend dumping her without ceremony. After, she started hanging out with an old dance friend, and, oddly enough, she became acquainted to ex-boyfriend's previous dump before her, another very nice girl. They've been doing things together. Last night, they were hanging out waiting for a friend to get off work, and they got a call inviting them to a "thing" at someone's home. They decided to drop in until the friend was off work, and, lo and behold, as they walked in, there was ex-boyfriend. Bojoette waved and said "hello," but she told me later that the expression on his face was priceless. Imagine your two ex-girlfriends walking through the door, laughing and having a good time! He left the party...

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Hee - his face would have been a picture.
This young man requested that they re-define from 'being in a relationship' to 'being good friends'.

Rather than throw things at him, she shouted at him for a while but then decided that, with his current health problem, their workload, and a three month break for the summer coming up, putting any relationship on hold, but being the mates that they were before they started dating, was probably not a bad thing.

But it wouldn't surprise me if they get together again, or if they stay good friends for a long time without any romance. We'll see.

[spikesdeb.livejournal.com]

BUSHY'S!!! Oh my, that takes me back. *sigh*. I miss my Isle of Man visits - although technically for the hockey festival and not the TT, we did get to smell the petrol and hot engines, and I got to ride round the course one memorable afternoon while - I have to say - probably one drink to many for actually being safe to hold on the back of the guy who took me. Dropped me off at the Quarterbridge and I waited for my buddies to come get me. *nostalgic sigh*. I must come back one day :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I must come back one day We have a spare, single, bed...

[spikesdeb.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Soup Dragon!!

We have a spare, single, bed... I may hold you to that ;)

[gillo]

This whole student boyfriend business is so complicated. I recall being dumped by a boyfriend because he didn't want to get too involved.

Our 29th wedding anniversary is in August.

Having watched an astonishingly similar scenario from the sidelines in January/February, all I can say is I wish K well and hope it resolves itself to her ultimate satisfaction. I'm sorry the weather is not very TT-friendly.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It is so like F and her young man isn't it? Including the visit home, even.

The weather is grey - that is the only way I can describe it. It is going to be bright and sunny tomorrow. They head back to York on the 9.30a.m. flight tomorrow morning....

[gillo]

I know it's grey - Broadcasting House this morning came from Douglas, with lots of IoM content, including your weather. Here the sun's shining and it's actually warm.

I suppose this sort of thing is part of being 19 these days. Thank God I'm not 19.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately today was the only racing they would see - and all racing was cancelled because it was damp on the mountain part of the circuit and misty - and it is not good to travel over mountain roads in the mist at speed which touch 180mph!

Yikes! Those roads were twisty and scary enough during the day in good weather at sane speeds!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It was the right decision - just a bit frustrating when they were sitting in reasonable weather in Ramsey and nothing was happening!

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

I would love to visit the Isle, but not for the TT or the beer. I just like to visit new places. :)

I enjoy your abbreviations (D-d and B-o-h). It reminds me of the old Victorian letters that you see people have written to each other: Today I visited Ms. B----. It was a rather lovely Afternoon until Mr. L---- spilled his tea over Mr. N----'s Waistcoat; it was a rather New Waistcoat as well.

Pooh-pooh on the weather. If it was a Windsday and not a Saturday, you could blame it on that. (Yes, I know I made a terrible A.A. Milne pun at your expense.)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

fenchurche actually popped over when she was in England because she had been fascinated by my odd bits about the place!

Today it is a grey day - and a bit blustery...

[cbtreks.livejournal.com]

I like LJ myself and don't intend to go anywhere any time soon. I do have a GJ and an Insane Journal (brand new, that one), but mostly just to be sure I get my name if I ever do move.

Sounds like DD and the boyfriend on hold had a good time. Too bad they had to miss the races, though.

I'm so glad not to be dating!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad not to be dating!

Me too - it is the uncertainty of a relationship at that stage - one week you are happy with a boyfriend, the next week you are on your own. Or in this case neither one thing or the other.

[jerusha]

I think that is a great analogy, re: being on LJ and citizenship.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you - it just came to me, and it seemed to fit well, it helps me keep it in some sort of perspective in my mind. Except that our only way of voting is with our feet, so to speak.

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I think that would be a bit too crowded for me ... and I definitely wouldn't like the male to female ratio. :-)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It is very much a male bonding thing! I just love the feel of the place over TT - but I also love it when it goes right back to normal!

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

We've having something of the equivilent right now, with our Chain O' Lakes Festival around the courthouse square. It's much smaller than your event, but it's taking place in a much smaller community. It's a beloved tradition here in Albion.

And it's oh, so good when it's over ...