Think happy thoughts
Sep. 1st, 2005 09:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabotabbyIt's safe to say that most of you are feeling pretty down this week. So am I. (Although I do have exciting plans for the weekend.) The first thing I read today was eye magazine's obituary for Ninjalicious (I'd link to it, but it's apparently not on the site yet), which was bittersweet in a way -- it reinforced both what a loss his death was but also what'd he'd managed to accomplish in 31 years. And it makes me grateful, in a way, to read about someone who loved Toronto as much as I do. Most people who live here, I've noticed, are either insane or looking for a way out.
I can't read the news lately. It's hard enough to see my friends list sometimes.
Anyway...I'm not going to be around much this weekend if all goes well, but I'll be back Monday or Tuesday with some fabulous stories. I hope. In the meantime, I want to try to cheer everyone up in the most cooperative and participatory manner possible. Which means that I want everyone to post something in the comments that makes you happy or that you think will make someone else happy. I think we can all use a smile.
I'll start. For all you editors: Lesser-Known Editing and Proofreading Marks.
EDIT: Another thing that made me laugh: Too dumb to be Objectivists! Hat tip to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kynn.
I can't read the news lately. It's hard enough to see my friends list sometimes.
Anyway...I'm not going to be around much this weekend if all goes well, but I'll be back Monday or Tuesday with some fabulous stories. I hope. In the meantime, I want to try to cheer everyone up in the most cooperative and participatory manner possible. Which means that I want everyone to post something in the comments that makes you happy or that you think will make someone else happy. I think we can all use a smile.
I'll start. For all you editors: Lesser-Known Editing and Proofreading Marks.
EDIT: Another thing that made me laugh: Too dumb to be Objectivists! Hat tip to
kynn.
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Date: 2005-09-01 02:47 pm (UTC)Look out! Corn!
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Date: 2005-09-01 03:07 pm (UTC)also, the fact that the new Harry Potter movie comes out in about 77 days also makes me very happy.
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Date: 2005-09-01 03:17 pm (UTC)really new cats.
more cat.
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Date: 2005-09-01 05:08 pm (UTC)http://www.torontoist.com/archives/2005/08/death_of_a_ninj.php
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Date: 2005-09-01 05:16 pm (UTC)My cat can't fit in a sink. :( :( :(
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Date: 2005-09-01 05:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-01 07:03 pm (UTC)I think I've always managed to spell her name correctly, mostly because I heard of it because I read her books. Still, if one likes her enough to list her as an interest (shudder), one ought to look up how it's spelled.
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Date: 2005-09-01 07:19 pm (UTC)She was often asked how do you pronounce "Ayn"? And here is her answer:
"Ayn" rhymes with "mine."
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_ayn_rand_faq_index2#ar_q3
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Date: 2005-09-01 05:31 pm (UTC)____
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Date: 2005-09-01 07:05 pm (UTC)I'm afraid that I'm sometimes the one responsible for the first one.
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Date: 2005-09-01 07:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-01 06:01 pm (UTC)Christ, I know just how you feel. Hope things get better soon...
I'm sure you've seen all the pirate cats on the entire internet now, but just in case, have this fine chap in exchange for the splendid proofreading marks!
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Date: 2005-09-01 09:38 pm (UTC)Well, there's
I loved the new editor's notations and I will watch for them. Chapter Three will be complete in a week. I am currently in giddy, super-genius mode and totally enamored with everything I have typed in the last 48 hours. Part of this may also be my being punchy from sleep deprivation. I wish I could always feel like this. [*bounce*]
Oh! this should cheer you: Here at work we had these old, 1950s double-sided clocks that stood out from the wall or hung down from the ceiling. They stopped working ages ago and we finally got the replaced, which means I have found art to play with. I initially considered filling them with water and goldfish, but on second consideration I quickly realized that they aren't the least bit water tight. Then I considered building a diorama inside them or something. They are actually too heavy for me to do anything with, so I reconsidered the one-sided wall clock by the same manufacturer (also broken and replaced). It's sufficiently lightweight and its convex glass would make a great picture frame. Then I thought, "Hey, I can put by 1984 George W Bush icon in there." I could even back light it to make it look more like a monitor. Maybe add an old, broken camera lens to the mounting, etc. ...
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Date: 2005-09-01 10:50 pm (UTC)