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Just a general pop in thread
Carter-Orange:
Hello everyone :)
Wow Julie, your site is 25 next year, that's quite an achievement.
Mare, I wish you had written an alternative ending to Merlin as that ending was the worst in TV history lol.
I'm not enjoying being back in work after a two week cruise. The cruise was really good apart from Tim picking up norovirus and being quite unwell for a couple of days. And it was hot lol. But what did I expect from a Mediterrean cruise in June. Thank god for aircon on the ship and the cabin.
I think I might have some fanfic reading to catch up on as had no internet on the ship and wasn't paying P&O's internet prices. It was actually nice to be away from social media on sea days, and just have a quick look and put a few photos on FB on port days (and check on family lol).
mare:
I saw your post on Twitter about moving your site. I can't believe it's going to 25 years! That's amazing!! I was going to ask you about that. It sounds like a giant pain in the ass. I hope it transitioned smoothly. Everyone is hiking up prices for everything nowadays! That's why I'm kind of surprised that AC is still functioning. I thought by now, it would be gone. I'm glad it's still around but every day I click here thinking one day it's just not going to exist anymore.
I surprisingly got through Oppenheimer in two sittings. It was slow and didn't fully have my attention the entire time, but at one point, it did get interesting enough to pull me away from scrolling. I just watched The Iron Claw which I thought I would like because...brot hers. But it wasn't that great. Maybe with a better cast and a much better screenplay. Tonight, since there's no baseball and my sister's out of town, I am going to watch American Fiction, which is something I've been wanting to see for a while.
Because of the rain delay last night, I watched the third episode of The Boys. I love how they are just totally mocking MAGAs relentlessly. I mean the whole series has kind of alluded to them, but I think Erik Kripke was finally you know what? F them! Let's just totally go balls to the wall this year! You'll see what I mean. I plan on starting The Bear soon, but it still annoys me it's being called a comedy. My brain can't get around that fact. It's a great drama! But a so-so comedy.
I tried to get into podcasts, but for whatever reason, they don't seem to hold my attention either. Admittedly I listened to the old Bunny Ears podcast which was Macauley's just to see what he said about his family and Kieran and that's how I found out a lot of crap, but other than that, I've tried a ton but can never seem to get through them. If I wasn't so lazy, I'd swear I had ADHD lol
mare:
--- Quote from: Carter-Orange on June 27, 2024, 09:22:06 AM ---Hello everyone :)
Wow Julie, your site is 25 next year, that's quite an achievement.
Mare, I wish you had written an alternative ending to Merlin as that ending was the worst in TV history lol.
I'm not enjoying being back in work after a two week cruise. The cruise was really good apart from Tim picking up norovirus and being quite unwell for a couple of days. And it was hot lol. But what did I expect from a Mediterrean cruise in June. Thank god for aircon on the ship and the cabin.
I think I might have some fanfic reading to catch up on as had no internet on the ship and wasn't paying P&O's internet prices. It was actually nice to be away from social media on sea days, and just have a quick look and put a few photos on FB on port days (and check on family lol).
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Hi Steph! Your cruise seemed nice. Lots of beautiful places. I'm secretly scared of catching a stomach bug on the cruise. My immune system isn't that great and because of the buffets etc... hopefully not though. I bet it is hard going back to work after a nice vacation like that. Are you planning on cruising again?
Speaking of cruising
I'm still a little stressed about how I'm going to get around. I rented a scooter but I'm worried about getting into things, like the buffet and restaurants and shows with a scooter. The only other thing I have is a walker. I can't use just a cane anymore and my sister doesn't want to drag the wheelchair and I can understand that because I rented the scooter. our cabin won't be big enough to hold all my handicap equipment. I'm sure I'm not the first person who's had this problem. I'm hoping it will be easier than what I picture in my mind. I can't believe it's only two months away. I have been talking about this cruise forever! LOL
It'll be nice unplugging for at seas days. I am bringing two books with me because in my head, I can't picture what it would be like not being on my phone all day long.
I agree Steph, that Merlin ending was garbage! I'm still mad about it! It deserved so much better!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Carter-Orange on June 27, 2024, 09:22:06 AM ---Hello everyone :)
Wow Julie, your site is 25 next year, that's quite an achievement.
Mare, I wish you had written an alternative ending to Merlin as that ending was the worst in TV history lol.
I'm not enjoying being back in work after a two week cruise. The cruise was really good apart from Tim picking up norovirus and being quite unwell for a couple of days. And it was hot lol. But what did I expect from a Mediterrean cruise in June. Thank god for aircon on the ship and the cabin.
I think I might have some fanfic reading to catch up on as had no internet on the ship and wasn't paying P&O's internet prices. It was actually nice to be away from social media on sea days, and just have a quick look and put a few photos on FB on port days (and check on family lol).
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Welcome back, Steph! It looks like the cruise was lovely! I enjoyed seeing your photos on FB. I bet it was hot, though, and that's too bad about Tim getting norovirus... no fun!! I hope you were able to avoid catching it, and I'm glad you had a good time otherwise. It's always so hard going back to work after a holiday!
I bet it was nice to have a break from social media. I go through phases, but most of the time, I'm too attached to my phone and computer. I don't usually post much, but I spend a lot of time scrolling LOL.
I haven't updated my site/story in a few weeks, partly because I've been trying to figure out this transfer thing, but I have been writing. I've finished two chapters and am well into a third, trying to build a buffer back up so I can get back to semi-regular updates. I am just so slow. I can't believe it will be 25 years next year either! Who would have ever thought?
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on June 27, 2024, 09:31:24 AM ---I saw your post on Twitter about moving your site. I can't believe it's going to 25 years! That's amazing!! I was going to ask you about that. It sounds like a giant pain in the ass. I hope it transitioned smoothly. Everyone is hiking up prices for everything nowadays! That's why I'm kind of surprised that AC is still functioning. I thought by now, it would be gone. I'm glad it's still around but every day I click here thinking one day it's just not going to exist anymore.
I surprisingly got through Oppenheimer in two sittings. It was slow and didn't fully have my attention the entire time, but at one point, it did get interesting enough to pull me away from scrolling. I just watched The Iron Claw which I thought I would like because...brot hers. But it wasn't that great. Maybe with a better cast and a much better screenplay. Tonight, since there's no baseball and my sister's out of town, I am going to watch American Fiction, which is something I've been wanting to see for a while.
Because of the rain delay last night, I watched the third episode of The Boys. I love how they are just totally mocking MAGAs relentlessly. I mean the whole series has kind of alluded to them, but I think Erik Kripke was finally you know what? F them! Let's just totally go balls to the wall this year! You'll see what I mean. I plan on starting The Bear soon, but it still annoys me it's being called a comedy. My brain can't get around that fact. It's a great drama! But a so-so comedy.
I tried to get into podcasts, but for whatever reason, they don't seem to hold my attention either. Admittedly I listened to the old Bunny Ears podcast which was Macauley's just to see what he said about his family and Kieran and that's how I found out a lot of crap, but other than that, I've tried a ton but can never seem to get through them. If I wasn't so lazy, I'd swear I had ADHD lol
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It has been a huge pain in the ass! Everything I read made it sound so easy - just use a plugin to back up the site, download the backup file, reupload it on the new server, change a few settings, and voila! Unfortunately, every plugin I tried had the reuploading part behind a paywall or wouldn't work with a site as big as mine, so it became a huge hassle, trying to find something that would work. I ended up doing most of it manually, and I'm still not sure exactly what I did that finally worked to get everything transferred and showing up right. I tried it so many times that when I finally got into the back end on the new site, I had duplicates of a bunch of files, so I spent hours last night going through everything and deleting the duplicates. I also had to re-input all the settings for my layout by hand because that wouldn't transfer. If I'd known it was going to be that much of a headache, I might have just bit the bullet and paid the price like I have the last few times I've had to renew. Hopefully I can stay with this new host for awhile so I don't have to do this again for a long time LOL.
I'm surprised AC is still around, too! That means Ash is still paying for the domain and, I assume, some sort of hosting plan. Even if it was set to autopay, he would have to update his credit card info every few years when it expires. I'm glad he's still paying to keep it around as an archive, but I wish he would figure out how to fix it and make it functional again.
I may give Oppenheimer another try at some point. I'm sure it is good once you get into it. It's certainly an interesting part of history.
I absolutely love how The Boys parallels our social-political climate of the last few years. It's gotten more and more blatant with each season. It's funny because it seems like the kind of show some of the MAGA crowd may have enjoyed in the beginning, being violent and gory - I wonder if any of them stuck with it long enough to see the parallels and realized they were on the side of the villains. But I bet most of them quit because it was too "woke."
I have to be doing something mindless while I'm listening to a podcast. Usually that is falling asleep LOL, but like I said, mowing the lawn or walking works, too. I mostly listen to true crime podcasts, but occasionally I branch out into history or other stuff. I actually found a fanfic one the other day that is pretty good so far! It's called The Fanfic Writers' Craft, and it's two female fanfic writers talking about... well, their craft LOL. I'm only on episode two, which is about plotting, but so far I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would. I often feel like the stuff I write doesn't really fit in with the discussions I see on other fanfic platforms that revolve around ships and smut. But their conversations have been more general so far, and they both write Harry Potter fic, among other fandoms, so when they give specific examples from their own writing, I at least know the characters they're talking about. I would never be able to just sit and actively listen to it without doing something else, though. I want to watch the podcast/interview Angel did with Taylor Lautner and his wife (who is also Taylor Lautner LOL), but I will probably have to put it on the TV or watch it in spurts while I walk on the treadmill because it is really long, and I don't have the attention span to sit and watch the computer or my phone for that long LOL.
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