*sniffle* No lift to London

*sniffle* No lift to London (I could have had one yesterday but I didn’t know that, and nor did the person I was hoping to get the lift from). What happened is, B told me his best mate had to go to Heathrow to pick someone up, and I should be able to hitch a … Continue reading “*sniffle* No lift to London”

*sniffle* No lift to London (I could have had one yesterday but I didn’t know that, and nor did the person I was hoping to get the lift from). What happened is, B told me his best mate had to go to Heathrow to pick someone up, and I should be able to hitch a lift. And yeah, I could, except he’s not gone to Heathrow this time, he’s gone to Manchester. D’oh!!! So no concert for me. Waaah! What a waste of a bloody tenner. And still, I don’t know if I’ve got a room for the weekend or what. *sigh* Off I go to try ringing them again, then……

Ummm. The Buffy and Angel

Ummm. The Buffy and Angel season finales are on tonight. And I’ve just been thinking, that considering those shows are just about the only thing I watch on TV (the only ones I watch regularly week-in-week-out at least), and that the majority of my websites are based around them, I don’t talk about ’em that … Continue reading “Ummm. The Buffy and Angel”

Ummm. The Buffy and Angel season finales are on tonight. And I’ve just been thinking, that considering those shows are just about the only thing I watch on TV (the only ones I watch regularly week-in-week-out at least), and that the majority of my websites are based around them, I don’t talk about ’em that much here. Apart from the sites, I spose. I don’t talk about the eps I’ve seen, or anything like that. Maybe it doesn’t seem strange to anyone who’s not me, but thing is, I probably wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Buffy. And I mean, here, writing this journal, living where I live, doing the job I do. No, scratch the probably – I definitely wouldn’t be. If I hadn’t got into Buffy, I don’t know that I’d have had the creative impetuous to do more than the basic simple website that Dark Angel’s Tower was, I don’t think I’d’ve started writing again, I never would have had the fun that is writing fanfic. I never would have moved up to Yorkshire, because I wouldn’t know my Barry, or Megs, or any of the fantastic people I’ve met through this whole Buffy / internet thing. In fact, if I think about it, I wouldn’t have known Char, and I never would have spoken more than two words to Russ at work…. in which case they most likely wouldn’t have both joined the mailing list where they met, and instead of being married and having a baby, they’d still be on opposite sides of the planet. And my god, that paragraph got long and involved. LOL.

I added a few more links today, to GB, and also to Sam, Lar, and Kassie, who I know of (though don’t know well (unfortunately, cos they’re cool people)) through the Buffy fandom. And I spose reading their blogs also partially sparked off the above train of thought. Though I think I’ve been way luckier than them. Probably it’s because my sites and fics are so-so, rather than remarkably good or bad, but I’ve never had any of the hassle that they seem to get. But it’s extremely shitty that the hassle happens. Live and let live, damnit!

Just took this IQ test. Scored 147. Go me, I’m a genius. *snort*

I have Salon Hair.

I have Salon Hair. It’s an odd feeling, especially since I know I’m never going to get it to go quite how the hairdresser did it again. Am I the only person who has that problem? Surely not. But I’m not a hair-style-y person – I never put anything on it (apart from coloured stuff, … Continue reading “I have Salon Hair.”

I have Salon Hair. It’s an odd feeling, especially since I know I’m never going to get it to go quite how the hairdresser did it again. Am I the only person who has that problem? Surely not. But I’m not a hair-style-y person – I never put anything on it (apart from coloured stuff, of course) – I just point the hairdryer and hope for the best. As for using one of those big round brushes…… if I try that, the brush usually has to be cut out of the resultant tangle. Happily, the hairdresser tells me that pointing the hairdryer and hoping should work well with this new cut. Hope so!

Wondered into Clinton’s Cards on the way back, cos I’d seen an Undertaker T shirt in the window (which I then couldn’t find inside, of course). But I discovered that the shop assistant and a customer (both in their 40’s) were having an intense discussion over whether Angel, Spike, or possibly Riley is sexiest. LOL! Y’see, Buffy rules! Thankyouverymuch.

I’m impressed

I’m pretty impressed to say, the UKBAWC seems to be coming up as one of the top search results for “Buffy” on all of the search engines I’ve tried (including some I hadn’t even heard of til I saw them on the site stats). Within the top 50, this is, but mainly way lower. And … Continue reading “I’m impressed”

I’m pretty impressed to say, the UKBAWC seems to be coming up as one of the top search results for “Buffy” on all of the search engines I’ve tried (including some I hadn’t even heard of til I saw them on the site stats). Within the top 50, this is, but mainly way lower. And try searching for Buffy Angel UK, or even just Buffy UK, and *wham*, right up the top. No wonder it gets so many hits! LOL. I must’ve had a search-engine registration spasm when I did the new design last year. Should do the same for my other sites!

And continuing the search-engine testing thing, I’ve discovered that Spiked & Skewered doesn’t even appear on a search for Spike (on AltaVista), but tops the bill for William the Bloody. Fair enough. They’ve got the wrong addy, though….. must sort that out.

I’m bored now. Could do some more website stuff. But I’m going to bed instead. Blah.

That Tripod thing

Seems like the whole Tripod site deletion debacle may have been a technical glitch, rather than a crack down on fan sites. Doi. A glitch which has people screaming for blood, and hate / boycott campaigns springing up. I’m amazed how quickly all that happened, you know. Just goes to show the power and immediacy … Continue reading “That Tripod thing”

Seems like the whole Tripod site deletion debacle may have been a technical glitch, rather than a crack down on fan sites. Doi. A glitch which has people screaming for blood, and hate / boycott campaigns springing up. I’m amazed how quickly all that happened, you know. Just goes to show the power and immediacy (is that a word?) of email and the internet. Hmm.

I’m going to put the rest of my fic up at Soulstar today. Should be done in half an hour or so. Other than that, I’ve just mainly been pottering for the last couple of days – got some new affiliates for The Airlock. And I might even get the links page for this site done. You never know. *g*

Sites and more sites

Now trying to see if I can get the lil Blogvoices thang to tell me how many comments there are. *crosses fingers* Haven’t done my links page yet, cos…. well…… I watched Buffy and Angel on Friday night (as usual). Laughed my arse off at Buffy, cos she didn’t get there in time to stop … Continue reading “Sites and more sites”

Now trying to see if I can get the lil Blogvoices thang to tell me how many comments there are. *crosses fingers* Haven’t done my links page yet, cos…. well…… I watched Buffy and Angel on Friday night (as usual). Laughed my arse off at Buffy, cos she didn’t get there in time to stop Riley leaving forever (*snigger*….. not that I really hate her, but it’s good to see the heroine not getting it all her way). And then I watched Angel. In which Darla and Drusilla caused much mayhem. *vbg* The upshot of this is, I’ve been doing a brand new Darla & Dru website all weekend. I promised myself I wouldn’t make any new sites now. Guess I lied. Ho hum ;-)

Spiked Awards voting, etc

Well….. hmm…. the voting for the SPIKED Awards is all done, and we have winners. *g* They won’t be announced until Wednesday, though, as I still have to finish off making some of the awards, and put the winning site and fic titles on the ones I already have. And I’m working another 5 day … Continue reading “Spiked Awards voting, etc”

Well….. hmm…. the voting for the SPIKED Awards is all done, and we have winners. *g* They won’t be announced until Wednesday, though, as I still have to finish off making some of the awards, and put the winning site and fic titles on the ones I already have. And I’m working another 5 day stretch again. Yes, I know most people work 5 days in a row, but I do shifts. Still, another 2 and a half weeks of it, and then I’ve taken 4 days leave which actually gives me 9 days off. Yay! :-) I’ll probably be spending the time getting my sites all up to date. Heh.

I know it’s silly, but I keep having dreams that I’ve found Worf. *sigh* There wasn’t any sign of him by the railtracks, in the end. Pesky animal that he is. But I hope it was him, cos at least that would mean he’s not far away. I still wonder if he’s trying to get back to London….. urgh.

Oh, hey, and I’m writing again…. I’d taken a bit of a break, but then I got inspired and now I’ve got 3 on the go. All Spike-y fic, of course. Hmm, actually, I’ve got 5 on the go if you count Night Walks On (I occasionally do bits of it, but it’s depressing writing a story you know no-one’s interested in), and the Harmony fic I’ve been playing around with since last summer. That’s a fun one, but it keeps getting interrupted. Oh well….. back to work….

Hmm…. ooops.

Hmm…. ooops. I’ve just realised that not only am I going to be missing my brother’s 21st birthday to go Spike-stalking, but when we’re at Noc 3K the following weekend, we’ll be missing Father’s Day. Hope Dad won’t mind both his offspring deserting him in favour of some American TV actors….. *g* I can at … Continue reading “Hmm…. ooops.”

Hmm…. ooops. I’ve just realised that not only am I going to be missing my brother’s 21st birthday to go Spike-stalking, but when we’re at Noc 3K the following weekend, we’ll be missing Father’s Day. Hope Dad won’t mind both his offspring deserting him in favour of some American TV actors….. *g* I can at least get Martin…. oh, I dunno, a lifesized cardboard Buffy (why, oh why don’t they have lifesize Spikes?!?!? It’s a cruel world….) or something, at the con (heh, he’ll have fun taking that home on the train). Maybe Dad would like one too….

Sods law

Well, there’s sods law for you. I’ve been in this job for what, 4 weeks, and I knew I had it for at least 3 weeks before that. And what do I get today? A phone call from an agency I’d registered with in the autumn, and who had only called me before with office … Continue reading “Sods law”

Well, there’s sods law for you. I’ve been in this job for what, 4 weeks, and I knew I had it for at least 3 weeks before that. And what do I get today? A phone call from an agency I’d registered with in the autumn, and who had only called me before with office admin type jobs, but apparantly never got me an interview (was I too overqualified?). But *now*… now they call me and say they have a web design job they want to put me forward for! In Sussex, by the way – we weren’t fixed on which end of the country we wanted to move to. Isn’t that just typical? Still, I probably wouldn’t have got anywhere with it, or the pay would’ve been crap, or something. And where I am is good, so that’s OK. Also, they have webdesign departments within the company, so there’s that possibility too…… But still – TCHA!!

Oh, and I booked my holiday off work today for the Spike-stalking expedition that I’m going on in June with Luna & Noxy. Heehee! I dunno, poor James Marsters……