My Dog Ate My HomenetWork

[stoney321]

I've been in radio silence for several days because my dog killed the internet. Just for me and mine, though. Although, I will say that I feel AT&T should share some of the blame for making a flimsy modem/router that can be undone by a wagging tail. There should be scientific tests!!

I FINALLY got my laptop in, and I love it. I will neither confirm nor deny that there have been makeout sessions with my hardware. (She needs a name. Something punkish.) It took forever to get everything moved over (see: Sally Dog's Tail o'Doom) and the handy tool of "mozilla backup" - you can basically move all of your tabs, features, themes, bookmarks, RSS feeds in one file - didn't work. Finally figured out what the problem was: I installed the newest version of Firefox on the new PC. Went back to 2.0.15 and voila, everything was there. I'm leery of upgrading back to 3.0, plus, I think it looks weird. Does anyone else like it? Hmm.

Anyhoo... sorry for not commenting/replying/responding. There have been some things of excitement, namely me meeting all the producers and directors in the area at a big to-do a few nights ago with my agent. (Can I just say how bizarre and awesome that sounds??) I was at a "Women in Film" festival and saw some amazing shorts, most from around the globe. Dovil, it was like you were there with me as there were TWO New Zealand features, and honestly, they were two of the best that night.

While I had no internet and the outside temps were climbing, I caught up on some shows. Okay, why I never watched "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" is a mystery, because that show is freaking awesome. So squirmy, like "Curb Your Enthusiasm" but for a younger crowd. Absolutely hilarious and non politically correct. I also have a big yen for "My Boys," and I don't care - I love the natural interaction between the friends, it's fantastic. Also, (and this may be only of interest to moosesal) the new season of The Two Coreys is back on, and they've completely changed the format - it doesn't feel scripted like the first season does - it's more like a grainy, gritty documentary. They had a big falling out at the end of last season, and it shows. Also: they're in COUPLES THERAPY. It's so slashy, it's not even funny. They started yelling at each other for not helping the other when they were being molested, and I swear to God, Feldman was talking about Michael Jackson in code. DUDE. Complete and utter crack. Sunday nights on A&E.

I joined a gym (well, the whole family did) and have a meeting with a personal trainer today. He's evidently a hard ass (rawr) and I'm looking forward to it. It's getting too hot to work out outdoors like I prefer, so this is a good solution, plus, they have a water park there. !!! Who doesn't like water slides? They're slides! I'm so happy I got my knee fixed. Can't wait to do the other one. WHOO!!

What's up with everyone? Did I miss anything?

Comments

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

Coreys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shit. I knew it was coming back on. I'll have to check the bedroom DVR and see if recorded. I think I kept the season pass turned on. I hope so!

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is hilarious. I watched some of s1 but kept forgetting it was one. I have 1 and 2 downloaded to watch all at once when I have time. The show is so cracky.

And finally, I just this morning before reading this downloaded Firefox 3.0 at work to try out. I'm not as much of a power user here as I am at home, so I figured I'd test it on little things. I want a feature that allows me to reorder tabs, dammit. I was searching add-ons this morning and can't find anything that does that. There's stuff that let's you decide where to open one, but not to rearrange them once they're open. *sigh*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

The first ep is 12 - I think they're reairing the four that have played so far on Sunday afternoon, so you can catch up then, I'm farly certain.

They don't have anything to reorder tabs? I thought I saw something yesterday... Colored tabs? You can arrange things by color - so you assign each tab a diff. color. I could be wrong on that. If you find anything, I wanna know! (And I'll reciprocate if I find something.)

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I'll check colored tabs. I'd skimmed over it because I thought it was just to color code, not to shift them. I'll have a looksee.

I'll definitely make sure I'm all set-up to record the eps again so I don't miss any. Coreys! I luff them.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, Sal, they are so broken and in love and hurting and AHHHHH!!

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

I've seen previews for "My Boys" and thought...you know, that actually sounds like decent writing. But I barely have time to watch TV anymore (we get home so late.) I have "Weeds," "BSG," "Lost" and (yes, I'm a dork) "Supernatural" that are must watch shows, everything else falls to the wayside. I've watched "It's Always Sunny," too, but I can't seem to ever keep up with its airing times.

Yay for agent and Women in Film! I can imagine the level of out-of-body awesome that must feel like.

I saw on...something...probably a clip's show...that bit about Corey² and the everything but a sequined glove mention of who his molester was and was all...DUDE.

Bad Sally! But yay for new laptop. I have new nursery pics to post at some point and my life is just pretty much baby-baby-baby as we count down the next few weeks. Although there is nipple amusement in my last post. *cryptically nip-tacular*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Honestly, the dialog between the friends is FANTASTIC. I love that she's a real tomboy and a writer and funny and does dumb things. It all feels natural. Sometimes the need to match her up with someone feels forced, but then the writers get back on track. But it's totally my crack. I might upload all the eps - they're half-way through season 3.

Oh my GOD Feldman. he totally gave his butt cherry to Jackson. <-- I want that on a teeshirt.

I wanna see the nursery! Oh, email me your address (I can't find it) because I have baby things for you... NIPPLE. I will read that, yes I will. :D

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Butt Cherry!!! I was just mentioning the other day how disturbing "PYT: Pretty Young Thing" is in context. O_O

I will email you nursery pics here in a bit -- we got the painting done and the crib up but the majority of decor *tosses scarf over shoulder* won't commence until after the show next week. Address sent! Yay baby stuff! *squeezes you hard*

Is that my nipple or am I just wearing body armor? *continues the cryptic*

[triplemare.livejournal.com]

(She needs a name. Something punkish.)

Sheena.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

*pogos around the room*
I loooove the Ramones. But when I hear "Sheena" I think both "Queen of the Jungle" and "Easton," neither which scream graffiti, broken windows, and pierced lips.

I've relistened to that clip twice now. WHOOO!

[drusplace.livejournal.com]

Oh I haven't seen the new Two Coreys! I must watch! Couples Therapy? LOL well if any couple needed that it is so them!!! I've seen ONE ep of It's Always Sunny and thought it was hysterical. Maybe I should look for more?

Oh and *raises hand enthusiastically* I LOVE water slides. Slides+Water=WIN

And I think it is so cool that I *know* someone (if only on lj) that has an agent!!!! Yay you!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

It's completely different from the first season - much better, imo. you should totally watch more It's Always Sunny - it just gets funnier, imo.

WATER SLIDES! Aside from the butt crack issues, they rock. :D

[drusplace.livejournal.com]

"WATER SLIDES! Aside from the butt crack issues, they rock. :D"

You do know how to get to the meat of an issue don't yet.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

And THAT, dear readers, is one of the main reasons I wear board shorts instead of a traditional lady bathing suit. No grabbing. :D

[lynnenne]

I will neither confirm nor deny that there have been makeout sessions with my hardware.

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Your denials say more than real words ever could!

I am so excited that your agent is taking you to meet producers. And a little jealous. You're living the dream! \o/

In conclusion, WATER SLIDES!!!!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

HEEEEEEEE!

Lynne, it's freaking crazy. She just booked one of her clients a gig in a Russian movie. To be filmed in Russia. I raised my hands and said "I want those kind of gigs." DUDE!!

Who doesn't like a wet slide? hahahahahaha. Why is everything sounding so dirty? :D

[lynnenne]

It's because you are a skeevy trailer ho! You have BECOME your character. It's the sign of a true artiste. :D

[anelith.livejournal.com]

You have a gym with a WATER PARK?!! Wow! That's a gym that knows how to keep its members coming in on a regular basis.

So cool, the meet-up with your agent and all the producers, etc.! Fun, exciting, glamorous and good for your career -- can one ask for anything more?

We upgraded to the new version of Firefox but have yet to take advantage of anything much in the way of features. We are very basic users. Why then did we upgrade? *shrug* Ask my husband, he took a notion to do it one night and here we are.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Isn't that awesome? They have a few rock climbing walls, too. (And a spa, and a salon, and two eateries, and and and...)

Anne, it's just so much fun playing with the possibilities of movies or commercials. I don't even need to be paid, I just wanna play. And my husband falls into a seizure...

I'm wanting to make sure that all of my hard-won settings I brought over won't go away. Also, it just looks weird. I don't know why software makers change up the appearance on new developments - I'm a creature of habit!

[cityphonelines.livejournal.com]

I want your gym! My gym does NOT have water slides. My gym FAILS.

I installed Firefox 3 on this laptop to try it out, since I'll be getting my new one in by the end of the month. And um... it's ok. The way the browser finds visited urls is interesting. Like the name of my flist is 'I predict a riot', so if I just start typing 'adis723.li...' it'll show up that way, but it'll also show up if I start to type out 'I pred...'. Did that explanation make sense? It took awhile to get used to that, but I think I like it.

A lot of my favorite add-ons were already updated for FF3, but a few still aren't. Tab Mix Plus wasn't when I first installed it and I nearly wept with sorrow, but it's there now.

I'm also not that crazy about any of the compatible themes (I'm using Silvermel, which I do really like, nice and clean, but it's THE ONLY ONE I've liked).

Overall, I'm comfortable with it, but honestly, I'd wait a few weeks if I were you, just to give it a chance to level out. /insane Firefox BLATHER

And YAY! for meeting producers and directors, remember, I'm almost 5'10" and totally willing to be your wrangler if you ever start doing the convention or any other media circuits. I'M JUST SAYIN'.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Freaking water slides, Vin! And a rock climbing wall that I am itching to try out.

And yeah - that description makes sense - my whole thing is the layout changes and colors, because I'm a dork. I think you can't get an update for del.ico.us on your browser plus the tab mix plus that you mentioned, so I might hang on to 2.0 until that comes around. See: I'm a dork. It is not blather - that's the stuff I wanna know! <3

HEE. I will totally need your height to bust through crowds so that Jared and Jensen and I can address the crowds at conventions. Hahahaha!

[cityphonelines.livejournal.com]

Do not despair, the delicious add-on was updated a few days ago. I'd cry if I didn't have my handy delicious buttons. CRY TEARS OF EMO PAIN. I'd still say wait though, just cause I'm sure there will be more updates since everyone on the site is begging in comments to all the developers that haven't updated some of the more beloved add-ons.

With the theme I'm using I'm not seeing much in the way of visual differences from 2.0 to 3.0, so I reckon that's the big trick, though it took me almost an entire day to find a theme I was comfortable with.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Oh!! That's good to know.

I'm not using anything but the basic theme - I've honestly not checked them out. I should do that. Wait until development addresses current concerns, check.

(Are you flying into OKC next weekend, or DFW? If it's the latter... Well. I'm buying you a drink and a meal, chicky.)

[cityphonelines.livejournal.com]

I am ashamed to say I have yet to book my flight. I'll probably go with whatever's cheapest. If I stop at DFW for a good amount of time, I'll let you know.

[ravynstoneabbey]

I always found dragging the tabs works really well if I need to reorder them.

I really like it though, but about cried when I saw one of my most used extensions wasn't quite ready for FF3.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Yeah - that's been working for me. And honestly, because my old computer was becoming a dinosaur, I didn't keep many tabs open in the first place. Now that I have my rocket? *opens a million tabs muah ah ah!*

Oh, yikes! That's my hold up, honestly.

[ravynstoneabbey]

Was very happy when I saw that it had been updated (LJLogin, I have a few journals to keep up with).

I have a couple of others I use enough that they are missed on FF3, but that's fixable, I think.

Though I mourn the loss of most of my themes. Had quite a few nice ones, but they haven't been updated yet.

[tabaqui]

Ack, doggy tail o'doom! Heh. Glad you got it fixed.

I upgraded to Firefox 3.o and have no issues, but then i have the totally stripped-down, no frills version, as i don't like 'bells and whistles'. The only problem i had was that, up in the bar at the top where you type in a url? I had that set in the older version to not remember any url, 'cause i hate how it tries to finish what you're typing and also, i don't like to advertise where i've been. So i had to search around for a fix for that, as it wouldn't shut off. But it was easy to find and easy to do, and i'm happy with my upgrade.

I know that some people upgraded and then bailed fast as there were some bugs - probably they're either fixed or getting fixed now. The 'help, my firefox is fuxored!!' forums are easy to use and lots of people on there with lots of fixes, so...

Have fun at the gym!
:)

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Her tail is a lethal weapon, I'm telling you! I've lost houseplants, candles, small children...

I think I'm going to wait a bit before moving up officially to 3.0 - when I hear people on my flist cheering all the add ons, then I'll know it's time. :D I don't have a lot of frills, but I like them, and I'm such a creature of habit - I like knowing things are going to keep on working like they have in the past, because I'm an old curmudgeon.

Wheee! I hope he kicks me around and makes me crazy sore. Oh, and that he's hot. Hahahaha!

[undersea.livejournal.com]

I still haven't upgraded to the new Firefox yet, either. There are still a few add-ons I'm waiting for. :P

I'm pretty excited for this week's new episode of The Two Coreys. It's gonna get ~deep~, kid.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Me, too. Plus, I turned on the internet this morning and found it was 3.0! I went into the settings and saw I had "automatically update" checked, so I unchecked that and went back to 2.0. Bah.

COREYS. I mean, how awesome is this new turn?? I can't wait for the next ep.

[spuffyduds.livejournal.com]

Punkish laptop name? Howsabout "Siouxsie?"

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I may have started calling her that, just to see if it fits. PERFECTION, by the way - that's exactly the angle I was going for. (It's down between that and a breakdancer's name. Time will tell!)

[lycomingst.livejournal.com]

I tried Firefox 3 but I went back to #2. Three disappeared all my add-ons.

I watched a couple of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" but nobody has a Philly accent and that's a major irritant for me when it's supposed to be in Phila.

I wish I had a waterslide right now.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Me too, plus, I saw that 3 has an option pre-selected to automatically update without asking. I took that off and went back to 2.0.

You know, even though I really like that show, I completely understand. Nothing bugs me more than a show based in the south or Texas and it's such an obviously fake accent. ("Joy" on My Name is Earl is the best accent I've heard, but that's because she's from here.)

Waterslide!! It's just a chute of joy.

[dovil.livejournal.com]

Wot! New Zealanders represent! Let me guess, lots of scenery shots and people getting drunk/depressed/drunk and depressed. Possibly with beatings and orders for eggs to be cooked.

There have been some things of excitement, namely me meeting all the producers and directors in the area at a big to-do a few nights ago with my agent.

\o/ !! If you get drunk and tumble out of the car with no knickers on they'll automatically know that your a star in the making.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha. No eggs nor scenery shots, but there was a molestation of a 12 year old girl, so hey! (It was very upsetting and very well done for an 8 minute film.) But there were beatings.

ROTFL! I'll have to remember to stop wearing underpants if I'm gonna make it in this biz...

[st_salieri.livejournal.com]

Hi!

I have nothing to say, because nothing else is going on with me, because I've been seriously LJ-absent recently. But hi!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOUR ICON. *sings along*

HI!!

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

This an official drive-by hello.

Accept no substitutes.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Hey, R!! *hugs you* I hope you're having fun - if you're still on vacation. If you're not, I hope you're still having fun. :D

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Vacation's all over. I'll try to post about it tomorrow since it's a beautiful B&B with sheep running around.

[darlas-mom.livejournal.com]

Lapto name: Tough Cookie? I suck at coming up with punkish names. Make something funny out of your last name, maybe? My sister's friends all call her "Cooter," no joke.

I always wanted to see "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." I had a great time in Philly in my teens, so I'm partial to anything with the city in it, and then it turned up in a keywords search on IMDb for "brother-sister incest." NO, I DO NOT KNOW WHY, BUT I MUST FIND OUT!

Wait, wait, wait. On Corey Haim and Corey Feldman: BACK UP. They were molested? When was this revealed?! (I've never seen more than ads for this show) What the hell? What happened? What?!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Cooter has promise, actually... Cooter McGee? L'il Cooter? I'll work on it.

The show is hilarious and it really pushes boundaries, so I think it's right up your alley.

They don't go into details!! But there were rumors of Jackson having a "relationship" with Feldman for a long time; Feldman was called to testify at his trial a few years back, in fact, but he was tight lipped about anything improper.

I'm curious to know what happened to Haim. I want it to be someone like Robert Downey Jr. on a heroin bender when Haim was only 15 or something. Or maybe just read a story about that... Yes, I'm going to hell.

[xochitl42.livejournal.com]

...Water park? That's just...talk about motivation!

Mmmm...laptop. Eeeeeexcellent. I'd recommend "Mona Lisa Overdrive," but that might be a tad long.

My mister got me a laptop (getting internets at home is a totally different matter--Australia has data transfer caps! :( ), and it is so stupefyingly cool, I scan my finger to login. It has a fingerprint reader, OMG.

I am lost regarding American TV, now; in aq way, it's kind of refreshing--I get out and do other stuff (like hang out with the mister or family here in Oz), but in another way, it keeeellls me.

Ah, well.

I'm sorry about the destruction of connectivity! :( But I'm glad it's back!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Water park! So the kids want to go every day, which means I'm wanting to go every day which means tighten and tone, baby!

Data transfer caps? WOE! There goes bootlegged movies! :D

*hugs you* Hey there, Mrs!!

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Dog of doom? Tail of doom? *grin* Well, I am glad it sorted itself out for you at least. I use the latest version of Firefox, and I LOVE IT! Most of the skins etc work with the latest version to. I haven't had any problems with it at all. Works like a charm. :-)

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I've yet to be able to import all of my settings into Firefox 3, so I'm holding out for a bit. I'm glad to hear it's working for you, though. That's encouraging!