Adios Amigas!

[revid]

*polishes shiny new LiveJournal permanent account*

Yeah, so I decided to bite the bullet and get a permanent account. It's only money, after all. And I've become such an icon slut. I told shoegal_icons at pink_cosmos that she was partially to blame. If you're looking for icons, check hers out. </pimp>

Over at news, people were riding the drama llama pretty hard over the permanent account sale. There's still a lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth over Strikeout 2007. My humble opinion? Some people need to build a bridge and get over it. LJ admitted they fucked up and they're trying to correct it. But, still, on every page there are these posts from people with their inflated sense of importance wailing "I can't buy a perm account because I don't know if I can trust you, LJ. Woe, woe." So, you feel that way? Fine. Then don't buy one. Just STFU about it, OK? No one really cares anymore about your opinion.

*pets poor drama llama*

In other news, I am outta here this afternoon. Fiji, here I come. Two wonderful weeks diving my brains out on the Fiji Aggressor III. As always, I will miss you all. (But I'd better not miss anything good, dammit. I want to hear aboutsee those pix of Mike naked or whatever when I get back.)

There are a few important events that will occur in my absence:

Happy Birthday wishes go out to:

sick_of_me03 27 June
oh_johnny_ 27 June
oneandonlytrey 27 June
mikeyface 29 June
My Dad (who, thank god, has never even heard of LJ) 1 July (OMG, he's 79!)
luthien123 4 July

and a very Happy 13th Wedding Anniversary to the lovely Billie Joe and Adrienne Nesser Armstrong on 2 July.

Take care of yourselves while I'm gone, OK?


P.S. I uploaded a so-so quality .wmv copy of the infamous Green Day 1991 Tour Video here, if anyone would like it. It's 85 MB. Billie's Willy makes an appearance around minute 31, for those that might be interested.

Comments

[beelzezuk.livejournal.com]

I can sort of see why people are a bit concerned over people abusing the abuse feature. Especially since there aren't really clear guidelines about what will get the journal banned. I kind of want to know what would happen if someone reported corruption of a minor because the minor read something they apparently shouldn't be reading. Over here, I think that's going to be a problem soon, but I don't know anything about California law.

Not really worth all of the teeth gnashing though or the wailing about perm accounts.

Congrats on your perm account.

And have a great holiday!

Ooh! And yay for the vid :D

[revid.livejournal.com]

I'm in the camp that believes LiveJournal learned their lesson. I don't have any problem with people who don't feel that way, but mostly I was annoyed at those people making these absolutely haughty posts dripping with an attitude of entitlement. Yes, in theory, LJ could take away my account tomorrow with no refund and no recourse under the current TOS. But call me naive, I'm just not really worried about that happening.

I kind of want to know what would happen if someone reported corruption of a minor because the minor read something they apparently shouldn't be reading.

I don't see how that would be enforceable. For starters, how would one define what exactly corruption of a minor is? Seems to me the law would go after the porn sites on the web before LJ would be targeted.

Best line from that video? "No one will ever see this anyway!"

[beelzezuk.livejournal.com]

I'm with you there. Some of the posts on that thread were just mind boggling. I think you're right that there's not much to worry about either.

The corruption of minors thing came from having to sit through a meeting chaired by a Senior Child Protection Officer over here who gave out a load of case studies and asked whether or not people should be banned from working with under 18s.

One of the case studies was about a teacher working with 17 year olds who recommended that his class read the book Trainspotting and quoted bits of Lady Chatterley's Lover during a class. The CPO said that he should be reported and given a verbal warning for recommending inappropriate material. It was put into the same category as a teacher's aide who who went to a 15 year olds birthday party and took alcohol which he then gave to all the kids at the party.

My own thoughts on this are to rail against censorship and to be severely fucking offended on behalf of under 18 year olds everywhere. I don't think that reading is ever inappropriate, regardless of the subject matter just so long as it's balanced out if there is a danger of the reader, regardless of age, getting confused but the thinking from the government seems to be that because someone hasn't reached their 18th birthday they're incapable of choosing not to copy anything that they read. So offensive it's almost unbelievable. It might just apply to people who actually work with under 18s but it's kind of ridiculous in a pathetic way and a bit scary.

It's the main reason my journal is now completely locked and, on a lesser and more silly note, I'm blaming it for why I can't seem to write NC17 stuff anymore and seriously debating whether I should lock any previous NC17 stuff.

Heh, I'm a Ranty McRantPants today :D

I love that video! And I'd lost it off my hard drive, so more yay! Heh! "Yes Billie, no one will ever see it! Just carry on." :D

[revid.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm counting on you!

That Billie! Not a real shy one, is he?

[http://users.livejournal.com/oh_johnny_/]

Have a great time! Thank you for the birthday wishes.

As for the video - well, dial up is a bitch, but we'll see if I can't spend some time downloading this. After all, I may be the only person in this fandom who's never seen Billie's dick. I feel all left out. *sob*

And I'm totally with you on the drama llama thing.

[revid.livejournal.com]

I had to gakk this icon. :-)

Oh the pain of dial-up! It's like microwave ovens, and garage door openers: Once you have them, you can't live without it.

And surely you've seen this pic, right?

[http://users.livejournal.com/oh_johnny_/]

*splort*

Um, no, actually, I hadn't. But thank you :-) It's one of those pics that everyone assumes everyone else has seen.

[loves2bang.livejournal.com]

*fiddles about*
Pssst...I might be able to send you a *snerk* hard copy :D
Get back with me later if you'd like me to try. I have the whole thing on VHS but should be able to make a copy to DVD.

[http://users.livejournal.com/oh_johnny_/]

If you were willing and able to do that it would be great, thank you.

[loves2bang.livejournal.com]

*drum roll*
I'm plenty willing, we'll just wait and see how able :D
I'll let you know if/when I'm successful and work out the details from there.

Oh, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

[my-own-beat-now.livejournal.com]

Permanent account eh? So you plan on being around for a while hmm? YAY. I debated it, but it feels weird to do that so soon into my newbie state. 2 days left though...perhaps.

So while I know absolutely nothing about boats and diving, the boat you'll be on looks really beautiful and I hope you have an absolutely awesome time! Hope there's lots of amazing creatures to see - take lots of pics and we await your return.

I'm torn as I really want "something" to happen in GD land (which I don't expect, but you can still hope), but it's more fun to share it with you, so I'll cross my fingers for no new news for the next 2 weeks!

*waves to Mary's dad* Nothing to see here sir.....nope......nothing pervy to be found on these pages. How about another cup of tea? ;)

[revid.livejournal.com]

I figured I wasn't going anywhere anytime soon, so what the heck? I think the cost is what the bar tab at the Beverly Hilton was between Ash, Angie and me when we met Green Day. And that was worth it. :-)

I'm a mediocre u/w photographer at best, but I'm hoping to have a few good shots to bring home.

When I'm done here, I'll be logging on to the guest account. All my files and bookmarks will be far far away from sensitive eyes.

[and-ed.livejournal.com]

With you completely on the drama. And man...that tour vid has to be up there on the list of classic GD footage. So much good stuff. And yes, the no one will ever see this line is hilarious. =)

Happy vacation! Take lots of pics and have a great time. We'll miss you. *hugs*

[revid.livejournal.com]

Thanks Barb! I've never been 3 weeks without LJ! What will I do without you all?

[thelackey.livejournal.com]

Oooh..diving pictures forthcoming! I love when you go diving. :) Have fun, be safe and have even more fun.

Congrats on the perm account. I like the thought of you being around for all times. *hugs*

And thanks for the vid. I'm not sure if I've seen that or not, so I will be downloading when I get home.

See you in two weeks!

[revid.livejournal.com]

Why thanks! It seems like a good investment to me.

You've probably seen the video---I know and_ed looks out for you that way.

[revid.livejournal.com]

Oh, god. Now everytime I see a shark, I'll start cracking up, and I won't be able to tell anyone why!

[loves2bang.livejournal.com]

*plays with rubber duckie and eats deodorant*
Awww, I'm probably too late to wish you bon voyage!(or anything liken to that) :[

Hope you have a faboo time! Looking forward to the pics!
*smooches*

[revid.livejournal.com]

Thanks Debb. I'm just doing my final email check, then I'm out the door! Be good while I'm away! :-D

[loves2bang.livejournal.com]

*sniffs your rrrump*
*snickers at "be good"* :]
I'll try. Once again, have a wonderful time! It sounds really exciting!

[leighrowena.livejournal.com]

Oh bugger. I bet I missed you, huh? I can't believe it's diving time again - has it been a whole year? Hope you have fun and are careful and all that good stuff. We'll miss you, dearest. Take some more amazing photos!

[mikeyface.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks honey!!! *HUGS & SMOOCHES* Have a GREAT time!! :) I can't wait to hear all about it. ♥

[tasyfa.livejournal.com]

*pouts* of course I missed you. Well, have fun anyway! And congrats on the perm account. I totally would have bought one if I had the money. ♥

[sick-of-me03.livejournal.com]

I'm bummed because I know I missed you and I didn't have a chance to text you today, but I want you to have a fab time while in Fiji! I know you'll have a blast and I can't wait 'till you get back so I can see all your "ocean-life" pictures.

And thanks for the birthday wishes! You're a doll. Miss you! <3

[loves2bang.livejournal.com]

*humps your leg*
Hey there! I'm abusing Mary's journal to carry on other convos and send out birthday greetings :D

So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I hope you're feeling much better and get to enjoy it!
*smooches*