I read the following post by my friend girlyswot with a chuckle of recognition.  How about you?


http://girlyswot.livejournal.com/110306.html

Here's an interesting link that my son sent to me today.  There's a 10-minute YouTube video linked to it also.  Pretty interesting.

http://www.middlebury.edu/about/pubaff/news_releases/2008/pubaff_633411029873034956.htm

Well, my system is back and (knock wood) OK.  The problem is I have to practically rebuild everything from the ground up.  Resetting passwords, rebuilding bookmarks--all totally gone!, and catching up with nearly 100 e-mails.  I guess it's a good way to clean stuff out.  If I don't remember I had it in my bookmarks, I guess I can afford to lose it.  ;-) My first priority is to get to the chapters that need beta work which I hope to have ready to return by Sunday.  I'll do my best-can't promise.   I won't post any spoilers, but I saw Order of the Phoenix tonight.  That cost me another night  of rebuilding, but worth it! 

So far no good news with the virus/trojan horse problem.  My rig is with it's 3rd possible fixer and nothing yet.  I'm at my parents' house this morning so I thought I'd update those who may have an interest.  I'll get back to any  author whose work is 'on hold' ASAP.  I do apologize for the delay.  While I'm offline, I'm plotting unspeakable torture to the  'person' who  wrote the godforsaken thing that infected my computer--should our paths ever cross.

If there are one or more people on your friends list who make your world a better place just because they exist, and whom you would not have met (in real life or not) without the Internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

I copied this from grandma_kate's journal and I could not agree more. The last 2+ years as a beta reader and particularly the last 13 months as an LJ user have brought me into contact (some long term; some short) with some of the most intelligent, kind, funny and generous people I ever could have hoped to meet.  It has enriched my life beyond telling.  

I just found out last night that Driving Lessons will be released on DVD in the US on July 3. I've had it on my Blockbuster.com waiting list for ages with no release date listed. I happened to glance at the list last night and whooped for joy! One more thing to look forward to in July. Oh my giddy aunt!!!!!!! I tried to find a mood icon for 'anticipatory' or 'expectant' but had to settle for plain ol' 'happy'.

Since everyone's doing this one, I thought I'd join in--I NEED TO POST SOMETHING HERE!!!!!!!!



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I know I'm very late to this party and probably the only one in this fandom not to have already posted something about the release date and the Dan pics. I'm very surprised that the book is coming out so 'soon'--not that we haven't been waiting for ages already. It's just that all that I've read in the last few months gave the impression that Rowling wasn't burning up the pencils in an effort to get this finished. I can see all the reasoning behind releasing it during the summer holidays but I guess the release of the film and the book in the same month has me surprised. I'm running the gamut of emotions about the release of #7, from totally ecstatic to just a little sad that canon will be over. And then the Dan/Equus pics. Whew! I think it can be safely said that he has left Harry behind. I hope he gets some good press about it once it opens and not the drivel currently going around.   I expect full reports from all you lucky devils who will  actually go to London to see the play. 

Time to update my page even though there's not much to say.  Got through the holidays and the first two weeks of January and things are settling down nicely.  Lots to beta read which is nice.  Still a few authors yet to hear from in '07 tho.  Belated Happy New Year, All!