Entei-rah's LiveJournal

I do plan to do a bit more of a full con report from Confuzzled in the next few days (or possibly end up never getting round to it as is usual with cons), but thought I'd address one thing in brief first.

A few folks noted that I never seemed to stop around or talk to them for long at the con (and this was mentioned last EF too). To clarify, this is certainly nothing personal against anyone, but it's an unfortunate rooted thing that I get very uncomfortable if I don't spend a lot of time flitting, which is why you'll always find me doing it at cons and meets. I used to invest a lot of time in a small number of people instead, and ended up very badly burned by that when that used as a hammer against me later. As such, these days if I'm sat around a single group for long, I get a little paranoid of outstaying my welcome and prefer to keep moving. It's the same reason you'll tend to find I've never been part of any real cliques etc within furry circles, and tend to be very hesitant about pestering people on IM.

So yes, don't assume I'm trying to avoid you if I disappear quickly. =:P I probably love chatting away more than it may come accross, but it's more me just trying to shield myself in general.

Post received today from loganberrybunny and no rainbow wrapping in sight, so many thanks and hugs to the bun there!

Anyone else who's posted anything, I'm away tomorrow so if it's too big to fit through the letterbox I probably won't be able to get hold of it until Tuesday now. >.

It is about time I got some new Ent shirts printed off really (which those who've seen me know I wear rather than badges normally), mainly to branch out a bit and add some variety, for various reasons I won't go in to. However it's got me wondering on whether I should get some stuff specially commissioned to go on them first, as it's really only certain poses or scenarios that work well. Anyone got any ideas on things they think would work well?

Typical, I fire up Semagic to post something to LJ thinking I've not done so in waaaay too long, and it's unable to connect again. What big Russian political event is going off this time?

Annnnyway, nothing too exciting to report really. The job still trundles along much as before, though I do keep my eyes open constantly for new opportunities, but I'm desperately trying to avoid recruitment firms now as they were predictably useless. I have been extending my search further Eastwards too, as I have spotted I seem to have a lot of friends around the Leeds area these days, and it would be nice to live a little nearer to them.

The longer days are setting in, which is certainly welcome and makes the flat lovely once more (that brief heatwave the other week was gorgeous in here!). I am planning to do a bit of repainting to cover up some of the mould from the winter and make it as good as new. Knowing my luck, I'll just get that all sorted then end up moving, but I may as well make the effort. =:P

Apparently some folks on here are now in the mindset if I'm not following you on Facebook, I musn't be a friend.

If this applies to you, then don't let the door slam you on the way out! =:P

Only a brief few minutes online today, but I definitely need to mention a big thanks to loganberrybunny for the post through today. I was a little worried it mightn't make it in time, so it was certainly something good to see poking out of the letterbox during my brief return at lunchtime.

I'll be off back up Durham from tomorrow afternoon for a few days for the Christmas break again, and then I'm not back in work until January. It's certainly a break I think I needed this year!

Ah, seems that an update to Semagic is needed to get it to work with LJ now. If anyone has been having bother connecting through clients since the recent DDoS attacks, try checking if there's an updated version available as it sounds like they've changed something which prevents most older ones connecting.

Got all of my solely letter based post out this weekend, so hopefully that should be turning up during the latter half of this week (and not a month later as Royal Mail managed last year). Parcels have yet to go, though RM are usually much faster at delivering the parcels in the runup to Christmas (they seem to put priority on the latter when its busy).

So today we had a small 'tornado' right outside our office. Its impossible to know exactly what it was, but the sudden weather certainly seemed like the tail end of a hurricane from somewhere...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-15948258

Our office is on the same junction where the falling bricks and chimneys were, though we escaped damage as far as we know. There's a charity shop directly opposite us too which had desks and chairs sat outside, and seeing those just swept into the air was insane. Thankfully no one was more seriously hurt, especially where the bricks came down along the high street and where the hairdressers had its windows blown through, but it was certainly an unbelievable moment over in about 30 seconds.

Hopefully tomorrow will be normal!

Yes, I've been quiet for a while, but no I haven't vanished off the face of the Earth for all I imagine not a lot of folks would notice. Originally I did plan to post a big update after Eurofurence in the middle of August, which was a blast as ever and probably one of the best I've been to since EF14 in 2008, but I've had a few things on my mind since then which put me out of the mood somewhat.

Expect a more thorough update soon though. Today I am possibly launching the website they've been delaying and giving me hell with for the past year now which will either make me happy or result in another month of headaches, but we shall see... :P

Two Youtube videos in a row from me? I know, I'll have a little word with myself later.

This time round, it's something I filmed myself which is a rare occurence. It's what made me a little late in to work this morning, and resulted in several other people having to wait due to me being the shutter key holder. But it was certainly worth it...