Well, I did it. I finally deleted my LJ account.

It's bittersweet, to say the least, but I cannot lie to say that there's a bit of a relief to it. I think I was holding on as I was because LJ was the first online website I ever joined. I created it in 2003 when I was still in high school, so it was a huge part of my life. But of course it's less about the place in particular and more of the people and community that it had, and once that started dwindling away I was deluding myself that somehow people would find their way back, and some did trickle in here and there but mostly the sense of community that I loved was no longer active. And, well, with everything going on there is a sense of unease of staying, something I've been contemplating for a while, too, just in a general sense.

So it is sad in a way, like an end of an era, but I don't regret it.

I guess I mourn what could eventually be lost in the process, should anything happen, because there's so much fandom history stored on LJ that the possibility of those things not being preserved and archived would be a shame. I know some are trying to find ways of archiving certain communities, but there's so much and so little time to do so. Even I tried to save some of the things I had in my memories, but there was so much content that it was impossible to do so.

But I have my entries/comments imported, I have followed my fellow ljfriends who have also migrated to DW, and I'm finding newer friends along the way. So that's good. It's just a continuation of what I was already doing, but like a fresh start in a sense.

(On a random note: I'm still amazed that for all the years I was on LJ I was able to maintain the "Dystopia" skin for entirety of the site, even when they tried to get me to the newest site updates I never did. So I had the "old LJ" layout despite them attempting to look and have additions similar to other social media platforms. I guess that was by pure luck. Heh.)

++ ✧･ﾟ:* Merry Christmas! *:･ﾟ✧ I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday, if you celebrated. Mine was relatively lowkey, we didn't really get as festive as we usually do due to the fact that we sort of started getting ready for the season later than normal. But overall, it was pretty okay.

++ Apparently Writer's Block is back. I never thought I would see the day.

++ Orphan Black Season 3 teaser, and in case anyone else who doesn't know already Ksenia Solo from Lost Girl will be guest-starring in the new season!

++ Okay, so I'm not part of the Legend of Korra fandom, but hearing about what happened in the series finale it makes me incredibly happy to see a F/F relationship featured in a children's program, and yes, it has been officially confirmed canon and fully acknowledged as a bisexual relationship by the creators. While there was no actual on-screen kiss, it definitely was a big step in the right direction of having some representation. Also, I've been watching reaction videos and I love seeing all the excited, flaily responses, this one being my favorite because I can totally relate being an utter fangirling mess when it comes to my ships. Like, I feel you girl, I feel you. And to have your particular ship be shown and confirmed as canon when you never thought it would be, especially in acknowledgment about the development of their relationship and sexuality? That is an awesome and amazing thing. I just feel so happy for all you Korrasami fans out there. (✿◠‿◠)

Huge welcome to all new friends: pocochina, malicat, green_wing, and zombie_boogie.

I haven't done one of these things in a long time, so I'm not particularly sure what to say. So I figured that a meme would suffice in the whole "getting to know me" thing (at least for now). Needless to say, I'm happy that there's more friending memes being circulated about now.

( That little LJ meme thing )

In light of recent events, by that I mean the abrupt changes this site has made and causing much kerfuffle by the majority of its users despite them not really giving a damn about our concerns, there's been a massive amount of non-activity, at least from my observation via my own friendslist. Everyone seems to have migrated elsewhere, be it Tumblr or Dreamwidth, or just aren't online anymore these days or just up and deleted their journal for good. Of course it's not all due to the stupidity of these changes, some people have just moved on and that's fine, but having been on LJ since 2003 I've come to know many amazing people and seeing them not online anymore, no word on where they went, just makes me kinda sad.

If you're still here give a shout-out. Also, if you're located elsewhere, let me know those as well.

I'm mostly on Tumblr these days: cylon-angel

I'll still be posting here, obviously. I still hate what this site has done (and continues to do) and part of me wants to just switch over to Style 2 so I can get a customized layout so I don't have to deal with the stupidity of the comments section or how the entries look in my journal. Of course, I don't know what that would cost me (if I change it will I get the original back if I don't like S2?) Or should I switch everything over to DreamWidth instead? Just, gah. Idk. :/

Petition Against New Recent Changes On LiveJournal

Because this is some fucked up bullshit right here.

I didn't become a paid member so the most simplistic features would become complicated and that the entire LJ staff would ignore everyone's concerns and input, or even allow our input or consulting with us before making these ridiculous changes. Sign the petition and also let them know in this post here.

It's been my observation that LJ has been very quiet lately. Most of which seemed to happen during or after the whole hacking incident, which is understandable, many felt uneasy when the place was constantly shutting down and trying to repel the hackers who were causing so much trouble. I know some have migrated over to Dreamwidth or Tumblr because of that, however these days it feels like all my flist either aren't posting or just aren't online anymore, which might not be the case. It is summer hiatus, after all, and I know most of you have lives outside of the online world. But still, it feels like I'm kind of alone on here and that it makes me sad.

So please, my lovely flist, let me know that you're still alive and that you haven't gone anywhere, even if you just lurk/read and don't usually comment. I just want to know who is still alive out there in 'ole LJland so that I don't feel abandoned get worried.

So. LiveJournal decided that they are no longer accepting "/" in their tags, which means everything in the tagging system for pairings and others including the forwardslash is completely nonfunctional, thus making things even harder to identify and locate.

NOT COOL ELJAY, NOT COOL AT ALL. FIX THIS ASAP OR FEEL THE WRATH OF MANY USERS.

*silently fumes at douchenozzles responsible*

ETA: It seems like this was an unintentional fluke and they are currently working on fixing it, so problem somewhat averted. Although many of the new features added seem to be of much annoyance, and rightfully so. Sometimes when they add something new it can be something I don't care for so I ignore it, but it seems like they keep adding new stuff that isn't really necessary and without options of turning it off and yeah, it's understandably annoying.

Much happened today, I was really busy and preoccupied and wasn't online much because of it. You all know my feelings about this whole "content strike" business, as quite obviously I'm not partaking in it. For those that did, good for you for believing in wanting to do something. And that's all I'm going to say about that topic, since everyone's probably tired of hearing about it. Besides it's over for most people anyway, so whatever.

Okay, I am completely consumed with the BSG hype that's going on so I figured I do a theories post about it. Or rather, what I believe might happen come season four. I know no further spoilers than what's been shown from the previews and clips that's been released.

( I've been to Earth, and I'm going to take us there. )

Sorry if none of those made any kind of sense that's logical or coherent! I've been having thinky-thoughts for a long while and I needed to get them out there. Hee.

It also appears that Caprica, the prequel series, has been greenlit and is ready to go. They say it's going to be much different than BSG, but that's to be expected naturally. I'm just happy there's to be more expansion of this universe that I've grown to love and appreciate, and I have faith that RDM and David Eick will create a show that, while different, can please viewers as it goes fifty years prior. Either way, yay!

Word in recent LJ News updates is that Basic Accounts are no longer an option as of yesterday, March 12th. I have already voiced my displeased opinions with others who've posted about it, and while I am, along with others, are in the clear what concerns me about this whole ordeal is that this wasn't announced before yesterday nor was it even officially announced at all. And I think, being users of this particular site, the new owners should respect that even if they don't deem it "important" for all users it should at least be mentioned so everyone can know what's coming before it actually happens. Hell, even Brad the founder of LiveJournal is not impressed with this change that even he didn't want to happen, and which his concerns are basically being ignored by the advisory board that he is a member of.

This is going to raise a whole lot of uproar, as it already has in the short timespan of several hours now. Let's just hope SUP listens and take into consideration to their customer's complaints, because while I understand it's a business and they've done stuff like this before and this won't be the last stunt they'll pull there are certain responsibilities on their side to those who use their site.

But to take one's mind off of this recent drama, I present to you: ACHMED THE DEAD TERRORIST! I was literally LOLing at this for the longest time the other night after watching that, so hilarious.

Whoa, holy LJ mainpage makeover Batman. It's certainly...interesting. Convenient yet, weird. I like that I can see who's birthday is arriving next, though.

I should probably place this stuff in my college posts, but it's very brief and I don't feel like separating it from everything else. Concerning this summer, I had decided some time ago after thinking it through that I wasn't going to take any summer classes despite wanting to get ahead of myself in certain subjects (i.e. mathematics). I'm also considering taking online courses for the fall semester as a possible alternative so I can deal with things happening in my life right now. Which is a nice option so I don't have to deal with the stresses of having to attend classes, I can just do it from home and still keep myself from having a complete meltdown by overworking.

In other news that isn't college-related, I'm listening to the cast commentaries for the Heroes episodes, and I have to say they are absolutely hilarious, and very informative too. I hope these make it onto the DVDs, or as extras or something. This is what makes this fandom so great is not only is it just purely amazing, but the cast and crew are entirely invested in the show along with the fans. I just think that's great, a very rare gem to find these days.

ETA: Dude, LJ, I know you're undergoing changing things on the site and whatever, but not giving me comment notifications? Not cool.