I JUST INSTALLED ADBLOCK

AND

NO ADVERTS ON MY LIVEJOURNAL

AND NO STUPID EMPTY SPACE BETWEEN MY ENTRIES

HUZZAHHHHHH

... all those adverts wedged between my LiveJournal entries slow my computer down something wicked as well.

As of now, I'm a member of Dreamwidth! I'll still be posting on here, I guess - all of LiveJournal's recent douchebaggery is still, apparently, not enough to drive me away for good. I hate the new friends' list though, and I really don't like how they've decided to get rid of paid accounts (didn't know about it? Apparently they only decided to inform Russian users as to this big change) and make their money by putting ugly adverts between people's entries, making the journal look like a mess.

Dammit LiveJournal, I missed the days when you were good and you listened to the users! I don't know what the hell you're thinking but you're only driving people away towards rival services. Maybe they'll realise their mistake and bring paid accounts back, therefore fixing plus journals such as my own, but... eh, this is LJ, and to be honest I haven't got much faith in them after their dodgy succession of largely unpopular updates.

It bloody sucks because it feels like I'm being pushed away from you guys. I've been on LiveJournal nearly seven years now and met some lovely people on here... and as much as I want to pack the whole LJ thing in because their site updates are terrible, I have all that history here, and you guys. Bloody hell.

So I will grudgingly stay on here, and crosspost to DW and LJ. But if anyone else wants any other means of keeping in touch, like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or E-mail or whatever, give me a shout!

Also, forgive the terrible DW layout. One downside of the site is that good layouts that appeal to me aren't exactly forthcoming and I don't think LJ ones are compatible...

Well then! It's been a while! Everybody should thank darkspirited1 for dragging me back. I've been thinking about LiveJournal for a while now, wondering whether it was appropriate to return for the five quintillionth time, and whether or not there'd be a digital angry mob with pixel torches and electronic pitchforks waiting to skewer me for my negligence. As it is there's only a keyboard awaiting me, and Semagic.

What have I been doing these past three months, you ask? After the horrible ol' business that was - er, is - 2012, I've just been recovering, trying to get over my depression, and getting my life back on track. I did keep a non-Internet diary for a little while, which I will probably type up and post here backdated to fill in the gaps, and I have a Tumblr for when I really needed to rant or post cute pictures of my rats... but after nearly six years of LiveJournal, I guess Tumblr and my diary weren't enough.

( Summary of my last three months under the cut for your convenience... )

And... that's pretty much it. I think. These three months have been pretty uneventful otherwise; I've just been going to pub quizzes, chilling out with Jason, playing the XBox and having moodswings. Hopefully I can get more active on here again, because I love my LJ too much to let it fade away. And I love you guys, of course. The time I've been away I've missed you all a lot <3

Contrary to popular belief, I am still alive. I've been alternating between typing entries in work and e-mailing them to myself, and simply scribbling them into a notebook I bought recently. So there are journal entries to come.

The lack of actual updating comes from two things: firstly, work has kept me busy (particularly yesterday, when the phones exploded with incoming calls of epic tales across the town) and my Semagic has been playing silly buggers due to a dodgy Internet connection. I may have to re-teach myself how to post via e-mail, as that would certainly cut out the middle man!

I'd use LiveJournal directly in work but I don't much fancy being caught using a social networking site where I have only one or two friends in the immediate vicinity. Social networking is okay, apparently, as long as it has the potential to deliver possible news leads...

I'm feeling pretty chuffed with myself this morning. I woke up at 8am, which is very late, got dressed straight away and I'n now polishing off my first cup of tea (chai, to be precise, courtesy of Jason's mum Maria) before going to work.

I had a really awful dream last night. In a nutshell, I was sent to work abroad for a year because there was no alternative, meaning I was on my own, in Spain. I had a heckload of money but I was bloody miserable without Jason there.

Anyway, time to finish my tea and get to work! I'll try a full write-up on the dream later.

I downloaded the latest version of Semagic, only to find that it has a 'synchronisation' feature that allows you to download your journal. I've done so and it's snazzy, but it's only downloaded 1000 of my entries and it's done so in order from newest to oldest, which isn't much help when I'm trying to transfer them all into a chronological book.

Also, my online journal seems to have broken. On the main page, it only shows the top entry - the one where I give that silly little 'Who Is This Human?!' biography. All other entries only show the first one or two paragraphs, and the entry is usually cut off mid-sentence. Absolutely nothing after that. I don't know what's going on; I think the problem lies with LiveJournal itself.

This entry is a sort of test. I'm hoping that I'll post this and everything will go back to normal. If not... well, I don't know. There's four years' worth of wafflery on here and I sincerely hope that it comes back of its own accord, if posting this entry solves nothing.

*crosses fingers*