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[cleolinda]

The good news is that I just got a postcard from sualocin, a fresh shipment of chocolate from the Squishy, my new keyboard from Amazon (Microsoft Internet Keyboard, like my old one--I'm just really, really hard on keyboards, apparently), and my two-disc POTO that I can't yet watch. Also, work is coming along marvelously. (No, I haven't so much as watched Lost yet.)

The bad news is that we had a random power surge this morning and all the appliances in the house freaked out.

The good news is that Word recovered my work.

The bad news is that my player just ate my JP disc. (I'm serious--the movie stalled, I opened the changer, and there was no disc).

The good news is that almostnever helped me fish it back out.

The bad news is that there are only 24 hours in the day.

The good news is that it's all almost over. : )


ETA from IM:

Vladimir: you've found the weirdest angle ever on [Jurassic Park], I grant you that
Vladimir: (heh. "Grant.")

Cleolinda : heeeeeee
Cleolinda : well, at least it's unique, you know?

No, I won't tell you what it is. ; )

Comments

[majormeg7.livejournal.com]

Bleh. I hope the good keeps going. And I just got a final paper assignment that has to be at least 42 pages long and is due Monday so I suddenly have a minor inkline of what you're going through.

[scolixa.livejournal.com]

We in New York send cake and kisses, and also the leftover pollen that is attacking our small town. Just because we love you.

[edda.livejournal.com]

*icon love*

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

IT ATE IT? How did that...how did you get it back out?

I thought it was amusing enough and freaky enough to show to the boyfriend, and...

Boyfriend: !
Boyfriend: That's...
Me: That would scare the crap out of me.
Boyfriend: Impossible.
Me: I would be freaking out and moving all discs away from the player, I swear.
Boyfriend: The matter which comprised the disc had to go somewhere.
Me: It was CHEEEEWED UP BY THE PLAYER.
Boyfriend: Oh god...
Boyfriend: It's probably being digested.
Me: "The good news is that almostnever helped me fish it back out."
Me: So...HOW?!
Boyfriend: Voodoo magic?

[jedilora.livejournal.com]

::gets out Cleo-poms:: You can do it! You're almost there, and then there is so much joy for you! LOST, PotO, a life outside M15M...

Glad to hear it's going well, and rather looking forward to reading what the heck scene your icon is referencing.

Also, feel the keyboard thing. I'm a serial headphones killer myself.

[onstage.livejournal.com]

Gotta love Word recovery, I think it's going to save my butt during the summer thunderstorm season.

But it ATE it? *dies* That's really kinda freaky in a b-movie horror sort of way :)

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

You will think me deranged for saying this considering that I don't know you, or you don't know me, at least; but I've been kind of worried about you. I'm glad to hear it's almost over, and I think you should throw yourself a party when it is. :)

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I didn't mean that in the quasi-insulting way that "I'm worried about you" can sometimes be taken. Just, "Wow, Cleo seems stressed. Hope everything's okay."

[brett-the-vet.livejournal.com]

Good luck with everything, Lauren. I know you're working hard and it's almost done, woo!

[prncssaurora.livejournal.com]

and there was no disc

Heh. That was hilarious along the same lines as and it stops raining or WITH HIS MIND.


Anywho, yay home stretch! You can do it. :D

[skyblade.livejournal.com]

As I am the number one disciple in the chruch of the Irony Gods, I must proclaim Jurrassic Park, of all movies, being eaten, to be an O. Henrymas miracle! I mean, I'm sorry about the incovenience, but that's how divinity works with mere mortals. Feel blessed the irony Gods chose to work through you.

Or maybe the appliances are finally taking over. You didn't take it seriously. You thought it'd be nice to be Robot Jude Law's slave. Well, it isn't strawberries and chocolate now, is it Missy?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heh. Sounds like you'll enjoy the line "GODS OF IRONY: *thunderclap*," then.

[lacrimaeveneris.livejournal.com]

I'm glad all this is almost over for ya. We're all rooting for you, Miss Cleo (sorry, couldn't resist...)! Oh, and watch the commentary on the PotO disc when you get around to it. The phrase "Andrew Lloyd Webber changes his lyricists as often as his underpants" broke my brain when I did. *g*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

There's a commentary?

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

Hang in there, Cleolinda!

Looking forward to seeing the finished work when it's out on the shelves!

[punkiejeannien.livejournal.com]

The bad news is that there are only 24 hours in the day.

you said it!

that's craziness about the DVD... never seen that happen before.

I'm on the edge of my seat for JP, it's so horrible, the 15m has gotta be great!

[darkviola.livejournal.com]

Keep going, Cleo! You're almost there! Just think of the millions you'll make! Just think of the millions!

[adoresixtyfour.livejournal.com]

And the adulation of the masses, too. Don't forget that. But the millions? Very, very nice.

Ate. The. Disc? Did Vladimir have to open the player up with a screwdriver?

[angiepen.livejournal.com]

I thought I was the only one who demolished keyboards? :P First the silkscreening on the keys starts to wear off; it's a good thing I touch-type. Then the keys start jamming on me. I bonk it down on the desk, end-on, a few times and that unsticks them. When bonking no longer works, I get a new keyboard. This usually happens every two to three years. My husband has no clue how I do this. I tell him I'm multi-talented. [wry smile]

Good luck with the book, hon. [hugz]

Angie

[pygmymetal.livejournal.com]

Hey, me too! ;) Right now A and S are looking faint, C is nto far behind and the E is struggling to exist. :p

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

That's a whole lotta good news/bad news, and I'm happy that it ended with good.

Your icon, it refrences that weird Aussie guy with the short shorts?

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Hehe! The only Aussie in JP was Sam Neill and he's actually a New Zealander. The guy with the short shorts was some sort of white hunter from the darkest depths of Africa I think. :)

[tundraeternal.livejournal.com]

The frogurt is also cursed.

[br0k3nsoul.livejournal.com]

That's bad.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

The good news is that it's all almost over. : )

HOO-RAY! If you get stumped, just ask Arwen. Not only is she a doll, she's also a smarty, and she'll soon set you right. If the DVD player acts up, threaten it with Andúril. ("With the power vested in me by Castle Grayskull of Gondor, I DEMAND you spit out my disc.")

[aknockout.livejournal.com]

Power surge? Weird.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Well, at least the good stuff is keeping up with the bad stuff. I hope your new keyboard serves you well. My five dollar job with the tooth marks is doing a remarkable job. It actually still has all the letters on it - not a single one has worn off!

As for your DVD mystery - I once experienced something similar myself. Turned out the DVD I was playing was a pre-used one my brother had bought from a video store and when they'd taken the store's sticker off, some of the sticky stuff had remained on the disc. So the disc was still in there; it was just stuck to the top of the machine inside... :)

[sapphires13.livejournal.com]

On AIM:

Me: Ok, this made me feel better
Me: CleoLinda's DVD player ate a DVD
Alison: what!?
Me: I didn't even know that was possible
Alison: neither did i
Sandra: My DVD player ate my Pocohauntus DVD
Krystal: =(
Me: "The bad news is that my player just ate my JP disc. (I'm serious--the movie stalled, I opened the changer, and there was no disc)."
Sandra: It like, sucked it into the main body of the DVD player.
Nicole: o_O
Sandra: And we had to take the back off the DVD player...

[vladimirsever.livejournal.com]

Look, it's the Player of Digest, what could you expect?

Now go finish the book so I can take you out to see prairie dogs, pygmy hippos and a gerbil. And then take you out to a proper dinner.

*squish*

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Do you get to the U.S. often? I'm guessing your day job has a significant travel component.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Ohmygod your icon. LOL Have I mentioned that I can't wait for your book? Because I can't. Yeah.

[ceasethestorm.livejournal.com]

Hey-oh! Two disc PotO DVD? When I rushed to my Blockbuster to rent it, the edition I picked up was labeled "Widescreen Edition," with only one disc, as were the rest of the stock. What am I missing here?

I hope it's special features. Because I was ranting up and down that that cheap bastard ALW couldn't even do a "Making of." I am willing to apologize if they do, in fact, have special features. Please be the bearer of good news!

[ceasethestorm.livejournal.com]

Color me senseless. I just looked up the "special edition" DVD stats. I am satisfied, and I'm sorry, Andrew Lloyrd Webber, for calling you a cheap bastard.

[emerybored.livejournal.com]

To paraphrase one of my fave South Park scenes ever:

Step 1: Write witty recaps of movies to be read in 15 minutes
Step 2: ????
Step 3: Profit

Good luck! BTW, don't feel bad about not watching Lost yet... my DVR decided to go on the fritz and not record it at all. I've survived the devestation only by reading the posts from your journal. Next time I'm glueing my butt to the couch at 6:45 and not moving until it's over.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I forget what it was in reference to, but someone figured out a way to make money off something one time and I blurted out, "It's like the missing step the underpants gnomes have been looking for all this time!"

[hail-atlantis.livejournal.com]

The good news is that it's all almost over.

Yay! Goooooooo Cleo! We know you can do it! *imagine more mindless, but sincere, words of encouragement here*