in which a favor is gratefully acknowledged and a manifesto is pondered

[truepenny]

I feel this terrible need to be scintillating.

However, in lieu of that, I want to say that jess79 rocks beyond the ability of mere words to express. Thanks for the LJ code. (And also thanks to heres_luck for stumping on my behalf.)

I'm still working out what exactly it is I'm going to use this thing for. Starting a journal (paper, electronic, private, public) is one of those liminal moments that begs for melodramatic gestures and rash promises--which are, of course, hideously embarrassing when reread in cold blood. But there are some things I want to articulate for myself about what I'm doing here. When I'm feeling a little less melodramatic, I'll post them.

Watch this space.

Comments

[renenet.livejournal.com]

Yay, you're here! It's about time. I mean, yeah, yeah, your liminal moment needs to happen on your own timetable and all that nonsense, but I get impatient when I know that things are inevitable. And I've been waiting to friend you for *weeks*! Glad the time has finally arrived!

(Also, I'm *extremely* disturbed that the LJ spell-check dictionary does not include the word "liminal." I know I'm not misspelling it, because I'm not *that* spelling-challenged, especially for words I really like, as is the case here, and, moreover, you used it first and you're way smarter than I am. Okay, I'm obsessing now, consulting dictionaries up to and including the OED to construct a theory about why the word does not appear here. What? I don't have a sickness. At least not one I have any interest in curing. Besides, first non sequitur in your LJ! Do I get a prize or do I get banned from posting? I'm excited to find out.)

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Good heavens, what were you thinking? Of course you get a prize! Maybe by the next time I see you, I'll have thought of one.

And, to answer the question, "liminal" isn't in the spell-checker because spell-checkers, like the police in Sunnydale, are deeply stupid.

[renenet.livejournal.com]

spell-checkers, like the police in Sunnydale, are deeply stupid.

Yes, I usually waste no time or energy on the stupidity of spell-checkers, but this must have been one of those occasional can't-ignore-them-when-they're-arresting-me-for-killing-Kendra things. Very annoying.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's right on the edge of being in the spellchecker?

It is, I just checked, in my spellchecker in Protext. (Protext, by Arnor. One of the last word processors made in the old North Kingdom before it fell to the Nazgul. You can't get them like that any more.)

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's right on the edge of being in the spellchecker?

*smacks self on forehead*

That's going to make me giggle insanely for the rest of the day. Thanks!

[renenet.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's right on the edge of being in the spellchecker?

Thank you! I can't imagine a more satisfying answer. I am at peace.

[heresluck]

Protext, by Arnor. One of the last word processors made in the old North Kingdom before it fell to the Nazgul. You can't get them like that any more.

:::falls over laughing::: Does it have a fortress at Cârn Dûm?

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Ah, the spear in my heart!

They were at Peterborough, IIRC, but if you look at Arnor in the help menu it gives their street address followed by a LOTR page reference.

I've been using Protext since 1985, upgrading betimes, and there's more than one reason for that -- the edges of the spellchecker are only part of it.