Assorted stuff

[annathepiper]

+0. The mysterious mumak is identified! Except now he's mikekn and I actually know who that is, so onto the Friends list he goes. Hi Mike!

+1. A package from lyonesse has arrived for myself, solarbird, and mamishka, containing--or so it is rumored, for I have not seen the insides of said package--lovely things from Lush. Little orcs are so good to us. ^_^

+2. I have received a Christmas card from my little brother, which includes in it shiny new pictures of all four of his current crop of children! Nice piccies, too. Yay kids!

-3. I've been trying some lip goop to soothe my chapped lips lately, except that every time I put some of the stuff on it makes me a little queasy, just from the taste of it on my lips. This is vexing, because, well, my lips are chapped, so I need something to use, but apparently this stuff isn't it. Bah.

+4. gazerwolf showed up last night on my MUSH and I helped him code a teddy bear. Heh. I'd half-forgotten some of my most basic MUSH coding, but it came back pretty quickly!

+5. The next couple work weeks should be pretty laid back. I'm going to be in only two days next week, and the week after that should be short as well thanks to New Year's Eve and New Year's. Whoot!

+6. Oh yes, I forgot! I'd been having this really annoying whine come out of my computer speakers every time I launched Trillian, which is my current IM client of choice just because I like having one client I can use to connect to multiple media, rather than having to use four different programs. Apparently, however, the Pro edition of Trillian tends to be a CPU hog. And on my box this means that it generates this subtle but fuck-all annoying whine. But, it seems that this CPU hoggishness goes away if I tell XP to run this program in Win98 compatibility mode. This makes NO SENSE to me, but at least the damned thing has stopped whining. It was driving me batshit.


+7. This quiz amuses me, because unless there's some sort of weird sonnet form with which I am unfamiliar that involves extra syllables stuck in on the last couple of lines, this sonnet is actually written wrong. ;) But it could be worse, and this is certainly one of the best-spelled quiz results I've ever had!

But I love sonnets. I am still extremely proud of the ones I wrote for Alan Doyle's hair and Russell Crowe's lovesick cow! So it pleases me to get sonnet as my result. ^_^

I am the sonnet, never quickly thrilled; Not prone to overstated gushing praise Nor yet to seething rants and anger, filled With overstretched opinions to rephrase; But on the other hand, not fond of fools, And thus, not fond of people, on the whole; And holding to the sound and useful rules, Not those that seek unjustified control. I'm balanced, measured, sensible (at least, I think I am, and usually I'm right); And when more ostentatious types have ceased, I'm still around, and doing, still, alright. In short, I'm calm and rational and stable - Or, well, I am, as much as I am able. What Poetry Form Are You?

Comments

[princessheacock.livejournal.com]

Have you tried old-fashioned chapstick for your lips? The little tubes, usually found in drug stores? That works fine for my lips (I was getting chapped over my lips under my nose and tried using the tube there yesterday and it seems to work as well for non lip skin!)

[annathepiper]

What I've got is one of those, except it's not chapstick, it's something made by Blistex. It IS a tube, though. So same concept, different stuff. I thought I'd try this particular stuff since it's supposed to be something medicated, but for whatever reason it just is not working well for me.

Or, I should amend, it seems to actually do its intended job. It's just that when I taste it it makes me queasy. Bah.

So I'll pitch this stuff, probably, and try something else. Very possibly some chapstick. Thanks for the suggestion. :)

Another chapstick vote...

[murson.livejournal.com]

... especially the orange-flavoured variant.

Which reminds me, must get some before heading off on holiday...

Re: Another chapstick vote...

[annathepiper]

I remember being very fond of orange Chapstick when I was a kid, yeah. :)

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

just vaseline has helped lip problems for me; I experiment with lots of other brands too (I like burts bees but if you don't like peppermint it's not for you) but some kinds are, I agree, just plain weird.

[annathepiper]

I like peppermint! :) Hrmm. I think I've actually seen that brand, sold in the Soap Box on the Ave. I shall have to peek in there and verify that this weekend. Thanks babe!

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

Burt's Bees is nice. Lush makes a nice lip goop, too. But right now I'm just all love for minty lip goops, with the slight tingly feeling they give when you put them on.

[annathepiper]

Yeah, that is a nice sensation, isn't it. :) I shall see what I can find this weekend, perhaps! Thanks for chiming in.

[cafiorello.livejournal.com]

If they're really a mess, Carmex is the way to go. Garden-variety chapped, Burt's Bees.
Cathy

[annathepiper]

Burt's Bees seems pretty soundly recommended so far! But thanks for the tip about Carmex, too. I don't think I'm familiar with that brand, though.

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

honestly, carmex has this weird menthol vanillay flavor that I figured that's what was making you queasy in the first place. it dos make my lips glow a little though and it stays on really well and tingles like crazy.

[annathepiper]

Nah, this stuff I'm using is by Blistex. It's a little blue tube and it says "Pro Relief" on the side of it. I shall have to check the package it came in and see what the ingredients are, to see if I can figure out what about it set off this reaction in me.

The interesting thing is that this reaction is not entirely dissimilar to that bout of queasiness I had some weeks back when I think I might have accidentally ingested a miniscule amount of Tiger Balm from not having washed my hands well enough before eating some pizza. O.x I shall have to see if there are any common ingredients between these two items.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

dang, it didn't occur to me to include lush lip goop :)

[annathepiper]

No worries, babe! And thank you, by the way; Dara and Mimi and I shall amuse ourselves trying to figure out who gets what. :) ::snugs the l'il orc::

Oh, and the Trillian problem....

[cafiorello.livejournal.com]

Is the whine from the speakers? Because I have to turn the speakers off whenever I use Derek's computer, which is running Trillian on XP. Mayhap I will try the Win98 compatibility mode myself....
Cathy

Re: Oh, and the Trillian problem....

[annathepiper]

It's hard to tell, since the sound is so subtle that it's a little difficult to pinpoint. But then again I can't imagine what else it would be coming out of, unless CPUs can in fact get noisy by themselves; I'm not enough of a hardware geek to know.

I went through the tech support forums up on ceruleanstudios.com last night, though. I'd remembered posting about this problem before and not getting an answer, but it's not just me; others have reported this problem too. And this time I found the tip about kicking the program into Win98 compatibility mode. You can do that just by right-clicking on the program's icon or shortcut, going to the Compatibility tab, and checking the appropriate checkbox.

Let me know if this works for you! I'm interested. :)

Re: Oh, and the Trillian problem....

[backrubbear.livejournal.com]

You're not the only one that has noticed this. I get an almost space invaders bwaaawm bwaaawm bwaaawm as it starts up.

Re: Oh, and the Trillian problem....

[annathepiper]

Vexing, isn't it? It just makes me wonder what the heck could be causing it... and why different users with presumably different kinds of architecture in their systems could all be having this happen. And what the hell an IM client has to be chugging through which would be affecting the speakers, anyway!

Fortunately now that I have a workaround I won't have to stop using Trillian Pro. :) I really do like the program, and since the Pro version does the little popups over the systray that tell me when people connect and disconnect, I prefer it a lot over the free version!

Re: Oh, and the Trillian problem....

[backrubbear.livejournal.com]

I've had a few other people expound on how useful trillian pro is so I'll likely pay for the license. I hadn't because I typically choose to purchase shareware that crosses a critical usefulness threshhold and the freeware version hadn't. Pro does.

Re: Oh, and the Trillian problem....

[annathepiper]

Yeah, I'm with you on that. :) I'm glad they're keeping at it, and I'll look forward to seeing what's in 2.1.

[gazerwolf.livejournal.com]

I had fun coding the Teddy Bear as well....Got plans for that I do.

[annathepiper]

Uh-oh! I have visions of a teddy bear rampaging across the MUSH. ;)

[gazerwolf.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't do that...I prefer to be around to watch the destruction.

Actually I got one of my plans partway fulfilled...I wanted to make it so the Teddy couldn't be thrown into the fountain...I have at least managed to get him to climb back out afterwards.

[annathepiper]

There is an easier way to keep the bear out of the fountain, but that would involve not letting him be picked up. *giggle* If an object or player is locked, they can't be thrown into the fountain since what actually happens is that the fountain picks up its victim.

[janne.livejournal.com]

I got sonnets too, with a side order of Heroic Couplets.

And I just saw Master & Commander! Yay! Good Crowe! Good nautical yelling! Very fiendishly clever villain! Good movie all around :)

[annathepiper]

Wasn't it just? Though I am still vexed that they cut the scene with the wet half-nekked Captain in it! I'm anticipating THAT in the Deleted Scenes mileage once this baby hits DVD. ;)

I wonder if I'll be able to sneak in a third viewing of that flick some time during the next couple of weeks. Aragorn is calling my name, but Jack still commands my musical attention!