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Hey, has anyone else noticed that Gmail isn't threading livejournal comment notifications anymore, and also the comments themselves are improperly formatted?

I'm guessing it has something to do with the changes that LJ rolled over into last night, which...you know, I have all the love and respect in the world for Livejournal's creators and maintainers. They do a hard job and don't get much thanks. But I really wish they'd stop dicking around with shit that works. I know they're trying to make the site more idiot-friendly, but do we really need more idiots on LJ?

I liked the internet so much better when the difficulty of just getting online served as a mandatory IQ test.

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AHA.

I think I may have solved the problem. There's one place where you can ask LJ to send you email notifications -- the normal place, you know, in manage>info>comments settings.

THEN, there's the OTHER PLACE, the new place that paid members can access, where you can have LJ email you notifications when someone comments and the notification is put in your "message centre". I had enabled that, because I thought you had to, in order to still get comments. But I think when you enable that, the notification goes through your Message Centre and THEN to your email, which would explain how the formatting gets stripped.

EDIT: Excelsior! It works again. So, if you are having this selfsame problem, you need to go to there and disable the "email" checkbox for "notify me when someone comments in my journal, on any post". AGAINST ALL LOGIC, you will still get email notifications as long as the "email notifications" checkbox under comments settings is still checked.

So while their setup is indeed illogical, technically it's not LJ's fault for dicking with stuff, it's my fault for dicking with stuff. Sorry, LJ.

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Chicago Apartment Finders just called. The lease agreement is being emailed as we speak and I send off my security deposit tomorrow.

I can't recommend CAF highly enough. They're free, they drive you to the sites you're interested in, they aren't snobbish about low-paying renters, the woman who drove me around bought me lunch, and once it got kicked over from her to processing the people were still cheerful and respectful. If you live in the Chicago area and you're looking for a lease, they're the ones to call. And they have a sublet-roommate service too, if you're looking for short-term or month-to-month. They're good people.

I have a green door and my address number ends with a HALF. Kickin' it Victorian Style, yo.

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Sam's three things about House!

You knew it was a-comin'. :D

1. FUCK ME. The power died for thirty seconds right as House asked Cameron out. WHAT DID SHE SAY? Someone transcribe it for me please, from "do you eat" until "you want something, I want something, we compromise"? PLEASE?

2. I knew it. I knew he'd relapse. And I believe that's what it is, too. Because, as we saw tonight, House is just not as interesting without the crippled drug-addict portion of his personality.

3. Normally I would have no issue with Wilson lying to House, because I think it's fun and interesting to watch the pair of them go at it, but honestly -- how many times has House told him he doesn't get lucky? How many times has House proved it to him? COME ON NOW, Jimmy, you are not that slow a learner.

3a. It's not just me -- Quad-guy's name was MARK and his wife looked like Stacy.