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I break my headphones and suddenly the world is full of assholes.

I know that's not cause and effect -- the cause is "the world is full of assholes" and the effect is "I wear headphones to block them out". But about once every six months I break my headphones (I'm hard on my belongings) and have to go a day or two without them until I can get the right kind of new ones. It is thus I am reminded why I always wear headphones.

Additionally, I caught the 7am train this morning, and I hate catching the 7am train. The driver spends 90% of his time, every single trip, BLATHERING ABOUT NOTHING over the intercom, at top volume, while making it sound like life and death. Seriously, he could not talk more boring bullshit if he were making a conscious effort. HERE'S A TIP, CTA DRIVERS: Unless it is going to make us more than ten minutes late or require us to change trains, WE DON'T CARE.

God, I'd rather have the creepy fundie driver ("Welcome aboard the blest train! The blest train is the best train!") because at least he's interesting.

Also, the heat and humidity outside are unreal. You know how the bathroom is stuffy when you get out of the shower? It's like that, only the entire outdoors is stuffy.

AND YET....when I got to work this morning, I remembered that today is the all-staff offsite, so I will be one of about five people here, and I don't have to go to the staff picnic. And when I got to my desk someone had left me an entire box of assorted butter cookies, the really good assortment with the jam cookies and the chocolate-dipped ones, and a note saying "Sorry you can't come to the picnic!"

I got cookies and I don't even want to go to the picnic!

So today is not such a bad day after all.

Om nom nom nom raspberry jam cookies.

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News you can use: LJ is doing another username delete-purge in August for all inactive accounts. More info here.

I generally think these are a positive thing, because they clear out space and make usernames available to people who want them. They also mean, however, that you should not only log into old accounts and comms you want to preserve but post a message deliberately saying "LJ is cleaning house, this is to prevent this journal from being removed".

LJ has designated that "A journal is defined as inactive if it has not been logged into for 24 consecutive months and has only one post. A community is defined as inactive if has not been updated for 24 consecutive months and has only one entry and no comments." Thing is, I don't actually trust LJ as far as I can throw them where policy and definition is concerned (the above quote is already a correction to earlier policy) so I feel it's better to log in and make a brief post even if the journal in question does not fit the description. It's best to treat LJ as a capricious five-year-old: given to mood swings, lacking impulse control, and impervious to subtlety.

So, steps I took: I have a couple of old accounts which, while not currently active, are part of roleplays and should stay in that record; I also have comms such as gta_of_doom, which is inactive now that I'm no longer a GTA but which I would be sad to see go. I logged in, posted a brief message with comments turned off, and logged back out. I also got a lovely dose of nostalgia for some of my old shenanigans.

Also, if you are the controller or know people who control journals of those who have passed on, you should take steps to make sure their journals are preserved (if you wish to have them preserved, anyway). They can be tagged as memorial journals, apparently by contacting support@livejournal.com; please bear in mind that the last time I contacted support, my request was immediately posted to the public support area of LJ, so proceed with caution.