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Monday, October 6th, 2008
eugie	1:12p	Observations on MARTA this morning Normally during my daily commute on MARTA's rail service, I'm head-down-eyes-on-laptop-screen, as I typically use that time to edit, write, or catch up on email. But this morning, Outlook crashed, as it sometimes does, and I needed to reboot in order to restore it. I love my itty-teeny Sony VAIO ultraportable, but even with its RAM upgraded to maximum capacity, it boots sloooow. So I sighed, CTRL-ALT-DELed, and settled down to wait. I need to remember that occasionally, it can be amusing to look up. I think the line I take goes by some private high school or academy; now and then I see uniform-wearing young people, always in groups and clusters. During this morning's commute, I shared my car with three female students, two of them on one seat and a third that went darting down the aisle after the train had commenced moving in order to hover by her classmates, trying to entreat them to move to where she had been sitting so that they could all sit together (the two seemed disinclined). The movement and the entreaty caught my eye, and I glanced over. My interest in their exchange was short-lived, and I looked away after a second or two. But then I saw that another passenger, an older woman, was scrutinizing them intently. This did pique my interest, as her fixated attention made me wonder what she found so fascinating. But, as I didn't want to be rude and stare at her, I used the darkened—and therefore highly reflective—windows to obliquely watch her (and the trio of students). I subsequently noticed that someone else, a middle-aged man, was also watching the girls and the older woman via the mirror-like windows. Yep, watchers-watching-watcher—very spy-versus-spy—and it made me grin. Intrigue and conspiracy aboard the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. *Snerk* I never did figure out what the older woman watcher was so riveted by, as my laptop finished rebooting, and I got sucked back into my work. But that's probably for the better. There's definitely a story there, but I suspect the true story is pretty mundane, and I'm better off letting my imagination indulge in the less likely and more lurid scenarios. Current Mood: chipper (3 Comments |Comment on this)
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
huntsville [ dixiederbygirls ]	9:33p	Buy Tickets NOW! FINALLY! Saturday Night, Beer, Roller Derby! VON BRAUN CENTER!! Dixie Derby Girls vs. Central Arkansas Roller Derby (Little Rock, AR) Dixie Derby Girls ALL-STARS vs. Hard Knox Rollergirls (Knoxville, TN) Saturday, November 1st Von Braun Center South Hall 2 700 Monroe Street Doors open at 6:00pm Bouts start at 7:0pm Admission is $10 IN ADVANCE $12 at the door Kids 6 and Under are Free! First 50 with paid ticket to that night's Huntsville Havoc Game get in FREE! ( Cut for AWESOME poster! ) Buy Tickets online now at www.dixiederbygirls.com Current Mood: hopeful (Comment on this)
huntsville [ thecosmicgoose ]	12:32p	looking for puppy im in the market to get my mother a puppy for her birthday. she's been wanting one for a long time and i thought it would be a wonderful suprise. so does anyone know of any reputable breeders in the area, or vets that could put me in contact with one? i dont want to do buissness with puppymills at all, but im not really sure how to go about screening them out. i think she has her heart set on a Yorkie, so if anyone knows anything, pleaserespond! (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, October 4th, 2008
huntsville [ theverticalbar ]	2:05p	beer and awesome music TONIGHT!!! Tonight at The Flying Monkey: JONATHAN RICHMAN show stars at 8pm for $10 and downstairs at Lowe Mill: Free the Hops Monktober Fest!!! event starts at 7pm for a $10 donation beer beer beer beer beer beer 2211 seminole drive huntsville, al 35805 (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
huntsville [ noshoesnoprob ]	8:02p	yard sale BIG yard sale tomorrow morning! Queen size mattress set with rails, headboard, and matching chest of drawers with mirror! Washer and Dryer Sofa and Chairs Lots of misc tables Sets of glasses and plates Microwave Mens Clothing and more! 113 Bibb Drive in Madison, off Mill Road. (HWY 72 to Hughes Rd, right on Mill, Right on Bibb) Also, make an offer on a 1986 K-5 Blazer. Needs new engine, but otherwise in great condition! (Comment on this)
huntsville [ phoenixrose34 ]	8:49a	The MAiZE Where East of Huntsville on US HWY 72. Turn North onto Brownsboro Road, we are behind the Post Office   Driving Directions FROM : HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA TAKE I 565 EAST UNTIL IT TURNS INTO HWY 72 East (TOWARDS SCOTTSBORO, AL.) Between the 107 and 108 mile marker on US Hwy 72 East Turn left onto Brownsboro Road. Which is just past the BP Station and Jim Johnson Motor Sales. The Maize is immediatly on the left. When Opening Date: Saturday, September 6th, 2008 Closing Date: Sunday, November 9th, 2008 Hours of Operation Wednesdays - Thursdays   5PM-9PM Fridays   10AM-11PM Saturdays   10AM-11PM Sundays   1PM-5PM Closed on Mon and Tue    Special Hours / Holidays * Haunted (creepy Corn)Sept. 26,27 Oct.3,4,10,11,17,18,22,23,24,25,29,30,31 Nov 1 * Starting at Dusk til??(Closing) Admission Normal Admission    Adults 11 and up   $8.00 Kids 6-10   $6.00 Kids 5 and under   Free with payed adult Haunted Admission    Adults 11 and up   $15.00 Kids 6-10   $10.00 Kids 5 and under   Free with payed adult All New Trail Of Terror Combo Package Offer Not valid with any other Coupon Discount   Adults $20 .   Kids $15 Go to http://www.cornfieldmaze.com/sites.php?ID=&username=alhuntsville for more information on Special Events and even get a MAiZE coupon. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
huntsville [ phoenixrose34 ]	8:41a	Passing along Huntsville Halloween Events.... (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
huntsville [ daikaiju ]	1:17p	BANDITO BURRITO SOUTHSIDE BAR GRAND OPENING!!! Friday 10/3 - Daikaiju vs. The Boinks(tribute to The Kinks) Saturday 10/4 - Scott Morgan and The Frigidaires NO COVER-FREE SHOWS!!! Music starts at 9PM Bandito Burrito Southside 11220 South Memorial Parkway - Huntington Center Huntsville, AL 256.489.3232 (Comment on this)
huntsville [ genesisdiem ]	8:10a	Internet Service I have Comcast. It constantly drops me for no reason. The techs always say there's nothing wrong... yadda yadda. I telecommute to work and school so internet service that is constant is crucial. So tell me, is Comcast as good as it gets or is there something that stays connected better? thanks! (13 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
runwolf	10:52p	Wild Kingdome Damn hoot owls. Look, I love all birds of prey.  They are second in my heart only to Wolves as God's most awesome creatures.  But why do I have to have two owls take up residence in my woods.  And why do they have to carry on a conversation all night long.   Damn owls.  I bet they cheat at tootsie pops too. Current Mood: bitchy (1 Comment |Comment on this)
huntsville [ hebrokeaway ]	5:11p	Printing Large Images Which local printing and imaging companies do you use? I have photographs I want blown up beyond 44", and I don't like the work Sams or Kinkos does. I noticed there are a lot of artists on here and figured someone would be able to recommend a high-quality company. Thanks! (4 Comments |Comment on this)
eugie	4:02p	Digging My Way Out of an Unplanned 5-day Weekend and 2 Honorable Mentions in YBFH 2008 Ended up taking Monday off from work as well due to the fuel shortage afflicting the Southeast. But happily, fosteronfilm went out during the early afternoon on Monday to brave the gas queues so that I might be able to get to work on Tuesday—and he waited for over an hour and was only able to purchase enough for half a tank due to rationing limits. But half a tank should last through this week, and every day that passes brings us closer to the end of this annoying situation. So yup, five-day weekend. At least I only ended up taking a single vacation day for it; Friday was my scheduled 4x10 day off, and I took Monday as my 4x10 day for this week. But it was still not happy making, and I got very little accomplished. For some reason, when I was sans day job, all my time at home was work time. If I was awake, I was in my library office working or on the couch working or brewing tea in order to stay awake so I could work more. That essentially meant I customarily worked 14+ hours a day, seven days a week—which isn't as terrible and sweatshop as it sounds, as I've come to accept and embrace my workaholism. But gradually, now that I'm solidly past my 2nd anniversary at the OLC, I've noticed that I've been reverting back to how I was during my cubicle monkey days. That is, when I'm home, I'm "off." My motivation and drive to get anything done bottoms out, whether that work is writing, editing The Fix or the Daily Dragon, keeping up with various correspondences, or just about anything at all that isn't fluff-recreational reading, brainless surfing, or vacuous movie/television watching. So five days at home is essentially five utterly unproductive days. I actually woke up in a cold sweat Tuesday, freaked out about how many hamsters had gotten fat, bitey, and dropped on my foot in those five days. Grumf.     Writing Stuff Received a note from mroctober sharing the kudos for So Fey* from Kelly Link and Gavin Grant in their write-up in the recently published The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: "Steve Berman's So Fey: Queer Fairy Fictions (Haworth) was one of the stronger themed anthologies of the year. Favorite stories include Holly Black's heartbreaking 'The Coat of Stars' and Eugie Foster's 'Year of the Fox,' as well as work by Craig Laurence Gidney and Laurie J. Marks." Of course, I immediately (well, after some delighted squeeing) surfed off to check out whether "Year of the Fox"** had gotten an Honorable Mention (in addition to being mentioned, um, honorably) and was ecstatic to see that yes it had, and also, so had "The Music Company" (published in issue #26 of Hub). Verily, there was more squeeing. * The first print run of So Fey from Haworth Press sold out, and the anthology is being reprinted by Prime Books—which reprint, according to Amazon.com, is due out late November. ** "Year of the Fox" will also be in my forthcoming collection from Norilana, Returning My Sister's Face and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice, coming out in March. Current Mood: pleased (12 Comments |Comment on this)
huntsville [ jj_maccrimmon ]	6:54a	Nature Photo of the Week Huntsville Botanical Gardens - 2008 BTW, If anyone would like to see photos from DragonCon in Atlanta last month, I have posted two large sets on my journal yesterday evening and more are expected today. Current Mood: hopeful Current Music: Jimmy Eat World - Polaris (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
huntsville [ weswilson ]	6:18p	Huntsville Mayoral Debate The Huntsville Mayoral Debate starts at 6:30 on Channel 19. (Comment on this)
Monday, September 29th, 2008
runwolf	11:57a	Work Fairness No fair dumping three major projects on me at one time. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
huntsville [ caughtinaflame ]	10:09p	looking for a band ok i have another new coworker looking for a band for her daughter's 16th birthday. it's still a while away, her daughter's birthday is november 13th. the party would also be in arab, and she's looking for rock, classic rock. that's all i know but if there's anyone interested leave me an email or phone number and i'll send her your way. (Comment on this)
Friday, September 26th, 2008
huntsville [ sliceofpisces ]	8:39p	I am a student at Athens State University and I am conducting a survey on the current presidential election. Tonight seemed a good night to post this. All comments will be screened and will not be shown to anyone but my professor and myself. If you wish to respond, in as few words as possible (for survey purposes): 1. Are you voting? and 2. What is the number one reason you are voting for your chosen candidate? Thank you to those who participate. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
huntsville [ theverticalbar ]	2:05p	lost dog! Last night my husband and I came home to find a black dog in the yard next door. I noticed the neighbor had set out some food and water for the pup. We tried to get near the dog to find a tag or something, but the dog kept walking (might have had a limp). Also, when we called and "kissed" at him/her, it was almost like s/he couldn't hear us. I'm worried it was hit by a car or something. We kept our windows open to see if we could hear people calling for the dog, but no luck. Since it was dark, I don't have a great description other than a black dog that was on the skinny side...about the height of a medium sized lab. We live on O'Shuaghnessy (in Five Points) and the dog was wondering between the houses nearby and in the alley. If you know of anyone that might have lost the dog, please feel free to call me at 797-6624. While we didn't see the dog this morning, I'd be more than glad to talk to the owner and try to help! Thanks (Comment on this)
huntsville [ theverticalbar ]	12:59p	TONIGHT at the FLY MO Forbidden Zone with music entertainment by The Counterclock Wise and Xpia Show starts at 8 | Flying Monkey Arts | $6 | BYOB if you are 21+ (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
news [ theljstaff ]	5:32p	US Elections, style=mine, beta profile, Snap, and Bollywood U.S. Presidential Election Community With a historic U.S. election coming down to the wire, causing a lot of buzz in the U.S. and abroad, we thought it would be cool to create a community with a global view on the 2008 election. To that end, we've partnered with various news providers, including The Independent in the UK, Gazeta in Russia, and Mint in India, to allow their journalists to engage with the LiveJournal user community, asking questions and posting news stories for comments and discussion. Our goal is to encourage a lively and spirited debate between users and news providers worldwide on LiveJournal itself, and also to allow republication of user comments from within this community in print and online media outside of LiveJournal. In this way we hope to facilitate cross-border public discussion of the issues and personalities involved to provide a better understanding of the internal political debates here in the U.S. as well as the international perspective of the U.S. election. Whether your views swing red, blue, purple, or neutral, come check out us_election2008 and let your opinions be heard. Persistent style=mine for Paid Users Many of you know that you can add the parameter ?style=mine to a journal URL in order to view that journal in your own journal's style. In the spirit of giving users more of what they've been asking for, we're giving our users with Paid Accounts a persistent style=mine option. If you want to override other journals' styles with your own all of the time, just turn on the "View all journals and communities in your own style" setting at the Viewing Options page. This will make it so every journal you view will always be shown in your own style. In addition, you can use the navigation strip at the top of most journals to quickly toggle between the journal's original style and your own style. Head over to paidmembers for more information on this new feature. Speaking of paid accounts . . . . Paid Account Sale Ending Soon One minute before the stroke of midnight on September 30th (11:59 p.m. PDT on 9/30/2008, to be exact), our paid account sale comes to an end. Act now to get 20% off the purchase of a 12-month block of paid account time. Check out our paid account sale page for details.  In addition, we wanted to remind everyone about the permanent account sale, coming in November: stay tuned for more information on pricing and other details. New Profile Page in Beta We have long wanted to make the profile page easier to navigate, so we have committed our best thoughts to paper (or .pdf) and put the redesigned profile page into Beta. If you want to participate in beta testing for the profile page, go here. The design team has been hard at work incorporating a lot of feedback from the folks over at lj_design into the process, reorganizing information to make it easier to scan and process. This is just the start of the conversation with our users about how to improve the profile page, and we encourage your feedback over on the lj_design post. Our goal is to continue the evolution of the profile page to best suit user needs. Snap Implementation Changes We're changing the "Enable graphic previews" setting on the Viewing Options page from a journal setting (whether or not other people see it on your journal) to a user setting (whether or not you see it site-wide). You do not need to make any changes to your settings—whatever you had selected as a journal setting will be used as your new viewing option. For logged-out viewers of your journal, your viewing option will determine whether or not Snap is shown. Idea Bollywood Club Community Some people dream of being famous in Hollywood, the so-called Motion Picture Capital of the World, but across the globe in Mumbai there is another dream factory—Bollywood. LiveJournal has partnered with Zoom TV to present a behind-the-scenes look at Idea Bollywood Club, an American Idol-esque show with an Indian twist. If you're keen to find out more about the show's contestants, or want to show your support for your favorites, head on over to bollywoodclub and make yourself heard. All next week the show will be live-blogged, providing an extra bit of insight into the running of the show. Current Mood: pretty happy (419 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
eugie	10:37a	No Gasoline in Atlanta and How My Brain is Stupid So this week I've seen a dramatic increase in the number of folks taking MARTA. On Monday, I wondered if there was some convention or event happening in town. But now I'm pretty sure it's because of the statewide gasoline shortage. Interesting that folks only consider public transportation as an option when their ready fuel supply is threatened. I wonder how many of them will consider continuing to take the train once this "gas crisis" resolves. On a personal note, things are a wee bit anxious with our gas gauges. I had been planning on fueling up my car the day before the prices jacked up a week+ ago. Bad timing that, but no biggie. I figured I could wait until they came back down to reasonable levels and switched to driving fosteronfilm's car, which had about a half tank. This week, not only haven't the prices gone down, but it's getting hard to find a station which hasn't been drained dry. And the ones which do have gas are also sporting some pretty long queues. I think letting my car idle in line waiting to fill up is a poor use of a scarce resource, so I haven't braved the stations. I believe there's enough in the hubby's car to make it through this week (and only because I'm working 4x10 hours), but it's going to be close. Been really easing up on the gas pedal, decreasing my speed overall, and trying to coast to a gentle stop rather than have to brake hard. Making a minor change to my driving habits seems to have had a pretty dramatic effect on how much fuel I'm using—assuming each marker on the quasi-digital fuel level display indicates an equivalent amount, which may not be the case. Just need to make it home today and to the MARTA station and back tomorrow. I'm expecting things to be back to normal come next week. I hope.     Writing Stuff Was muchly miffed with myself for not getting any new words on the page over the weekend+Monday even though I had plenty of time and opportunity to write. (I did, however, bake a blackberry pie; whenever I engage in activity of a domestic nature, it's typically indication that I'm deep into writing-procrastination mode.) Frustrated with muse and brain, I decided to do a lil (nonscientific) experiment. I intentionally let my other hamsters—editing The Fix, various professional correspondences, etc.—run amok until I am once again verily behind on everything, thereby ramping up my stress level and decreasing the amount of time I've got free to commit to writing. My theory is that in addition to my creativity being hardwired to my stress center, my desire to write will rise in disproportionate measure to the amount of time I've got free and clear to do so. And lo the results: New Words: • 2.5K+ words on The Stupid Novel yesterday with ideas pelting me every time I stopped to do something like eat or sleep. • 1K words on The Stupid Novel this morning (so far) upon awakening at 4AM with a scene that I had to get down. Yup. It seems that the more my to do list snowballs out of control, the more my desire to write kicks in. My brain is stupid and I hates it. Current Mood: aggravated (6 Comments |Comment on this)
huntsville [ jj_maccrimmon ]	6:23a	Nature Photo of the Week Alabama Roads - 2008 Current Mood: restless Current Music: Collide - Spaces In Between (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
huntsville [ futureframe ]	11:13p	posting for a friend and copied from his craigslist post: --------- Huntsville to BNA (September 27 and 29) (Huntsville, AL) Reply to: comm-847408748@craigslist.org I'm driving to Nashville early Saturday morning (September 27th), and i'm looking for a few people who need a ride to tag along and split gas. I'm doing all the driving, so no worries about that. I'm leaving around 4 am that morning and coming back Monday night. Any towns or whatever along the way are fine as well. --------- his name is Pierre and his phone number is (256 ) 348-4922. thanks guys! :) (Comment on this)
huntsville [ theverticalbar ]	10:55p	COMING SOON!!! Crash Boom Bang Theatre Presents: "So You Want To Be A Slasher" Oct 24, 25, 31 & Nov 1 at 9pm 'til midnightish at the Flying Monkey Arts 2211 Seminole Drive Huntsville, AL 35805 more info coming soon (Comment on this)

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