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LJ hasn't loaded for me all day, and now I'm fed up and very lonely and bored. With LJ, I have stuff to do and people to talk to. Without it? The internet is all but pointless, and I can't talk to anyone. I can amuse myself for about ten minutes or so and then I need to go away and sigh again and maybe dust something or lie down.

In the meantime, since LJ is apparently working for everybody else in the world except me, this should crosspost so you know why I'm ignoring you until LJ lets me back in. (It came back very briefly twice during the day, so I'm hopeful it will. But I can't report anything because I can't get in to report it.)

:-(

I am now going off to make sugarless scones (it's a thing I do), and try not to panic about it. I have a book. It doesn't seem to be giving me too much of a headache yet, so hey. There's that, I suppose. And I can write a bit maybe if I don't get too depressed about having nowhere to post it ever again. Luckily, my family phoned for five minutes just now before I died of isolation. (Can you do that in only one day? Probably not.)

Also also the doctor's mislabelled my blood test on Thursday and I have to go and give them some more on Monday. (I can't complain; they've never done anything like this before. But i would rather not have my two big outings for the week both being things where people stick needles in me.)

(I may be feeling sorry for myself now. This is what happens when people cruelly take LJ away from me.)

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:( is it back?

hope the book is going ok!

here's a fun fandom secret i was looking at at the same time as reading this post -

it's not particularly relevant to you, but i thought it might amuse.

No, it is not back! It has not been back all day. I rather suspect that probably, it being a holiday weekend, it won't be sorted till Monday, whatever it is. But maybe now that I type this, irony will strike and it will come back!

And thank you for the image/secret. It is indeed pleasing and amusing. :-)

*hugses* LJ deprivation is a very serious problem for those of us who socialize mainly on the internets. It's like having your whole neighborhood cancelled indefinitely. You can go downtown to Tumblr and wander around, but it's not the same. :P

*all the hugs*

(I have not yet selected a hug icon to upload. Bother. ;S)

*nods a lot*

It hasn't happened to me for ages and I sort of thought that I had at least quite a bit to look at on Dreamwidth, but actually I really don't.

I wrangled as well, but I only had about 10 tags. Which is quite a lot compared to some days, but still

*hugs you back gratefully*

(I am being silly, of course, but, argh, it's not funny, either!)

♥

You should go download a hug now! ;-)

Oh, no! So sorry to hear it! Let me know if there's anything I can do to keep you entertained.

Let me know if there's anything I can do to keep you entertained.

*resist the temptation to make unreasonable/silly requests* Talking to me is nice. That'll do. Thank you!! ♥

Oh, and I've been meaning to post this to unkindestslash, which I certainly can't at the moment. You've probably seen it already, but the other day on YouTUbe, this randomly turned up when I was looking for something else:

BBC 1969 Julius Caesar (Maybe in the absence of LJ I can try and watch it, though I'm not good at watching long things online. I watched a minute and it already had Christopher Benjamin in, aww.)

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Well, if LJ won't load for you, I'll just have to come hang out with you on Dreamwidth!

Did I tell you that I've started reading the Chronicles of Chrestomanci? I've read the first three books. It's been weird, because the lead characters keep changing between the books. After "Charmed Life," I expected Cat in "The Lives of Christopher Chant." Then after that book, I expected Christopher in "Magicians of Caprona" -- which he was in, I guess, but only peripherally. Next up is "Witch Week," and I have no expectations any longer, except that it will probably be good.

I also re-watched "Last Christmas" yesterday and I still think it's a really good Doctor Who episode.

Sugarless scones sound intriguing. I think I might like them with lemon curd. Are you enjoying your book? Hopefully it's not giving you a headache.

If you write something, you can post it to Dreamwdith! Or Teaspoon (if it's Whoniverse fic)! Or AO3! The internet will always have a place for you to post your fic. That's one thing the internet is very good at.

Sorry to hear about the mislabelling of your blood test. Maybe there's a plasmavore in the lab? Although having your blood sucked out through a straw sounds less painful than getting stuck with a needle. But at least the needle will be more hygienic, and a lot less fatal.

I hope you're feeling a little less isolated by now. If you keep having trouble with LJ, I will be happy to make up fake LJ posts and put them over here so you can pretend you're missing out on something far more exciting than you actually are. On second thought, perhaps I will instead make up exciting posts for Dreamwdith. Yes, that seems like the best course over all.

There's something about the way I type that makes me quicker at typing the "d" than the "i" in "Dreamwidth," so it keeps coming out as "Dreamwdith" instead. There's probably a study in there somewhere. Or at least a fic idea.

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I hate that cut-off feeling.

There are scone recipes with sugar? Huh. I like them non-sweet (and hot with butter).

*nods* It's worse when you already are cut off in lots of other ways, too. You don't need to be pressed up against the window, looking in from a distance at the internet, too. Still, at least I can talk to some nice people on Dreamwidth in the meantime! \o/

There are scone recipes with sugar?

Traditional scones are sweet over here, and I suppose English scones are traditional scones, really. You get cheese scones (and variations on cheese scones), but making them randomly without sugar and with (half) wholemeal flour is a thing that gets me strange looks. I make them because it was a thing I did back when I had to go without yeast (and thus bread) for a while, and they're quite nice occasionally.

But, yeah, your ultimate traditional scone is the West Country one served with jam and clotted cream! (I hate clotted cream, but proper scones are rather nice with raspberry jam.)

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Oh, that sucks! Well, I shall have to appear on here instead to make your life a little less dark. (I know it's not just you - someone else on my Flist is having the same problem but doesn't know how to fix it either ...

Good luck with sugarless scones! I hope they are tassty and delightful and make things better!

Thanks! :-)

I have seen other people around, before this, saying they couldn't get in and it lasted from anything from a day to a week, so I am assuming this is the same thing and it will come back. It's reassuring to know I'm not the only one currently suffering, though - LJ are much more likely to fix it that way!

The scones were good, thanks. I defeated the purpose and had one with honey on once they were made yesterday, but it was a nice thing to wind up the day with!

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Oh, no! I hope LJ gives you back to us (and vice-versa) soon. I was going to ask if you'd put in a help ticket, or if you were able to, but I see someone above has said several of them already exist, so that's good, hopefully?

Thank you! I haven't been able to put in report, because I can't get in to do it. I'm kind of assuming that as the server's still in San Francisco's, it's a holiday weekend, and it'll get sorted soon now. But if it doesn't, I may need to ask someone to report it for me, because it is getting silly! I need it back by the 13th; I'm reccing on Calufrax!

Well, that's no good at all...! :( Livejournal never ceases to be the cause of frustrations, but as you say not having access to it at all leaves you feeling at a loss. I had something happen a few months back where I could only log onto my own journal but couldn't look at any posts or my friends list - when I tried, it just brought me back to the main journal page. As I remember, it was only on Internet Explorer that this happened - I tried Chrome and everything seemed to be working fine. Maybe something to consider?

The other frustrating aspect is that without being able to log in at all, you can't even let them know there is a problem that they might be able to fix. :(

I@m back! (Or at least, for the moment!)

And, believe me, it lasted three days and I'd tried everything I could think of by the end of the first day - two other browsers, altering security settings. And then I knew that basically it was LJ being LJ as it does.

Your problem sounds v frustrating, too - I'm glad it got fixed! \o/

I'm now off back to LJ to enjoy it.

*bigsquishyPershugs*

Have you tried clearing your cache of cookies? That might allow it to load again...

Enjoy your book.

Don't die of isolation, okay - I'd miss you loads.

Sorry about the double blood test - damn vampires!

:(

I'm sorry you've been cut off with nothing but needles for company! I hope things go better soon.

Thanks! I may have been feeling a bit over-sorry for myself on Sat, but some days are like that. ♥

I see you! :::hug:::

Thanks! *hugs back*

I have every sympathy... I try to remind myself that being ill now is better than being ill just twenty-odd years ago. I'd've gone doolally in short order. Hope the second test yields useful results.

Icon attached in hopes it might make you smile. I didn't actually steal the road-sign, which I thought was pretty good of me (plus there was a side order of "how will I ever explain it to visitors?")

Ha, your icon is very amusing! It was indeed v restrained of you not to steal it, but as you say a photo is easier to get away with in the long run.

I have every sympathy... I try to remind myself that being ill now is better than being ill just twenty-odd years ago. I'd've gone doolally in short order. Hope the second test yields useful results.

I was ill first twenty years ago, but I was a teen then, and at home and also I just didn't seem to have the issue with reading books that I do this time around. I think it may be partly the concentration (as with everything) but also because I had to read and review and so on for work, and I think it became a little stress-related. It's very odd. Anyway, I'm glad for the internet and LJ! I hope you are doing okay at the moment, too. ♥

(The blood test is just routine for my iron levels. Unfortunately I muddled up which day it is, and now I'm not going till Thurs. Which is annoying, but actually maybe better because too many blood tests in a row never do me any good.)

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*hugs you*

And you aren't the only one having this LJ problem recently. I heard something like this from

bghost.

Thanks! It does seem there were a few others about, but all those "is it down now" websites kept telling me LJ was fine and it was just me.

However, I seem to be back for the moment. \o/

♥

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I know how you feel and you're not the only one having a problem with LJ. (We should diversify but who has time?)

No, it seems to be a sort of wandering problem that affects odd people in turn. For the moment, it seems to be sorted and I'll cross my fingers it doesn't happen again in a hurry.

I have got other websites, but LJ just suits me best and has the nicest people on it! ♥

Glad you're still around! I really need to post more on LJ. I keep saying this... I need to just DO it already.

Thank you! And I'm back now, so you should definitely post! *nods*

Hugs.

*hugs back*

Hope things get better soon! *hugs*

They are, thank you. ♥

Glad you're back on! (Well, hopefully, still.) When the internet goes down it does feel as if I SHALL NEVER NET AGAIN, NO, NEVERMORE. THAT IS OF THE PAST.

Sorry about the needles. Needles are horrid, especially if the nurse talks to you at the crucial moment and you actually see what's going on, no thank you!

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I'm back now! For the moment at least, anyway, let's not jinx anything!

Thanks! I made things worse by the fact that I muddled up the days and was actually supposed to be going tomorrow & now have ended up with a Thurs apt. /o\

And, eek, no, never look at the needle!