Go to your room!!

[susandennis]

When I was little, in the 50's, time out hadn't been invented yet. When we misbehaved mostly we got spanked and sent to our rooms. I was spanked a few times, not often, but I was sent to my room a lot until, my Mom discovered that I loved quiet, uninterrupted time in my room. That just stymied her program all together.

I still love time in my room only now my room is a condo. If I had a lap pool in here, I'd never leave at all. Except maybe.

I haven't been anywhere since mid last week (except to the pool and home with the windows rolled up) because of the smoke mainly but also because of the heat. Today we are saying goodbye to both - not exactly a fond farewell, more like a don't let the door hit you in the ass kind of goodbye.

And, to be honest, I'm ready to bust outta this joint. And I think I'm going to give it a go today. There's a semi-new poke joint in the International District. I have to go past the good burger place AND the outstanding grill cheese counter plus the Uwajimaya poke bowls to get there. And it's supposed to be hot and by then (11ish?) the sun will be out but, heck, I think it's worth a shot. Also, I got a little indication this morning that maybe my inhaler experiment isn't as successful as I thought. I ran out of breath climbing the steps to the gym which rarely happens any more. I think I need a lung stress test.

And, besides, why not. I've been good. ish.

I'm coming across more and more things available only on Facebook. I bought a pattern and there was one tricky bit so I went to the website to find an explanation and I did, they kindly provide a short video to show how to do it... on Facebook. And, no, not available if you don't have a Facebook account. Restaurants who provide their opening times and menus on Facebook pages - again not public. Information and pictures only available with a Facebook account.

Fuck it. While I would love to see the stuff and hate the 'You must sign in to view' page, there is nothing that is that important enough to me. I may well be cutting off my nose to spite my face but so far it's worth it.

And just this morning I read an article about how I'm not using Instagram correctly. It took a while to noodle it out but, apparently, THE only point in Instagram is to collect hearts and followers. What about if I just wanna post the pictures of what I want to post about and I don't care who hearts or follows? Sounds like that's not allowed. The Instagram police will be on my ass. No worries. My ass is large, plenty of room. Hop on.

Ok, I think I'll go sew up the swim suit while I wait for lunch time.

Comments

[mindyklasky.livejournal.com]

But, but, but... I post almost all of my updates on Facebook! (Admittedly, you're not interested in a lot of the book stuff, but...)

Enjoy the release from smoke and heat!

[susandennis]

but, but, but, but! You could (and I wish you and all my friends would) import your facebook entries to LJ!

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/429.html

[mindyklasky.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll try again. The last time I had things imported into LJ, the software broke, leaving me nothing but frustration. But for you... :-)

[susandennis]

awwwwww thank you!

[sweetmeow]

I checked out this link as I'd love to import my FB posts. The big wrinkle is that they have to be public posts, and most of my posts are friends only. :(

[lostincandyrain.livejournal.com]

I never really understood how going to my room was supposed to be a punishment either, but I was still sent there a lot. The punishment part came I think when your parents then decided you'd been there long enough and came in, interrupting whatever you were doing, and insisted on talking to you.

Later, I concluded that it wasn't so much that it was supposed to be punishment, it was more that it gave everyone space to calm down, so that whatever the issue was could then be addressed less heatedly.

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

Facebook pages should be visible to anyone, even without an account...especially for businesses! That's ridiculous. I'm on FB, but I also hate how it's pretty much expected of us now. I just want the good old days of LJ back.

[lifeinroseland.livejournal.com]

Yeah it's like Believe It or Not, not everyone is on FB! Your loss.

I'll be glad to see IG go as well, some day.

But I do love this quiet town.

[galebird.livejournal.com]

Wait, there's instagram police?! How do I get that job?! :D

[susandennis]

ha!

[roasted-beets.livejournal.com]

It's not like you ever have to post anything on FB. You would have an account, be able to see anything that was public. Big deal.

My account isn't even under my own name - against the rules. You've always used your real name for everything.

[susandennis]

Good points but no thanks. I don't want to get involved in the whole friending thing or really any of it. I know it's my being ridiculously stubborn but that's my jam :)

[laura davidson (from livejournal.com)]

Some days I wonder if I shouldn't have held the line on Facebook. But man, mindless scrolling through that crap was pretty welcome when I was up in the middle of the night with a baby and trying not to fall asleep still holding them. These days? Sometimes I wonder. But I have a lot of relatives, that's the only way they stay connected. So I keep it open but I think I am going to try again to spend less time there. It can be a terrible time sink and, of course, you seldom come away with anything that feels like it was worth the time.

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

Companies that try to insist on only doing things through Facebook are just going to have to do without my business, particularly if you can't see what they put there without logging in. (I refuse to let Facebook collect data about me, so no logging in.)

[susandennis]

So now there are two of us! Strength in numbers. hahaha

[opakele.livejournal.com]

My ass is large, too.

Fuck Facebook and Instagram.

[shutterbug.livejournal.com]

Um the smoke is probably not helping your inhaller situation even if you are inside.