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I keep meaning to post, and not doing it. Hopefully spatterdash and I will now get a free month of paid time. ;)

When I wrote last, what I really should have said was: "I'm not even going to pretend that I'm going to post again before the end of the year."

Which is what it turned into.

BUT, here we are again. Tra la la. Happy New Year.

It's September, so I'm going to pretend that I'm going to start posting in LJ again. Watch me now, hear me now. ;)

I feel like I am slowly turning into a grouchy hermit crab. Just call me Crabby Patty.


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I DREAM OF THIS

I didn't renew my paid LJ account. What's the point? I wish I could re-commit to it, but until I do, it seems like a waste of money. Sure, it's only $20, but that's money I could spend on booze.

Since this is what I always think about whenever I make the first of my typical two posts each month, I'm going to start off January's copious postings with the meme where I go through all of last year's posts and c/p the first line for your amusement. So meta, amirite?

Notably, this was the first time I genuinely forgot a couple of times and didn't make some inane unlocked post as my first post of the month. As a result, I had to suppress one of the entries, but oh well! I present...

YEAR IN REVIEW: 2012

Go to your Calendar and find the first (public) entry for each month of 2012. Post the first line of it in your journal, and that's your "Year In Review."

January: I just discovered that the "new" LJ comment style somehow magically restores all of my user icons that are currently locked because I didn't want to pay extra for the add-on.
February: The laptop has a virus (or thirty).
March: I'm back in the endless cycle of "I really should post more / I have so much I want to talk about / but I have no time / oh look, now it's two weeks later."
April: Deep thought for the day: I don't miss volunteering with the cat rescue people, but I sure do miss seeing kittens.
May: I get to go to Vegas on Tuesday for work!
June: First World Problems, I know, but I'm irritated by the fact that I no longer seem to get any notifications on LJ — nor do I get to see most people's FB posts, no matter how many settings I tweak to make sure that, in fact, I am getting to see everyone's posts.
July: I've decided that it's my moral imperative to make sure all of you come with me to an Old 97's concert at least once.
August: Honestly, I have no idea how I'm going to survive being in Vegas for a week in September for work.
September: Here's the thing: if I had gone to Burning Man this year, I would be missing the Old 97's at the Fillmore tomorrow night.
October: This was a friends-locked entry and I'm not comfortable posting its first line.
November: Guess what, I still suck at updating, which shouldn't be a surprise, but I really was on a roll there for a while.
December: I need new black boots and I need them fast.

I like how some themes are a constant, no matter the year—Vegas, the Old 97's, and, of course, my hollow promises of posting more. :)

Here's the thing: if I had gone to Burning Man this year, I would be missing the Old 97's at the Fillmore tomorrow night. (That's not why I didn't go.)

While I'm glad I'm not on the playa right now, I can't wait for everyone to get back and to hear all their war stories.

Honestly, I have no idea how I'm going to survive being in Vegas for a week in September for work. I fear that I may lose my liver for good.

First World Problems , I know, but I'm irritated by the fact that I no longer seem to get any notifications on LJ — nor do I get to see most people's FB posts, no matter how many settings I tweak to make sure that, in fact, I am getting to see everyone's posts. I don't have the time nor patience to visit everyone's pages one by one, so I guess I'm living back in 2002, when we didn't have these daily insights into people's minutiae.

Deep thought for the day: I don't miss volunteering with the cat rescue people, but I sure do miss seeing kittens.