#amazonfail: I am vastly entertained, through my total RAGE.

[dragojustine]

Fail #1: Amazon Rank. (Thought #1: Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence. Thought number 2: The particular implementation of the "adult content" policy is ridiculous beyond words, but why are so few people complaining about the fact that they have such a policy at all? #3: If you do have an adult content screening system, the way to do it is to remove those items at the search level, not to fuck with your underlying database, especially not a database that has such a huge impact. That's just... *hunts for words* bad stewardship. #4: Man, they had better bend over backwards figuring out how this happened and reversing this policy and apologizing to authors and readers and EVERYONE and just kissing ass and begging for their reputation back)

Fail #2: Spent all day fixing my electrical system and freaking out because I thought I would have to pay $100 for a repair guy which I could not afford. Dodged that bullet, but my complete and total money panic is getting old.

Win #1: Dad called my uncle and had him deliver me an easter basket this morning. Swear to god, an easter basket. With a bunny. No joke. *glow*

Win #2: Paul Davis! I rec this fic/meta thing to make up for the Davis fic that I have failed to write for a week straight now because of all the various technical failures in my life. Oh, and also: John Sheppard plays Lube/not lube (post plus comment fic)

Win #3: I am name-squatting at Dreamwidth, not yet using. Decisions about journal importing and such to be made when I actually have a computer again. No, that's a lie. When I have an actual computer again I will watch a shitload of TV, spent a solid day playing Rome: Total War or Civ 4 or something, and then try again to write some fic. Then I'll think about it.

Comments

[wendy.livejournal.com]

JUSTINE. If you get an extra Dreamwidth code, I want it. *grabby hands*

YAY for Easter baskets!

[dragojustine.livejournal.com]

Okay! I have no idea how they're being given out- I probably won't get any if I don't post- but it's all yours. Also, you know that they're giving some out to OpenID users, right? Just use your OpenID (ie, your lj login) to comment on stuff over there. Plus you can attach an email to that OpenID so you see comment replies and such. It's easy.

[fakymcfakerson.livejournal.com]

So is Dreamwidth just for fandom stuff?

[zvi-likes-tv.livejournal.com]

No! DW is for all kinds of people who make stuff (http://lists.dwscoalition.org/pipermail/dw-discuss/2008-August/000530.html), not just mediafandom.

[stultiloquentia.livejournal.com]

Coooommme to Dreeeamwiiiidth! *wiggly hypnotist fingers*

the Davis fic that I have failed to write

Oh, boy! This is me being enthusiastic, yet patient. (And thank you for the rec. :o)

[dragojustine.livejournal.com]

Thank you for giving us an awesome version of Davis! I very much want to write a LOT of things, but my life is sort of entirely consumed right now by the saga of the computer (frying of, Best Buy guys incompetence in dealing with, not having money to replace... it's a Whole Big Thing) so don't hold your breath.