Satellite transmits my voice

I should probably start updating this more than once in a blue moon, huh. |D

I'm up to 90 minutes a night of internet time on my self-imposed online restriction. It gives me a bit more time to do tags and whatnot, but it's still not enough to really hang out and chat. I think what I miss doing most is just turning on AIM and reading a book or something while holding the occasional conversation. I feel like I have to be focused while online or I am Wasting Time. It's a different way to look at things, certainly; tbh, I just miss multitasking.

COMIC CON IS IN FIVE DAYS HOLY CRAP. WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN. I think this is the most convoluted and detailed any of my cosplays have ever been, and even now I'm still assembling bits. I live for the last minute, don'cha know 8Db It should be fun, though, and I'm looking forward to seeing all sorts of people and meeting bouncy_erbear! Because awesomeness attracts awesomeness, yes? Yes.

TBH, aside from freaking out about Comic Con and the upcoming move, nothing much of note is going on in the Life and Times of Kia. Work is work is work, and I usually get home from that and work on something - editing or cosplay or whatever needs working on. The huge Disney tribute is on hold for now, as is every other editing project I have going on, on account of - you guessed it - SDCC being right around the corner. My priorities might be a tad skewed, but I do have them. Also, most anime conventions won't let you enter a Disney music video, yes? It probably has to be mostly anime or game footage.

RP is...we're screwed. Just gonna lay that down. We are screwed. |D Also, I might not be tagging Jason for a bit because of recent NSFW Extremely Not Okay happenstances in this season of True Blood, so don't wait on me there.

Does anybody know what's going on at kh_drabble? It's a fun challenge, and we've had quite a few entries, but I don't remember any other time when there've been virtually zero comments on any of them. Is everyone just busy this week? \O_o/

Because this entry isn't disorganized enough: cosplay! Razor Wit finally arrived today, which means I went out of my mind for about an hour unpacking it and squeeing like a moron and trying to figure out picture poses (and subsequently scraping up one arm, but hey, worth it). I have odds and ends for most of my costumes, but my big thing's been putting together costumes for amorsinseramada. She's agreed to join our Friday MLP group, so I'm getting a Pinkie Pie costume together for her, and she chose her other one going solo, so I'm making her a Candlejack getup. That's bound to be hila

I'm going on an internet hiatus, guys. It's not life-threatening or anything, so don't freak out - I just need a break. Those of you who have my number, call or text if it's important; those of you who don't, bug the people who do to call or text if it's important.

Laters ♥

And nothing of value was lost.

Lawled like a madwoman at that macro, though. So much love for the illustrious mods of that comm. ♥

I really need to learn to edit my posts instead of spamming you all into oblivion, huh. XD

FIRST THING: I am teaching a class on the internet!

For porn, porn, porn, yeah I know, get it all out of your systems XD

I volunteered to do my presentation first for my Writing for Technology class, so a week from now I'm going to be giving a thirty-to-forty-minute-long presentation on internet culture, specifically how knowing the culture will help a writer write for and relate to (and possibly understand feedback from) their audience. Those of you who were wondering why I asked for memes the other day, this is it. I'm going to give them a basic rundown of well-known and oft-referenced websites and memes, including:

4chan
icanhascheezburger
ONTD
Failblog
FMyLife
MyLifeIsAverage yes I have seen MyLifeIsTwilight and if you suggest I show that to the class I reserve the right to stab you through the internets
Tv Tropes

rickrolling
macros
Chuck Norris
liek mudkips
Caramelldansen
all your base
im in ur base
leekspin
"...PROFIT!" lists

As well as a list of things to avoid:

/b/ and all other not work safe 4chan boards
goatse
/b/
tubgirl
/b/
two girls one cup
/b/

Guess who traumatized herself doing research for her anonymity paper. 8D

So, my wonderful flist, this is where I turn to you: what popular memes and websites have I missed that obviously need to be covered in class? Videos, text, pictures, anything is fair game, so long as it falls under "meme." Also, if anyone has any documentation of these memes going down - screencaps of the April Fool's Day when dA turned everyone's icon to a mudkip, or video of the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends float rickrolling everyone live during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - please link it, because that's the sort of thing that makes a powerpoint awesome. If anyone has anything that needs to be added to the AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE list, let me know that too, but please do not link them. Seriously. Please.

SECOND THING: help_haiti evidently has an auction for food products, and I would like to contribute. I can do cookies 8Db I'm not sure cherry bars will ship, since they have frosting, but magic bars, cheesecake cookies, and pumpkin butterscotch cookies should all ship pretty well. GUYS WHAT SHOULD I OFFER

Also! If you're offering something on the auctions, link your thread here! I should like to see and bid on things :Db

I'm thinking of getting a Twitter. Does anybody have one? What does it do, exactly?

So.

On the rumors of LJ shutting down (which, by the way, are not true):

I read through quite a few comments on the article, and I was shocked by the number of people who claimed LJ is "not a networking site."

All I can say to these people is, check your definitions.

Then I laughed a lot, as this is yet another example of people spouting off about what they don't know or understand.

In other news, I have safely returned to Pepperdine and need to haul my rear out of bed for Convo tomorrow morning. Huz-zah.

Earlier on, I asked if anybody would beinterested in taking a survey that would help me write my Rhetoric paper. Basically, this is that survey. Please answer any and all sections that apply to you and answer them fully and to the best of your ability; you can either leave a comment here or email your answers to fixingthefrog [AT] comcast [DOT] net. Thanks for helping me out. ♥

( For all users of Facebook, Livejournal, and/or 4chan )

Again, thank you for filling out the survey. I really appreciate it. ♥

The internet at my house is for porn made of lose. For some reason, the router won't connect to the modem (or some other such jargon), so the wireless is on the fritz. What this means is that I have to grab my parents' computer whenever it's available to make little posts like this one. Basically, if the internet doesn't get fixed, the next time you'll see me online for more than 5 minutes or so is the 11th. Those of you who know me personally have my phone number and can call me: those of you who don't know me personally can grab one of the people who do and get them to call me.

See you all in a week. ^^;