urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl Cyborgirl Cyborgirl 2012-02-14T20:26:23Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:91925 2012-02-14T20:26:23Z 2012-02-14T20:26:23Z A heartbreaking tale. I can&#39;t even imagine how painful it would be to have the universe you created taken from you.<br /><br /><a href="http://parafantasy.blogspot.com/2012/02/this-is-utterly-ridiculousi-cant-even.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://parafantasy.blogspot.com/2012/02/this-is-utterly-ridiculousi-cant-even.html</a><br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:91694 2011-09-02T20:07:20Z 2011-09-02T20:07:20Z Geez, has it really been over a year since LoudTwitter&#39;s worked? Shows how much attention I pay. Though I do still check in here on Mondays to see what the dwindling number of posters got up to the week before.<br /><br />Until I have the time/money/desire to start the blog back up again, I&#39;m on Google+ at <a href="http://gplus.to/MelissaNewlin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://gplus.to/MelissaNewlin</a>. Or on Facebook under the same name (obviously), but I&#39;m really pushing the G+ these days. Anyone still need an invite? Because I&#39;ll totally send you one. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:91550 2010-07-14T21:02:10Z 2010-07-14T21:02:10Z <ul class=""><br /> <li><em>12:03</em> No, I am not going to learn how to use Contribute so I can update your site. You wanted to use Contribute so YOU could update your site. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/18529999620" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li><br /></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:91356 2010-07-06T21:00:57Z 2010-07-06T21:00:57Z <ul class=""><br /> <li><em>10:05</em> Back from "vacation" which consisted mainly of lying around the house watching Bones on the DVR. Gibson will be back from Texas tomorrow! <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/17869483907" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li><br /></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:91045 2010-06-25T21:01:26Z 2010-06-25T21:01:26Z <ul class=""><li><em>09:42</em> Counter-Strike is now available for the Mac?! Whoo-hoo! <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/24/counter-strike-source-out-for-mac/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.tuaw.com/2010/06/24/counter-strike-source-out-for-mac/</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/17014543713" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li> <li><em>15:15</em> Got a new web client. Their old site says "Site best viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5." Yeah, it MIGHT be time for an update. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/17037549462" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:90673 2010-06-23T21:00:33Z 2010-06-23T21:00:33Z <ul class=""><br /> <li><em>16:07</em> It's killing me that I'm not eligible for an iPhone upgrade until September. Then again, considering I can't afford one, it's for the best. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/16873885304" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li><br /></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:90479 2010-06-21T21:01:54Z 2010-06-21T21:01:54Z <ul class=""><br /> <li><em>14:14</em> In-laws are visiting. They're very nice people, but I'm never quite sure what to do with them... kind of like when my own parents visit. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/16711783851" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li><br /></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:90200 2010-06-18T21:01:55Z 2010-06-18T21:01:55Z <ul class=""><br /> <li><em>15:07</em> Any time I receive an email that ends in "please advise" I just assume that the writer is a tremendous douche. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/16491641947" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li><br /></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:90029 2010-06-16T21:00:07Z 2010-06-16T21:00:07Z <ul class=""><br /> <li><em>17:24</em> Odd bit of trivia for the day: Mariska Hargitay is the daughter of Jayne Mansfield. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/16255937810" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li><br /></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:89678 2010-06-15T21:00:11Z 2010-06-15T21:00:11Z <ul class=""><li><em>12:49</em> <a href='https://www.livejournal.com/rsearch/?tags=%23DearClient'>#DearClient</a> : Ending your email question with multiple question marks will not make me answer any faster. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/16238165414" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li> <li><em>13:06</em> If you're billed as a comedy but can't make me so much as crack a smile, you're not doing your job. I'm looking at you, <a href='https://www.livejournal.com/rsearch/?tags=%23NeighborsFromHell'>#NeighborsFromHell</a>. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/16239405037" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:89540 2010-06-08T21:01:32Z 2010-06-08T21:01:32Z <ul class=""><li><em>12:24</em> Quick survey: 1) Have you ever seen a QR code "in the wild"? 2) Do you have a smartphone with a QR reader to decode them? <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/15716764637" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li> <li><em>16:06</em> Now that I have six pages of iPhone apps, I'm looking forward to iOS4 for the folders if nothing else. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/15729215196" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:89147 2010-06-05T21:00:44Z 2010-06-05T21:00:44Z <ul class=""><li><em>17:30</em> RT @SklarBrothers Getting busted for weed is like getting busted for jaywalking. It can happen, but it shouldn't. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/15443570235" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li> <li><em>15:01</em> I apologize if there's a shortage of ellipses out there; the text I'm editing appears to have used them all. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/15505721279" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:88954 2010-06-04T21:00:46Z 2010-06-04T21:00:46Z <ul class=""><br /> <li><em>09:22</em> Parental leave by country; check out where the US stands. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/15415117716" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li><br /></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:88681 2010-06-01T21:01:23Z 2010-06-01T21:01:23Z <ul class=""><br /> <li><em>10:26</em> High-risk ultrasound appears A-OK. Now if I can just figure out why I'm sleeping 14 hours a day and am still exhausted. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/15181226884" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li><br /></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:88374 2010-05-28T21:00:17Z 2010-05-28T21:00:17Z <ul class=""><li><em>09:51</em> If we get out of here early enough today (as the powers that be said we might) I'm totally going to see Iron Man 2. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/14907321420" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li> <li><em>14:20</em> Good lord, we're being pelted with hail the size of quarters. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/14923802789" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:88128 2010-05-26T21:00:24Z 2010-05-26T21:00:24Z <ul class=""><br /> <li><em>10:35</em> I haven't been too thrilled with eReaders so far but this looks promising: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20005624-1.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20005624-1.html</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/14767082764" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li><br /></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:88025 2010-05-24T21:03:45Z 2010-05-24T21:03:45Z <ul class=""><li><em>12:50</em> Gibson spent 36 hours with a fever being miserable, needy, and pitiful. Thankfully(?) he was back to his normal, contrary self this morning. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/14634691859" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li> <li><em>16:39</em> CRAP. <a href='https://www.livejournal.com/rsearch/?tags=%23CFBuilder'>#CFBuilder</a> requires an Intel-based Mac, which means that if I want to use it at work I'd have to bring in my laptop. And buy OS 10.6. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/14645956199" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:87625 2010-05-21T21:05:03Z 2010-05-21T21:05:03Z <ul class=""><br /> <li><em>13:29</em> "Welcome to the Jungle" is on the radio at this restaurant. Haven't heard that song in the wild in about 20 years... <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/14442194825" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li><br /></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:87396 2010-05-20T21:01:45Z 2010-05-20T21:01:45Z <ul class=""><br /> <li><em>14:30</em> So the ColdFusion blogger I most follow is brothers with someone my old housemate used to tour with. Talk about disparate worlds colliding… <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/14378296699" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li><br /></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:87217 2010-05-19T21:02:08Z 2010-05-19T21:02:08Z <ul class=""><br /> <li><em>16:01</em> Am I the only one that doesn't get Ke$ha? She sounds like any high school girl jumping around in front of a mirror singing into a hairbrush. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/14313459451" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li><br /></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:86981 2010-05-18T21:03:23Z 2010-05-18T21:03:23Z <ul class=""><li><em>09:03</em> I'd never heard of this before, but it's so true. (Life would probably be easier if we were all Askers.) <a href="http://bit.ly/c09Tvn" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bit.ly/c09Tvn</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/14226230095" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li> <li><em>12:31</em> was pleased with the season finales of both <a href='https://www.livejournal.com/rsearch/?tags=%23House'>#House</a> and <a href='https://www.livejournal.com/rsearch/?tags=%23Castle'>#Castle</a>. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/14237208091" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li> <li><em>16:02</em> All I know about Spencer Pratt is from The Soup/The Dish clips &amp; he's managed to top the list of people I'd most like to punch in the mouth. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/14247183892" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li> <li><em>16:22</em> Overheard on the phone: "You don't call people ORIENTAL, you call them ASIAN. Oriental's a rug, brother. &amp;lt;pause&amp;gt; Since like... the 1950's!" <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/14248070558" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:86747 2010-05-17T21:02:49Z 2010-05-17T21:02:49Z <ul class=""><br /> <li><em>13:30</em> hopes <a href='https://www.livejournal.com/rsearch/?tags=%23Castle'>#Castle</a> is able to maintain the sexual tension as well and as long as <a href='https://www.livejournal.com/rsearch/?tags=%23Bones'>#Bones</a>. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/14173810839" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li><br /></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:86292 2010-05-14T21:01:17Z 2010-05-14T21:01:17Z <ul class=""><li><em>13:32</em> You can add Olivia Wilde to the list of hot chicks that I think actually look kind of weird. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/13987918224" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li> <li><em>13:48</em> What? Law &amp; Order canceled? Even though it's been on for 20 years I'm still... kind of shocked. <a href="http://bit.ly/cfTSSr" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bit.ly/cfTSSr</a> <a href='https://www.livejournal.com/rsearch/?tags=%23fb'>#fb</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/13988672185" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li> <li><em>15:08</em> FlashForward gets axed yet V gets renewed? A travesty, my friends. A travesty. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/13992285394" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li> <li><em>16:29</em> Since there's been some discussion about people going back to school: 13 Careers for the Next Decade <a href="http://bit.ly/ap4Mr9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bit.ly/ap4Mr9</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/13995887076" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:86087 2010-05-13T21:02:53Z 2010-05-13T21:02:53Z <ul class=""><li><em>16:21</em> Small Brown Rascal Scooter <a href='https://www.livejournal.com/rsearch/?tags=%23yearslaterbands'>#yearslaterbands</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/13932663534" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li> <li><em>16:25</em> One-Piece with a Sarong Kill <a href='https://www.livejournal.com/rsearch/?tags=%23yearslaterbands'>#yearslaterbands</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/13932870343" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cyborgirl:85844 2010-05-06T21:02:07Z 2010-05-06T21:02:07Z <ul class=""><br /> <li><em>15:56</em> has found a nWoD MUSH. <a href="http://twitter.com/cyborgirl/statuses/13505121056" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">#</a></li><br /></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LoudTwitter</a>