January 10, 2004
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this thing is holding my pictures hostage:
it’s my christmas present from my mother,
and quite lovely, really, but maddening. just when I would think I had it licked, a new block would arise. oh, and the old camera? won’t turn on. ack. I took lovely pictures of my new abode. I can see them. I can move them to my pc, but xanga won’t let me upload them as they are some bizarre suffix/not jpeg. sigh. lean close and I’ll hold them up to the screen.
speaking of cascading failures, I’d like to discuss my life, badumbumpchuh! no, I mean my attempt to get back online. it took me two weeks and A Series of Unfortunate Events (also known as a “cluster fuck”) to get my phone and internet hooked up. three hours later, the snowplow took out the connection box. oh yeah, high five. I finally had to stop crying and laugh my ass off.
they know me by name at the local telephone company now. literally. I walked in to get a phone book and said, hi, is gina available? my name is lara… and she did a double take and said, lara blank?? oh yeah.
but it’s fine, really. all kinds of shit has gone wrong, but it’s supposed to hurt then, isn’t it. I guess maybe it doesn’t hurt so much anymore… not as much as it itches, and it does, horribly.
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I love you, I love you, I love you!
*Doing the happy dance because you’re back!*
Missed you, great big hugs-hope the pain dulls soon!
-M
WOO HOOOO.. I like the looks of your new toy!!
Awesome that you are back!
luv luv luv
Itching is good…it’s a sign of healing *smooch*
Welcome back.
Oh I am so glad to see you!
I was thinking what Kallikrates said, about the ithcing. She’s very smart.
haha…itching is also a sign of crabs…
not that i know this from experience…
regardless, i know the pain of trapped pictures…actually, i know the pain of lost pictures…the “memory card error” message flashing on my digicam was the uncerimonious dumping of some sweet christmas shots i couldn’t a) repeat and b) wait to get on the computer to see ‘em blown up…
ah well…damn electronics…bon chance!
weird thing, what exactly is it?
you need a mud bath, followed by sipping pure sparkling springwater from a secret source in Nepal, followed by a three hour body massage. That’ll take care of the itching!
i’ve got your mud bath right here baby
so glad to see you up & running, although saddened that your pictures are p.o.w.s. fucker.
i’ve got a whole slew (sp?) of pics, just to need to upload them. yay.
Ooooohhh prrrreeeeeeeeeeetttttttttyyyyyyyyy…
*reaches out to touch new toy but stops short, not being worthy*
Huh…so you can get them onto your pc fine but the extension isn’t recognized by xanga. There’s gotta be a way around this hon. Have you any sort of image editor…I use Paint Shop Pro personally…take a look on Download.com to see about a demo copy to download so you can check it out. Once installed, open the pics in psp, then save as “superlarahotchick.jpg” (my example but you name ‘em what you want) and that should allow the poor xanga monster to accept your pics into it’s gaping cyber-maw.
I lovelovelove that you’re back! Yay! And it’s also good that you can laugh…sometimes it takes being pushed past the absurd in order to get there but isn’t it fun after that?!?! All excited to hear about the New Life o’ Lara. Bring it on hon.
Timothy
yay!!! you’re back!!! WOO-HOO!!
“Mr. Plow, Mr. Plow, that name again is Mr. Plow” Stupid snowplow.
I could rub some calamine on that itch, just tell me where (wink wink, nudge nudge)…
You’re back you’re back you’re back you’re back!
We
you once, we 
you twice, we 
you more than beans and rice. Welcome back itchy! 
Ha! That’s the Clie I wanted to get my Prince for his birthday, but Best Buy was out and I’m cheap. Cool little thingers, aren’t they? I hope you’ve got a full-size ‘puter to blog with though, Lara blank.
send me the pictures. i know whats the prob with them.
Totally reminds me of when our power had been out for some time, and when it came back on, the cable went out (our Internet is cable). I coulda cried too, but instead I just watched South Park on Heike’s laptop. Get that pic thing straightened out, and welcome back!
1. if sandking is eating beans and rice, i’m not going to stay and play. beans may be good for the heart and all, but…
2. HP is a lying woman; he cried his eyes out and called for his mama.
3. i know what the problem with your computer is; it was eaten by some kind of robot from the future.
4. i use 20/20, a quick-to-download image… you know… program… thingy… that resaves stuff as whatever, uh… you know… dot-whatever… you want. see? even i can use it, and look what the hell i just wrote here.
5. i have missed you, and i’m glad you’re back.
6. and dude, get those crabs looked at. mud might take you to the prom with an infestation, but then, look at mud. geez.
Doing a big happy dance cause I know that you’re on the way to being ok.
I hope Dr. Evil figures out the picture problem.
I missed you sweetie!
Welcome back, you. You have been well missed.
Want to try sending me one of these photos in an email, so I can try to work it into a jpg file ?
xox
If you itch you’re alive. If you’re alive I’m happy. If you need a scratch let me know. *smile*
Damn, I’m glad you’ve resurfaced. I’ve been thinking lots and lots about you.
Oh thank bog. There she is.
We should yak sometime, ya know? What’s it been, a couple years or something?
you’re back!
wahoo. that swively computer thing looks way cool, and way too complicated for me to use.
if you haven’t been inundated with enough offers to help fix your picture files, I’d be glad to resave them for you.
don’t pick that scab!
To alieve…aleave…alive…FUCK IT!
To get rid of itching try rubbing the blood of the inocent on the iretated spot.
And I’m inpressed you were able to spell the sound you make with a drum at the end of a bad joke.
glad you are back *hug*
Happy New Year, I’m glad your back
Your own place too! You are moving forward FASt, excellent excellent excellent. 
I’ve missed you
Hi, I am here because you were timantecs blogger of the year and because over the last few months or so I have become to respect timothy’s opinion of people here I am
And strike me dead BUT these people above me I either read me or I read them BUT yes … Nice to finally meet you
They say when thinks itch it usually means that the dead skin is shedding …. maybe that is a sign of a new dawning for madam satori
Take care …
I apologise for my typoetics, I am under the influence of medication *sighs* druggo be me …
I’m sorry, all I heard was somthing about your ass.
ugh, no internet!
I am sooo glad you are back
and have retained your sense of humour. I can’t frikin believe the shit about the snow plow. gaud!
You’re alive! Yay!! I am *so* glad you are back!
very cool thinga-jigger, sucks that it’s having problems compatability wise. adobe’s mean that way. as for your old camera, it knows you have a new toy and is jealous. . .electronics are temperamental. . . literally. . . freaky personality disorders.
I know.
welcome back!