Commenting request

So I tested some things regarding commenting since I'm having difficulty commenting on everyone else's journals when I'm at work.

I have discovered that I can properly leave a comment on a blog as long as capcha text is turned off in individual blog settings. That is why I could comment on my own blog but not on anyone else's.

I've turned off the setting for capcha text and have also enabled anon-posting on this blog to make this easier for anyone else who might be experiencing problems but at the moment I still can't post on your blogs! So I have a request:

Please could you turn off your capcha text in your blog settings?

Thanks!

- Rose / BK

Stupid anti-tapogre devices...

Oh god damn. I thought I'd found a way round my problem with commenting at work but it turns out that only works with commenting on my own blog which really isn't that helpful. On everyone else's blogs, it won't load the iframe for the anti-spam captcha and it eats my comment so I guess I'll just have to save what I'm going to say for when I get home.

I'm going to start writing the RP story tonight! I've an outline of what I want to write now so I'm going to send that to the other person involved and see what they think. Things are a bit awkward in that I seem to be out of time with everyone else due to timezones and being unable to stay up to RP due to work so it might be that we write it out through PM and then post it up once it's done. Thankfully due to the nature of the story, it can be written independently of the Bar reacting to it so it doesn't need to be written 'live', so to speak. :)

On another note, I think Race Yer Mates will be pretty interesting - I'm definitely looking forward to Father Squid and Sister Alice's enlightening commentary! I'm still thinking on my (well, Walter's) vote though. Sarah, Rainbow Dash and Kirby are instantly ruled out because Walter. I'm pretty sure Zeph's armour is actually made from wet paper so that's a no. Erebus and Del will probably have issues in Silent Hill since I imagine they've seen some pretty terrible things. Eddie might find some problems there too since Ophelia could easilly become something like Maria. That leaves Gamera and Rebecca, one of which is on a comically undersized bike (which I would totally vote for if I didn't have to factor in Walter's personality here!) and the other of which is riding in a not particularly robust mech. Gamera will be slow but will have staying power. Rebecca will be fast but the obstacles of Toon Town could present a problem for her. I'd probably vote for Del if I thought he'd lack issues but otherwise I'm really not sure. Someone help me make my mind up!


EDIT: Looking at the comment settings for my blog, it looks like you can turn the captcha off and allow anon posting. I don't know whether other people doing that would allow me to post or not but I've turned it off on this blog regardless. I might try and test things out later, see if I can figure something out.

This post sponsored by SanDisk

Since I was posting about music and stuff, here's what's on my mp3 player for those who feel morbidly curious. Yes, I am a massive geek. :D

Akira Yamaoka - iFUTURELIST
Ayria - Hearts for Bullets
Bastion Original Soundtrack
BlazBlue Calamity Trigger Limited Edition Soundtrack
BlazBlue Continuum Shift (including rips for Makoto, Valkenhayn and Platinum's tracks)
Disgaea 4 Original Soundtrack
Final Fight 3 Soundtrack (.spc files from the game)
Guilty Gear 2 Overture Soundtrack Vol. 2
Homestuck - AlterniaBound
Homestuck - Vol. 5
Homestuck - Vol. 6
Homestuck - Vol. 7
Homestuck - Midnight Crew - Drawing Dead
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (the only 80s album I own!)
Mega Man 2 Soundtrack (.nsf files from the game)
Mega Man 3 Soundtrack (.nsf files from the game)
Mega Man 9 Soundtrack
Mega Man 9 - Back in Blue OCRemix Album
Persona 2 - The Errors of Their Youth
Shadows of the Damned Bonus Disc
Shadows of the Damned Original Soundtrack
Silent Hill 3 Soundtrack
Silent Hill 4: The Room Soundtrack
Silent Hill: Homecoming Soundtrack
Soul Edge - Khan Super Session Soundtrack
Street Fighter III Third Strike Online Edition Soundtrack
Sword Master Soundtrack (.nsf files from the game)
Harry Mason Hard Core Remix (from VoidBurger's LP of SH1)
Holywood Undead - My Town (... I blame Street Fight x Tekken)
Zoku Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei - Koiji Romanesque

The Castle of Hassle

Okay, a couple of things.

Firstly, I found the official Shadows of the Damned full soundtrack (which still doesn't feature all of the tracks, sigh) and stuck it on my mp3 player to listen to on the way to work. Which was totally cool until I hit a track called "The Bird's Nest" at which point I did a double take and had to check whether I was listening to the right soundtrack.

It's basically the same track as "Witchcraft" from Silent Hill: Homecoming. I'm not even sure if I would hazard calling it a remix, it's so similar. I love Akira Yamaoka's music but wow, that's kind of lazy.

On the upside, "Different Perspective" is amazing. I tend to like the Mary Elizabeth McGlynn tracks anyway (I love SH4's "Tender Sugar") but this is a particularly good track from her. I reckon I'm going to be listening to it when I write this story for Walter - it's such a melancholy track and when I listen to it, I think of a misty, moonlit forest in summer, crickets and cicadas chirping. Perfect for writing about the Forest World and what happens therein. :3

The other thing is that early morning work should not be allowed. Ever. My boyfriend left for work at 5am this morning. This is a regular thing (he works for Greggs part time and he opens and sets up the shop as part of his role) but normally he is such a light sleeper that he gets up before the alarm goes off. Alas, it was not to be today. I feel like a zombie. To top it off, I have to minute a two hour long meeting this afternoon with a bunch of senior managers! ... This is not going to be fun.

FFFFFFFFF-- WORK!

It's lunchtime and I'm starting to calm down now but I've had a rage-worthy morning. All made up of first world problems, of course, but still rather frustrating. I won't bore you too much with the details but the gist of it is this:

• Got into a fight over something stupid and embarrassing with my mother and brother five minutes after I woke up
• Ended up being too late for my first train because of this
• When I went to catch the late train, traffic was so far backed up that a trip that normally takes 7 minutes by car took me about 40
• Caught the late train by the skin of my teeth, the late train is then delayed less than a minute's distance away from my stop because of tresspassers on the track
• Finally get to work an hour and a half later than usual and urgent work is piled up ready to ambush me
• My work colleague is on leave this week so I am covering her workload as well as mine, and I am also covering the role of someone who has moved jobs as well
• RAAAAGE

I know, I know, I should be happy to have a job and be able to pay my mortgage. But when I see other positions out there where they're asking for similar or fewer skills and experience for more money, it's highly agravating (needless to say, I am applying for aforementioned jobs). There are more cuts planned for next year so things are only going to get worse before they get better. It's a bad time to be a public sector worker.

On a lesser note of annoyance, the work computers can't view animated gifs and have issues with various things so I can't actually add comments on these blogs while I'm here. I know I'm here to work but man, that makes lunchtimes such less fun. :<