Yeah, I'm a moderator and it's a thankless job. No, I'm not getting paid to do it, I volunteered when I was asked. I'm actually a type of floating mod who can go into any forum and moderate it if it needs be, which is something I do for other mods when they need a break from their own forums. I'm also an official moderator of a forum, along with someone else and that forum can get quite heated sometimes.
Like yesterday. A topic was getting heated, and an admin had posted a cool-it, meant to cool things down. Things were still getting a bit heated over something else, so another mod of a different forum posted a reminder that a cool-it was in effect. A little later on I posted to another poster who was concerned that what she posted might have violated the cool-it (it didn't). Another post further up the thread, in my opinion, skated close with some very distasteful, but not vulgar, euphemisms in it and I mentioned that one as being close and reminded people yet again that there was a cool-it. That poster then went on a tear against me with all sorts of vulgar language, accusing me of baiting him and saying he violated the cool-it, going so far as to report me after his vulgar attack post to me, btw (not that I'm complaining about that, it's his right to report me, even if I didn't do anything wrong). In his report he accused me of saying he violated the cool-it (which I did not, just that it was close).
Anyway, I warned him for that attack on me and the attacks continued, against me and another mod who was simply correcting him about what I'd said. He had accused me several times in the thread of saying he'd violated the cool-it (a warnable offense, btw), calling me a liar and generally telling me and the other mod off in very vulgar language. When she finally simply quoted the relevant passage to clarify, then he went off, changing his tune and still calling us liars, that he did not come 'close' to violating the guidelines.
Now, I'd be willing to admit that I misunderstood his post, which was probably trying to inject humor into the situation, even if there was no indication of such-such as some kind of smilie face or even the words "j/k, it's a joke, something, but there was not, so I erred on the side of caution. However, due to the tear he went on, ironic since the thread was about posters going on a tear, I'm not inclined to say anything else, in fact, I've stepped back and let the administrators and the other mod of the forum handle it.
If he had come back with another post that calmly explained "Hey, I was just injecting some humor into the situation." instead of telling me off in such vulgar language, none of that would have happened. I would have acknowledged it and explained that I found it offensive myself, but not in violation of the cool-it (again). There was no need to go off on me like an atom bomb and not once did I sink to his level when I was explaining his misunderstanding or even when I warned him, yet he continued and continues to berate both me and the mod who came to my defense.
What I'd like to say to him would have me sinking to his level, so I'm not, it's not worth it and he's not worth it. I'll just do the next best thing-create a bad guy character in a story and beat the crap out of him like he's verbally beating the crap out of me for doing my job-my unpaid, volunteer, thankless, but one I enjoy, job.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Let me get one thing straight
Any who may read this may think that I don't like Anna Torv or Olivia Dunham. They couldn't be more wrong.
The fact is, I like Olivia Dunham-the ORIGINAL Olivia Dunham, not that cheap imitation Torv seems so infatuated with to the point that the writers babied the character all through her undercover assignment.
I'll go so far as to say I love the original Dunham and I highly dislike (can you tell?) the alternate.
I really like Peter Bishop too, but the writers have written him so dumbassed during the undercover assignment that he missed every clue that screamed in his ear that he wasn't sleeping with HIS Olivia. He should have seen through her by the end of 6955kHz, when Red faltered in remembering that string of numbers he asked her about.
That's my opinion, and I'm sticking to it. RedOlivia is a Mary Sue!
Yes, I do hope someone from the show sees this and tells Torv about it. I love Olivia Dunham, but as far as Red is concerned they can make her the sex slave of a band of Nietzscheans for all I care. At least then justice would have been done for all the murder victims she left behind who have no justice. As for what she did to Peter? Well, I blame Peter for thinking with his....well....peter and not listening to that voice screaming at him that this was not Olivia Dunham.
The fact is, I like Olivia Dunham-the ORIGINAL Olivia Dunham, not that cheap imitation Torv seems so infatuated with to the point that the writers babied the character all through her undercover assignment.
I'll go so far as to say I love the original Dunham and I highly dislike (can you tell?) the alternate.
I really like Peter Bishop too, but the writers have written him so dumbassed during the undercover assignment that he missed every clue that screamed in his ear that he wasn't sleeping with HIS Olivia. He should have seen through her by the end of 6955kHz, when Red faltered in remembering that string of numbers he asked her about.
That's my opinion, and I'm sticking to it. RedOlivia is a Mary Sue!
Yes, I do hope someone from the show sees this and tells Torv about it. I love Olivia Dunham, but as far as Red is concerned they can make her the sex slave of a band of Nietzscheans for all I care. At least then justice would have been done for all the murder victims she left behind who have no justice. As for what she did to Peter? Well, I blame Peter for thinking with his....well....peter and not listening to that voice screaming at him that this was not Olivia Dunham.
Playing with banners
In honor of my previous post I made a banner showing my feelings, then sent it to my best friend as a Christmas present. She told me that was the best gift she'll probably receive. We've even displayed them in our sigs at the BBS we both mod at to show our feelings and hope that one day someone from the staff of Fringe will actually see it.
Yes, I know not everyone will agree with me on that. Certainly not Anna Torv, who is infatuated with her, nor the writers, who have babied her throughout her whole undercover assignment, then sent her home unscathed, essentially letting her get away with mass murder and homewrecking.
Anyway, here it is, for any to see, in all it's simplistic glory. Click to see full size:
Yes, I know not everyone will agree with me on that. Certainly not Anna Torv, who is infatuated with her, nor the writers, who have babied her throughout her whole undercover assignment, then sent her home unscathed, essentially letting her get away with mass murder and homewrecking.
Anyway, here it is, for any to see, in all it's simplistic glory. Click to see full size:
To illustrate how easy it was, I used the Paint program that came with my Windows7 Ultimate OS. A simple matter of opening the picture, resizing it, extending the drawing field to the size I wanted the banner, coloring it and choosing the font to write in. I'm not a fancy person, but I didn't need fancy to get my point across.
Speaking of photo manipulation, I do a lot of that, but not in Paint. I only use Paint when it will be a simple matter of resizing/cropping pictures, simple filled backgrounds with text, etc. For more involved manipulation such as changing skin color/tone, adding other details, etc, where I need to transparentize the colors I'm using a bit and use the lasso tool to lasso only what I want to change, then I use Paint.net, which is a free image editing tool that's not quite as extravagant as PSP, but is easier to use than the GIMP. Paint.net and GIMP are the two free ones I would recommend, depending on your skill level. I've never used PSP so I can only say buy it if you can afford it, I've heard good things about it. I don't do fancy stuff, just photo manips for my friend for her fanfiction so she can visualize who she's writing about.
Mary Sue
Any author knows who/what Mary Sue is: From Wiki
This is exactly what alt-Olivia is, otherwise known as Red in my other writings. Why do I say this? Well, in the first two seasons of Fringe, Olivia was constantly put into danger in one way or another in each case she worked. Red, on the other hand, was not. In the eight weeks that she replaced Olivia she was not once put into any kind of danger. What she did, however, was to thwart the team's efforts in any way she could, killed or ordered killed a large number of innocent people and even killed her own ally shapeshifters when they were in danger of being captured. When she was caught, she got taken back to her own universe and didn't even face consequences for any of her actions. The most telling Mary Sue trait was that she suffered absolutely no ill effects from crossing universes-twice. And she didn't have Olivia's cortexiphan protection either. When she got back to the control room at her HQ, she had the most smug, self-satisfied look on her face that I'd ever seen, a look that I still want to slap off her face. IOW, I am not one bit infatuated with that pretender and professional trelk (Farscapians know what I mean).
Olivia, while in Redverse, was drugged, brainwashed, put into all kinds of danger on her cases and ended up almost eviscerated when they wanted to study her brain before sending her empty body back in place of Red when they brought her home. Once home, she has to deal with the aftermath of Red's treachery, the way she stole her life and stole her love. More than likely, the rest of S3 will focus on the two of them as they deal with the treachery that was Red while they work cases and try to stop Redverse from destroying their Blueverse. Peter will have to deal with the fact that he was a complete dumbass who refused to see Red for who she was, even though there were several times before he received that enlightening phone call telling him Olivia was trapped in Redverse when Red just screamed that she wasn't Olivia. I mean, come on, when he asked her to repeat the numbers in 6955kHz, she first stalled by asking why he wanted them. Then, when she struggled to remember them and faltered a bit, where the real Olivia would have simply rattled them off like her driver's license, Peter totally didn't catch on. Please.....pass me the gag bucket.
Even the actress admitted to being infatuated with Red, so did some of the writers/producers.
So, unless the writers have some plan for Red to pay for what she did, I call Mary Sue!
a fictional character with overly idealized and hackneyed mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as a wish-fulfillment fantasy for the author or reader. Perhaps the single underlying feature of all characters described as "Mary Sues" is that they are too ostentatious for the audience's taste, or that the author seems to favor the character too highly. The author may seem to push how exceptional and wonderful the "Mary Sue" character is on his or her audience, sometimes leading the audience to dislike or even resent the character fairly quickly; such a character could be described as an "author's pet".
This is exactly what alt-Olivia is, otherwise known as Red in my other writings. Why do I say this? Well, in the first two seasons of Fringe, Olivia was constantly put into danger in one way or another in each case she worked. Red, on the other hand, was not. In the eight weeks that she replaced Olivia she was not once put into any kind of danger. What she did, however, was to thwart the team's efforts in any way she could, killed or ordered killed a large number of innocent people and even killed her own ally shapeshifters when they were in danger of being captured. When she was caught, she got taken back to her own universe and didn't even face consequences for any of her actions. The most telling Mary Sue trait was that she suffered absolutely no ill effects from crossing universes-twice. And she didn't have Olivia's cortexiphan protection either. When she got back to the control room at her HQ, she had the most smug, self-satisfied look on her face that I'd ever seen, a look that I still want to slap off her face. IOW, I am not one bit infatuated with that pretender and professional trelk (Farscapians know what I mean).
Olivia, while in Redverse, was drugged, brainwashed, put into all kinds of danger on her cases and ended up almost eviscerated when they wanted to study her brain before sending her empty body back in place of Red when they brought her home. Once home, she has to deal with the aftermath of Red's treachery, the way she stole her life and stole her love. More than likely, the rest of S3 will focus on the two of them as they deal with the treachery that was Red while they work cases and try to stop Redverse from destroying their Blueverse. Peter will have to deal with the fact that he was a complete dumbass who refused to see Red for who she was, even though there were several times before he received that enlightening phone call telling him Olivia was trapped in Redverse when Red just screamed that she wasn't Olivia. I mean, come on, when he asked her to repeat the numbers in 6955kHz, she first stalled by asking why he wanted them. Then, when she struggled to remember them and faltered a bit, where the real Olivia would have simply rattled them off like her driver's license, Peter totally didn't catch on. Please.....pass me the gag bucket.
Even the actress admitted to being infatuated with Red, so did some of the writers/producers.
So, unless the writers have some plan for Red to pay for what she did, I call Mary Sue!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Changing recipes
Sometimes it pays off to alter recipes, even ones you've used for years. I have a chicken/rice casserole dish that my mom has made for years that's very simple-line a rectangular baking dish with foil, butter it and sprinkle on a cup of rice. Mix together a can of cream/mushroom soup, a can of water and a dash of lemon juice. Cut up a chicken and dip the pieces in the soup mixture and lay on top of the raw rice, then pour the sauce over all. Sprinkle a packet of onion soup mix over all, cover with foil and bake at 325F for two hours.
Now, don't get me wrong, this dish is delicious, but I've altered it a bit over the years. For one, I'm the only one who eats chicken since Hubs and chicken don't get along, so while I still use nearly a cup of rice (love rice) I don't use a whole chicken. Also, it's hard to use just a part of a can of soup.
Anyway, I've tried different cream soups, from asparagus to broccoli to celery, and added in a can of mushrooms (can't get enough mushrooms). Each time, the dish comes out slightly different, but really good. I can't remember the last time I used lemon juice, but the dish doesn't seem to have missed it.
Today I'm using four split breast pieces and putting it all in a square glass dish. The pieces aren't terribly large either, so that's about right. I used about three-quarters of a cup of rice and celery soup with a can of mushrooms. This should make the dish more saucy, and I like that-saucy, but not too saucy will keep the rice from sticking together too much. I still cover it with foil, but don't line the dish, I just buttered it. And I only let it cook for about an hour, maybe a bit more, or I'll turn the oven off and let it sit for awhile. That way the chicken doesn't overcook and get dry.
All in all....nummy, nummy, nummy ;)
Now, don't get me wrong, this dish is delicious, but I've altered it a bit over the years. For one, I'm the only one who eats chicken since Hubs and chicken don't get along, so while I still use nearly a cup of rice (love rice) I don't use a whole chicken. Also, it's hard to use just a part of a can of soup.
Anyway, I've tried different cream soups, from asparagus to broccoli to celery, and added in a can of mushrooms (can't get enough mushrooms). Each time, the dish comes out slightly different, but really good. I can't remember the last time I used lemon juice, but the dish doesn't seem to have missed it.
Today I'm using four split breast pieces and putting it all in a square glass dish. The pieces aren't terribly large either, so that's about right. I used about three-quarters of a cup of rice and celery soup with a can of mushrooms. This should make the dish more saucy, and I like that-saucy, but not too saucy will keep the rice from sticking together too much. I still cover it with foil, but don't line the dish, I just buttered it. And I only let it cook for about an hour, maybe a bit more, or I'll turn the oven off and let it sit for awhile. That way the chicken doesn't overcook and get dry.
All in all....nummy, nummy, nummy ;)
Friday, December 10, 2010
Was reading an article
http://www.fancast.com/blogs/2010/fringe/producers-fringe-wont-die-in-friday-night-graveyard/
This is a quote from one of the commentors:
If they kill it before the overall arc is resolved then I hope the producers resolve it with either a miniseries or movie like Farscape did. However, I would much rather see it play out over several more seasons. I'm not so naive to think that the show will run forever, but I'd like to see it go for at least six or eight seasons before being canceled.
Why are there so many reality/idol-type shows on tv now? Are people really so brain-dead that the only thing they'll watch is that stuff that doesn't take any kind of thinking at all? Can't the networks let us people who like to think about things keep our one show? Can't one romantic relationship go on without constantly being broken up/delayed? I have nothing against co-stars getting together, in fact, I like it very much.
People who really think that Idol is such a 'great' show better think again. If I was to guess, I'd say the winner is decided long before the call-in portion of the show airs and the whole thing is fixed. I've seen too many genuinely good singers who didn't make it while someone with considerably less talent wins. I stopped watching Idol many, many years ago because it was so predictable.
In fact, while the tv is the very first thing Hubs turns on when we either get home or when he wakes on weekend mornings, I couldn't tell you from one hour to the next what's playing on it-except when it's time for Fringe to come on. I usually have my head stuck in my computer, talking to my evil friend and checking out EI. I never turn the blasted thing on if I'm home alone. I might leave it running on whatever station he puts it on when he turns it on and then leaves the room or house, but I don't turn it on unless the grandkids are there and want to watch it.
Oh, one other quote from a disgruntled viewer made me giggle:
I think I'll join her ;)
This is a quote from one of the commentors:
I've never watched Twilight because it's never appealed to me, it seems to be aimed at teens, I think. Romance in a show does not always mean the show is going to die, neither does moving it to Friday nights. Why Fox has shot so many popular shows to death is really beyond me and if they shoot Fringe before the storyline of the conflict between the two universes can be resolved then I'm pretty sure Fox will be doomed. The only thing I watch on Fox, like many fan comments I've seen, is Fringe. And Saints football. After football season it'll be back to Fringe, if it's still around.I love Fringe but very happy to see the lame-assed romance between Peter and Olivia die. Really people – do you not learn from history? Anytime an infatuation comes to fruition, the series dies. Look at Moonlighting and The X-Files. Stick to the weird stuff and leave the romance to that other bastion of idiocy Twilight.
If they kill it before the overall arc is resolved then I hope the producers resolve it with either a miniseries or movie like Farscape did. However, I would much rather see it play out over several more seasons. I'm not so naive to think that the show will run forever, but I'd like to see it go for at least six or eight seasons before being canceled.
Why are there so many reality/idol-type shows on tv now? Are people really so brain-dead that the only thing they'll watch is that stuff that doesn't take any kind of thinking at all? Can't the networks let us people who like to think about things keep our one show? Can't one romantic relationship go on without constantly being broken up/delayed? I have nothing against co-stars getting together, in fact, I like it very much.
People who really think that Idol is such a 'great' show better think again. If I was to guess, I'd say the winner is decided long before the call-in portion of the show airs and the whole thing is fixed. I've seen too many genuinely good singers who didn't make it while someone with considerably less talent wins. I stopped watching Idol many, many years ago because it was so predictable.
In fact, while the tv is the very first thing Hubs turns on when we either get home or when he wakes on weekend mornings, I couldn't tell you from one hour to the next what's playing on it-except when it's time for Fringe to come on. I usually have my head stuck in my computer, talking to my evil friend and checking out EI. I never turn the blasted thing on if I'm home alone. I might leave it running on whatever station he puts it on when he turns it on and then leaves the room or house, but I don't turn it on unless the grandkids are there and want to watch it.
Oh, one other quote from a disgruntled viewer made me giggle:
If Fox stop the show, I will move my ass to the alternate universe and get my fix with Foxternate !
I think I'll join her ;)
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Phelps, Phelps, Phelps
Why can they not let the dead rest in peace? Why must they picket funerals and write such filth-ridden missives in the name of God and say that God hates <Insert name here>?
If the Phelps bunch truly knew the God of my bible they would know that He does not hate anyone and if they supposedly say on the television that they will not pray to him for <whatever> then it's not their place to rise to indignation and 'protect' God. God does not need protection from anyone, He can take care of Himself. He spoke this world and everything in it into being and he doesn't need the hate-spewing Phelps bunch to defend Him in any way, shape or form.
Do they not even read their bible about what happens when people do things supposedly in the name of God and it isn't what He would do? That's called blasphemy and is punishable by death, if He so chooses, though I won't say that's what's going to happen to this bunch because they deserve the same right to repent as any other person on this earth.
Phelps bunch-listen-Jesus will one day come back for His children, if you really want to go with Him, then I suggest you repent of your evil doings before that happens or you'll see what happens once the influence of the Holy Spirit is taken from this world.
If the Phelps bunch truly knew the God of my bible they would know that He does not hate anyone and if they supposedly say on the television that they will not pray to him for <whatever> then it's not their place to rise to indignation and 'protect' God. God does not need protection from anyone, He can take care of Himself. He spoke this world and everything in it into being and he doesn't need the hate-spewing Phelps bunch to defend Him in any way, shape or form.
Do they not even read their bible about what happens when people do things supposedly in the name of God and it isn't what He would do? That's called blasphemy and is punishable by death, if He so chooses, though I won't say that's what's going to happen to this bunch because they deserve the same right to repent as any other person on this earth.
Phelps bunch-listen-Jesus will one day come back for His children, if you really want to go with Him, then I suggest you repent of your evil doings before that happens or you'll see what happens once the influence of the Holy Spirit is taken from this world.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
