{"id":744,"date":"2004-07-29T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2004-07-29T21:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/2004\/07\/29\/thud\/"},"modified":"2004-07-29T16:52:00","modified_gmt":"2004-07-29T21:52:00","slug":"thud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/2004\/07\/29\/thud\/","title":{"rendered":":::THUD:::"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sound you heard was me falling off of the &#8220;let&apos;s post every day&#8221; wagon.  I think I bounced.<\/p>\n<p>Item the first:  This is the first post made with <a href=\"http:\/\/deepestsender.mozdev.org\/\">Deepest Sender<\/a>, a Mozilla plugin for LiveJournal.  So far it&apos;s pretty cool.  I even figured out how to make it detect music through XMMS.  [edit before even posting:  <b>Oh, NO it&apos;s not.<\/b>  Dang.  It did some serious damage to its own generated code.  No thanks, I&apos;ll make my own.  Back to LogJam I go!  After I fix it.  Yick.]<\/p>\n<p>Item the second:  I am having a <i>hella<\/i> good time playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000066TS5\/robandjenspla-20\">Kingdom Hearts<\/a>.  Weird, because I thought I didn&apos;t like this sort of game.<\/p>\n<p>Item the third:  I finally finished <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0375753834\/robandjenspla-20\">Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire<\/a>. This was a fascinating book!  Sex, scandal, politics, tragedy &#8211; <i>plus ?a change, plus c&apos;est le meme chose.<\/i>  I first became interested in the Duchess, when I discovered that she was the subject of a painting I have (see icon).  It&apos;s a chalk copy of Joshua Reynold&apos;s painting of the Duchess of Devonshire and her daughter, Little G.<\/p>\n<p>Item the fourth:  I filled out my icon allotment &#8211; and made a couple of gaming icons I&apos;m pretty pleased with.  I still need a decent &#8220;geek&#8221; icon, and probably more &#8220;book\/reading&#8221; icons.<\/p>\n<p>Item the fifth:  Last week <lj user=\"sqlrob\"> and I went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daveandbusters.com\">Dave &#038; Busters.<\/a>  Played lots of games, won lots of tickets, and spent some time with the claw machine.  First we snagged Shaggy.  Then Thelma.  Soon after Fred fell into our clutches.  Alas, try as we might we were unable to get Daphne.  <lj user=\"sqlrob\"> remembered that a squishy version of the Mystery Machine could be had for a couple hundred tickets, so we snagged that on the way out.  Since we already had a plush Scooby at home (I won him for Rob a couple of years ago at D&#038;B) we had almost a complete set.<\/p>\n<p>As luck would have it, a couple of days later, Rob&apos;s work took them to D&#038;B and gave them charged cards.  He still had some credits left on the card, so we went back to D&#038;B with the sole objective of snagging Daphne from the claw machine.  It took several tries, but finally Daphne was caught.  The claw moved slowly towards the chute and we held our breath, certain that she would fall too soon.  The claw opened&#8230; and Daphne just hung there.  Caught, it seemed, by the tag on her leg.  Laughing, we called an attendent over to open the machine and give us our hard-won prize.  It seems that just as in the cartoons, Daphne needs to be rescued in real life as well.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and if you haven&apos;t seen it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0267913\/\">Scooby Doo<\/a> (the first one, haven&apos;t seen the second one yet) is actually a really good movie.<\/p>\n<p>Item the sixth:  If I Were <strike>King<\/strike>Queen &#8211; you should be afraid.  So far, my kingdom, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationstates.net\/cgi-bin\/index.cgi\/target=display_nation\/nation=jennsland\">Jennsland<\/a>, is an&#8230; interesting place.<\/p>\n<p>And lastly, the quiz that&apos;s been going around is under the cut.  As to the results, all I have to say is, well, duh.<\/p>\n<p><lj-cut text=\"Clicky for Quizzy\"><br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.quizilla.com\/P\/ProlixFootle\/1090949642_ialsocial5.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The Lone Wolf\"><br \/><b><big><u>Category V &#8211; The Lone<br \/>Wolf<\/b><\/big><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Though you&apos;d be welcome in most groups, you prefer<br \/>a more solitary path.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/quizilla.com\/users\/ProlixFootle\/quizzes\/What%20Type%20of%20Social%20Entity%20are%20You%3F\/\"> <font size=\"-1\">What Type of Social Entity are You?<\/font><\/a><br \/> <font size=\"-3\">brought to you by <a href=\"http:\/\/quizilla.com\">Quizilla<\/a><\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><\/lj-cut><br \/>\nSo, anyway &#8211; that&apos;s it for now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sound you heard was me falling off of the &#8220;let&apos;s post every day&#8221; wagon. I think I bounced. Item the first: This is the first post made with Deepest Sender, a Mozilla plugin for LiveJournal. So far it&apos;s pretty cool. I even figured out how to make it detect music through XMMS. [edit before even posting: Oh, NO it&apos;s not. Dang. It did some serious damage to its own generated code. No thanks, I&apos;ll make my own. Back to LogJam I go! After I fix it. Yick.] Item the second: I am having a hella good time playing Kingdom Hearts. Weird, because I thought I didn&apos;t like this sort of game. Item the third: I finally finished Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire. This was a fascinating book! Sex, scandal, politics, tragedy &#8211; plus ?a change, plus c&apos;est le meme chose. I first became interested in the Duchess, when I discovered that she was the subject of a painting I have (see icon). It&apos;s a chalk copy of Joshua Reynold&apos;s painting of the Duchess of Devonshire and her daughter, Little G. Item the fourth: I filled out my icon allotment &#8211; and made a couple of gaming icons I&apos;m pretty pleased with. I still need a decent &#8220;geek&#8221; icon, and probably more &#8220;book\/reading&#8221; icons. Item the fifth: Last week and I went to Dave &#038; Busters. Played lots of games, won lots of tickets, and spent some time with the claw machine. First we snagged Shaggy. Then Thelma. Soon after Fred fell into our clutches. Alas, try as we might we were unable to get Daphne. remembered that a squishy version of the Mystery Machine could be had for a couple hundred tickets, so we snagged that on the way out. Since we already had a plush Scooby at home (I won him for Rob a couple of years ago at D&#038;B) we had almost a complete set. As luck would have it, a couple of days later, Rob&apos;s work took them to D&#038;B and gave them charged cards. He still had some credits left on the card, so we went back to D&#038;B with the sole objective of snagging Daphne from the claw machine. It took several tries, but finally Daphne was caught. The claw moved slowly towards the chute and we held our breath, certain that she would fall too soon. The claw opened&#8230; and Daphne just hung there. Caught, it seemed, by the tag on her leg. Laughing, we called an attendent over to open the machine and give us our hard-won prize. It seems that just as in the cartoons, Daphne needs to be rescued in real life as well. Oh, and if you haven&apos;t seen it, Scooby Doo (the first one, haven&apos;t seen the second one yet) is actually a really good movie. Item the sixth: If I Were KingQueen &#8211; you should be afraid. So far, my kingdom, Jennsland, is an&#8230; interesting place. And lastly, the quiz that&apos;s been going around is under the cut. As to the results, all I have to say is, well, duh. Category V &#8211; The LoneWolf Though you&apos;d be welcome in most groups, you prefera more solitary path. What Type of Social Entity are You? brought to you by Quizilla So, anyway &#8211; that&apos;s it for now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}