Woes

I like LiveJournal. I realize a lot of people don't anymore, and that they think it's old-fashioned and...frankly Russian. I do agree about the Russian part, but I'm kind of an old-fashioned kind of girl, so that part doesn't bother me. The Russian part, as it turns out, does though. LJ is going through yet ANOTHER massive DDoS attack, and it's been virtually unavailable since Wednesday.

This has pointed out to me the need to move my main author's place on the web from LiveJournal to WordPress, and once I get this latest manuscript "in the can" that will be my next order of business. In the mean time, I was thwarted yet again in posting a little private entry of success about the completion of my third novel. (Yes, Chris Jericho, I did indeed say "fuck it!" and write my next book).

Every time LJ goes through these little hiccups, the masses MOAN and BITCH and COMPLAIN in droves. I roll my eyes, and keep doing what I am doing. The last time LJ offered compensation to paid users in the form of extra paid time. Nice. Unfortunately, my paid account is a permanent account. God awfully expensive, I figured it was a good option for me at the time because I relentlessly hold on to things, and knew I wouldn't ever ditch the journal. Problem is, I will get no compensation for the frustration that the last few days have brought. And when we permanent account users complain, we get nothing but grief...that our accounts are basically "free" so why bitch? Is this to say we haven't experienced an equal amount of frustration? Sure, it's hard to reward us for our patience with anything, since extended paid time doesn't cut it, but it's frustrating to see us get bitched down for expressing our frustration.

Ok...off my chest...move on.