remember when i could focus on things for more than 10 seconds? yeah, me neither

[gyzym]

Three FIVE things:

1) TUMBLR. WHAT IS IT, HOW DOES IT WORK, WHAT DOES IT DO. Mine is here, and I assure you it will have changed in theme and title at least four times by the end of the week, because I am like that. I POSTED A PICTURE OF PRETTY RAIN, oh, god, social media, why, why, why, I hate you why. IF YOU GUYS ARE ON TUMBLR, TELL ME AND I WILL...FOLLOW...YOU? POORLY, PROBABLY. Oh god mostly I'm doing this so I can stop making 15 posts a day here, and/or because I like the word "tumblr" even though it frightens me.

2) Sometimes I get weird about things, you guys know this, IF I HAVE MISSED REPLYING TO A COMMENT IT'S NOT YOU, it's that I'm not getting half my notifs and Burro went back to college Sunday morning and I miss him more than is really acceptable and sometimes that kind of thing manifests itself strangely, in that I get randomly overwhelmed and then feel like an asshole when I try to catch up because HOW DID I DO THIS and blah blah because I'm a ~special snowflake~, or, to put it another way, flaky. SORRY. SORRY. I am shaking it off and am mostly back to normal now, but the last few days were kind of just missing my bro and what the hell random anxiety that I didn't recognize until it was mostly over, mixed in with a story idea that has eaten me aliiiiiive, which I desperately want to talk about but am afraid of scaring away, because, eep, pressure! What if people don't like the idea? What if people DO LIKE THE IDEA AND THEN I CAN'T WRITE IT? <---Behold, the anxiety train, it's still in the station. I will probably spend the next few days being my regular old self but compulsively APOLOGIZING FOR EVERYTHING, be warned. Feel free to just ignore that, MY APOLOGIES :D

3) Shit, I've forgotten the third thing. WAS IT THAT iam_space HAS LEFT ME WITH THE IDEA OF CALLING MY TUMBLR "RUMBLR IN MY TUMBLR" AND I AM HAVING TROUBLE RESISTING? OR THAT I'M ALSO CONSIDERING CALLING IT "RUMBLR STUMBLR TUMBLR" EVEN THOUGH wheres_walnut WILL LAUGH AT ME FOREVER? Probs.

4) OH NO I REMEMBER THE THIRD THING IT IS THAT I DISCOVERED THE ULTIMATE FANGIRL TOOL AND IT IS THE FUCKING CAPS CONVERTER. Yeah, that's right. That conversation you had in a chat window in all caps with your BFF Jill or whoever, flailing about Steve and Danny and cocks? That you want to turn into fic but can't because, oh, fuck, you did the whole thing in caps? BOOM, BABY. NOT A PROBLEM ANYMORE.

5) Random fifth thing: did anyone on my flist go to University of Michigan? IF YOU DID, SING OUT--I PROMISE, DESPITE MY OHIO BLOOD AND MY LOVE FOR OSU, I WILL NOT HATE ON YOU FOR THIS. Um, much. Maybe a joke or two, but really I just need to ask you a million questions about U of M and their alumni program for no reason at all, lalalala no reason, ahem. Leave a comment or PM me with contact info if you're willing to deal with me, yeah? Be warned: if you do this, I will probably chat at you and/or send you rambling emails at odd hours of the night.

OKAY, ENOUGH NOW. HERE, HAVE SOME SCOTTY IN FLANNEL FOR NO REASON AT ALL, NOOOOOO REASON, THIS IS JUST TO MAKE UP FOR THE REST OF THIS RIDICULOUS POST:



Hnnnng, Scotty. Hnnnng.

ETA: ALSO JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ON A CRACKER DO THESE TUMBLRBOT EMAILS EVER GET LESS WEIRD

Comments

[viennajones.livejournal.com]

AHAHA. This, this is why I think I'll stay away from tumblr. At least until I'm done with my papers.

You are confusing me :D Does 5) have anything to do with anything possibly mentioned in 2)? Because that sounds very promising. And I think you can pretty much rule out the possibility of people not liking it. Because when was the last time that happened with anything you wrote? :D

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

fjsdhfsjf but it is ridiculous, it is so ridiculous, oh my fucking god

[ionaonie.livejournal.com]

I still don't entirely get Tumblr, but I'm kind of enjoying it (I suspect that has something to do all the pics of Alex and Scott).

I think any of those names would be awesome. Go for it.

So far, all my tumblrbot emails have been weird as fuck. Embrace it and enjoy, I say.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

I...it is a mystifying place, I feel like I have wandered into lands unknown and all the trees are pictures of pretty guys and/or carved with the word "reblog." LOST IN THE FOREST ETC.

Seriously these emails are fucking bizarre.

[vowel.livejournal.com]

tumblr's like a blog for hipsters????? well, no, but you're going to come across a lot of ridiculous tumblrs that only post pictures of triangles and lyrics and lyric-stuff on stock photos??? it can get quite addictive, once you get used to it, so fair warning and all. you might find yourself in daze at three in the morning, looking through picture posts on tumblr, ahahahahaha. i've found myself mindlessly clicking through food pictures many a times, ahahahahah.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

I am often in a daze at 3 AM anyway? SO I CAN'T IMAGINE IT WILL BE TOO DIFFERENT, RIGHT?

[allheadybooks.livejournal.com]

Hey, I went to U of M. I just graduated last year so I'm technically still a member of the alumni association (they give you a free year and then they charge you an absurd amount of money). Hope I can help! I'm PMing you now with my email. :)

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

OH YOU ARE A FABULOUS PERSON I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR THE INSANITY I'M ABOUT TO SPEW AT YOU

[rrrowr.livejournal.com]

hagu;ojdknmfa;lskghaflkj you're on tumblr now and you've friended me and la;kdshgadskfjadg hi here too

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

HI BB HI WHY ARE ALL THESE TUMBLRBOT EMAILS SO FUCKING BIZARRE

[sionnach-ayame.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm going to follow you now on Tumblr. Mine is 'Sionnach' over there! :D I barely use mine anymore but IT'S FUN TO HAVE ONCE YOU FIGURE IT OUT!

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

OKAY! I WILL TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT :D :D :D

[sour-idealist.livejournal.com]

Er, I do not know if anyone has told you about this yet, officially or whatever, but basically YOU WON ALL THE THINGS. (http://community.livejournal.com/incept_awards/4196.html#cutid1) (Well, three of them, I do not want to get you overexcited, but CLOSE ENOUGH TO ALL THE THINGS.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

...WHAT. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THESE WERE. WHAT? WHAT IS THIS. WHAT????

[leupagus.livejournal.com]

THERE IS ANOTHER THING MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN NEGLECTING?

*STARES*

*A WHOLE FLIGHT OF STARES*

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

I KNOW I KNOW I'M LOOKING AT IT RN I'M SORRY I'M SORRY

[etben.livejournal.com]

I...did not go to U of M, but I grew up in the town, so, you know. Close? And I have both worked and studied there, at various times, as has basically my entire family (except for my OSU grandparents, who taught me a number of fight songs that would eventually get me beat up on the playground). If a local perspective would be useful, or if nobody more helpfully informed turns up, email is et.ben.non at gmail.

[by which I mean that if you mention U of M, even tangentially, even in a fandom I don't really know, my heart will grow, like, ten fucking sizes. michigaaaaaaaaan. I am glad not to live there right now for a number of reasons, but oh my god I love my home so much that I do not actually know what to do with it.]

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

I MAY WELL TOTALLY ASK YOU A MILLION QUESTIONS ABOUT ANN ARBOR. I've been there a bunch of times (OH MY GOD BEST PLACE EVER EXCEPT FOR THAT HORRIFYING SCHOOL FULL OF TERRIBLE PEOPLE GO BUCKS) but I maaaaay need some. Um. Yes. MY APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE FOR CRAZED EMAILS.

[arineat.livejournal.com]

Tumblr will eat you alive....in a good way. ^_^

What if people DO LIKE THE IDEA AND THEN I CAN'T WRITE IT?

This is me EVERY TIME I GET AN IDEA. Sometimes it's all good, but then others, I'll tell someone and they'll be like "THAT SOUNDS AWESOME" and I'm like O________O "OMG THE PRESSURE! WHAT IF IT'S SHIT?! CAN I EVEN WRITE THIS???? AAAAHHHHH!" And...then it goes in WIP pile never to be seen again. =/

I have no idea about the tumblrbot because I used an email I never check! xD

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

YES I AM AFRAID OF THAT EXACT THING, although this may be one of those ideas that consumes me and never lets me go regardless of what I do, IT IS TOO SOON TO TELL.

I think I'm going to have to turn off these tumblr notifs somehow because oh my god what the hell

[mordororbust.livejournal.com]

Haha, oh god. My tumblr anxiety is great. For the first week-at-least of my tumblr's existence, the theme and title changed every time I logged in, and that was more or less all I did with it.

Now I have anxiety about image sizes and proper tumblr etiquette ... why are you so stressful, social media!!

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

dshfjskd I CANNOT EVEN THINK ABOUT ETIQUETTE YET, THAT'S A HEART ATTACK FOR ANOTHER DAY

[andrealyn]

MandaOlie over there is me, following youuuuu!

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

*follows back*!

[altri-uccelli.livejournal.com]

My partner and I both did our doctoral work at Michigan, but I can't say we're active in alumni things. However, if you have questions that your other offerers can't answer, feel free to give me a go. :)

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

I MAY WELL TAKE YOU UP ON THAT :D Thank you bb!

[metalspork13.livejournal.com]

Okay so I totally go to Michigan, like RIGHT NOW in fact, and I just decided that I'm starting grad school here in the fall as well because I LOVE IT HERE. And your mention of it the other day made me all giddy and such since it ~connects~ us, even if in an adversarial fashion. (BUCK THE FUCKEYES.)

Funnily enough, I'm actually pretty tight with the good people at the Alumni Center because I work at a coffee shop right next door to them and they come in every morning. And I also stock the cream cheese/milk/cocoa mix/etc. for Welcome Wednesdays when they GIVE AWAY FREE BAGELS to students. :D So yeah, I shall totes message you my email.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

OH DUDE. ALL OF THE QUESTIONS, I AM GOING TO ASK YOU THEM/GO BUCKS MUCK FICHIGAN

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

Did I blow your mind a while back with the thing in iTunes where you can TELL IT to treat any file like an audiobook? Yeah?

Here's another trick:

In Word (if you ever use that), you can select text and then hit shift+F3. It will cycle through putting it in ALLCAPS, in lowercase and Capitalized. It can be very, very useful.

Shift+F3. You're welcome.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL OF THE SECRETS OF THE INTERNET HOWWWWWWW

[onthecount.livejournal.com]

:D YOU'RE ON TUMBLR. This excites me more than you know. I am oh-you over there, and I have already followed you. :3

ALSO THAT ALL CAPS CONVERTER IS A THING I HAVE BEEN WISHING ON MY STARS FOR.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

*FOLLOWS YOU*/*CLINGS TO YOU DESPERATELY*/*CONSIDERS CLOSING TUMBLR SO CAN ACTUALLY GET WORK DONE*

[shadesofbrixton.livejournal.com]

I know you've already got some people volunteering and all, but I grew up in/around U of M, went to MSU, have too many friends who know shit about the alumni thing... etc etc. Anyway, if you need another Michigander, I can help.

Also: shadesofbrixton on tumblr, yegods it is frightening but also fun. Watch out for the occasional platoons of 12 year olds.

[sometimesalways.livejournal.com]

i'm on tumblr! just followed you: monalisasnmadhatters is me.. you don't need to follow me.. i do a lot of etsy posted, mostly alice in wonderland related or steampunk or like.. random bits of jewelry -- but i'll do random movie pictures too.

[fic-kitty.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha I also got a tumblr. I think I will love it :D

[fic-kitty.livejournal.com]

I am figsandtea, if you feel like hearing a lot about fat people, knitting and hot boys.

[iam-space.livejournal.com]

BOOKMARKING THAT CAPS THINGY LIKE A BOOKMARKING FOOL.

ALSO JUST GONNA SIT IN THE SAFE NON-TUMBLR CORNER OVER HERE AND LOL AT YOUR TUMBLR SHENANIGANZ.

[queenklu.livejournal.com]

That is. THE SEXIEST PIC. OF SCOTT. THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN.

[seeingrightly.livejournal.com]

1) I just got my tumblr, like, last week, but I've already mostly gotten the hang of it. Have no fear! I just followed you - I'm http://slyasaslything.tumblr.com/.

2) I can totally relate - if I wait too long on something I feel terrible and can't make myself go back and actually do it. It's horrible and I don't know how to fix it and the guilt doesn't make things better but it's there anyway. So no worries bb.

3) Oh my god since I read that comment I have had the "so rumbly in my tumbly" Winnie the Pooh song stuck in my head. FOR HOURS.

4) KDSFJSLDKFJDKLFSDKF :DDDDDDD


I feel like I should mention that my rl friends just told me that I need to name my computer Steve because we have a special, strange relationship that mostly involves me yelling at it. I AM ALSO WEARING A RED AND BLACK PLAID SHIRT, SCOTTY.

[fic-kitty.livejournal.com]

I FOLLOW YOUUUUU (figsandtea)

/creepy.

[callya.livejournal.com]

I'm just delurking here to say that the best thing about the word Tumblr is that this man:

(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v236/callya/?action=view&current=tumblr_krsbxipqm71qz5qzvo1_500.png)

is also Tumbler!

[sejitsu.livejournal.com]

Yay! I am now stalking you on Tumblr. Mine is here~ (http://www.seji.tumblr.com)

[cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com]

hi hi hi! my tumblr is here! http://01-gav.tumblr.com/

and it took me until like, today (admittedly i only got a tumblr 3 days ago) to realise that the tumblrbot emails were not ACTUAL WEIRDLY-MONOSYLLABIC MESSAGES FROM PEOPLE. oh well.