Forgetfulness strikes

[winter]

Sickness and general stress are playing havoc with my brain. This would be my excuse for forgetting the birthdays of:

tiamatschild
malike
selenak
rikarna
greektoomey

I'd offer apologetic cake, but it'd probably just pass on my plague ~_~

In other news, technology frustration continues. Bought a microphone, but it records abysmally and I can't return it, only exchange it...

Comments

[hobnobs.livejournal.com]

In what way is it abysmal? (He says, never able to see a broken shiny without wanting to fix it. :) )

[winter]

Noise and such, so much that you can barely make out the actual sound it's supposed to pick up. Not interference from anything, because I tried it away from the computer, too, and even recording my voice on the balcony comes out barely discernible. It's brand new, so I guess I'll have to go exchange it :/

*peers at you* Haven't seen you before. AFP, I gather, judging by your friends list? :)

[hobnobs.livejournal.com]

Noise and such, so much that you can barely make out the actual sound

Hmm, could be a few things... Does it have uniform static, or does it peak and dip? (And is it more like wind-blowing static, or a buzz/whine?)

AFP, I gather, judging by your friends list? :)

Indeed, both a.f.p and #afp, where I am more commonly known as Barry R/Barry respectively. :) (Sadly someone had already got the LJ name 'Barry', so I went with the maxim "you are what you eat".)

[tiamatschild.livejournal.com]

:D Thanks! (It was hardly that long ago, so don't worry about it!)

[winter]

Wind-blowing static is a good description. The static itself doesn't peak and dip as much as the actual sound "behind" it does - it fades in and out :/

Indeed, both a.f.p and #afp, where I am more commonly known as Barry R/Barry respectively. :)

I really should hang around on a.f.p more :) Alas that work and creative ventures have eaten my time. *friends*

[winter]

I kept reminding myself to post, but whatever plague I have has forgetfulness as one of the symptoms ^^; I also kept taking wrong buses in town and so on. No wonder they gave me time off work, really.

[tiamatschild.livejournal.com]

Eeeeaugh. That's no fun! I hope things get better.

[hobnobs.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, aside from having the gain up too loud I can't think of a common reason for that type of interference that can be "tweaked" away. Is it a laptop, or desktop?

I really should hang around on a.f.p more

I was around on a.f.p during your "regular" spell several years ago now. (I've been there for well over a decade.) But I too have a life, and some of those "friends" you refer to (apparently), so I tend to spend my time on #afp nowadays, where I can talk to afpers in real-time. :)

[winter]

Same effect in the laptop and the mp3 player. Of course, what I really want is to get it working with the mp3 player, since the original purpose was to surreptitiously record a certain musical with better quality than the player's internal microphone ;) Ah well, if neither on Friday or on Sunday, I still have tickets to, um, 3 other performances before it closes on October 22nd. (And no, I'm not obsessed at all. Perish the thought.)

"Friending" means adding as an LJ friend :> And I've never been on #afp, but judging by the fact I don't have time for one-on-one AIM chats, I think IRC would kill me...

[hobnobs.livejournal.com]

Ah, certainly sounds like a hardware thing then. :(

"Friending" means adding as an LJ friend :>

Oops, silly me. *g*

I thought it was a reference to "those damn friends of mine, always taking my time up with their happy tales, interesting stories, technical problems, and shiny things, and ooooshiny..."

I've never been on #afp, [...] I think IRC would kill me.

It certainly does eat away the hours if I'm not careful. Thankfully I can just log on at work in the morning, and keep a quarter of an eye on it during the day in case anything needs me.

[winter]

I'm not sure if it's a fandom/roleplaying convention or a pan-LJ one by now, but generally *puts things in asterisks* is the equivalent of the IRC /performs action. As in *g* or *grins* for grinning, in fact ;)

...you know, I haven't checked if my work blocks IRC. If they don't, that would be amusing indeed. I have to remember to try that on Monday.

[hobnobs.livejournal.com]

*g*

I realise that, and really should have realised what you meant first time around because I've used it myself. *facepalm*

I will now go and sit in the corner and write "I will pay attention" 100 times... Well, I'll probably write it five-and-a-half times, then start playing the games on my phone and forget to finish it.

[rikarna.livejournal.com]

My birthday isn't until tomorrow, so you're okay. n.n

And thank you! My dad is a little scared - his baby girl is going to be LEGAL! (Not to mention I've been writing BWA HA HA HA!!! on Thursday's date on every calendar in the house - think that might have something to do with the strange looks he keeps giving me?)

[malike.livejournal.com]

<3 Thank you Beth :)

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Not to worry. I was hardly online yesterday anyway. And thank you!

*crosses fingers you'll feel better soon*

[winter]

Love your icon :) And thanks, better already. The fact I'm about to fetch my fannish twin from the airport is contributing to it, I'm sure.

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

But the 27th was my birthday! So, thank you. I am on holiday, hence the delay in expressing my gratitude.