BIG FAT BLEAH

Ugh, it seems like the migration off LJ is actually taking place (at least in my tiny corner of LJ) this time. Thanks 6A, you sure take care of your customers good. (Two posts that talked about this without histrionics were synecdochic's explanation the legal situation in the U.S. and shusu's opinions as a customer.) I feel particularly uncomfortable with the report abuse button and the no warning/appeal part. Since I mostly post about BL with pics without flocking, I just don't know if I'm safe. I don't want to flock the fannish posts, either. I don't want to be worrying about losing not only my posts but the uploaded images, as well. But...the inertia! It is mighty.

Part of me feels a bit silly to be getting so paranoid, but...I suppose in the end I've lost confidence in 6A/LJ to at least be open and somewhat fair in their policies and just don't trust them. Okay, maybe I am just paranoid. But it doesn't mean they aren't out to get me!!

In any case, I have accounts at GJ and IJ under the same name. I tried getting a JF account, but they don't give out free accounts to random people currently (gotta be sponsored by a paid user or become a paid user), so no JF. I will now seriously seriously look into wordpress (because it is pretty!) and getting hosting (I need storage for images where there is no TOSing a la Photobucket). I need to figure out the easiest way for me to archive my current posts.

My life is currently MADLY BUSY IRL so I don't know when I will get to these things. *sighs* I'll probably continue to post as usual for the time being...

it's saturday night already! where did the time go?

I've got to ask--is there a secret source for Chara raws somewhere online? I'd like to follow Hanamai Koeda de aimashou as it comes out, rather than have to wait for the tankobon. If it stays interesting, I'd translate it too.

I asked for help in getting something from some publishers that require postal orders and a Japanese address and got a suggestion to try a proxy service. Unfortunately, it seems like proxy services specialize in working with specific sites such as Yahoo Japan. Can anyone help, or give me another suggestion to try?

Cute overload is oh-so-right.