Random Things

[olivermoss]

* The ads I am getting on FB are polls asking me how I feel about Idaho's westward expansion. Like it's a done deal and they are just asking me what my opinion is. Seriously Idaho needs to calm down. They can't become a coastal state just because they voted to. Like ... Oregon exists deal with it. Also we're mostly federal land so it's not like you'd gain resources. I mean, yeah, it's an attempt to gerrymander on a larger scale I get it ...

* I hate getting into franchises late, but I am finally watching The Fast and Furious movies. The naming conventions ... or lack thereof ... for this series is a pain. This is very much a case of 'people did a very bad job of explaining this canon' to me. I feel like a lot of things I got into late was because people didn't really want to say why it appealed to them.

I really don't like street racing so it's a bit hard for me to get into, but I am going to watch it for a bit. I think I will get sucked in.

* I am trying to actually use Scrivener to be more organized. IDK ... I think I just do not vibe with anything where I can't opening it up and look at all projects in progress and pick one. I've been weirdly resistant to any writing program for ... for very dated reasons.

Comments

[james]

On the one hand I am perfectly okay if all the racist fascists went to Idaho. On the other hand, there is no way the federal government would approve any such thing.

[olivermoss]

Yeah, it's weird to see money being put into a BS facebook ad campaign trying to normalize the idea to Oregonians. If DC gets statehood it's all over for minority rule in this country.

I am trying ... trying to not be salty that they are going for 'State of Washington' instead of 'State of Columbia'. We already have a state called Washington, y'all, and it already causes enough confusion. But DC statehood is too important for me to be bitching about the stupid name.

[alexseanchai]

what, do they want to be East Washington? because just Washington is uh. Hi we're over here. DC wanting to be just Washington is only going to work if the existing Washington renames, which, I mean, I expect a significant minority of Washingtonians wouldn't be against it? but I also expect that'll be, like, ten percent of us, which is probably not enough for the idea to be seriously entertained.

[olivermoss]

Previous statehood initiatives had 'State of Columbia' or 'State of New Columbia' as the name. The current resolution is for 'State of Washington Douglass Commonwealth' So 'Douglass Commonwealth' would replace the 'District of Columbia' in the name.

[alexseanchai]

Idaho what now

[olivermoss]

Some Idaho lawmakers want:



If they are successful I wish them much fun in recriminalizing weed in those areas.

[alexseanchai]

*blink blink blink*

[dine]

the F&tF furious movies make little sense, but generally provide such a sense of *whee!* fast action that audiences don't really care. and the way Paul and Dom worked so well together, and the 'found family' crew were big fannish draws

[olivermoss]

That and dramatic looks and fight scenes.

[mistressofmuses]

That's... really weird, re: the polls. I guess groups pulling that sort of nonsense shouldn't surprise me, but... "we voted to change our state's border, and are just going to act like the state we're creeping over has no say" is... an impressive bit of nonsense, indeed. (I mean, I also get that as a nation we have a proud tradition of seeing land and declaring its ours, but...)

I've heard a lot of good things about Scrivener, but don't know much about it. I think my younger sibling liked it, when they tried it a couple years ago. It's one of the things my current laptop can't run, but if I get a more modern/functional machine, I plan to try. If you have any thoughts on it after you work with it for a bit, I hope you share them!

[olivermoss]

It's 'poor conservatives oppressed under liberal portland rules' posturing. Those poor counties would be 'more comfortable' in a state run by anti-maskers and who are trying to ... make it illegal to even try to legalize weed? Or something like that?

A lot of people use Scrivener but it doesn't always work right on windows. I am trying to see if I can find a work flow with it, because I don't really have a workflow or way to organize stuff.

[mistressofmuses]

Ah, yes. The poor widdle conservatives. A couple counties in CO have put forward symbolic measures to secede to Wyoming or whatnot, since all us liberal Denver and Boulder dwellers are RUINING THE GOOD HATE-THY-NEIGHBOR CONSERVATIVE IMAGE of the state. It's... something.

I have heard Scrivener works best on Mac, but after this laptop kicks it idk if I'll be able to afford another Mac (even though that's what I'm most familiar with and enjoy using, I also know it's a LOT of upcharge for aesthetic and brand name.)

[shipperslist]

Re: on Scrivener.
I wrote a post on how I use Scrivener in case you're interested. I tend to stack my fic in different fandom and/or series files but I know people who have one Scrivener file and divide their work inside that file into WIP folder and finished folder. I don't use all functions, I don't even bother to learn them because the basics are enough for me.

[olivermoss]

Thanks. I am so used to working around how a typical word processor organizes stuff it's weird to use anything else.

[shipperslist]

No problem!

Writing (and everything connected to it) is such a weird thing. I have loads of fandom friends who work only on GDocs which I avoid unless it's for beta-reading purposes. Scrivener appeals to me because I can move things around so easily AND it autosaves. And I can dump all my links and pics on the research section for safekeeping. But yes, it doesn't work for everyone and many people think it's overly complicated.

[olivermoss]

I really, really want a way to have story notes in with my story and it's a pain in a word processor. I use Libre currently. Actually, some of my best writing I do long hand in a composition book and that's even more of a mess. I need a 'bits of story' organization system and Scriv seems to be that. I just have weird resistances to using any kind of system. But I am going to make myself do it work a while and see what happens

[shipperslist]

Good luck figuring things out! Let me know if there's something you’re wondering about and I’ll figure out if I can help with it. 😁

[olivermoss]

Thanks, I will :) For now I need to buckle down and actually write more to test out my current set up. I have a custom template I am using with a page for summary, tags, etc chapter, etc.