seriously? i just tried posting that hat post and was running into a space exceeded error. how could that be? i have a ton of space on my server.

AS IT TURNS OUT, i receive such an insane volume of spam that it completely filled up my inbox and took up 300+ megs of space. that is absolutely unacceptable and inappropriate. i can't believe i can't just own a domain and have space on it without being bombarded with spam! i had to delete my greymatter because i was getting so many spam comments. i had to delete one of my hostee's comments and disable comments on her blog because it was taking up so much server space. there are so many tools to get rid of spam, but it's exhausting trying to keep up with all of them all the time for every thing that i use.

so if you're a hostee, please check your inbox if you have fip.com email! just get rid of any spam you may have, because it really is a strain on the server. i just spent hours working on my own and really don't have time to do yours as well.

in other news. this is really unfortunate. along with spam getting more and more oppressive, phishing is getting more and more sophisticated. can i not use ANY website anymore!? watch out for that one.

finally, i'm incredibly intrigued by pay per post and think i might end up doing it. i signed up for it but have yet to actually commit. i love writing about things and reviewing them, so why not? people are making tons of money off of it, too. you just write about things in your blog and get paid. there are word requirements, but they're really low. some people see it as "selling out," but i sorta see it as "getting paid." if you don't want to read the ads, then don't, you know? and why not read them since they'll be presented with my usual dry sense of humor and brutal honesty.

if you do it, how do you like it? if not, why not? tell me.

i held out on changing to S2 for a while, because i like making my own styles a lot more, but the new styles LJ posted are actually really nice. i didn't put a lot of effort into checking whether or not they're customizable, but they are somewhat, so i decided to go with a prefab layout. it feels so strange, but it's a nice change because the one i just got rid of was over a year old, i think. changing ANYTHING from the default style was a humongous pain in the ass, but i figured it out and feel good that i was able to bust out some coding skillz since i haven't written any in a very long time.

VA was nice, as usual. we didn't get to stay long because my brother had to work on monday, so we sorta just dashed down there and came right back. but i wanted to give my dad the ugly hat pictured above, and the ugly lumberjack socks from a few weeks ago. he loved them both, and even though he's my dad and that's what parents are supposed to do, he put the hat up on top of his head as expected (he wears his hats right up on the top of his head like a weirdo), and wore the socks to bed. i was really happy. i wrote him out this really nice card, too. so it was a very good time.

he's trying to get me to move to virginia when i'm done with school and i'm thinking of it more and more. there are a ton of teaching jobs available down there. but i really enjoy being around civilization. we'll see. now that i'm thinking about it, i think my mom would probably never want to talk to me again. she hates my dad and hates me a little for having a relationship with him. think hard before you have kids and get a divorce! you'll ruin lives.

student teaching starts next week, and i've said on numerous occasions i'm not looking forward to it. maybe it'll turn out to be assloads of fun, but right now i'm just dreading it with every ounce of my being. i just don't want to teach high school. ugh. sigh. groan. all of this complaining to say that i can't post about it publicly here, so if you want to be in on my experience, let me know and i'll put you on the filter. this is mostly for you new friends, or those of you i don't actually talk to a whole lot - everyone i know pretty well will go on it automatically. let me know.

i miss yarn. i think i'm going to go to the yarn store tomorrow or thursday depending on whether or not my bro wants to take a ride. i have a small number of unfinished objects floating around but would like to start on something else i REALLY want to make. most of the other things were for practice, and got rather tedious. i actually have a very secret gift i need yarn for and can't decide if i want to spin it or just buy it. so i need to shop around a bit.

i'm so tired but so not. i hope i can get this sleep thing under control quickly. the night i got to my dad's my back was killing me from the drive, but i went right to bed instead of stretching it out and i suffered all night and the next day for it. my schedule's been awry since then. sigh.

goodnite, even though i'm not going to bed!



ps - i think i'm just going to crosspost from my LJ from now on. it's a lot easier, and i won't keep forgetting to update here.

imagine my very pleasant surprise when i found my swap yarns waiting on my doorstep! i signed up for the handspun swap on craftster and was partnered with my perfect match. i posted peeks of the yarns i made for her a few posts ago (before the teeth happened), and she really loved them. i love mine too! especially the green one. it's really awesome. the mohair one on the right is much softer than i thought it would be. i'm a very happy swap partner!

jessica and i shopped really hard for school clothes (teacher clothes, actually) today, and my mom took me shopping yesterday and i bought a ton of stuff, so now i feel totally prepared. all i have left to get is a bunch of socks and a pair of brown flats. i hate looking "professional."

i'm heading down to VA thursday night to see my dad before the summer is over. i don't know when i'll get down there again with the school schedule this semester, and ben working weird hours, so this is the best time, i guess.

why put freddy vs. jason on USA at this time of day? all of the heads getting chopped off, gratuitous boobies, and nonsensical swearing are all edited out. why bother?

anyhoo, see all y'all after the weekend is over!

ps - it's like 4 hours later, but i just finished eating dinner, and i'm going to die from a salad overdose. you wouldn't think that you could eat TOO MUCH salad, but i just crossed the line. i don't know when the funeral will be, but i'm sure it'll be closed casket, because i will have exploded.