jo_winchester
27 January 2013 @ 01:33 pm
Hey everybody! Hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year!

I would say my own was so-so, but then i'd be telling some porkies. .Collapse )

I mostly needed to vent more, but i know i'm carrying on like woah. So shutting up and getting back to the main reason for my post.

I've started some icons and am aiming to post, HOPEFULLY by the middle of February or early March, unless the muse hits and i get inspired, maybe sooner.

I also want to redo all my links on my main journal page, but am having a hella hard time getting certain mini icons to link to Pinterest & 8Tracks. Hopefully that will happen sooner rather than later and i'll get more regular with posts again, as i do miss being on here!

If you don't know anything about 8tracks, btw, it's a site for music mixes, like the old 8 track tapes. It really is a cool site and a lot of people are using it for their fan-mixes now. Including myself at some point, as i'm working on mixes constantly through my iPhone, just adding tracks willy-nilly to god knows how many mixes i've thought up.

I'm carrying on again. . .If you guys want to give me ideas for icons, banners or manips etc, i'd be more than grateful as i'm SO behind on the fandoms themselves.

And finally, HOW ARE YOU GUYS? I HOPE YOUR ALL HEALTHY, HAPPY AND HAVING A GOOD DAY!?
 
 
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jo_winchester
29 November 2012 @ 12:27 pm


Hey guys!

So I'm just making a post to ask you guys to PM me your addresses so I can get your Christmas cards sent out? I don't have ALL your addresses, as I lost my address book twice in the last 2 yrs, once when my bag was stolen and then when I lost the next one after a long train ride.

This year I have a full proof plan though! I'm going to keep 2 address books! One for my handbag and one at home in my desk! Idiot proof, hopefully. LOL!

If you aren't bothered about a card, I won't be offended, but I'd love to send out more than just family like I have been doing, you know?

You guys are my buds, and I'd like you to know it when you see my pretty card on your mantel this year,so please drop me a line and let me know your all doing ok, as well as an address to get one sent out.

Merry (in advance) Christmas, guys!
 
 
jo_winchester
10 July 2012 @ 02:03 pm
IF YOU GET A PHONE CALL ABOUT THE WARRANTY ON YOUR COMPUTER BEING DAMAGED,
HANG THE EFF' UP!!!



So if you get a phone call like this, i suggest you guys either give them the runaround (they totally deserve it) and hang upCollapse )
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jo_winchester
28 June 2012 @ 09:37 am
I know i promised an icon post (i'm working on it! promise!), but i just had to vent all of this SOMEWHERE.


So. . .Collapse )
 
 
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jo_winchester
Originally posted by hamarakissa at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
Originally posted by svgurl at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
Originally posted by ever_obsessed at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
Originally posted by quicksilvermad at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
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Originally posted by steplianna at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
Originally posted by lk737 at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
Please repost this? I have never begged for one of my posts to be boosted. I am just so worried for my friends and want you to know.

According to this article, dated March 15, 2012:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/webnews/major-isps-turn-into-copyright-police-by-july-says-riaa/

"File-sharers, beware: By July 12, major US Internet service providers (ISPs) will voluntarily begin serving as copyright police for the entertainment industry, according to Cary Sherman, chief executive of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The so-called “six-strikes” plan is said to be one of the most effective anti-piracy efforts ever established in the US."

The article goes on to give details. After six notices, internet providers will decide to throttle a person's internet speed, or cut it off altogether. I don't know if they will crack down on torrents only, or if it is up to the internet provider. I get the sense it is up to the internet provider. So some people could get away with downloading non torrents, while others might get their internet service cut off. I urge you to click it and read, as we all know people who download.

No more downloading eps of your favorite shows for vidding, gifs, or fanfiction art. No more downloading screencaps possibly. I'm so sorry my friends. I don't even know if BT Guard will work to protect you, but I would google it if I were you. It is a professional service that supposedly can protect you from the invasive eyes of your internet provider.

Just, my friends, please make each other aware. Please be aware of the date JULY 12TH. Mark your calendar and double check with your internet provider by then. If you start receiving notices of downloaded activity, this is why. And your internet service could be throttled or cut off.

Fox news confirms this:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/17/us-isps-become-copyright-cops-starting-july-12/


Youtube video explaining this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5OG0R-yS-c

I'm not actually in the USA, but I thought I should post this for all my friends on LJ who are. This really is just sick IMO.



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jo_winchester
05 December 2011 @ 09:14 pm
I know i said i was on hiatus, which technically i am, but i wanted to drop a quick message to ask you all who are wanting to do christmas cards this year to PM me your addresses and i'll send you mine in return.

I had a list of addresses from last year, but when i lost all the files from my other USB drive, it also deleted the txt file i'd saved them all to for remembering.

Anyways, MERRY CHRISTMAS, guys!!!
 
 
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jo_winchester
13 November 2011 @ 09:17 pm
 
Hey everybody. I know it's been just over a year since the last one, but i'm going to go on a sort of hiatus for a while.

With being ill on and off, and then other things getting in the way. I just don't have the time to read through my friends post like before, or work on arts etc.

Recently i found out i was diabetic, as well as having trouble with my kidney's, at least up till a few days ago. The kidney specialist decided i'm actually ok (thank the lord). But honestly, between all the appointments i've been having and Christmas coming up, i've just not had time to get online like before, and i really don't want people to think it's just me ignoring you or that i no longer want anything to do with you guys, because that just isn't true at all.

You guys have got me through a lot of crap over the last couple of years, and i don't know where i would be without all of you. Your my online family, my peeps and my crew :P

I'm a Muppet, so sue me. LOL!

I might occasionally get something posted, but i honestly don't know when it will be. But hopefully sometime before Christmas i'll do a little something, such as Christmas cards etc.

Anyways, i'll get on, as i have an early start in the morning. But just know that i do love you guys, and if you do need to talk, i'll try my best to get online or you can even just tweet me @WinchesterJo, as it'll go straight through on my phone.

*HUGS*
 
 
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jo_winchester
02 September 2011 @ 01:59 pm
SO. .I actually don't know how to explain this without going into a long winded rant and loosing my cool all over again. But. .Yesterday, i took pity on my younger brother and let him use my laptop to surf the net for an hour. .

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jo_winchester
25 August 2011 @ 10:03 am
It honestly seems like i just haven't had time for anything lately. That includes livejournal too. 1000 apologies, my friends. LOL.


I recently got some more shocking health news, e.g. i now have some serious kidney problems, as well as blood pressure being up and various other cr@ppy things, that i honestly can't even begin to explain. So i just won't. Anyways. . .


The post i made before, saying i was working on an icon post, is about 50% done. I have a couple of Buffy icons, and one or two True Blood done, and i'm also thinking of working on a texture pack, but am still a bit undecided? Would you guys want to see me try textures next? I'd really like to see what you think?


Hopefully i will get the post out BEFORE the end of the month, like i promised. But if i don't, then you can just refer to the above comment and snag one of my thousands of apologies. There's plenty to go around.


As a last mention, is there any specific icons you guys want to see? I'm trying to get back into crossovers again, but am finding it a little hard, if you guys want to give me any suggestions for pairings? Also, i'm going to try and do some bigger arts, like way back when. Maybe some Last.fm icons again and a couple of banners, if you guys want to request any for your themes or forums etc?


XOXO
 
 
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jo_winchester
30 May 2011 @ 04:12 pm
It does. Seriously.

I come onto LiveJournal after being gone for quite a while, being in hospital twice and REALLY ill, i might add, and find people i thought were good friends have just un-friended me and turned their backs?!?

Wow, guys. Seriously. Thanks for the support.

Some of you know that even getting internet access in a hospital is rare, let alone allowed to be used by a patient when they do. I've managed maybe two or 3 little messages and maybe a comment on something here or there before getting booted off, or even maybe because i've dozed off due to all the medication i'm currently on?

If a certain someone hadn't thought i'd been gone so long and emailed to check on me, i guess i wouldn't even be posting this for those of you who still want to know me at all. But i thought i should say something, as i'm sick of being the silent one in the background all the time, who people only give a cr@p about, when i'm doing something for them, or just there as entertainment till they've got what they want.

Thanks, but no thanks. A friend, whether over the net or not, is someone who sticks with you through the good and bad, and doesn't mind that sometimes i'm gone for periods of time, due to being so ill.

I'm not giving names, but i'm glad that i can rely on the rest of you. It really brightened my day when i opened that email. .There might have even been a few tears. LOL.

But thanks, either way. You are a true friend.

*HUGS*

For the rest of you, i just want to say that i'm going to get back into the flow eventually, and i've started a small batch of icons already, which i might post sometime beginning this next month, depending on time between appointments, check-ups and just generally how i'm doing.

So far so good though, right?

I've really missed hanging out online with all you guys and just having fun. I can't wait to catch up with all of you!

*HUGS*
 
 
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