tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:28:55 +0000A Seat by the Windowhttp://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)Blogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-3268393219099280944Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:50:00 +00002008-06-06T18:21:02.325-04:00fandomTWoPI don't think the actor threads belong on TWoP precisely because most posts are cheesecake or gossip. Since TWoP is a TV forum, not a fan forum, I think the discussion should be about TV, and that we should only have character threads, not actor threads. However, this precedent was established before I was hired, and people don't typically raise hell in these threads. The posters enjoy these http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2008/06/things-about-fandom-ill-never-figure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-4936639154038720153Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:54:00 +00002008-02-07T22:40:55.443-05:00WGAAMPTPWriters StrikeCNBC quotes Eisner as saying the AMPTP and the WGA have struck a deal. Keep your fingers crossed. Hat tip to jacey26 in the Supernatural forums.I ran this by one of my friends in the WGA. She said there's a tentative framework in place, but nothing has been signed and details aren't final.There's a WGA membership meeting on Saturday, to inform the writers of the structure of the deal. If that http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2008/02/pencils-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-8031427123597480117Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:31:00 +00002008-02-06T22:32:40.454-05:00commercialsfunnyTVhttp://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2008/02/best-commercial-ever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-9077764284178169453Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:15:00 +00002008-01-22T08:20:41.329-05:00Hulu testhttp://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2008/01/hulu-test.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-2026897960753328158Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:30:00 +00002008-01-19T19:57:56.475-05:00fan mailWow. I haven't updated since the end of November. We were very busy over the holidays, and all of our children are playing the same sport right now, which means our weekends are a bit crazy. On top of that, we're (slowly) repainting our bedrooms. Both dh and I suck and it, and we work slowly, but our rates can't be beat. I kept thinking I'd get a chance to update, but whenever I've had the time, http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2008/01/mail-bag.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-3353033422168056877Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:11:00 +00002007-12-01T06:11:51.349-05:00The Bachelor 11freecapLIVE BLOGGING BRAD THE CAD:Today, I break my rule against watching The Ellen DeGeneres Show while the WGA is striking. Were the strike settled, I'd be breaking my rule against watching it, because I'm a stay-at-home-mother, and am always afraid daytime TV will eat whatever bit of my time and brain the Internet leaves behind (if any). But enough about me, let's talk about Brad on Ellen (but not inhttp://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/11/freecap-live-blogging-as-ellen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-3046458923191876141Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:07:00 +00002007-11-24T12:28:27.574-05:00posts and posters who get itThe Bachelor 11TWoPWARNING: This post contains spoilers for The Bachelor, episode 11-9: "The Final Two Women Meet Brad's Family," originally broadcast on Monday, November 19, 2007, in the U.S.I don't watch The Bachelor. I tried, but it just wasn't happening, for a number of reasons. Monday night is so full of TV that my husband and I love, and The Bachelor just isn't my beautiful cake. It has a small bit of http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/11/bachelor-11-9-final-two-women-meet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-903355926920849347Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:14:00 +00002007-11-02T21:21:23.307-04:00familyin-lawslotteryMy brother-in-law called to tell us he just won $100,000.00 on a $5.00 scratch ticket. He wanted to talk to my husband too, who was out getting milk and coffee at the store. I called and told him while he was still there. If you're on the North Shore of Boston in one of the big chain groceries stores, and see a blond guy in a blue Champion sweatshirt walking around saying, "I hate that lucky http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/11/this-is-just-like-him.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-1968843667978422029Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:19:00 +00002007-10-24T13:04:48.598-04:00FreeRice.com has nothing to do with C*ndi. Instead, it's a site that gives you a vocabulary quiz and donates 10 grains of rice (through the U.N.) to hungry people, for each correct answer you supply. Ten grains is nothing, but it adds up quickly. I'm up over 3000 grains, just playing off and on, today.http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/10/frigorific-means-chilling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-5611462175046930041Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:31:00 +00002007-09-15T10:45:34.963-04:00personalfamilyfall projectsSaturday Morning Special would be more apt, but Lynyrd Skynyrd never sang about that. Early this morning, my daughter brought me breakfast -- a bowl of blueberries, and a piece of toast (with Skippy peanut butter) cut into two triangles. As a surprise. Just because she loves me. How cool is that? She asked if she could refill my coffee cup, but I didn't want her to carry a cup full of hot coffee http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/09/saturday-night-special.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-6569629610105807347Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:06:00 +00002007-09-02T12:20:32.768-04:00Posting and Youpost not posterWill the Vampire People Please Leave the LobbyThe Bronzeshow don't tellTWoPmurder your darlings[WARNING: I pontificate like crazy in this entry.]Watching (joining, redacting my posts from, and leaving) the conversation in the Forum Questions... thread at TWoP last weekend got me thinking about how to convey a point at at a website with strict moderation, while avoiding the boot.POST NOT POSTERI cut my Internet teeth at the official, unmoderated Buffy the Vampire Slayer site, The Bronze. Wehttp://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/09/primer-post-not-poster-and-murder-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-2880058011852652786Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:11:00 +00002007-08-31T22:24:38.692-04:00pet peevesTWoPThe Julie Barnes FAQ (Fake Asked Questions) Q: Barnes, what sorts of posts bedevil, beleaguer, bother or otherwise bore you?A: Why -- whatever do you mean?Q: Don't you have any pet peeves?A: Me? I am posolutely pacific and peeve impoverished.Q: Can I fill my post up with acronyms and abbreviations?A: Please say you won't.Q: So you're like Demian, that way?A: Actually, I'm probably more relaxed http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/08/my-middle-name-is-misery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-4412430472870815568Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:50:00 +00002007-08-24T13:43:52.493-04:00dearth of snarksnarkdeath of snarkmy e-mailing friendI think the fine art of internet snark is dying.O RLY?RLY. NO WAI!?! My e-mailing friend wrote to me again, and again I read his letter -- this time bemoaning the dearth of internet snark -- before I'd had two sips of coffee. He seems to have spawned another blog entry. Oh, when will he ever learn?[Dear E-Mailing Friend, if this keeps up, you're going to have to e-mail me a secret fake name I canhttp://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/08/whither-snark.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-6203413563511976814Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:46:00 +00002007-08-24T14:07:49.736-04:00fandomAllyson BeatricepersonalanonymityWill the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobbybook recmy e-mailing friendEntry 1 in a possible (unless I get lazy), occasional series: All I Know About the Internet I Learned After the Vampire People Left the Lobby.Ah, fandom. Why you so crazy? Better yet, since you are so crazy, why are you so magnetic? I just answered my own question, didn't I? The wolf howls at the moon. The cock crows at dawn. The crazy cries out in the darkness, and its spawn must heed the call. http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/08/will-vampire-people-please-leave-lobby.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-2063961119391197855Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:36:00 +00002007-08-23T08:59:57.637-04:00EurekafandompersonalEureka s2TWoPHeroesWARNING: Later on in this post, I'm going to talk about casting news for Heroes, and a little bit about last night's new episode of Eureka, "Family Reunion," so don't read on further if you don't want to know about either topic.I'll put the personal update first, in case your eye-brain connection is a little slow...My Sickie did much better, yesterday -- so much so that she was already quite put http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/08/you-think-youre-alone-until-you-realize.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-4002034185724784110Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:30:00 +00002007-08-21T17:39:56.327-04:00familyTWoPI was looking forward to today, TWoP-wise. I covered some of Nikita's forums during the week. Then I covered all of Mars' forums over the weekend. Since she's back, I thought Monday would be a nice return to whatever passes for normalcy over there.Maybe things were normal there, but not so much at Bungalow Barnes. Yesterday, one of the Barnes bairns spiked a fever of 104.2. We got it down just http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/08/every-othe-day-of-week-is-fine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-7067845171080563998Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:07:00 +00002007-08-17T22:15:50.576-04:00slightly more fey Chris Lowellnavel gazingTWoPThis was, hands down, one of the more bizarre weeks I've ever seen on TWoP, including the utter turn about from way too extreme hero worship -- to way too extreme bitterness in the Veronica Mars forums. I say this, having been around since I first fell in love with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer recaps on MightyBigTV. If I believed in astrology, I'd be looking to see if Mercury was in retrogradehttp://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/08/people-are-strange-when-youre-stranger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-8325393333206147810Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:31:00 +00002007-08-16T12:13:10.294-04:00TWoP assignmentsPosting and Youfall premiere datesTWoPTVtelevisionSo, I have neglected this blog for a while. Sorry about that -- not that I think people were hanging on my every word and waiting for more -- but the whole idea of this blog was to give people a chance to know me, outside of TWoP. I pretty much said that, then went away.Today, I bring you my new favorite thing on the Internet: Posting and You!It's work safe, but there is sound (that you need, in http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/08/long-time-no-see.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-2910533456210563207Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:30:00 +00002007-08-02T15:44:39.726-04:00technology is evil and must be stoppedHP5HP OotPTWoPThis morning, I sent a (very nice) member a note. It wasn't over anything big, just a little topic reminder. There's been some technology problem on the user's end, and the member can't acknowledge the note. I'm waiting to hear back from the person now, on whether or not s/he can get back into the site.Meanwhile, I also sent another member a triple warning which never should have been. It wasn't http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/08/i-totally-should-have-gone-to-beach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-2081633605876622960Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:49:00 +00002007-07-28T12:03:12.730-04:00John SmithHolographTWoPMy Net BabiesSo, I mentioned a week or two ago that I'd only told my online friend John Smith, that I am TWoP Barnes. Last week (or early this week), I told one of my oldest internet friends. Holograph (we're calling him Holograph, which is not his real name) was gobsmacked, because he'd always known about my reticence to post at TWoP. Today, I told the rest of my nearest and dearest 'net people. I need http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/07/and-beat-goes-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-763416466817210876Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:24:00 +00002007-07-28T09:36:36.638-04:00The Office forumTWoPreorgMy neck is killing me. I think I spent more time today working on the forum for The Office than I get paid for in a week -- that's certainly true if you count yesterday and today. I just couldn't stand the disorganization any more. It hurts my brain. Most of that is not the thread-creators fault. Most of it is a fact of life in a subforum rather than a full forum. It's easy to build up http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/07/twop-office.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-6699276806522425159Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:53:00 +00002007-07-24T08:57:43.805-04:00tree murderhighway to hellDespite the title, this entry has nothing to do with TWoP. It has to do with the ongoing tree slaughter here at the Barnes home.YOUNGEST CHILD: Oh, now they're cutting down [imaginary's friend (IF)]'s house.NEXT OLDEST CHILD: That tree is IF's house?YOUNGEST CHILD: Yep.NEXT OLDEST CHILD: Did you call him out?YOUNGEST CHILD: Yep, and I showed him to his new home.NEXT OLDEST CHILD: Well, http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/07/were-on-highway-to-hell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-4125299016505062974Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:46:00 +00002007-07-23T10:42:59.412-04:00TWoP assignments24 forumFriday Night Lights forumTWoPtree murderBarnes: The Office, Supernatural, Friday Night Lights,24.Okay. I sort of feel spoiled rotten at TWoP, right now. I watch (and really enjoy) three of my forum's shows, and I've been meaning to watch the other, forever (okay, for a season). What's more, they're all good shows. People who don't watch Supernatural may well think it's a teen horror show, but it's not. I'll save the conversion speech http://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-assignments.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-8432888742310792298Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:06:00 +00002007-07-21T22:44:11.940-04:00whinypantsHP7TWoPThing the First:Harry Potter 7 has eaten my LiveJournal friends-list alive. I can't blame it; they are tasty. I'd post this there, but so many of them wouldn't see it, because they've all got their noses buried in a copy of the book, that it seems silly. My list skews older for LJ. Not that it matters, but for the record, no one on my list is a teen. Maybe a percent or five are in their early 20shttp://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/07/oh-as-usual-dear.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059999409022017810.post-8684459049796884086Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:45:00 +00002007-07-20T16:26:24.046-04:00summer projectdiamond shoes too tightumTWoPfall projectsOkay, my biggest summer project is now over, and it went really well. It's not only done, I've just submitted the final report for committee review. The last thing I have to do is finance related, and even that is all over but the shouting (or transferring funds, as the case may be). We'll probably have a post-mortem meeting at some point, but with the report already submitted, my part in that ishttp://modjuliebarnes.blogspot.com/2007/07/whats-opposite-of-hurry-up-and-wait.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Julie Barnes)2