Lady Aleena

I don’t like Facebook

Over a year ago I had a Facebook account and was building a nice little community of friends there. I was having a good time chatting with my friends, playing with the various modules I could add to make my profile more informative, and more. One day something went wrong, so I reported the problem to them. The next day I could not log into my account without any warning. I contacted them to find out what the problem was and was told that my account had been disabled because I did not use my real name. I was aghast, how could any site require my real name, especially a site like Facebook? I was not buying anything from them where they needed to know that kind of information. I tried to explain to them that my friends only know me as Lady Aleena, so using my real name would be a waste of time. I even linked them to the search results for Lady Aleena to prove it. They would not budge. I had to reveal my real name to them or not get my account back. I chose to protect my privacy and not give them my real name.

When I see a link to Facebook, I sigh and move on without giving it a look since I can not support a site that requires it’s users to reveal their real names. I am Lady Aleena online unless I need you to ship something to me, and even then I require that you hide that information in as deep and dark hole as possible.

So, as Obi-Wan Kenobi might say to Facebook, “You don’t need to see my real name”.

Coming back home from the past is not as easy as it looks.

Whenever you make a decision, the option you did not choose spins off a parallel universe. The more options there are the more parallel universes will be created. Now you might be wondering what that has to do with time travel and coming back home from the past. Since there are uncounted decisions being made across the universe every nanosecond, are you sure the home you came back to is the right one? How many parallel universes have been created since you left? How may of those parallel universes will never see you again, but will hold out hope that you will come to what they consider home?

When a person travels back in time, every decision made in the universe will have to be taken into account. You might not think that an being on another planet could affect your timeline, but that alien could be making a decision that ripples across the vastness of space and affect your home base, even if that decision is how to take the alien civilization’s version of coffee.

Another thing to consider is the variables that go into when you leave. If you have a window of one minute with 60,000,000,000 nanoseconds in it, it is possible that you have spun off 60,000,000,000 parallel versions of yourself. It is possible that you could run into one of those parallel versions of yourself while trying to get back to the home.

So, how hard do you think it would be to create a system that will correctly navigate you home from the past? How many parallel versions of your lover are you willing to leave alone to travel into the past?

A few writing tips

I am currently proofreading something written by a friend on Twitter, and I have come up with a few writing tips for him and will now share them with you.

The first thing you should do is to at least mouth the words you have written to make sure that they flow when or if what you have written is read aloud. You do not have to use your vocal cords, but sometimes the best way to find flaws is to move your lips and feel how the words flow.

You should expand all abbreviations and contractions. When writing in long form like this Tumblr post, you have the room to fully express your thoughts. This includes leet or net speak. I can not take anyone seriously when I have to look up the abbreviations used. Also, the more expansive you are, the easier it is for translation software to translate what you have written. Even the most common abbreviations could be mistranslated.

To add emphasis to a word or phrase, you need to use italics not all caps.

Be sure to check that your nouns and verbs match. Do not use a plural noun with a singular verb and vice versa.

You just need to make sure you are being clear and preview often before posting.

Dear Big Media Companies: It is not up to the taxpayers to protect you.

Dear Big Media Companies:

It is not up to the taxpayers to protect your copyrights, trademarks, and patents; it is yours. You are responsible for hiring your own investigators and lawyers to take on those pirating your material. If you are unwilling to take responsibility for protecting and pay the price to protect your copyrights, trademarks, and patents; why should the taxpayers care? The government grants you certain rights with the copyrights, trademarks, and patents. It is up to you to enforce those rights.

The Federal Bureau of Investigations should not have to investigate on your behalf. Federal prosecutors should not have to litigate on your behalf. The Federal government has done enough by giving you the rights to investigate and litigate against those who are pirating your copyrighted, trademarked, and patented materials.

It is not the fault or concern of the United States government and its people if you forgot or just plain failed to protect your rights to your materials in other countries. Sure there are nearly 200 countries worth of laws to wade through to protect your rights, but again not the responsibility of the United States government or people. Laws like Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act are just ways to force the United States taxpayers to pay for your mistakes.

The above is just my opinion. I do not expect you to share it. If your opinion differs, I’m willing to discuss it further. If you do share it, please let me know and possibly share it with others.

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When you should turn the music down

A conversation with my favorite tiara maker manthamac got me thinking on the most polite times to turn the music down that you have been blaring all day.

The first thing you have to look at is your environment. If you live in apartment (flat), a townhouse (row house), or a duplex you have to be especially careful to not annoy your neighbors. If you live in a single family home, you can be a little more carefree with your music’s volume. Even single family homes may have problems though if they are crammed together so close that one house is only feet away from another.

Now, you should get to know your neighbors just a little bit. If there are babies and young children living around you, you have to be more considerate of their need for sleep. Also, do you know what shifts your neighbors work? The nurse or firefighter that lives next door may work the night shift. Do you really want to keep them awake with your loud music when they have to work that night?

So, here are recommended times to turn down your music. Turn down your music at 21:00 on Sundays through Thursdays and 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. If there are very young children living next door, turn your music down at 20:00 every day. Also, try to keep the music down while those who work night shifts sleep.

Turning up one song after those times should not be too much of a problem unless you have paper thin walls between units in your building. Trust me, I have seen some of the more newly constructed apartment buildings. Their walls, ceilings, and floors are so thin that you can almost hear the people upstairs tiptoeing across the floor. When I lived in an apartment, I got the joy of listening to my neighbor’s daughter practicing her tenor saxophone.

I live in a house now, so I can basically turn the volume up whenever I want in my office while I am on the computer. However, I have to turn the volume down in the living room while my hubby sleeps.

Just try to be polite when it comes to the volume of your music, and you will get the occasional pass when that song comes on which you can not help but to turn up to 11.

CL+O+K+B, a complicated crossover cosmology

If you liked Crossing Jordan you probably already know that it crossed over with Las Vegas. Crossing Jordan “What Happens in Vegas Dies in Boston” continued in Las Vegas “Two of a Kind”. Crossing Jordan “Luck Be a Lady” continued in Las Vegas “Double Down, Triple Threat”. There were episodes of each series which had appearances by characters from the other which did not share a story line with the other that week. Jordan Cavanaugh and Woody Hoyt of Crossing Jordan appeared in Las Vegas “History of Violins”. Danny McCoy of Las Vegas appeared in Crossing Jordan “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”. They really made a strong tie between these two series.

When a network has a series which is set in a casino, every time another series needed one, you can guess where they went. Do you know who else stopped by the Montecito Resort and Casino in Las Vegas?

The 20 and 23 May 2005 episodes of Passions were set in the Montecito with Mary Connell making an appearance.
In Medium “Method to His Madness,” Allison Dubois was dreaming about a person who was gambling at the Montecito.
In Las Vegas “The Story Of Owe” there is a mention of the fictional company Dunder-Mifflin from The Office (U.S.).
In Heroes “Collision,” the characters Hiro Nakamura and Ando Masahashi gamble at the Montecito.
In the television film Knight Rider, the characters Mike Traceur and Sarah Graiman met in the Montecito.

You may think that is enough, but it is not quite over. Passions, The Office, and Knight Rider bring more into this cosmology. Let’s visit them.

Before the cast of Passions gambled at the Montecito, Dr. Bombay from Bewitched showed up on 17 September 1999. The cosmology crosses networks with ABC.
After the the people from Dunder-Mifflin went to the Montecito off screen, David Brent from The Office (U.K.) appeared in The Office (U.S.) “The Seminar”. The cosmology crossed the Pond!
The film Knight Rider is a spin off of the original television series Knight Rider and it spun off its own Knight Rider television series.

And the fun does not stop there.

Bewitched spun off Tabitha.
The original Knight Rider two part episode “Mouth of the Snake” introduced the character David Dalton who would go onto his own series Code of Vengeance. Knight Rider also spun off Team Knight Rider.

Here are a few ideas to ponder. Are witches heroes? Are heroes witches? Is the fictional Allison Dubois a witch, hero, or both?

I hope you are enjoying the crossover cosmologies.

Who are you? (Create your internet identity)

Hello. I am Lady Aleena, Lady_Aleena, LadyAleena, or ladyaleena; LA for short. I sometimes use O or Olara as a “last name” filler. You can find me on a lot of websites very easily by just searching for me. Actually, I have a lot of them linked in my description of this blog. However, a Google search will also show you where I can be found, here let me Google that for you. There are pages upon pages of search results all leading to me. Now, I would like you to look at my avatar. I use it everywhere. If you see it, you are more than likely looking at a profile of mine. I have been using it for years.

The reason I am telling you this is because some do not make it that easy for the rest of us. There are those who change user names and avatars every time they sneeze. Why is that a problem? It means that those who change their user names and avatars frequently are making it extremely difficult to find them. They have no singular internet identity to attach to them.

You may be asking yourself why I care about your internet identity. I am wondering why you might not care about it. By not establishing a base identity where ever you go, you make it difficult for your friends to find you (and follow or like you). You really need to sit back and think about who you want to be online. Pick a name and stick to it as much as you can. There are a few other Lady Aleenas out there, but if you looked at the Google results, you will see that I am clearly the more well known one. Then you have to think of the image that you want to represent you online, more than likely forever. I like the lady with the flowing blonde hair and serious expression. (I wish that I could claim credit for creating her, but sadly, I can’t. Also, my blonde hair got dark, so I’m now a light brunette.)

With Twitter being my home base online these days, almost everyone I talk to is there. When someone follows me off Twitter, like on Tumblr, I would like to be able to connect the two accounts mentally. However, that is difficult when I can not match names or avatars between the two sites. GetGlue makes it even harder, since some there are not on Twitter so I can not search my list of followers on Twitter to find a match. I even go to Google to see where else that person is that I might be, but I come back empty. (On GetGlue I can not talk to them to find out how they found out about me which is extremely frustrating.)

You can follow me, friend me, like me, and in general find me by searching for Lady Aleena and be confident that the Lady Aleena you found is me by looking at the avatar. That is who I am with all the accompanying drama that I have been part of over the years. I do not hide my short comings by changing who I am online. I would love to hide how much of a bitch I have been when I got angry, but I will not because that is not who I am.

I was once told that I have a huge internet footprint. The only way I made that happen was by keeping consistent with my user name and avatar across the face of the internet. If you want a footprint as large as mine is, you will have to do the same thing.

I feel kind of left out of this whole reblogging thing. I do not have any images to post that relate to any of my fandoms. The only time I was ever reblogged was when I posted images of rainbows from my back yard. I wish I had images that I could share, however, I do not.

I hope you all are at least enjoying my posts here. Have a wonderful day!

I am thinking about Tumblr

“This is a test to see if my GetGlue posts will get double posted to Twitter when I post something to GetGlue which in turn gets posted to Tumblr which then might get posted to Twitter.”

Check-in to Tumblr on GetGlue.com

I may have saved a life tonight with my lighter.

I was out grocery shopping for the past couple of hours. While I was pulling out from the Wegman’s parking lot, I had a near collision with another car because I did not see the car coming. Why you may ask? Well, the driver had not turned on the car’s lights.

The first thing I tried was to put my lighter out of my window and flick it a few times to maybe get the driver’s attention. Well, that did not work. We were out of the parking lot, and the driver seemed to be in a hurry. He was in the lane next to mine, when I was able to get his attention by again using my lighter. I do not have the reach to roll down the passenger side window of my mini-van, so I just had to flick my lighter and point at the front of his car. He smiled and loudly said thank you when he flipped on his lights which made me happy.

It is little things like this that can make my day. So tonight, I may have saved a man’s license, car, and maybe even life with my cheap Bic lighter.

ETM, an old crossover cosmology

Some may not be aware that a few years ago ER, Third Watch, and Medical Investigation on NBC created a crossover cosmology.

The first crossover was between ER and Third Watch. ER “Brothers and Sisters” ended in Third Watch “Unleashed”. Doctor Susan Lewis of ER and Detective Faith Yokas of Third Watch crossed between series.

The second crossover was between Third Watch and Medical Investigation. Third Watch “In the Family Way” ended in Medical Investigation “Half Life”. Dr. Stephen Connor of Medical Investigation crossed onto Third Watch and several characters of Third Watch crossed into Medical Investigation one of whom was Detective Faith Yokas.

The character Detective Faith Yokas is the only character to have been on all three series.

So, you want me to follow you on Twitter.

I know that to be picky about who I follow can lose me followers, however, I do not just follow anyone who follows me.

My checklist:

I look at who we both follow in common. I want to know what interests we share. If we have nothing in common, I do not know where to start a conversation with you. I look to see if we have three or more interests in common.
I look at who we both have following us in common. If you are a friend of a friend, there is a better chance that I will follow you back.
I look at your mini-bio. I know that it may sound odd that I look at that later, however, the people with whom we are both involved tells me a lot more than 160 characters can tell me most of the time.
I look to see if you sent me a tweet or at least mentioned me. I will not follow anyone who does not tweet, as it seems a little pointless. If you are not going to say anything, why would you need followers? Also, sending me a tweet shows that you followed me without the help of any robots.
I look at your previous open tweets.

I would rather follow someone with whom I have people or interests in common, who is excited by that which we have in common, and who will talk directly to me about the person or interest. Twitter is a social network so be sociable. :)

PS. There may be a little interview. The above does not always protect me from annoyances.

PPS. The @GroovyBruce exception: If you follow Bruce Campbell on Twitter and send me at least one tweet to prove you’re not a robot or undead, I’ll follow you.

PPPS. If you subscribe to a lot of my lists, I may follow you since you’ve shown me how much we have in common.

Why I do not follow back:

0 tweets - If you do not tweet anything, do you need followers?
Mostly non-English tweets - I read English and a little German, so I will not follow someone whose tweets I can not read.
Your account is protected which means I can not see who or what we have in common nor read your tweets. How am I supposed to get to know you when you hide?
I will not follow obvious bots or spammers.
If I can determine if a person is a child, I will avoid following that person.
If we have nothing obviously in common, I will not follow that person unless I am proven wrong.
Anyone who follows more than 5,000 people. If you are following so many, can you even see my tweets mixed in with the others?
Anyone who begs for followers in their mini-bios. I do not want to be bothered with tweets of people begging for followers. The hashtags “Ifollowback” or “Teamfollowback” will automatically disqualify you as a friend of mine.

When I quit smoking. (Everyone please read.)

When I decide to quit smoking, I will need something to help take my mind off of my lack of cigarettes. With Twitter being one of the only places where I can type almost whatever I want, I may use it to keep my mind and hands busy and off of my desire to smoke a cigarette. However, this could mean that I will send out a tweet storm on Twitter and maybe a blog storm here on tumblr.

I am thinking that I should quit sooner rather than later. So, how long would you give me to get back to normal once I quit smoking? Would you be willing to stick it out until I no longer crave a cigarette? Would you please help keep me so occupied that I don’t think about smoking?

Let’s have some fun with Apocalypses?

I think there are only 2 creature apocalypses that @Syfy could do next, Robot Apocalypse & Dinosaur Apocalypse. Then sell an Apocalypse set.

I tweeted the above a few hours ago which Syfy retweeted. I got a lot of responses and retweets which made things fun for me. I would like to share some of their ideas for new Apocalypse films. Syfy has already done Alien Apocalypse and now Zombie Apocalypse.

Jelly Monster Apocalypse by MUNDIALIZADOR
a cyberpunk Robot Apocalypse by Yetigoat
Zombie Robot Apocalypse by kamidonttweet
Worm Apocalypse by rob_krol
Cat Apocalypse by rocza
Fairy Apocalypse by FPMolina
Diatom Apocalypse by FPMolina
Puppy Apocalypse by FPMolina
Robot Dinosaur Apocalypse by jonhudson33
Puppet Apocalypse by me
Koala Apocalypse by OceanicBlue
Star Fish Apocalypse by OceanicBlue

Can you think of any other apocalypse ideas?

I would like to thank all of the people who responded to my little random tweet and to those who retweeted me.

Replies from: twdb333, RealWayneScrogg, MUNDIALIZADOR, Allahweh, Yetigoat, kamidonttweet, AJflattop, rob_krol, rocza, FPMolina, lambzilla, jonhudson33, KeithD3.

Retweeted by: Syfy, victorvaldez, dvchaos, psybrspcsuprstr, jarmendariz, FreeRangeZombie, Lupaket, AM_Hiles, brentonsmithson, CofCchick, AIZAFitness, mr_dai.