September 2010
37 posts
Look what was in my e-mail today.
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Grooveshark.com wrote:
Dear L*****,
This is to let you know that we have disabled access to the following content as a result of a third party claiming infringement:
Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA)
Just Another by Pete Yorn on musicforthemorningafter
Strange Condition by Pete Yorn on musicforthemorningafter
Sense by Pete Yorn on musicforthemorningafter
As a result, the ability to upload content has been suspended for the user account thefelinepunk.
The above parties claimed infringement under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. If you feel this infringement has been filed improperly, you can file a counter notification (http://grooveshark.com/dmca). You can read more about our copyright protection policy by reading our terms of service (http://grooveshark.com/terms).
Sincerely,
Grooveshark
Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 8:13 PM
Dear Grooveshark,
You disabled my ability to upload content to your site over a year ago, and as a result I removed all of the content that I had previously uploaded only shortly thereafter, not just the content that the RIAA has filed a claim over. In short, I no longer share this or any content on your site, and haven’t for over a year.
However, I appreciate the notice, however late it was in coming. While I resent that the RIAA has, in effect, taken away my ability to use your site to its fullest (since I actually did purchase this album, with actual money) instead of allowing you to pay them to share their content, I don’t hold it against your site in the slightest. I understand that you have to do damage control. I’ve still kept using Grooveshark regularly since then, and have recommended it to friends.
Sincerely,
thefelinepunk
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Two weeks into football season, and I’m starting to really dig it. In my mind, summer’s over.
Today was a really big game for my Ducks against the Tennessee Volunteers. It looked kinda wobbly in the first half - especially after a 70 minute lightning delay in the first quarter - but in the second half we came back and we came back big. It was exciting, it was thrilling… and we won, so that just made it better. Plus, I got to watch the game at my favorite sports bar with two of my favorite people. :3
I’m happy that September 11th came and went without any Qu’rans being burnt. It’s unfortunate and sad however that Americans are protesting the Islamic center in NYC being built “so close” to the site of the attacks. American Muslims had nothing to do with the attacks, and have just as much right to community and solidarity in the face of terrorism as Christians, Jews, Buddhists, or any other religious community that has made its home in that town. The ignorance and intolerance just needs to stop.
I’m also happy that the days are already getting shorter and colder. And wetter. One thing about this part of Oregon, it rains pretty much relentlessly from September to June. This is my favorite kind of weather, and the upcoming arrival of Autumn (the 23rd this year, for those of you that don’t know) makes my heart happy. The days are counting down until the anniversary of my first visit to Oregon and all the memories that I treasured from that time. For me, this time of year is beautiful and romantic and reflective.
Anyway, not only can I wear a sweatshirt outside in the middle of the day, I can also sell my hats and scarves again; I just dropped off a few hats at Kitsch yesterday afternoon, one of them being the Grumpy Kitty Hat. While I have to work on padding out my shop’s inventory, I also really need new photos taken of my stuff in order to do that. I also have to design new business cards, as I’m almost out. I’ll be working on sticker and button designs, too.
Halloween is coming, and I’m keeping my eyes peeled for a dress. I decided on dressing as La Calavera Catrina this year, as I’d like to do something elegant for once on one of my most favorite holidays of the year. The makeup probably won’t be too much of an issue, but I’ll have to do a lot of looking around to find a proper dress (and possibly shoes). I also have to make sure to put at least $10 aside for some decent Halloween candy.
I’ve really had the itch to cook lately. Being originally from the Midwest, this is always the time of year when the best and heartiest food was made. This is the kind of food I’m best at, and it’s just not stuff you want to cook when it’s hot outside.
Thinking about the Midwest makes me think of home. I wish my family would call me. I haven’t talked to anyone from back home since March, when Romi died. And I haven’t talked to my Grandma since shortly before that. My sister sent me a packet of photos of my niece, but I haven’t had the chance to call her. I wonder how they’re doing, and why they never call me.
I came home from watching the game at the bar, made my friend and I a little something to eat, and after he left I was so exhaused I fell asleep at like 10:30. Unfortunately I woke up at 2:30 and couldn’t sleep, so here I am. I have to be up for work at 8. Maybe I’ll make myself some lunch for tomorrow.
More and more, I keep thinking I really need to like, post about my thoughts and feelings, and events going on in my life. Or at least post something autobiographical and descriptive of myself as an individual, since I haven’t taken the opportunity to do that even once since I started this blog a few months ago. I don’t want this blog to just be a repository for things I like or things I’m passionate about; while I’m sure that someone could glean a little something about the person I am from the things I post here, that’s not what I want it to be all about.
But I’m still too fucking lazy, so enjoy your cute animal pictures, losers! <3
Quran Burning Suspended For Now, But Red-Hot Story Remains : NPR →
npr.org
Late Thursday afternoon, Jones announced that he’d given up the Quran-burning plan in favor of flying to New York City. There, Jones said, he will meet with Muslim leaders, who he claimed are amenable to a deal: Don’t burn our holy book, and we’ll scrap our unpopular proposal to build an Islamic community center and mosque a few blocks from ground zero.
This is a really good, solid article that talks not only about Terry Jones backing down (as well as being wrong about someone scrapping the community center plans), but about the phenomenon of American sentiment toward Muslims and how the Public’s own hate and fear is being used against them.
BBC News - US pastor has 'no intention' of stopping Koran bonfire →
bbc.co.uk
A US pastor says he is not “backing down” from plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11, despite international outrage.
“We are not convinced that backing down is the right thing,” said Terry Jones of 50-member Florida church, the Dove World Outreach Center.
The group’s plan has sparked condemnation from Muslim countries, Nato and the top US Afghan commander.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the plan “disgraceful”.
On Monday General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, warned troops’ lives would be in danger if the church went through with its bonfire.
US Attorney General Eric Holder called the idea “idiotic and dangerous”.
This guy is a living, breathing, real life Troll. He’s doing this for publicity, and he’s getting it. Not to mention spreading a message of hate. “It is possibly time for us in a new way to actually stand up, confront terrorism,” Mr Jones told reporters outside his church. Right. Because all terrorists are Muslim, eh?
Every Day I'm Tumblin': Tumblr Stole My Domain At The Behest of A Corporation →
tumbledore.tumblr.com
[READ UPDATE]I’ve run pitchfork.tumblr.com for almost a year now. I had several posts up and I followed 28 people with the account. All my posts are now gone and my address has been changed to pitchfork1.tumblr.com. Where my blog once stood now stands the official Tumblr for Pitchfork…
Health Law Myths: Outside The Realm Of Reality : NPR →
npr.org
With a law as long and as complex as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it’s natural people are still a little confused about what it does and doesn’t do. But some things being said or circulated on the Internet about the health law are well outside the realm of reality.
It turns out, though, that many of these more outlandish claims have at least some basis in truth. Here are some of the more popular myths about the law and the fact that gave rise to them.
8.4 Million New Yorkers Suddenly Realize New York City A Horrible Place to Live →
theonion.com
NEW YORK—At 4:32 p.m. Tuesday, every single resident of New York City decided to evacuate the famed metropolis, having realized it was nothing more than a massive, trash-ridden hellhole that slowly sucks the life out of every one of its inhabitants.
With audible murmurs of “This is no way to live,” “What the hell am I doing here—I hate it here,” and “Fuck this place. Fuck this horrible place,” all 8.4 million citizens in each of the five boroughs packed up their belongings and told reporters they would rather blow their brains out with a shotgun than spend another waking moment in this festering cesspool of filth and scum and sadness.
By 5:15 p.m. there was gridlock traffic on the outbound sides of the Holland and Lincoln tunnels, and the area’s three major airports were flooded with New Yorkers, all of whom said they wanted to go anyplace where the pressure of 20 million tons of concrete wasn’t constantly suffocating them.
