Well, that sucks.

[thebitterguy]

Livejournal has let got 20 of 28 employees.

Good thing I didn't spring for that permanent account, eh?

I'm kinda bummed about this. I mean, sure, it's not dead (yet!), but I've been on LJ for seven years now, and I enjoy it, and I've met a lot of very nice people through here. Seriously, the "prat/cool bean" ration is very high, although admittedly that's probably due to me being very selective.

Feh. If it all falls apart, you can always find me at Wordpress.

Some douche already took The Bitter Guy over there.

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[pyat.livejournal.com]

And, once again, all the backup sites are overloaded. Sigh.

[sixteenbynine.livejournal.com]

I've fallen back to using LJ as an auxiliary outlet for my main blog anyway. I don't think they're going to vanish overnight, but hey, weirder things have happened.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Hoping they don't get chopped anyway. Sure, I've got backup options in place if I need'em, but I don't want to use'em.

[muskrat-john.livejournal.com]

You could be The Bitterer Guy...

[thebitterguy]

True. But then someone else would be the Bitterest Guy, and it would just be some kind of adjectivial arms race.

Madness!

[indefatigable42.livejournal.com]

You could be the Real Bitter Guy, like the Real Ghostbusters.

[thebitterguy]

That makes the other guy the one with the ape.

Damn, I wanted the ape.

Moving day...

[saltedlithium.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

Actually you not getting that permanent account could have been the difference between 20 layoffs and 18.

You can import your entire LiveJournal blog into your WordPress blog pretty easily. It's actually a two or three click option. It might (?) be limited to posts only, but you can do it at any time and it doesn't effect your LJ blog... so testing may be in order.

You don't have to lose your community. The firings are a pretty freaking dire warning, but you've got time to figure out where everyone's going.

BTW: I'll be in Toronto for my brother's wedding in February... I'd be really happy to see you and Cindy. I'll be in Richmond Hill, but downtown is only a few days away by transit.

oh, right...

[saltedlithium.livejournal.com]

I know you're a Twitter-ite, and you do it very well, but... I kind of come down hard on tweet people in my latest post. Most of it was me trying to make a point about a troll, and if I had been fair and balanced about the Twitter revolution it would have taken away from my point. So... don't go hating the playa.

Re: oh, right...

[thebitterguy]

Nah, it's cool. I saw the post and I saw the point you were trying to make. What a freaking Yenta, eh?

We'll definitely get together when you're in town.