R.I.P., GAFF

I've stuck with the Godawful Fan Fiction forums

http://www.godawful.net/gaff_forums/index.php

since they were resurrected (again) a few months ago, but today I'm throwing in the towel. It used to be a place where intelligent and witty people gathered; now it seems to be populated mostly by trolls and assholes. The Gabbery in particular is full of manure, and the quality of the snark has gone into the toilet as well. I'm tired of wading through the bullshit to find the posts, and the people, that I value.

I was slapped in the face by one particular troll/asshole about a month ago, and the bad temper it's put me into hasn't abated. I'm taking that as a sign. So fare ye well, GAFF -- it's not likely you'll be seeing my face anymore.

Lights! Dinner! Action!

I just put up a couple of strings of Christmas lights to make the apartment more festive -- one really long string in the living room, draped over a couple of doorways, and a shorter one in the studio, draped behind and above the iMac. And since we're not having a tree this year (again), that's pretty much the extent of my decorating for the season.

Hamburger Helper Stroganoff is simmering in the kitchen, with mixed veggies warming up in the microwave.

I've finished doing color corrections on the color reference files for my next MM assignment, and am about to start making CMYK files on HB.

All in all, not too bad a day so far.

EDITED TO ADD: I got really energetic and dug out a box of Christmas decorations, where I found several thin irridescent plastic icicles, a sparkly Sun ornament, and a flat cardboard ornament with the image of a carousel lion. I used those to spice up the string of lights in the living room, saving a couple of icicles for the string of lights in the studio.

Go me.

Now this is just depressing...

Apparently it's okay to vandalize and remove a Pagan wreath while a Nativity scene is left up.

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And then it's okay for the mayor to prohibit ALL religious displays... except for the Christian one -- THAT can remain up.

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More of the same.

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A newspaper forum thread on the subject.

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Sad. Just plain sad.

EDITED TO ADD: Two more threads on the subject:

http://forums.greenbaypressgazette.com/viewtopic.php?t=28389

http://forums.greenbaypressgazette.com/viewtopic.php?t=28330&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0