I just wasted most of my evening on the computer.  Now it's not the being on the computer that's the problem, no, but it's this:  212.192.251.96  Whatever you do, ban this IP address.  It is tied into a russian IP and it is a spam bot.  What annoys me is I had to waste time getting the gazillions of posts to my blog that happened within in the space of a few minutes, but what upsets me is what they posted to. 

People who have been reading my blog for a while know that I wear my heart on my sleeves.  I bare my heart and soul because I am a writer and I think it is important that people see life in a way that perhaps they can see the consequences of their thoughts and actions, good and bad.  Now I'm no angel by any means, however, the heart that I wear on my sleeve also cares a lot about other and I really do have the best of others in mind as I go about my days.  Sometimes it is not quite understandable how that is (for instance when I left my ex) but I've said it before and I'll say it again:  I went through a lot of pain before and after and it is for the better of everyone that I did that.  I've had a lot of criticism from people who should be "on my side" however, out of the dignity of all I really haven't gone into detail, believe it or not.  And that lack of detail is what has backfired on me.  The emotions though, yes, I will put all that out there for others to read because this is life and how life is.

When I saw spam posted to the ones about the deaths of people close to me that really made me feel sad.  People far away, not caring what posts they defile, and for what?  Do they actually expect somebody is going to follow that link and buy something?  Or are they just trying to lure people there to give trojans or viruses or weird cookies?  It doesn't matter really but it does make me sad that tributes to people who are now gone are spam like that.  Somebody put graffiti on my heart.  Not nice. 

So yeah, guys, take the time to ban that IP.

Beyond that, this year I should be celebrating a finished Nanowrimo but I was way too busy to do it.  Next year, I promise, and in the meantime I do plan to finish editing and publish one of my books and if I'm really on the ball, my other book as well.  So hang in there, I will have writing out in the universe to read.

I've been thinking of doing an Ebay store so that I sell stuff with endless "buy it now" things up there.  If I were to do that, would I sell $15.99 worth of stuff though?  If I put signed copies of my books?  Would that sell?

Always thinking, because a huge part of me would love to have the money to stay home and do my thing for about 5 years but financially I just can't right now.  I won't stop trying though.

And now, take care with the Christmas parties and winter driving, and I hope your shopping is done quickly and inexpensively, lol.