vila_restal | New Year's Resolutions

What is your New Year's Resolution?

To still be alive to make one next year?

I've managed that 33 times so far, but I don't know how I did it this last time. Losing the Liberator and Cally, constant defeat, Avon resenting me for surviving when Cally didn't, contempt and ~~vilafication~~ vilification (or did I get that right the first time?), being excess weight on a shuttle (73kgs, though the worry's taken 3 more off), getting shot in the back (and me not even running away)... And they wonder why I drank so much.

Let's see. I resolve to:

Drink less. Wine, I mean; water's not bad without the suppressants. But booze only makes me forget for a short time, drugs never worked that well on me. And anyway, I've run out so that one'll be easy.

Get more sleep. You may laugh if you knew me on the Liberator, but I've lost the ability to nap at the teleport controls or on the flight-deck. Can't say the nightmares help either: Cally calling to me and shuttles and headless robots and green vampire sand are just a few of many fun and entertaining themes.

Like myself better. People think I've got a big ego because I know I'm the best thief around, but that's just fact. And it's all I've ever been wanted or valued for (except by my mum, and she had to love me), and you know something, it really isn't enough. When you're at the bottom of the pecking order in a tough and bloodthirsty rebel crew, you start to think they're right and you are useless and worthless as well as the harmless I've always claimed.

Take charge of my life. I could've run away, but I stayed out of loneliness (better the insults you know than the hairy aliens and faceless Feds you don't) and inertia I suppose. I let everyone else make decisions. Yeah, I know they never listened to me when I objected (and I was always right about danger, you know) but if I stay with them now, it'll be because I decide to. And I probably will.

Live forever or die trying. An old favourite, my motto actually. It might look like a contradiction considering the previous one, but it's worked for me so far.

Actually, you know that thought's made me feel better already.

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Hello! It's good to meet you!

Vila is likeable. He's a good person. I don't know why he thinks he isn't.

But... [puzzled look] My site doesn't fit on your screen? [clicks over to look at it, tilts head to consider it from a couple of different angles, looks confused] I don't see anything wrong with it...

[OOC: Is there a problem with the page (e.g. text scrolling off the side), or is the window just too big? You can resize windows by hovering your mouse over the border of them until arrows show up, and then left-clicking and dragging the mouse, if that's the problem. At least, that's how it works on Windows and the other systems I've used, anyway.]

No it's not that, I suppose I should call myself computer semi-literate, I tried that and it was still too big.

Basically the font size is at least 72 in Times New Roman, I have the same problem with Orac's lj all I can see, even stretching the screen to maximum is the middle third. I use 98 on my computer perhaps it has something to do with that

[OOC: Ah, OK. I'm never sure just how illiterate people mean when they say they're computer-illiterate. Now that you mention it, the font on Stark's LJ is a bit large, although it seems strange to me that it should look quite that large to you. Maybe I can reduce it a point or two... *goes off to fiddle*]

[OOC: OK, I just went and looked, and while it gives me the option to change font style, I can't find one for changing font size. My suspicion is that maybe the thing to do would be to try changing the font size in your browser, especially if you're having this problem on other sites... Then again, I'm far from an expert in this stuff, either.]

Linda, you haven't set your display font size to a really big one in your browser, have you? I went to Stark's LJ and set mine to the largest one and sure enough it wouldn't fit on the screen. I have my browser set to the middle of the 5 options (medium).

I change mine by holding control down and using the wheel on my mouse. If you don't have that, you can change it by going View->Text size and selecting one--at least in my version of Explorer. Have a look at yours.

I don't think so it only happens with Stark and Orac but I will investigate in the morning , it's 11.15pm here now and I,m off to bed

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