Dreamwidth stuffs

[milleniumgypsy]

So I just started importing all of my entries to DW. I have no idea how long that will take! I've been here in LJ for 10 years by this Novemeber (I think). That's a lot of entries! I'll never leave LJ though. xD But I think it's a good idea to have a backup! Plus I do have friends that have moved and maybe there are more people there that I can also friend.

I have felt really sick today. I'm not sure if it's just because of the headache I have or if it's also something else, but bleh.

btw, if anyone wants to friend me on DW, I'm milleniumgypsy there! :3

Comments

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Does that mean you can do the back-up without the byline at the bottom about how this post was cross-posted to DW blah blah?

Because I liked the idea of a backup but not leaving LJ or having to read two different set of comments.

[invsagoth.livejournal.com]

It looks like it imported without any of that, so I guess that changed? xD

I'm pretty excited about having a backup just in case something ever happened. I'd be crushed if I lost everything!

[du-secondaire.livejournal.com]

I've also been on LJ for nine years, although under several names (current one for about three.)

You seem to get these headaches a lot...:\ Have you been checked for allergies at all? I think I might do the same because at least thrice per week my sinuses feel like they're going to blow up.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too, that's 7 years and 2,400 entries...I definitely need to look into that.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

That's a good point about the headaches, I'm really sensitive, too. Sometimes, it can be hard because either I've become allergic to something new or they hide ingredients like Sucralose/Splenda which gives me flu symptoms.

[invsagoth.livejournal.com]

One of my friends actually linked me to the importer, it's super easy! I just checked everything off and it imported everything in like an hour. It even kept all of my privacy settings and comments! I was really impressed with how ridiculously easy it was.

https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/importer

I was also excited because I'd wanted to do the download thing for my journal to backup on my computer, but I guess you kind of have to go entry by entry when it's older stuff? I don't know if it's changed but at least before you didn't get to keep the comments and that was sad.

Of course, now I have a Linux program to do a dl backup which should be better than that, but still.

[invsagoth.livejournal.com]

I do get headaches a lot! I think it's because of the weather systems here, I wasn't this bad before we moved to Alaska. Scottie gets chronic migraines and the weather changes can cause him to have them more frequently. I do have allergy problems though too, so that could also be a contributing factor.

The weather the last couple of weeks has been particularly crappy so neither of us is doing very well atm.

[invsagoth.livejournal.com]

Oh that sucks that you're allergic to Splenda! Scottie has migraine triggers for aspartame (nutrasweet), but he's able to have Splenda. He also has other migraine triggers from food, like MSG, and it's really annoying how many things have those ingredients. It's worse when the ingredients get labeled as something else so they don't have the stigma attached, but we want to avoid them because they make him sick. e_e

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

It's worse when the ingredients get labeled as something else

YES!!!!

This should be illegal but because chemicals are "safe", they don't get to be listed in the allergens section. Then again, foods will often have egg whites and not list that as eggs...REALLY?!

But yeah, I totally feel you and it sucks.

Actually, I have Epilepsy so I'm not supposed to have any artificial sweeteners anyway but my mom is allergic to Aspartame & Acesulframe K and I'm allergic to Splenda so I have to be extra careful. Almost all gum if off-limits to us but Splenda is in EVERYTHING! It's crazy. I have to be careful about cold medicines because all Hall's and most other brands have it in them. It's also in those new Mountain Dew flavors, all Kool-Aid and Hawaiian Punch.

[lupinelullaby.livejournal.com]

I have my stuff backed up on DW also. I'll stick with LJ until the bitter end, but I like that there is another place to move to should LJ finally bite the dust.

I'm frekiandgeri over there, by the way. Do you mind if I friend you on DW?

I hope you feel better soon!

[invsagoth.livejournal.com]

I'll be with lj until the bitter end too, but like you I like that there's another place in case lj ever did end.

I'd love to friend you over there! I'm milleniumgypsy. :D I just friended you! :3

[theacidqueen.livejournal.com]

haha i just started a dreamwidth account but may not even post there for a while. in case i do post there in the future my name is magic_man.

[diemme.livejournal.com]

I'm on dreamwidth as diemme. I've been on LJ nearly ten years and I'll stick around too but it's nice to have second home. I just imported my entries but the cut tags didn't seem to make it. Yikes!

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking I should create a backup somewhere. How did moving all of your entries go? Was there a program for that?