Things of Importance to Me

a) Why didn't anyone tell me about MI-5/Spooks? Holy fuck, you're all fired! I watched the entire first season in a *day* because I was a bit poorly (understatement), and I was so enthralled, I thought it was the drugs. I reckoned nothing could be as good as I thought this series was. So I tried to forget it -- but I couldn't because it was smart and witty and intelligent and political -- and uh, TOM. Yeh, can I please have a piece of that? Anyroad, I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I broke down and bought the second series, and I'm approximately two disks in, but had to stop because episode four gave me geniune chest pains. There are no words for how much I love this show. I don't even want to write fiction for it, because not only does it not need it or warrant it, but because it's complete on its own. This is so the best show you're not watching. I heart the BBC.

b) Speaking of the BBC -- Manchild? Best the comedy I perhaps have ever seen in my life. It's irreverent and so un p.c. and so damn English I almost wept for the humour. I'd been told to see it when it first came out in 2002, but I didn't and I feel bad, because good lord. This is the show for anyone who's ever been divorced, lived through one (wife/children), or just thought 'what the fuck is that old geezer doing with that twentysomething?'

c) While I have some attention, I need help:

1c) I need someone who knows a lot about Inland Revenue (UK only -- not the US IRS) and private accountants -- small businesses, loopholes, CPAs (?). If you don't know what Inland Revenue is, obviously this is not addressed towards you.

2c) How do you put footnotes in an LJ post?

d) I must apologise to ethrosdemon for throwing a massive wobbler last night, because it was uncalled for when she was just being honest.

I'm sorry!!

WTF is going on?

The Problem

1. I made a comment in makesmewannadie's LJ using a John Lennon icon.

2. The post was made, the icon, well, it was there this morning. And yet, now? This is NOT my icon. I have never even seen it before.

3. Not only that, but in confusion I went looking through my icons. Yeah, there are three icons there that don't belong to me. And yet, there they are.*

4. Naturally, I reckon I've either been hacked or LJ is fucked. So I go over to support/lj_maintenance, where bradfitz says:

Userpic breakage -- I need to do some work that'll involve breaking userpics and other files for a bit. Shouldn't last too long....

5. WTF does that mean?

Is anybody else having this issue? Has support said anything?


* For the record, the icons under 'bitter end', 'out of flippin order' and 'entourage' are the wonky ones, so yeah, if those belong to you, I didn't nick them.