No. I didn't move but my domains are and this is the first one to go. As great and wonderful as Dreamhost was (insert sarcasm) I just couldn't deal with the silly downtime any more. I'm moving everything (well almost everything) over to MediaTemple and sharing hosting with my good friend Tammy of Green Cheeky Monkey. Anyhow I moved the DNS information over a couple of hours ago but it's so busy here at the new gig I didn't have time until now to write. I'm trying to incorporate the other worlds I live in like tumblr, ThisNext, ma.gnolia.com and Flickr into this blog as well but as with everything personally web related it takes much longer than I'd like to. Those other tools especially tumblr make blogging easy in part because it's not a full blog - it's snippets. For now enjoy someone else's design, all my old posts and my weak attempt at aggregation (see bottom).
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Quickie post just so you all know I'm still alive. ETS in my book stands for Estimated Time of Sanity. My ETS looks to be around August 13 when my work laptop finally arrives and I don't have to carry Ruby (my laptop) around anymore. And now time for bed. Night!
It's been busy thus the lack of updates. Let's see...what the heck happened this month?
San Diego
I went to San Diego for a long weekend to see my favorite California girl Lizzie. We pretty much hit the same places I went to on my first visit since I loved them so much. It was unfortunately colder than I had expected which was no fun. On the up side she took me to eat In-N-Out Burger and fish tacos. I can't wait to go back and visit her again and perhaps make use of her party pool. Lizzie and her husband moved into a house that lies high up on Dictionary Hill and has the most awesome view of San Diego.
Jury Duty
I was waiting for the day this would happen to me and it did. I got a summons for jury duty. I had it easy actually. I showed up, filled out some paperwork and hung around typing away on my laptop so that by 1pm I got my official letter to go home. Jury duty rocks! K coincidentally also had jury duty the very same day I did but in Brooklyn.
Yucky
I official do not feel well today. My throat is unhappy with me and I keep coughing like crazy. Tea...I need tea.
It's official, Jackson Heights is now an upcoming neighborhood. I knew it would only be a matter of time before this happened and it sucks. It gets even worse because the Starbucks is in even closer walking distance than my laundromat! Oy! And for further amusement I looked up the distance of the Starbucks from my house and it is roughly about 400 ft away.
On a completely different note I'd like to wish Diaka a happy 30th birthday today!
It's not what you think.
Say hello to Jane's new puppy! Isn't he SO CUTE?! I'm not sure what his name is. That might all depend on who you ask in that family.
This is one of the most hilarious commercials I've ever seen. I kid you not but I watched the whole thing in awe and disbelief.
I know...it's been forever since I last wrote. What can I say it's super busy between all the holiday engagements, full time job and freelance work. I am a woman with little time. With that said I thought I could amuse you with this entry. Here are my resolutions for 2008 in no particular order.
1. No new handbag for at least 6 months.
Since my purchase of this Johnny Cupcakes delight (at 10% off too) I can't really rationalize getting any other handbag for a long time. While it is probably not my most expensive bag (I think that might go to one of my Kate Spade pieces) it is by far a super fun bag and one of my favorites!
2. Going green.
I'm going to try and do my part to help save the earth. This includes using a basket or reusable bag to carry my groceries or purchases and calling up every catalog or piece of junk mail I get and asking to be taken off their mailing list.
3. Less freelance, more time.
That's right, for once in my life I'm going to fire some of my clients. When making/updating websites for certain clients doesn't make me much money any more and takes way more time than it godly should then it's time for me to give you the boot. I am tired of dealing with flip flopping clients who send changes at whim. I no longer have the patience to deal with small little one off websites that are not include friendly. Sorry but I've become an include girl.
4. Losing weight.
I would not say I was fat by far BUT I am probably 10 pounds heavier than my ideal weight. The ideal weight is the number that allows me to fit into my jeans and capris again. The Latina side of me enjoys having curves.
I may update this list because I have to get back to maintaining a very large pharmaceutical website right now but for the moment these definitely stand.
http://www.youtube.com/user/communitychannel
I really like this girl. She is 21 year old Natalie from the land down under - Sydney, Australia. She video blogs about various topics and I just find her amusing. Her accent isn't too thick which helps because it's hard to understand anyone with a thick accent (Americans included). Anyhow I particularly like this entry because it's exactly how I feel about my parents. Hope you find her as fun to watch as I do!
A long time ago I remember telling my friend Danielle that I think everyone should either take an art class or sit in on one. For one thing it's quite amusing but it can also be quite brutal. If any of you have ever had the great Sara Giovanitti as a teacher you know what I mean. Sara is honest and by that I do mean brutal. I've seen this little old lady make college students cry. I'm proud to say she never made me cry though. I took her compliments with a smile and her criticism with a laugh. (You have to always remember to laugh at yourself.) What I'm trying to get at is because I went to art school I was critiqued all the time by my teachers and peers. It became second nature to me and I didn't take what they said to heart most of the times but instead used it to improve my work. I am thankful for this because it has followed me into my personal life as well. I'll admit though there are times when I get critiqued and immediately want to get defensive but instead I've learned to get silently angry which is a good thing because it gives me time to cool down. By the time I'm all cooled down I can take the critique and see how to improve on it. There is a great article on Zen Habits about criticism -
How to Accept Criticism with Grace and Appreciation. I think it would be a good read for all as a reminder on how we might want to consider acting instead.
At the end of the day I want to go to sleep happy and not be fuming over something someone else said. Besides which I think those of us who immediately get defensive when being critiqued have a bigger monster (their ego) to deal with first.
