Category: Miscellaneous

Welcome to National Blog Posting Month! In an effort to kickstart this stagnant blog, I’ve committed to updating this blog every day for the month of November. I’ve even enabled comments for the time-being (and already got one spam attempt!), although I had to remove the email field ’cause the code was broken and I couldn’t figure out why–you can add your email to the homepage field, if you’d like.

For those new to the site, allow me to introduce myself. I’m female, well past my twenties and closing in on the big 4-0. I work as a web programmer for a museum in Los Angeles. I have two cats, Trouble and Jack, and we live in West Hollywood. I’m originally from Massachusetts, where my family still lives, so I visit there frequently. I collect yarn (to support my knitting and crochet habit), dvds, books, and iTunes’ free download of the week. I adore the Red Sox, particularly El Capitan, Jason Varitek. And, that’s all I’ve got for this early in the morning when I’m only halfway through my first cup of caffeine.

Feel free to introduce yourself in the comments. 🙂

Weather: 54F right now, with a high of 74F expected today
Breakfast: chocolate chip protein bar and a cup of tea

Testing the xml feed. I’ve updated the xml so hopefully the body of the text will transmit. *fingers crossed* It’s been a long time since I tweaked the syndication code, no clue if I did it right!

In an effort to stop myself from ignoring this blog any longer, I’ve signed up for NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month), which means I’ve committed to posting to this blog at least once every day for the month of November. Pretty soon, you might even be sick of me. 🙂 I’m also going to enable comments for the month, or at least I’ll see how it goes. If I start getting spammed to death again, I’ll kill the comment link. Hmm, I hope the thing still works, after all this time. I think I’ll test it out on this post. 🙂

MIT students hack Harvard statue

Pictures of a Muppet Show cake, winner of the 2007 Kentucky State Fair

And a reminder that I have a separate blog for knitting related topics. 😀

Today my cat Trouble is 10 years old–yay Trouble!

ION, I’ve been sick with the plague, or what I imagine the plague feels like. It’s not fun. On the bright side, as of this morning my throat no longer feels like I’ve been swallowing razor blades. On the not so bright side, I’m at work despite the still-sick, because today my former coworker is visiting before flying home to Georgia tonight, and I didn’t want to miss her. I doubt I’ll be up for dinner, though.

Last week was a busy week. I flew home to New England on the 13th. Stephanie got married on the 15th down the Cape, and my lordie but it was a splendid time! Food and celebration and much drink and dancing, with lots of friends, including some I hadn’t seen in many years. Check out nearly 300 pictures of the weekend, taken by me, Nancy and Todd.

After the wedding, I had a couple of days off, then checked into a hotel in Boston for FlashForward2007, my favorite conference of the year. It was a bit marred this year by coming down with the plague on the first day, but it didn’t get really bad until Friday, so I was able to enjoy the sessions for the first two days, as well as the events for the first two evenings. Friday started the serious breathing issues, so I missed several sessions I’d wanted to attend.

Then Saturday, while my friend Kathie was getting married back in Pasadena, I was at the memorial mass for my mom (two years now), followed by lunch with family and friends at mom’s best friend’s house, which was then followed by dinner and board games at my sister’s in-laws (which would’ve been way funner if I hadn’t been so deeply into the plague by then).

Now I am home and finally feeling marginally better, which means full recovery shouldn’t be too far away.

And that is the state of me. 🙂