Slightly more than a year ago, the phone rang at 8:30 in the morning and for no particular reason I thought, “Well, this is it.” And it was: it was the HR department calling to lay me off from my day job as a web designer. If you had asked me then what my plan was, up until that day it had been to work the day job for another year, to get into a good financial position, and then to quit and pursue a full-time writing career. If you’d…
I’m a genius.
I’m a genius! I actually went to the gym this morning, which was quite satisfying. John, the guy who runs the Curves here, had said something about women from there changing to a different gym “because they weren’t sweating”. I grant you, I sweat at the drop of a hat, but if you’re in averagely good shape (which I am, as opposed to being in good shape or very good shape) and you put some effort into it, I don’t know why you wouldn’t sweat doing one of those workouts.…
a very nice birthday :)
Yesterday was Ted’s birthday. We had a really nice day. :) Ted got ALL KINDS of loot, although the funniest bit was probably when he saved one of the presents for last ’cause he thought he knew what it was, and then it turned out to be something else entirely. He was still pleased with it, but it was pretty funny. :) *laugh* He got to open his presents mid-day, because all unexpectedly the camera I ordered in early December arrived, so if *I* got to open a present on…
not perfect…
While not perfect, I am reasonably happy with this design. I’d fiddle with it more, except NO NET ACCESS. o.o (If it’s screwed up, hit shift-reload or some variation thereof to get rid of caching.) Irritatingly, only IE supports personalized scroll bars, so all other browsers have this big ugly internal scrollbar in the text area, but it looks nice on IE. :) I also had the text switched to Courier, which *I* like a lot, but I suspect other people think Verdana and Helvetica are easier on the eyes.…
*all* moral high ground?
Ted and Shaun tell me they’ve discussed it, and that I’ve lost all moral high ground because I stayed up too late reading RP logs the other night. Now, I ask you, is that fair? One night staying up too late reading fan fiction, and I’ve lost *all* moral high ground over the boys, who stay up too late reading fan fiction or playing video games? Ted further says that having *written* it counts *against* me rather than in my favor. Hrmph. (I’ll grant you that the number of nights…