interfecta

I don't know how I'll be able to go back to updating regularly, or even once, but I'm curious.

How many people, exactly, are around to notice that I posted this?

[X] Forget I was going to do ADIML today
[X] Go out to Ashland to check out an estate sale
[  ]  Don't get lost on the way to the estate sale
[X] Find and purchase a cool piece of furniture to refinish
[X] Purchase pattern for new sewing project
[  ] Eat lunch
[  ] Bring Ashton to my mom's house, so he can play while I go talk to the bank about banking stuff
[  ] Meet James, pick up keys to workshop [!!!!!] and supplies for stripping bad old finish off chairs
[  ] Come back home
[  ] Do laundry instead of collapsing
[  ] Meet with realtor at 5:30 (don't ask... but it's not for us)
[  ] Scavenge for dinner that may not be entirely cookout leftovers
[  ] Put Ashton to bed
[  ] Make prototypes for new product (throw pillows)
[  ] Collapse.

1. I am NOT dead. Promise!

2. I am getting ready to celebrate my birthday weekend, which if you live in America you will probably also be celebrating. Most Americans will have off from work for my 30th birthday, because it is simply that important. You're welcome.

3. I caved and got a Facebook account. If you know my real name, look me up.

4. I absolutely promise that I will make a real post in which I partly explain what has been going on in my life, soon. But it absolutely won't be before Tues, 5/26.

5. I am really very sorry for disappearing and I promise not to do it again (unless there is a very, very good reason).

This is partly because I haven't done a meme in too long, partly because this is my last day of getting to waste time on the computer for a while, and partly because one of Ashton's kid shows (hooray PBS Kids!) did a similar thing.

List 10 words which you love, either to say/write or for other, nerdier reasons. (I admit I love some of these for purely etymological reasons.) Don't look at mine until you've listed yours in the comments! If you're unsure of spelling, you may want to stop by Merriam-Webster's Online; they're clever enough to suggest similarly spelled words if you spell something incorrectly.

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I have so many things on my to-do list that my brain wants to explode. (Sinus-allergy congestion isn't helping.)

I think I'll just go outside for a few minutes and breathe deeply (hopefully without sneezing).

How are you?

To be completely fair to myself and everyone else, I should probably come up with a list of birthday wishes, no matter how unlikely, so my family at least has a chance to consider them before ignoring them and getting me what they think I ought to want. Also, my aunt and uncle have said that they've gotten into giving 'experiences, not items' such as tickets to a concert, wine tasting, etc. Which is an idea I LOVE.

With that in mind -- if you could get an 'experience' for a present within the next month, what would you wish for and where would you go to get details (ex., time, cost, etc.?)

Today seems specially calculated to enervate me.

I think I need to sit in the wet backyard with a cup of coffee and a chocolate cupcake.

Easter with my family failed to be torture. That was nice!

Family members are asking me for birthday present wishes. I have no idea what to tell them because I'm not optimistic that they'll get me anything I want.

DJ may have gotten me a job as his replacement at Regal, but we don't know who'll watch Ashton so DJ can train me, we don't know when DJ will start at Camp Baker again, and we don't know when we'll find out. I was interrogated at length about what "my plans were for my future" this weekend. I feel like my life is officially in complete limbo.

I officially don't hate the problog anymore.

Found a widget that will substitute for being smart with code for the time being, and revamped the colors. (Who do I have to thank for this? Ashton. We pulled out my seasonal pack of color chips, I showed him which colors were already there, and we messed around with combinations until we found ones that work.)

Yes, it's significantly different than it was this morning. If you're bored, that's fine. If you're curious, that's fine too. I am now officially absolved of web work for today, though, and I'm going to go fix lunch and work in the garden. Ciao.

Hate the problog less now. It's still too pretty, though (and too white). I want to be able to grab my crow quill and add scritchy hand-inked vines up the sides, or something. Problem is, (a) I kind of fail at background images in CSS, and (b) if I make the background a color that is neither black nor white, the program that I build the graphics in will export it in a slightly different color profile than the one on the screen and there will be obvious non-blended edges.

Add that to the list of things to learn, I suppose.