Six feet from the Police. Screaming. Dallas. Ears Ringing. Voice acting funky. Oh yeah, I had a massively cool birthday present!!!!!!!! Thanks, Matt!!!!!!!!!!!! You’re the best brother a girl could wish for!!!!!! Love, C
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Words fail me
As many of you know (especially my relatives), I can be quite verbose when riled. Extremely so. Tonight, however, all wit, wisdom and vocabulary has fled my brain and been replaced by a burning anger and remorse that is leaving very little room for coherant thought. I’m going to try and start at the very beginning, and be very concise, since this is not my story to tell.
As many of you know, for many reasons, Joss Whedon is one of my favorite writers in the universe. I don’t always love his work, but I always admire it for his capacity to evoke emotion and thought. I love that he can make me laugh at my lowest, and (even more) for occasionally forcing me to see things that I never would have thought twice about – rather like storming into my house and opening up the blinds to a window I’ve never looked out of before. All this, and the man can make me laugh…so I read or watch everything that I can get my hands on.
Joss got very (understandbly) upset yesterday, so he posted on Whedonesque. I read it, right after midnight this morning. I would not suggest reading this post, unless you have a whole day to ruminate on it. As it is, I don’t know how I’ll sleep. Don’t expect his lighthearted style either, or his extensive use of metaphor; there has been an injustice, plain and simple, and he couldn’t remain silent about it. Here it is.
Now this is a bit heavy, and stressful, so I will also link to Joss’ “place of peace” as he so eloquently called it.
I’m going to try and get some sleep. Good night.
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Han Shot First.
I know it’s a meme, but any excuse to have Han on here, right?
Your results: You are Han Solo
Han Solo 78%
Luke Skywalker 73%– oh, how embarassing!
Princess Leia 65%
Qui-Gon Jinn 65%
Obi-Wan Kenobi 65%
R2-D2 63%
Yoda 62%
Chewbacca 62%
Padme 57%
Anakin Skywalker 57%Even though you’ve been described as reckless, selfish and cocky, you’re the type of person others love to be around.
People like you because you’re a scoundrel.(This list displays the top 10 results out of a possible 21 characters)
Click here to take this test…
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Brilliant – Rest In Peace, Joe
Joe Murphy of podcasting fame (Kick-ass Mystic Ninjas, Wingin’ It, etc.) passed yesterday. I never met the gentleman, but I was a big fan of his work, and I went through a similar sort of exploratory surgery. I felt a certain kinship to him in what he was going through last fall and winter, as I was going through much of the same thing. Needless to say this has shaken me to the core.
I can think of no more touching tribute than this.
There but for the Grace of God, go I…Joe, I’m sorry thatyou weren’t as lucky as I was, but I’m so happy that you’re out of the pain and struggle now.
And, Ladies and Gentlemen, there is a memorial fund here.
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Loving the bluebonnets
I’ve love this photograph…Rhiannon in the bluebonnets
Here’s the rest of the photos
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Simple joys have a simple voice/ That says “time is living’s prize”
I know it’s from Pippin; geez louise, folks, I really enjoyed that play! (I only hope that I got the lyric right…)
Howdy world!!! I’m having a grand ol’ time at Opal Divine’s Marina, looking over MoPac (and bluebonnets!!!) and eating the best cracked pepper fries in the world. I feel very strongly about this. Especially when they’re paired with the chipotle sauce, and a Granny Smith Woodchuck cider. Simple joys, I know, hence the title of the post; but if you’d had the week that I had, you’d want some simple things too. Let’s just say that it started with a perforated eardrum, and has only gone downhill since then.
But not tonight. Tonight I have put a stop to the slide, and am going to enjoy a nice quiet dinner, do a little surfing, head to HEB, pick up some dog food, and head home. I was going to clean, but then I remembered that I have episodes of BSG and The Black Donnelly’s waiting for me.
I know that many of dig BSG, but what does everyone think of The Black Donnelly’s? What about The Riches? I find them both strangely addictive, but I’d be more likely to drop tBD; I just can’t seem to get enough of Eddie Izzard’s Wayne – he’s just hypnotic, even though that accent just weirds me out every time he speaks, I’m just so used to his natural accent, that I have to do a reset at the beginning of each episode. And Minnie Driver’s Dahlia is terrifying, I just feel like she’s going to explode all over those children and her hubby, at any second.
Ok, I’m going back to my dinner now, and the wonderful Opal Divine’s service…
Oh! If you happen to drop in, (and you know who you are) I’m in the corner, behind the Vaio covered in WordPress stickers…
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Really cool plant…
I know, I know – two posts in one day!
I was uploading some of my pictures to my Flickr page, and I kept running across pictures of this one plant that I took in the January ice storm here. Check it out.
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He’s already #1 with me!!
I know this was posted on Photomatt, and that most of my readers got an email, but I just have to tell you again: My darling brother is #16 on PC World’s list of “The 50 Most Important People on the Web”!!!!
I’m so proud that this is my desktop at work:
How’s that for design? I’ll take constructive criticism in the comments section 🙂
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Learning HTML & XHTML
Learning HTML & XHTML
This is me working on learning HTML, XHTML and CSS. This is a work in progress, so forgive me if it comes out oddly. I will keep everyone updated as I learn stuff in this programming language. I wonder, does it ever wrap text?
Apparently, IE adds the wrap for me, but I would hate to depend on this functionality, as Firefox, Netscape or Opera may have a problem with this. It’s pretty easy stuff, as you can imagine, I’ve just never had to sit down and learn it, and this recovery period has given me just that opportunity.
BTW, the reason that there’s two headers is because I’m practicing working with header text.
So, this was written entirely in HTML (as I watch my mom’s cat, Nola, frolic in my bed covers). I hope y’all enjoy this process as much as I do, be assured, there will be updates!!
After this, I intend to move on to PHP and MySQL. Wish me luck and patience, as I will require both to complete this journey…
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