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Sunday, September 30, 2001
I finished up my little side project yesterday afternoon. I don't know if I'm going to have time to keep up with it, but I'm going to have fun trying. Go Star!!
Well, I start my new job tomorrow, I can't wait to get started. I'll probably be a little lax about posting for a while so please bare with me as I embarke on a new position with a new company. I'm so happy to be working again. :) Gianni and I had brunch with Jess and Billy this morning at Ozona Restaurant. It just so happens that Ozona is where Gianni and I got married 4 years ago. They have a beautiful patio in the back surrounded by huge trees. It's one of my favorite place to hang out and have a few drink while enjoying the awesome weather we've been having lately.
Last night we had a surprise dinner for Gianni's folks, they are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary on Oct. 7th. Luckily it went off without a hitch, and they were indeed surprised to see all of their family from out of state waiting for them when they arrived at the restaurant. Gianni's sister Traci and I had been planning this for a few months and there were times when we thought for sure that their folks knew something was going on. It was a wonderful dinner and everyone had a great evening.
Saturday, September 29, 2001
In honor of Banned Books Week, I wanted to talk about how important it is to make reading fun for children at a young age. When I was 10 my best friend and I taught my 4 year old sister to read. We hadn't set out to do this, it just kind of happened. Kim, my friend, and I would play school and of course we needed a pupil and my sister was the perfect candidate for the pupil position. I had a very old first reader book one of those "Dick and Jane" books, that we used that to teach my sister to read. Now in today’s age of starting kids to read in utero you might say that it's no big deal for a 4 year old to be able to read at a Kindergarten or First Grade level, but for 1978, this was pretty good. Kim and I had a blast playing school and Courtney was in heaven because she always wanted to play with Kim and myself. It was indeed a win, win situation. It wasn't until Courtney was a few years older that I began to realize exactly what Kim and I had done for Courtney, we had made reading fun for her, it was like playing a game. She has always had the ability to loose herself in books. I personally don't know how she does it, but I've seen her reading 3 books at the same time. Not literally at the exact same moment, but she can keep up with and read 3 different novels in the same time frame. I'm not a very big reader, I read a lot of technology magazines and I'm always buying books about the latest and greatest software I'm using at the moment, but I've never really read for amusement. And I think that's exactly what it is for Courtney, reading is very recreational for her. Some might say that Courtney likes to read because that’s just the way she is. I like to believe that she likes to read because Kim and I made it fun for her. Either way she is a very well versed person and her life becomes more enriched with every book she reads.
Friday, September 28, 2001
I am sooo doing the Happy Dance right now. I just received word that the company I wanted to work for is offering me a position. I start Monday. YEAH!!! I'm so excited I can hardly type. I've been doing freelance work and very short term contract work since April. I am so happy right now and so relieved. Life is good!
You like to go out and enjoy a nice meal at a nice restaurant right? Here's how you can help the attack victims and enjoy a great meal at the same time. Stars extend their winning home streak by defeating defending Stanley Cup winners, Avs, 2 - 1 in pre-season payback. Goals scored by Jere Lehtnen and Jamie Langenbrunner.
Thursday, September 27, 2001
This wonderful cool weather we've been experiencing here lately, brings to mind my favorite time of year, Halloween. It's always been my favorite Holiday, not because of what it represents, but what I was able to do as a kid. It was the one night out of the year that I wasn't just a little girl anymore, I was whatever I wanted to be. A Princess, Vampire, Cat Woman, anything but just a normal kid. I always looked forward to Halloween so much that I usually knew exactly what I wanted to be that year well in advance, at least 2 months. When I was much younger I was almost always Raggedy Ann or a Gypsy. My Mother or Grandmother always made me a costume, I guess that's why I usually knew way ahead of time.
Just a quick note, we had yet another fantastic time at DFW Blogs Happy Hour last night. I'm working on getting all of the photos together from the first Happy Hour to add to these. I'll probably have them ready to view very soon. It was so nice to see so many new faces. More later...
Wednesday, September 26, 2001
Some real words of wisdom here that every man should read. Ladies you can read it too, but you probably know most of it already.
Why yes, that is a brand spanking new DFW Blogs button over there on the right side of my blog. Thank you for asking. Want one for yourself? They're really easy to get. All you need to do is have a blog or journal and live in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. If this sounds like you, hop on over to www.dfwblogs.com and shoot Leia an e-mail. She'll add you to the list and then presto, you're good to go. You're next step is to come out to our Happy Hour tonight and meet some new faces. Join us tonight at New Amsterdam Coffeehaus and Bar. We'll start gathering about 7:00. Hope to see you there.
Tuesday, September 25, 2001
I had a great visit with my siblings this weekend. My Sister, Brother and Sister-in-law all came down from Okla. for the weekend and crashed at my Dads house. Gianni and I spent most of Saturday over there hanging out by the pool or watching College ball. My sister’s long time friend and avid football loving fool came over and kept us company. It had been the first time for us all to be together since the terrible tragedy two weeks ago and it was nice to be with family. My Sister is a nursing student and she’s supposed to graduate in May. Yeah Courtney, you’ve worked so hard for this and I know how excited you are to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Courtney, Natalie, my Sister-in-law and myself had one of our fabulous discussions sitting around the pool. We were discussing our feelings of fear, mourning and anger. Natalie, as I’ve mentioned before, works at an Air Force Base. She has non-military job there supporting the base. She’s a bean counter. Anyway, Courtney mentioned that she was seriously thinking about joining the Army Reserves and going into the Nurses Corps. To hear this from my tree hugging, animal loving, Dead Head of a sister, I was in a slight state of shock. I love Courtney, but hey, I call them like I see them. And she has always been very proud of her “hippy chick” status. She looked at me as soon as those words came out of her mouth and said, “I know, I know, would you have ever believed that I would say I’m signing up for the Army”. I paused for a moment struggling with my feelings and trying to find exactly the right words. All I could say was that I supported her decision. She has a much needed skill and for her to be so driven by past events that she is willing to do this. I was so proud of her. My next thoughts were had she ever watched China Beach. They say, “War is hell” for a reason. I’ve never been in the military, but I’ve talked with enough Vietnam Vets, who will actually talk about their time over there, to know that this is a major decision that Courtney has to make. It will be no walk in the park. She will do and see things that she would never have been able to imagine. I am very proud of her and whatever decision she does make, I will back her 100%. I know that this is not an isolated event. I have seen many stories just like this one of young College age kids who were taught that war is wrong and war is bad are now they themselves signing up for military service. I am proud of each and every one of them just as I am proud of my own sister. When something like what happened two weeks ago comes along and totally disrupts the world, it causes one to really step back and take a look at ones self, to reevaluate ones inner core. There is a long road ahead of us and we do not know how long it will be or where it will take us. As I have stated before, I am not for war, but I am for America and I will proudly support the young men and women of this country as they go off to do a job that needs to be done. update: I just received an e-mail from my sister reminding me that I forgot to add bleeding heart, bedwetting liberal who is considered by the rest of her family to be so pink that she is almost a red. See I told you she was very proud of her "hippy chick" status. ;-)
Monday, September 24, 2001
I'm STILL laughing after reading this encounter. The sad thing is, I had basically the same encounter a few months back. Same gentlemen and everything. I didn't talk to him quite as long as these guys did, but the story was very similar. I finished our conversation when he started asking my friend and I what we thought was attractive about him.
Sunday, September 23, 2001
Saturday, September 22, 2001
Thank you Blogger. I'm honored to be considered one of your "Blogs on Note". Well, DFW Blogs has a new look. Thanks Jason, Matt and Leia. Everyone did an excellent job. Yeah Baby!! I got registered for SXSW last night. I had almost forgotten about the Midnight deadline and headed off for bed about 11:00. I jumped straight out of bed when I remembered that I had not signed up yet. No fear, I jumped on-line and got everything taken care of. See you kids in Austin in March!!! Gianni and I are planning a low-key weekend. Going to try to meet a small group fro drinks later today. The weather is so nice, it would be great to just go sit out on a patio somewhere sipping Margaritas and Beer.
Friday, September 21, 2001
Just as I was about to make a loaf of our favorite Beer Bread, the phone rang, it was Gianni on the other end asking me if I’d like to go to the Stars game with him. Hmmm, let me think about this one…do I want to go to the Stars game? Does a bear do his business in the woods? I quickly replied, “You bet I do”. So I returned all of the ingredients for the beer bread to their proper place and started to make myself presentable. When I met Gianni at his office he told me that we had decent tickets, but that his boss had asked us if we’d like to join him and a friend down on the first level. We were to meet up after the first intermission and go sit by them. At this news I had already begun to drool. I love Hockey and I love my Dallas Stars. Our original tickets were pretty good. We were on the 3rd level about 8 rows up. Up high enough that we could see the whole rink. This was the first time I had been to the newly opened American Airlines Center so I was enjoying all of the sites. At the old arena it was kind of hard to see around the giant TV screens they had set up overhead in the center of the rink. If you were on the highest level, there were plenty of times that a bit of the action would be blocked by that monstrosity. The new area has very much the same set up, but much better. You have no trouble loosing the puck in the corners or missing any of the play. We took our seats and settled in for the first period. And yes, I cried a bit when we sang the National Anthem. I know I wasn’t the only one who had to wipe their eyes just a bit when we finished. During the first intermission we headed down stairs to meet up with Gianni’s boss and go find our new seats. They were awesome. We were 11 rows up from the ice. So close I could see the players sweat. I was giddy; I had not been this close to any of the players since August of 2000 when we ran into the team at a mini training camp in Vail Co. I was, as Gianni likes to say, as happy as a little schoolgirl. It was incredible, I had never been that close to the ice for a game and I was on sensory overload. What a fantastic evening.
Thursday, September 20, 2001
I've been thinking about my Grandmother a lot lately. All of the hardships she endured living in war torn England during WWII. I used to laugh at her for stocking her house full of canned goods and an assortment of frozen foods. She has a full size freezer, a big chest style freezer out in the shed in her back yard and her small freezer a top her refrigerator; they are all jam packed with food. I've never had to live through any kind of shortage. I wasn't old enough to worry about gas prices and outages during the late 70's. I grew up in the Regan/Bush era of prosperity. I've personally witnessed our troops return home from an official "police action" in South East Asia and then try to put their lives back together as their own people spit on them. I've also witnessed a nation given a second chance to make up for past indiscretions by properly welcoming home the young men and women who served their country so proudly during the Gulf War. I hope that this does not turn to war. I hope that we do not jump to any rash decision before weighing everything completely. I will of course support this country and its proud fighting forces if we do go to war. I just hope that we do not.
Wednesday, September 19, 2001
I just heard this song on the radio and it meant something totally different to me this time. I find comfort from these words. We are all stuck in a moment and we are all trying to get out of it and move on with our lives. Stuck in a moment by U2 I'm not afraid of anything in this world I never thought you were a fool You've got to get yourself together I will not forsake, the colours that you bring And you are such a fool You've got to get yourself together I was unconscious, half asleep You've got to get yourself together And if the night runs over And if the night runs over
I read Melanie's words on Sunday and they are still with me today. She said what a lot of us want to say. Thank you. I am so sad right now. Sad for the loss of life, sad for the changes that we now as a nation have to face, sad for people who think that the American flag is a war cry. I realize by being sad that I am letting the Terrorists accomplish their task, but right now I find it easier to be sad than to be angry. I found an article written by a 20 year old young man. He has decided that he is "Good to Go".
Tuesday, September 18, 2001
I received this new take on "The Grinch" from my Aunt. .....With apologies to Dr. Seuss..... The Binch Every U down in Uville liked U.S. a lot, But, Whatever the reason, his heart or his turban, And then they'd do something he liked least of all, "I must stop that singing," Binch said with a smirk, The Binch cocked his ear as they woke from their sleeping, So we circle the sites where our heroes did fall,
Monday, September 17, 2001
I know how you feel Never, I found myself doing a Tatu impersonation Friday night on our way to Happy Hour. "The plane, the plane". I'm seeing a trend here, everyone is trying anything and everything they can think of to get last Tuesdays tragedy off of their minds. Looks like most of use either tried to do something creative or mindlessly funny. It's a good time to be with friends.
Sunday, September 16, 2001
I thought I'd distract myself even more today by working on some of the photos from the first DFW Blogs Happy Hour from last month. Since not everyone in this new group got to make it to the first Happy Hour, I'm going to wait to post any of those photos until after the next one on Weds. Sept. 26th. I'd like to have photos of all of you new DFW Bloggers that I didn't get to meet last time. And there are a lot of you. I've watched the list grow almost daily. Leia must have her hands full adding new blogs to the list.
Friday, September 14, 2001
Are we, I mean the American Press, giving out to much important information to current or even future terrorists? Gianni thinks so and I absolutely agree. We had a discussion last night while watching a late night update on the past weeks events. I was infuriated when I heard the TV anchor announce "the Vice President had left the White House and headed for Camp David". Ah, helooo, don't you think Secret Service did that for a reason? Like maybe they didn't want everyone to know that he was there? There has been WAY too much info on the comings and goings of both the President and Vice President. They have a job to do, they are doing it, we don't need a blow by blow of their every move.
I just had a very intense experience. I went to a local Electronics store at noon to exchange some ink cartridges for my printer. I was at the front of the store in the Customer Service Area right as President Bush was speaking at the National Cathedral in DC. There was a HUGE big screen TV in the front of the store and you should have seen the throng of people run to the TV to hear him speak. Almost everyone in the front of the store stopped what they were doing and walked to the TV. The Customer Service people that were helping their customers all sort of stopped working and turned their attention to the President. People who had just paid for their goods and had started heading out of the store all stopped and joined in the vigil around the TV. I saw a woman come running from the line she had just been in as soon as she heard the Presidents voice. When the President finished most of the people that had been standing around the TV clapped. Next came the beautiful sound of singing. It was a patriotic song, I think it was America (The Beautiful). I have found myself humming this song myself almost non-stop since Tuesday afternoon when I saw Congress spontaneously go into song. I looked around at everyone still up at the front of the store and I saw many wet eyes. I turned to the girl helping me at Customer Service and quietly said to her "this was all so surreal". She agreed and said that "these past few days have been like a terrible dream". While returning home I was listening to Merge 933 FM on the radio. They played a brand new just released song from the band Live. It's called Overcome. It is available for download off of their fan site. It is a very moving song that they had planned to release on their next album but thought that the World might need to hear it now. I totally agree. The band is offering up the MP3 totally free for everyone to go download. Live want to share "Overcome" from V with everyone around the world as a demonstration of our support for America and our empathy for all of the individuals who are personally affected by the devastating attack on our nation. Please download "Overcome" and share it with anyone you feel might find comfort and solace in the lyrics and music. If you choose, please forward it to your local radio stations who may appreciate it and want to broadcast it to their listeners.
My sister, a nursing student, sent me this and asked me to pass it along. I'm just writing to encourage all of you to please donate blood. You have no idea how many units of blood will be used just to save one person's life. Right now blood banks all over the country are sending blood to New York and to Washington. That means that the if something happens in you community there might not be enough blood. They really need all types of blood. If you are O type, especially the universal donor O neg, please, please, please if you can donate blood. Plasma and platelets are also needed. In times like this we all want to help and sometimes we feel helpless because we can't. This is one way that we can make a difference. It may seem small, but not to the little boy or girl whose mom and dad lived because of your blood donation. Please encourage everyone you know to donate too. Thank you very much and keep thinking positive.
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Thought I'd add a few of my new finds to my links list. I needed a distraction and working on my site is always a wonderful distraction. I can get lost in design and programming for hours and never have any sense of how much time has passed. I've been known to grab a cup of coffee, sit down at my desk and not leave my seat for 5 or 6 hours straight. Of course my back and neck will probably be hurting for some strange reason that night, but hey, when you love what you do time really seems to fly. I'm also looking forward to Happy Hour tomorrow with Dink and the girls. And yes, we will stop what we're doing at 7:00 tomorrow night step outside and light our candles. It's the very least we can do to show our solidarity and support for our beloved country.
NO, NO, NO!!!! This MUST not happen. Get a grip on yourselves people. We are ALL Americans, or in this case some of us are Canadian. Have we not learned anything from WWII. It wasn't just the Germans who rounded people up and threw them into these delightful little camps. Have you ever heard of an internment camp? Ask any Asian American over the age of 60 who lived in our beautiful country during WWII. A very nice Asian couple lived behind me when I was growing up. I heard tiny bits and pieces of their story when my parents would have them over for dinner. It didn't sink in until I was much older what they had been talking about. This sickens me to no end. In the words of FDR, "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself".
Wednesday, September 12, 2001
Well, I've had a small moment to catch my breath and after the horrors of yesterdays events I don't feel any better. Probably like most of the nation, I spent the entire day watching the news and pinching myself hoping that I would wake up from this awful nightmare. I'm still a little numb. I wept a bit yesterday when I heard peoples accounts of their terror. I wept a bit yesterday when I heard Congress spontaneously start singing God Bless America. I'll probably weep a bit more for the rest of my life when I think of the senseless loss we as a very proud and strong nation suffered yesterday. Jason summed up probably what a lot of us are thinking right now. I think that Gianni summed up what a lot of us are feeling right now and we need to continue to stay strong and proud. Melanie has touched on my personal fear of what might transpire after yesterdays events. This is a time to come together and stay strong as a nation, not to point fingers in our communities. If we do that then the terrorist have won. If we do that then we might as well kiss our freedom good-bye. Many before us have given their life's blood so that we may live in Democracy and have the freedoms that we enjoy in America today. Let us prove that they did not die in vain. I received this e-mail yesterday and I do not normally post e-mails, but I feel that I need to share this with everyone right now.
I sincerely hope that none of you have lost a friend or a loved one and I will continue to pray for those that lost their life yesterday. This might be a good time to call a close friend that you have not talked to in a while. Give your spouse or significant other an extra big hug and kiss and count your blessing that you can. Please give blood if you can, it is after all the gift of life. I cannot help but finish this post by saying God Bless America.
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Just heard from my Sister in-law. She read my blog and said that they are all ok. Currently waiting to go home. She is non military so there is no need for her to be on base. :) Gianni also called me and said that his office building is closing and a lot of Dallas is probably on their way home right now. They are evacuating the World Trade Center here in Dallas. (yes, Dallas has one too) NASA has been evacuated in Houston and I bet that most military bases are sending all non military employees home. This is weird stuff. I guess it might be a small glimpse into life in WWII London or most of Europe during some of the heavy bombing and air attacks. My Grandmother lived in England until after the war and I'm sure she is having flashbacks. I am so sad for all of the families. There is such a tremendous loss of life. So many peoples lives have been changed forever.
Gianni called me on his way to work this morning and asked if I was watching the news. I had just gotten out of bed, started myself a cup of tea and turned my computer on so I had not turned the TV on yet. I asked him what was up, he told me that two planes had just crashed into the World Trade Center. I was suddenly flooded with the memories of standing in the TV station in Okla. City where I worked back in 1993 when The World Trade Center had been bombed. The news room was in total chaos as we all scrambled to try to get more information and get it on the air as soon as possible. There was yelling and screaming in the Directors Booth as the Director and Producers tired to decide what to do when. I can only imagine that it is the same scene for every news room all over the US if not most of the World at this moment. What a tragedy. I just saw the video of the second plane hitting the World Trade Center in N.Y.C. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone in New York as well as the friends and families of the victims of this apparent terrorist attack. I've been on-line trying to get more info about this terrible event and I cannot get to any website. CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo!. I cannot even get CNN to display on my machine, they must be getting absolutely flooded with hits to that server. MSNBC has their index page displayed, but when you go to the story that is linked there, it comes up with nothing, DNS error. Same thing with Yahoo!. WFAA, Local ABC affiliate, was the only thing I could get to come up this morning. It took forever to load on my DSL connection. Now I hear that a plane has crashed into the Pentagon. What the heck is going on? They are evacuating the White House, Pentagon and Treasury. They are now reporting a third explosion at The World Trade Center. Apparently one of the towers of the Trade Center has collapsed. So, they are sending everyone home in Washington D.C. Anyone that has a "state" job, is now trying to head home. A good idea I think, we never know what the next target will be. I hope they decide to do the same to other states. My Sister in-law works at a major Air Force Base and I hope she gets to go home soon. Car bombs, Hijacked planes crashing...what's next. This is big folks, very big.
Monday, September 10, 2001
WOOHOO!! I just scored a 91% on an on-line test I had to take in order to have my resume shown to a perspective client. I know, I know, I should have scored 100%, but some of the questions were worded a little funky. Good news is, I know more HTML than I thought I did. :) I answered 55 questions in under 10 minutes. I also just found out that I had the highest score of any of the other candidates that were up for this position. doing the happy dance right now It's the little things in life that make your day sometimes. :)
Welcome back Fray-ers. Sounds like everyone had a great time. I cannot wait to see the pictures. :) Those of us that stayed behind had a pretty good weekend too, just not nearly as hot as it was in Austin. Saturday night was actually a little on the wet side. It rained on us a bit off and on most of the night, but that didn't damper our spirits. The Honchie/Gobos show RAWKED!!! Todd from "The Great White North" came over to our house and we road over to Lower Greenville together. We hooked up with James and Lee at the bar. It was great to see a lot of faces that we had not seen for a few months, it was also great to meet some new ones. Honchie had already taken the stage when we arrived and the only seats available were right up front. We grab a few bar stools and beers and settled in to enjoy the show. If you have not had the pleasure of seeing either band perform before, you really need to check them out. Honchie, in my opinion, is a mix between a Glam Rock band and Dr. Demento with just a pinch of Chris Rock thrown in for good measures. I wish I had, had this MP3 when my stereo got stolen. The Gobos did a country set for the Boars Nest. We were treated with new renditions of Shania Twain's "I feel like a woman", Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and the much beloved Trucker song of the 70's Convoy. It was a great night and I look forward to seeing both bands again.
Saturday, September 08, 2001
He just had to have an Egg McMuffin.
Friday, September 07, 2001
"somewhere in the midst of dallas' greenwood cemetery, if you look carefully enough,
This just in...The next DFW Blogs get together has been set for Wednesday September 26th at New Amsterdam Coffeehaus and Bar. Hope to see all of you DFW Blog members out there that missed the first gathering. Need more info? Charles should be able to help you.
Gianni and I celebrated his new job last night by dinning at, Royal Thai, a wonderful Thai Restaurant over by our house. I have recently discovered that I enjoy most Asian Cuisine and we had not eaten there before. I had Garlic Pork with Broccoli and Gianni had some sort of Sea Food Medley that was very spicy. For dessert we had Fried Bananas and Sticky Rice with Mango. Everything was absolutely delicious. It was a wonderful way to celebrate a new beginning.
Thursday, September 06, 2001
I had the pleasure of watching everyone's favorite art historian, Sister Wendy, tour The Kimball Art Museum in Ft. Worth last night on PBS. I loved it. I have not been for several years and I had told Gianni just last week that I wanted to take a weekend exploring all of the really great museums that Ft. Worth has to offer. One of the first dates that Gianni and I ever went on was a Sunday afternoon spent at Amon Carter Museum. We wanted to go to The Kimbell, but it was being renovated and I have not gone since it reopened. As a child I visited the Ft. Worth Museum of Science and History and was blown away by the entire experience. I love planetariums and this is a great one to visit. I want to go back and see all of the new additions like the Omni Theatre or the brand new Explora Zone. Yeah I know this is a kids museum, but hey, I'm still a kid at heart. It just sounds like a really fun weekend get away.
Things just keep a changing over there at Large Head. Gosh, where does she find the time. ;-) Nice look Leia, I'm digging the bright colors.
Wednesday, September 05, 2001
Looks like I'm going to have to miss Fray Day this weekend in Austin, but I'm going to rock out with Gianni's old band The Gobos this Saturday night at The Boars Nest on Lower Greenville. The boys will be playing a double bill with some of our favorite guys in Honchie. You can checked them out at honchie.com. If you're in the are and you're not going to Fray Day, come join us Saturday night on Lower Greenville.
Tuesday, September 04, 2001
Ok, everything seems to be working now on my archives. The Template is in place and I was able to update everything this morning. I'm glad that's over, I'm ready to move on with my life now. Gianni and I had a pretty uneventful extended weekend. It was nice and slow, we slept in and just enjoyed a few leisurely days. We had Dinner at his folks Friday night and last night we had Dinner at my Dads. Wow 2 free meals in one weekend. Not bad eh? ;-) I helped Gianni get some of his desktops on his stuff page on Saturday and then we watched a couple of DVDs. We rented "3000 Miles to Graceland" and "What Lies Beneath". They were both decent movies. I like what lies beneath a little better than graceland, but that's just me. Gianni thought what lies beneath moved a little too slow in the beginning for his liking so he quite watching right when the "haunting" started. He came back about 20 minutes later and finished watching the movie with me. I liked it better than Graceland, but then I'm the kind of person who likes to scare myself silly. Not that what lies beneath was that scary, it did have some good moments though.
Sunday, September 02, 2001
I thought I had the problem fixed, but now Blogger is not letting me update my template. Oh well, maybe Blogger will let me fix the problem a little later on. I did figure out an extremely easy fix that should work. We shall see.
Saturday, September 01, 2001
Crap. Guess I spoke too soon. I have a small snaffu on the individual archive pages. I can get the links on my archive index to work, but the template for the individual months pages has the path to my images all screwed up. The actual archive template is correct and it works properly, but the individual pages for each month don't reflect the correct path. I've tried republishing and deleting the old pages but something is just not working correctly. I had to manually update all of the paths on my pages and then re-FTP. That works until I post to my current blog page and this months posts are added to that archive. I'll keep snooping around trying to figure out what went wrong.
Cool!! My Archives or Past Words are up and running. I only had a few small tweaks to make before everything was just the way I wanted it. I was just reading back over some of my older posts and reliving some of my grief over the loss of my Grandfather. May and June were pretty rough months for me and I like to think that this blog has helped me to deal with some of the tougher times. On a brighter side, Gianni and I have started delving into the world of Oriental Cooking. We got an old wok from his folks and are planning on testing it out tonight. I've really gotten into Stir frying vegetables. I don't eat enough of the green stuff as it is and the more stir frying I do, the more veggies I eat. :) I'll be helping Gianni do a little work on his site today and hopefully by Monday he will have some of the really cool desktops that he has made available for download off of his site. He's also been working on some of his MP3's lately and should have some ready for your listening pleasure soon.
Ok, I'm doing a little house cleaning around here. I'm attempting to set up my archives and once I have that done, I'm gonna try my hand at the permalinks. With all of the trouble that I saw that Billy had, I'm gonna need a little luck to get this to work right the first time. Wish me luck.
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