Saturday, April 26, 2003

Project Blog Pays Off

Earlier this year Rannie posted about Project Blog. I went to the site to see what it's about and decided to sign up.

Yesterday I got an e-mail from them saying that one of their clients, Nokia, noted how I use photography on my site and would like to send me a Nokia 3650 - a cell phone with a built-in digital camera along with other features like a calendar and contact manger, wireless web browsing, and more. It comes with two months service through T-Mobile and at the end of the test period, I get to keep the phone.

Needless to say, I am completely psyched about this. They're shipping the phone early next week, so I'll even have it in time to take it with me to Vegas. Many thanks to Rannie for the link in the first place.

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About Last Night....

I was going to come home yesterday and spread the love, but I called my mother to see what they were up to. She said they were going to go eat dinner with Russell (my brother) and his girlfriend. Now, my dad isn't one for going places, but I went ahead and suggested they join us at Chinese Cafe (about an hour from where they live). Much to my surprise, my dad was all for it.

We met them at the restaurant and stuffed ourselves on delicious Chinese food. We got home about 9:30 and did something very rare for us - went to bed. I don't think we've been asleep that early ever.

Needless to say, I didn't get to spread a lot of love, but I plan on doing that today and maybe a bit tomorrow. Hope everyone had as nice a Friday as I did!

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Friday, April 25, 2003

Happy Birthday, Kristine!

Today is that wonderful, amazing, Scripty Goddess-like girl Kristine's birthday.

I hope you have an incredible day, sweetie, filled with lots of love, presents, and chocolate.

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Thursday, April 24, 2003

Getting the Love

Okay, ignore me. I had no idea what I was doing on this post with that plugin. However, my comments have become filled with Bloggy Loving, which I plan on going and spreading later today (and probably tomorrow) when I get a chance.

So go spread some love and tell people why you love them!

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Thanks To Everyone

I'm still not feeling well (headachy and a bit nauseous; once again, not sure if it's the Paxil, the PMS, or both), but I wanted to take a minute and thank everyone that's left a comment here or sent me an e-mail in the past week.

I am so grateful and so touched by the amount of positive thoughts and love that has been sent to me. A lot of the time lately I've been feeling very cut off from the world, but I see that that is definitely not the case.

I really want to thank all of you for your kindness. Never would I have expected so many people to raise their hand and say, "I'm here if you need me."

I'm going to try and send out e-mails to everyone soon, but Greek Orthodox Easter is this weekend (Steven's mother is Greek Orthodox), so we're going to be pretty busy and I don't know how much time I'll have online. Just know that you have all made me feel very special and I so appreciate it.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2003

Worst Headache Ever

I've got a terrible, terrible headache right now. You know the kind that makes you feel sick to your stomach and like your head is going to explode? Yeah, that's how I feel right now. I'm not sure if it's the Paxil, PMS, or both, but it sucks.

In other news, I have something that I'd really like to happen, so cross your fingers for me and wish me luck.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2003

Burn It Info on its Way!

I just finished sending out all the group information for Burn It - The Spring Edition, so watch your inbox for it. Thirty-eight people signed up, so I just may make this a seasonal thing.

If you signed up and didn't get your info, e-mail me and I'll look into it. Happy burning!

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I May Never Go Back

I got a wild hair and decided to try and design a site from the thoughts in my head for the boarding place that I'm taking Bella to next month. While doing this I decided to see what all the fuss was about and try out some brushes in PhotoShop. After figuring out how to use them, I must say I'm hooked! Who would have know it was so easy to create such fabulous looks! I may never go back to designing without them!

My thanks to That Tart for being my inspiration to see what they could do. She has some fabulous new skins up, so go check them out if you haven't already.

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Monday, April 21, 2003

Last Day to Burn It

Just a reminder, but today is the last day to sign up for Burn It - The Spring Edition. So far we already have over thirty participants, so get your information in and join us. In case you missed it the first time around, here's the info again.


I've noticed how a pervasive theme out in the blogosphere right now is how everyone is enjoying the weather, putting down their sunroof, windows, or convertible top, and blasting their music while they drive. I've always loved having good driving music, so inspired by some spring weather and Alison's CD Swap, I've decided to do one of my own: Burn It - The Spring Edition.


The Theme:
Music that makes you want to roll down your windows/open your sunroof/put down your convertible top and sing along at the top of your lungs. It's spring time and I want music that makes you feel good. It doesn't haven't to be a happy song, but it does have to be great music to drive to.


Here's how it works:
After the signup period, people will be put into groups of 4. You will then receive an e-mail from me telling you the names and addresses of the people in your group. You burn 4 identical CDs. Keep one for yourself and send the other three to the other people in your group. You should then receive three new CDs from the other three people in your group.


The rules:
- You should have a blog. I would like this to be a fun way to connect people in the blogosphere. If you don't, go over to Diaryland or Blogspot and start one for free.
- If you're not going to follow through and make your CDs, please don't bother signing up. It would be a shame if one or two people ruined this for their group.
- You must live in the US or Canada. If there's a intrest in this in other areas, I may do a swap at some point down the road that includes other countries, but since this is the first swap, I'm going to limit it to the areas where I know most of you guys live.
- If you live in the US, you should be willing to ship to Canada. If you live in Canada, you should be willing to ship to the US. The postage is a teeny bit more, but nothing that's going to break the bank.
- Remember that most people can't play mp3s in their car, so make sure they're something that will play in a standard car stereo. I tend to use cda or wav files.


Guidlines on creating your CDs:
- Include a track listing. If someone like an artist, they might want to buy more music by them. Let us know who it is.
- Fill up the CD as much as you can. There's 80 minutes on a blank CD. Don't half-ass it and make a 30 minute CD.
- You should definitely use a jewel case when sending your CDs to protect it during mailing. You can get them cheap anywhere.
- I know a lot of people are graphically inclined, so feel free to make your CD a work of art.
- Don't be afraid to put on "cheesy" music. If you like it, others probably will too.
- Don't be afraid to put on music that no one has ever heard before either. Billboard or MTV may never have known this music, but you did, so that's what counts.


If you've gotten this far and you still want to sign up, send an e-mail (change the AT to an @ in my e-mail address) to me and make sure you reference the swap in the subject line. You must include the following information:

- Your name
- Mailing address
- Your blog URL

Signups will continue through Monday, April 21st. By Thursday, April 24th, I will send e-mails to everyone letting you know who is in your group. You should have all of your CDs burned and in the mail NO LATER THAN Monday, May 12th. This gives you at least a full two weeks to create and ship CDs to your three group partners.

Please spread the word! More people equals more music! Just be sure to link to this URL, because eventually this entry will cycle off the main page.

If you have any other questions, you can e-mail or leave a comment.

Special thanks goes out to Alison for both the inspiration and allowing me to use most of her rules and guidelines.

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Sunday, April 20, 2003

Life Changing Decisions

This week I made a decision that I think is going to change my life - hopefully for the better.

For the past several months, I've been in the grasp of the deepest depression, worse than anything I've ever experienced in the last seven years or so. I cry all the time, I sleep a lot, I'm comfort eating like crazy, and I feel constantly like my life is about to spin even further out of my control. I have no energy, yet I'm restless. Nothing holds my attention and I can't avoid black feelings that things will never improve and only get worse. My life has become a bleak, desolate, very lonely wasteland.

A few months ago I went to the doctor for something unrelated and he suggested I go on Paxil. I told him I'd think about it, but I didn't really consider it too strongly.

This past month has been so bad, however, that I've spoken to several people in my family, Steven, and my friends and I've decided that I need help and I've made the decision to start taking it.

I know where most of my stress is coming from (think dooce. E-mail me if you want details) and it's out of my hands to do much about it, which only leads to me feeling worse.

I'm hoping that taking Paxil will help me begin to get things back into a bearable state. Any good thoughts, well wishes, or the like that you can send my way will be very much appreciated.

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Monthly Comment Leaders

If you look in the sidebar, you'll see a new section under comment leaders that shows the people with the most comments this month. You can now lead for the month and for totals on the site, so leave me lots of comments. I found the script at Scripty Goddess (of course) and you can get it here if you want to add it to your site.

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