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I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more.

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I’ve had “I’m Gonna Be” by the damn Proclaimers stuck in my head all day. I remember the first time I think I ever heard it, I was in Nashville with Lesley and we thought it was THE GREATEST song ever. Or at least I remember thinking that, maybe she didn’t, but I don’t doubt it. I remember hoping and hoping I’d hear it again before I had to go back to Hendersonville.

Jenn posted this meme and tagged anyone who hasn’t done it yet. Which is mez.

Four jobs I have had in my life:
Graphic Designer
Daycare teacher
Hostess at Chili’s (for all of… 3 hours?)
A residential manager for mentally handicapped adults.

Four Movies I would watch over and over:
Dirty Dancing
Requiem For a Dream
Wayne’s World
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure

Four Places I have lived:
Nashville
Hendersonville
Madison
Mt. Juliet

Four favourite Bands/Singers:
Green Day
The Flaming Lips
The Strokes
The Postal Service

Four Loves of Your Life:
Paulski
Lola Bean
Music
the Internet

Four Most Memorable Moments:
Getting my degree
Finding out she was dead.
The first time I got drunk (night before Eric and Jen’s wedding :P )
Landing this job!

Four Of My Favorite Foods:
Cheese
Pizza
Chips
Salad

(what a diet!)

Four Places I’d rather be right now:
At Home
In my bed
On Vacation
a carnival!!!

I tag Les and Eric (if they’ll even do it.)

Through the view that comes with you

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Not too long ago Lesley signed on and shared some cool things with me.

• My vedic name astrology says ARTIST, will infuse, inspire and pull society upward and forward through idealistic contributions

• My karmic lesson is selfless service

• My birth date says family and home oriented, exude understanding and compassion. Connoisseur of luxury, in need of comfort, loving philosophy, fair minded, fine sense of justice. Artistic and beauty loving, generous, not necessarily logical with finances. Vulnerable to praise and criticism, responsible and willing to sacrifice for others, value friends and provide a safe port for them in times of need. Fulfilled in marriage and as parents. Emotional, idealistic and imaginative. May worry too much and suffer from chronic stomach problems. Will spend long periods of time alone.

baby

My brother‘s baby girl, Laura was born yesterday. Everyone go congratulate him, she’s as cute as a button!

The house inspection is going good so far. They found some electrical wiring issues but it sounds like the seller is going to cooperate with us completely, which I hope is the case. Not only do I really want this house, but putting so much time into it will really set me back with my lease ending in March. Please oh, please!

Since my camera is completely broken I believe it is time for an upgrade. To a digital SLR. Big stuff, I’m still browsing at the moment and really have no idea which one to let my heart get set on but we’ll see. I think it’ll be fun to try and get into photography a bit. Learning new things is exciting!

Dude, Lesley is REALLY good at playing the fiddle.

Spread the werd!

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WordPress 2.1.1 Dangerous. Upgrrrrrrrrrade!

Long story short: If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately.

I thank, Jordan for this news. Had I not gone to her site I never would have noticed cause I’m dumb like that. I actually managed to upgrade both my site and Les (VISIT HER. New url, new layout. It’s hawt.) ERIC – You have 2.0. Your install is safe.

Tomorrow I’m going to look at more houses. Keep your fingers crossed for better luck and a smoother day, oh god. Please.

EDIT: I dunno if it’s the upgrade or if I did something wrong, but my FAQ and Photos page currently aren’t working. I’ll fix that tomorrow, time for bed.

tha happs

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New haircutI got another one of them botched haircuts. I’m a little unsure about this one though. I also think I broke my digital camera which is a shame, one second it was fine then the next thing I know it’s stuck blurry. I wish I could break a few more things just by looking at them.

broken camera In other news, my car may be fixed tomorrow. Now that we’ve racked up another couple thousand in repairs, I’m sure. Since I last mentioned, the people that are working on it magically keep finding major things wrong. My timing belt, clutch, etc. Yeah, thanks guys. Feel free to fix the other 9,823 things broken while you’re at it.

Dirty ScarfI added a shoutbox to my sidebar tonight. I wanted to point out that both columns of the sidebar are EXACTLY the same length, I so did that on purpose. (edit: It was for a minute, anyway) I can thank my job for that. I can also thank my job for making me feel a little more attached to InDesign. It was the outcast of Creative Suite in my eyes, I did not feel very fondly of it. But the more I use it the more excited I get to layout TEXT!

How To Upset Me in an Instant

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1. Deliver me the news that my car is pretty fucked up, with a bent A frame and a drive shaft and something or other else. Mainly, that it’ll cost a good $1000 to fix most likely, if not more.

2. Crush my hopes of buying a house. For some reason when someone implies that I’m just not going to make it, it really hurts me. It never fails that everytime I see my grandfather, he goes and makes me feel like shit for wanting to buy over renting. But, for some reason I actually care what he thinks, it makes me second guess my decisions. But I always end up thinking, “Psh. Right. I can do this.. why can’t I do this?” And I can.

3. Make me feel as though going to college, the one thing I really pride myself in, was a waste. That just because it’s expensive, it is not worth it. And since I’m already working in my field while I’m still in school, there’s no need to finish. I disagree and I don’t think that way. I love Graphic Design. It’s something that I’ve worked hard at and I love every second of it. It doesn’t feel right that someone can make me feel bad for bettering myself.

Always One Foot on the Ground

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Today has been a different day. It’s kinda stuck to yesterday so I’m having a hard time separating the two. It feels like it’s been one very long, very very odd day. I tried to write a bit this morning around before I got into bed around 9 or 10. It was unsuccessful though cos the letters just wouldn’t sit still and before long it became exhausting.

I love weekends. I love the carelessness and lack of responsibility (on a good one). I abuse my days off like no other. It makes me happy. I feel like driving to nowhere in particular, just to drive. It feels like a chore more often than not and when I want to go it’s hard not to.

Booger.
Sooo… This morning. After I gave up here I moseyed on over to flickr and looked at photos for what seemed like forever. They were so good and pretty, it really made me want to get a nice camera and perhaps see what happens? Even if damage is all I can do it would still be nice to have lots of photos. I stopped taking so many when my Cybershot broke. I manage to make it work but it’s so… pitiful, poor thing.

I got a call this morning from a number I didn’t recognize and was… alarmed? I can’t think of the right word to use cos I can’t decide quite how I felt about it. I think it’s played a part in why today has been so silly. I was way out of it, I get a little strange if I’ve been involved with sleep. Morning is a very delicate time of the day, it’s so easy to screw up.

I need to take a shower and do something with myself, but I can’t stop thinking “I’ll get off my computer after I listen to one more song…” I’m bad about that, how is staying in bed for five more minutes going to hurt my day? But then that becomes an issue because 5 minutes will turn into practically an hour, or in more extreme cases a good six.