At the moment, I have the computers on (Dresden Files DVD #3 on the MAC and four or five tabs up and running on Pixie)and it looks like I might be able to spend the day on the internet. If my mom asks, I'm folding my clothes. Good thing she never comes upstairs to know that while the clothes do need to be folded from last night's run at the washing machine, I haven't even started folding anything. Not that she's harping on me to fold them. No, our roles are no longer like that. Of course, if I don't have a reasonable explanation of what I plan to do with the day (and "on the computer" doesn't count as a reasonable explanation), I will be cleaning something downstairs... far away from the computer.
Since I deal with Twitter on my phone during the week, I lock posts that have interesting lead ups to web pages that I can't see on my phone. I will share them with you now. They're well worth a click!
...The ever wonderful and witty
Neil Gaiman pointed us in the direction of a
blog that gives insight to what it takes to be a writer's personal assistant. It is HILARIOUS... and I'm pretty sure that I don't want to BE a personal assistant any time soon but one always needs to know what other people do in their job. Mine may be quite horrible but at least I don't have to answer the phone every minute of the day. *grins*
And I should point out that Neil is on Twitter quite a lot and he's quite funny in 140 chars. If you don't really think you want to follow famous people, he might change your mind. He's
@neilhimself and a rollicking good time for all!
...Have you ever wondered where exactly your chosen screen name has been used before? Or, like me, where you've used your screen name and promptly forgotten you ever went to that site? I give you...
Name Check! Not only does it tell you were it's been used but gives you a good idea of other places you need to be checking out online. It also might be utilized for stalking purposes but you didn't hear that from me. Go forth and use it well!
...And speaking of protecting yourself online (now that you know where you are),
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madamminnie posted a really interesting link to
an article about using Google profile to protect your identity so that people know it's you and not someone else entirely. I haven't gone through the steps yet to utilize Google Profile but I found the article interesting.
...On a side note, because I just thought of it again and need to document it - If/When I get another dog, I would like one a similar color to Spencer and I would like to name her Saffron. I was watching Spencer play the other day and it hit me that a good name for her would have been Saffron. Not that I don't love her name and the story (oh my god the story) that goes behind it but she would have made a good Saffron. I like the name. Haven't given a lot of thought to a new playmate for my current precious because of the commute back and forth to work would keep me away from a new loved one most days of the week but I would like to eventually when I get things ironed out again. Right now Spencer is looking at me through mostly closed eyes, trying to figure out why I am staring at her while she's, ahem, sleeping thank you very much. It's quite fun to stare at her while she's sleeping because she's so lovely and peaceful but then she finds the staring to be too much and she JUMPS up and licks my face and begs to play and I do because I love her and think she is amazing.
...Facebook is an amazing entity. Have I said that before? I love it for one main reason... it keeps me connected. Not only to friends and relatives (namely, my little sis while she is all the way across the country and my cousins who I see every five years but adore just the same) but to the insanity of the world at large. By searching and joining and playing and just being a general user, I have found some great things to read and do and be. One of them is near and dear to my heart and I believe that it will be something the majority of my friends here will like as well...
READING. MORE. BOOKS.
It starts
here, at a blog from MoonRat (love that name, btw) about a plan she has to find 100 books that she hasn't read to fill in the gaps of classic and contemporary literature that weren't forced down our throats at such an early age that we hadn't begun to appreciate them yet.
It's spread to
here, a blog set up for other people who would like to do the same thing.
That being said, I don't know if there is anything here at LJ that is doing the same thing but if anyone know of such a community, please direct me to it as I would very much like to duplicate my efforts in as many different places as possible to get as many good ideas for books to read as possible!
...A talk about books wouldn't be complete without a nod at
my list of "have reads" and "must reads" at GoodReads.com. I haven't put them here on my LJ like I said I would but they are in my reading notebook AND here at GoodReads. Once again, I like it because it gives me an idea of what other people are reading. Every once in awhile I go lurking to see what books are being talked about at the communities or I sit down for a stint at the Trivia section (where a couple of my questions have stumped and puzzled many, many people... which makes me sad because I didn't think they were hard but that just goes to show you that most people can't comprehend what goes in my head) or I just skulk.
...Last but now least - HEROES!!! Have you been to NBC's website to see the
ALL ACCESS AREA they've been talking about? I WANT that backpack... and the shirt... and the hat. I want it all! I don't know if I want to pay $50 for it all but I want it. I would really like to see what the other special stuff is going to be like because it's not like I can jet down to LA for things like the Heroes for Autism event (which I heard via Twitter was AWESOME) but if it's online stuff, I think I would like that. Anyway, I would really like to know spoilers but going to the ODI is taking care of that so it's not like I need to pay for spoilers!
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I believe that concludes my browsing through my Twitter feeds. Thanks for joining me!
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whedonland but I just can't seem to get away from the TV tonight.
