Tech-O-Rama

Dear Readers,

I think it’s time to take this blog in a new direction.

I was at the café the other day and heard about all sorts of amazing things that are happening in the world of computers so I thought I would share them with you.

Please move your bookmark for this website from “General Musings” to “Technology.”

1. So-called “digital” photography
First off, did you know that it is possible to include photographs on blogs? What???? Like tape it to the screen? No way, silly. Hmm....how to explain this. Okay, so you can now take digital pictures (sort of like a digital clock, but different) and then you ask whoever is closest to you to get the picture from the camera to the computer. And then you say, oh one more thing, can you get this on the internet for me so I can put it on my blog. Then they might say YOU have a blog!! Does anyone read it? At this point, don’t get defensive. You know you’re a helluva blogstress and you don’t have to prove it to this punk who had the good fortune to choose the computer next to yours at the public library. Instead, smile kindly and flatter the kid till he gets it up (the photograph).

Here is a sample of some of my latest work:


Food photography is all the rage right now.

2. Electronic correspondence
Ever heard people throw around the term “email”? Well, don’t be too impressed. It’s actually pretty simple and easy to use. Easier than a fax machine, and faster too, if you can believe it! First step is picking an email address. You can either do something dull using your first and/or last name, or you can do something exciting that captures your personality and hobbies. For what it's worth, I find that I get more replies to my craigslist replies when I write from easybreezy69@gmail.com than from grandmajan@netscape.com. Next step is to ask whoever is nearest to you to help you set up an email address. And look at you, you’re on email! Now you can send emails to your favorite blogstress. Unfortunately, they haven’t developed a way to send bath salts or bean soup mix over the internet, so you’ll still have to send these via regular mail, which the punks have taken to calling “snail mail.”

I think that’s enough for today. Good luck. You can do it!

Running under the Blue Moon

I just ran off 2009. It’s New Year’s Eve and I just went for the most spectacular run under the second full moon of the month. Halfway through the run I couldn’t decide whether to go my long loop or my short loop. There were time constraints to consider. There were cookies that I had eaten earlier in the day to consider. There were friends who I was eager to meet up with to consider. But I turned my brain off and I checked in with my body. The second I did that I heard my body asking for more and telling me that it was up for the long loop even though I hadn’t been running in a week and a half.

After deciding to go the long loop, the blue moon came into view and I was overcome with peacefulness. I bid adieu to 2009 and I realized that, for the first time in a long time, I am content with where I am and who I am and I am not fixated on changing a thing. Thank you sweet jesus.

This morning, a dear friend sent me a list of things that she is grateful for and here is my list that I sent back to her:

-My lady friends and fun times and great chats had with them
-The peacefulness that I feel about the coming but still unknown changes regarding life after law school. The certainty that I feel that all will be well.
-yoga
-exploration in the kitchen
-growing acceptance of all parts of me
-financial security
-my B Street refuge

What’s on your list?

An unpleasant combination of words spoken to me yesterday

Now,
remember,
there’s
no
prohibition
against
working
evenings
and
weekends,

he said to me on Thursday, as he handed me a project due the Monday after New Year’s weekend.

Out loud, I said, "Got it. I'll see what I can find and I'll get back to you on Monday."

In my head, "Awwww shit....hey, maybe we ought to impose such a prohibition. Look at your waistline! Listen to the boring stories you are repeating all the time. Get out there and get some new material! Oh, and you know how your wife resents you and your kids don't know you? That's probably because of how you spend your weekends and evenings. Consider the prohibition. You'll love it!"

Promises Promises

“It’s very important to keep promises, especially ones you make to yourself,” says Barbara Stanwyck’s character in “Christmas in Connecticut,” as she pulls a mink coat that she promised to buy for herself out of a box. She had to buy the coat on credit and it cost the equivalent of six months wages.

I made a promise to write here every day over my break, but that only lasted for three days perhaps. I’m not too hard on myself about it. It is not that I failed to follow through; it is just that I changed my mind. The mind can always be changed, and I am so comforted by this. Never believe anything I say. Don’t believe anything you read here. It is all subject to change. Don’t ask me to marry you. If you do, and I say yes, don’t hold your breath.