| Post Birthday Thanks |
[Jul. 16th, 2009|12:27 pm] |
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*hugs* Thank you guys for all your birthday wishes yesterday! It made my day. Matt has a surprise cooked up for me in a couple of weeks and he won't let me know what fun things are going on. *wiggles*
I'm a grown up lady now. My years on this planet say so. You can tell when you can't count your years on fingers and toes. If old ladies bake cookies and old men wave canes and yell at people to get off their lawns, then can I throw cookies at people on my lawn?
Yesterday was fun, I feel a lot like Garfield :D
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| Textbook Discounts |
[Aug. 18th, 2008|04:04 pm] |
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| Website Project Question |
[Jun. 18th, 2008|04:55 pm] |
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Hi All,
I have a long-term website project I would like to begin, but it's been a while since I've played in the web development world, and, well, things have changed since last we met. Coding is simpler, apps slip into each other like butter, and none of it makes sense because I came from a world of hard coding and reams of it. In my heyday it was Frontpage for ease of use and HTML for the rest o.o Remember those days? Well, what I want to do is far beyond those days.
The basics:
I'd like to make an interactive website, user generated content, with a heavy database back end. *Not a Wiki* Sure there is Dreamweaver and Flash, but I'd prefer to start with something that has a bit more free-ware and a bit less building from the ground up. In terms of building things I'd rather begin with a prefab design and all the nails already counted for you IKEA style, instead of cutting down my own trees and spending hours peeling the bark off.
The question:
So I don't want to waste my time chasing my own tail. If I'm going to sit down and learn some program inside and out I want it to be the right one. Right now I'm looking at Ruby on Rails as a possible option. Any opinions on it? And suggestions on better/other web development apps? Most importantly, anything with lots of user friendliness and still being able to do rather complex things? |
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| 9 Nobel Virtues in LOLcat |
[Jun. 3rd, 2008|09:29 am] |
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I know you're probably all tired out with lolcat this and can has that, but I just had to post this. When you take the serious face out of deep wisdom, somehow it just seems so much more wise (probably because it's easier to learn and smile when virtue takes the stick out of its bum).
( 9 Nobel Virtues ) |
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| Get your Gaming Geek On |
[Apr. 30th, 2008|09:37 am] |
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Yesterday Matt got GTA and I pitched a fit because I've been wanting Overlord. No fair him having uber fun destruction time and none for me. So now I have Overlord and he has GTA and we spent the night decompressing to the sounds of car chases, hooker fights, and minion worship. So far the top things I like from watching GTA are the insane talk radio and the fact that the NPCs are not as cookie cutter as they used to be. Looks like a real town now, neat.
On the other hand, Overlord is right up my alley with equal parts cute, funny, and evil. Having little gremlin creatures do my bidding and call me Master is surprisingly ego boosting. Now if only I can stop killing my peasants, but you know, they are in front of me, and I have an Ax. It's hard to resist.
I'm not really into gaming, so it's rare for me to find one I can really sink my mental teeth into. So far Overlord is ranking right up there with Bard's Tale and Fallout.
*This message brought to you by the makers of No-Dose. Who needs sleep when you can work all day, game all night, rinse repeat.* |
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| The Green Movement |
[Apr. 24th, 2008|09:53 am] |
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By about now just about every person out there has had some contact with this whole Green movement, and my question is, what do you think about it?
I keep having mixed feelings about the whole shtick. On one hand, YAY for people (including myself) finally taking a better stance against all the poisons in our waters/food/household chemicals. And YAY for hybrid cars with better gas mileage and people taking better care of the earth with recycling and lowering your carbon footprint and all that jive. Maybe if we're lucky this can also bring about a comeback of the local community farmers and small businesses.
On the other hand, why does it all feel so fake? So corporate? I mean, I'm glad companies are on board with all this because frankly 100 wannabe-hippies can't make much of a difference, but a 30,000+ corporate juggernaut can do a good job cleaning up its act. Yet somehow, I don't know. I don't trust something about it all. It feels like another way to sell us all crap we don't need a a price that's mindbogglingly high. Hybrid cars could be getting 100+ miles to the gallon, but they don't. Why not? Food and gas prices are skyrocketing, and as necessary commodities, that just emphasizes the gap between rich and poor. Yet, we aren't going the self-sustaining hippy route. The green movement isn't for everyone, just those who can afford the designer recycled jeans. People aren't ripping up their lawns to put in vegetable gardens, because then they can't walk into a Starbucks showing off their manicures and 100% organic cotton canvas Whole Foods shopping bags. Maybe that's what's bugging me. The people that shout GREEN at the top of their lungs, looking down from on high at all the stupid Americans who eat McDonalds out of disposable containers, are just too clean. You can't be that clean if you're revolutionizing the world. You can't push to save the polar bears from drowning while waving a plastic water bottle around. Why not push to clean the tap water so we don't have to buy flavored Britta filters and drink other people's prescription pee?
Ok, now I'm just ranting, but I'm wondering how other people feel about this issue. I mean, maybe it's just the little nook I live in with the cookie-cutter pod people I work with, but does anyone else feel a not quite right feeling?
On a totally unrelated note, I had a great weekend just chilling and getting to know some fun and sweet people. I need to get out more :) Thanks Kamber, Leandra, and Eryth! I'm glad I got to finally spend some quality time with you guys and Roxy and Astor :) Huh, now I'm wondering if we can improv some Live Action Role Playing in the woods. Just an idea. Oh, and I gotta get a copy of that soup recipe. I've been craving it ever since! |
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| Unleashed Camping Trip! |
[Apr. 14th, 2008|03:48 pm] |
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Hi All! I am unlocking this post, so sorry for the repeat, but now we have a LJ community to share :)
Ahhh, spring. After that long winter hibernation, the woods are calling to shake off the same old, same old, with an alluring song of fresh air, laughter, campfires and new memories! Snowie and I got the ball rolling so that, about 1 month from today a bunch of us are going camping and whitewater rafting!
Want to come?
Basics:
May 7th-11th, you can come for that whole time, just the weekend, whatever you want.
Hickory Run State Park & Campground, White Haven, PA
White Water Rafting on the Lehigh River Sat (May 10) morning!
Check out ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) fursunleashed for more info on what is being planned from fishing expeditions to horseback riding!
( Hickory Run State Park & Campground )
( Whitewater Rafting Fun! )
( Websites )
Don’t forget you have to make 2 separate reservations, 1 for camping and 1 for the whitewater rafting.
Flaming marshmallow love! |
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| Good campgrounds anyone? |
[Mar. 4th, 2008|02:48 pm] |
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Hi hi! I need help! This is mostly aimed at you PA folk. So here goes:
I want to find a campground in the eastern PA area (not too far out there please) that fulfills these requirements:
1) Doesn't have quiet hours (or willing to stick us off somewhere that it's ok to drum all night)
2) Has good tent camping
3) Preferably has stuff to do like swimming lake, canoing, hiking, etc.
4) Not necessary but it'd be cool if they have cabins for rent too
That may not seem like such a hard thing to find, but there are SO many campgrounds in PA that I don't know where to start and most of them seem to be geared towards kids and quiet hours. I want a place that won't mind us howling at the moon n such. I'm also ok with a place in NJ, but I figured PA might have better pickins.
If you know of a good campground please let me know. I want to get a giant camping trip together, but finding a good place is hard. HELP! |
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| Happy Valentine’s Day |
[Feb. 14th, 2008|02:15 pm] |
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So, it’s that time of year when the birds sing in the sub zero temperatures and millions of flowers give up their lives in service to the big L. Don’t worry I won’t say the scary word. I know how it can affect some of you. We wouldn’t want the whole LJ community swooning over their keyboards or trying to attack their screens with pitchforks and daggers. I gotta say, for a Hallmark creation this day sure does inspire some pretty amazingly powerful emotions.
There are the gun-toting kind that get up on their soap box to do a groovy tapdance and tell us all how evil it is to sell out the big L to the corporate bastards in cupid outfits.
There are the wounded, burned too hard in the past types who see this day as a gauntlet that must be run, because no matter how hard we try, cutting the number 14 out of the calendar does not make the day go away.
Then there are those in my category. The hippy peace type that wonders why Rodney King’s statement doesn’t win out over all. Yes, I know Valentine’s day is a ruse to sell more chocolate than Jabba the Hut could eat in a lifetime. Yes, I know it can really suck to be reminded just how single you are while it seems like all the people around you are making in-your-face-kissy noises with their SOs. But that doesn’t change the fact that this one day a year is entirely devoted to the concept (if not the actuality) of the big L.
If I had a billion dollars I would give each one of you a Valentine to share my heart with you. Since I don’t have the billion I’ll just share my heart. Whether you have someone to kiss today or not, you have friends. Friends who care very much for you and wish you nothing but happiness and joy on this day and everyday.
Oh, and I lied. I am going to say the scary word.
I love you.
And I hope you love you too!
PS: I got flowers at work today from a secret admirer and I know who it is! *hugs tight* Thank you you wonderful man you :D |
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| Random thought on the Quechua Language |
[Feb. 6th, 2008|04:12 pm] |
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Can anyone explain to me why the Quechua language would have 6 different words for elbow?!
kuchus
kukuchi
makikukuchu
muqlli
uyun
rikra muqu |
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| This I Believe... |
[Jan. 15th, 2008|03:04 pm] |
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I just want to share an amazing podcast with everyone. NPR has a podcast called "This I Believe"
They are little 5-10 minute essays of Americans from all walks of life describing their core personal beliefs. Most make me want to cry in hope. Definitely worth the download. |
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| Work is becoming surreal |
[Jan. 9th, 2008|01:55 pm] |
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My boss and I just had a rather long conversation about stress and our fears of conflict (we both went to a conflict management meeting) and we came to a rather interesting conclusion...
We both wish we were Amish.
O.o |
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| Lost and Found |
[Jan. 8th, 2008|11:55 am] |
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I have quite a bit of stuff left over from the Christmas party. Everyday it seems I find a new thing someone left behind and my Lost & Found box overflows. A lot of it is Red's, but I keep forgetting to give it to you when I see you :D
There is also:
2 shirts,
a zip-up sweatshirt,
ummm, a bunch of other stuff,
and an air-mattress
If you left it behind leave me a message so I know who belongs to what. Especially the air-mattress, who's is that?
Ok, back to work! |
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| New Years Alcohol List |
[Dec. 30th, 2007|10:57 pm] |
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Quick post on the booze for Furball PA New Years Party. Since people asked here is the list of what we've got:
Vodka
Light Rum
Dark Rum
Tequila
Triple Sec
Apple Pucker
Champagne
Sparkling Cider (for those that don't want Champagne at the ball drop)
Whiskey
Bailey's
Jaeger
Frangelico
Peach Tree
Heineken
whatever is leftover from the Christmas party
and Rikki is bringing all the stuff for the Sangria again! YAY!
Have a Happy New Year!
Drink Responsibly!
Leave an offering at the Altar of the Porcelain God! |
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| Present Wrapping Reflections |
[Dec. 21st, 2007|09:29 am] |
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Thought: Never wrap presents for your friends at the same time as you wrap presents for your boss & coworkers. Trying to explain why the from label says Tigra instead of Kristy is a strange strange thing. |
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