only two pages so far See more progress on: write 500 pages So this kind of works. If I just edit the pages down as I write them, it can kind of be a countdown. This was an automated post whenever you put an entry in so that was kind of cool. We’ll see how…

So I added a little sidebar item to track my writing. I put down 2 pages so far, though I wrote 5. Only 1 is actually useable so I gave myself 2. I’d love a better way of tracking this than editing my blog template every day. There’s probably some simple javascripty thing I can…

Danica Patrick came in 4th in the Indy 500 yesterday. I was literally on the edge of my seat because she almost won the damn thing. It was really interesting. What’s been even more interesting is what some bloggers are saying about the thing. I’m not a sports nut, so I don’t read the sports…

But I can’t help it. I was writing this morning, the fourth draft of a chapter of my book and it’s driving me nuts. I’m writing about the two years we spent in a house and neighborhood that I loved. We moved because it wasn’t upwardly mobile enough. Anyway, I was writing the scene, just…

I spent last night drinking with a bunch of friends. Towards the end of the evening, somewhere around 11, we started planning a history film festival, taking us from depictions of the Roman Empire to World War II. We wrote down names of films on the paper menus. It was quite amusing. Maybe this film…

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These thoughts are cyclical I realize but I’ve been thinking again about working vs. staying at home. When I have angst over working, it’s more often not because of the actual work that I’m doing, but because of working at all. I enjoy my work despite some really frustrating moments, but increasingly, I often realize…

IM-ing: I’ve recently gotten back into IM-ing. I had an ICQ account eons ago, but when I got my mac 3 years ago, I did the iChat thing (thegeekymom). I did a video chat the other day and it was really cool. So here’s my dilemma: do I stick with iChat–which doesn’t seem to have…

I wish I could. I love the Cavalier poets for their examination of disorder and what it meant in their extremely ordered society. Disorder is often highly gendered in their work. One of my favorite poems is “Delight in Disorder” by Robert Herrick, a poem about the wantonness of clothes. Ironically, the “slightly tousled” look…

I feel bleh. Not even blah. Because I’m outlining training sessions that are really technical (html, css, photoshop, video editing), I’ve been in techie mode lately. I like techie mode. I feel smart in techie mode. But after lunch today, I had to shift into half techie/half writing teacher mode and I felt less smart.…