We finally got WiFi in the house. No there’s still no laptop. It’s for the phones. Heh. Erm, yeah. 2 iPhones suddenly justified WiFi. In the form of a Time Capsule. Because that also offers 500 GB of storage. 2 birds one stone and all that. (Can I justify spending or what?)

Anyhoo, it makes me laugh how now there is always one of us at the desktop and another surfing on the phone… Instead of you know, being impatient. LOL. After 12 years together it is clearly the little things that give us joy. 

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Have ya all heard of Meetup.com? I had kinda heard of it, but never took it seriously. But now I have been to my first Meetup, and I have to say it’s awesome. Trust me when I say that there is a Meetup for everything. The one I went to was actually a San Diego Blogger Meetup. I had found it by following some local folks on the Twitter, one of which actually co-hosts the whole thing. I was a bit intimidated at first. I had looked at a lot of the profiles of attendees when I signed up and saw mostly web professionals, real estate, and pro-bloggers. How would I ever fit in? I mean this blog is clearly none of those things..

Well I shouldn’t have worried. Turned out to be a nice cross-section of bloggers that really did vary in experience and subject matter. I had dragged Richard along (kicking and screaming) with me to the nearby Cafe Bassam, and we both ended up talking to quite a few people. I even felt knowledgeable! I am kinda a blogging dinosaur, been around since 2003. It was weird to say that out loud. I also might have unknowingly pimped a friend’s book. Well, I know I did now… but as I mentioned it I didn’t. Heh. But it’s hard to talk about my blogging beginnings with out Julie and Moxie…

Anyway, it was a good time. I wish I could have stayed more than one hour, but my work schedule is brutal this week. Well, today actually. 4:30 in the morning… Ugh. Next time tho…

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Twitter Quote Of The Day:

When I get old, I will have to explain to my children how blogging used to be more than pasting IM sessions into a little box. (via)

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This is the post where I was going to post the infamous 12 of 12 meme. Twelve photos on the twelfth day. I have been wanting to do it for months. Literally. But I always forget. This time was different…

I tried. I actually remembered, thanks to Brian. I was off work, so I went around and did interesting things. I took photos. Somehow I totally missed the part where you have to also note the time. By the time I figured out how to do find the time of a photo (it’s a really tiny bit of info I only get within iPhoto, which I didn’t use at all after getting the photos to the desktop). Anyhow, by the time I figured all that out it was (is) 12:30 at night. I have an early dentist appointment. Clearly this meme and I were not meant to be. And to be frank, looking at how much time was spent today futzing with the camera there is NO way I could do it on a workday. I am at work far too long to get photos, and I unfortunately would find myself fired if I photographed my place of work and put it online.

So yeah. I am bummed and oddly relieved. At least I tried it once, right? Right? 

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I mentioned the possibility of my attending a sort of blogger meet-up. Well, not sort of.. An actual blogger meet-up. I know, I know. More with blogging about blogging. I just think I should know bloggers in real life. I feel like such a novelty act around a lot of my friends… Anyways. I clicked around over at the MeetUp site, like snooping… No one seemed gay. Not that I am looking to hook up (hello, totally like married), but it’d be nice to meet some more gay folk…

As you can see, Brian totally ‘get’s me’.

OoOoOoOo

‹ wish i hadn't asked!

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So today is my mother’s birthday. Aw. My mom! And I am nowhere near her. I sent her flowers tho. They got there early. I figured since they screwed up the last time so bad (the 1-800-Flowers people, I mean) I sent them over to her 2 days early to account for the delivery suckage. I don’t know how much she liked them. I didn’t hear from her for a full day after I got the delivery confirmation in my email. Weird. And even then her note was about so many other things. I dunno. I hate being so far sometimes. I miss my family. It’s the things like birthdays and Mother’s Day that make me feel it more. Don’t get me started on Christmas…

Anyhoo, tonight is pretty low key. Richard is watching the shows he’s missed somehow even tho I saw them. (Isn’t the DVR technology just grand?) I am up here in the office looking at a lot of blogs but not commenting. I need to comment more, I know. I am just in a weird spot right now. I figure if I can get posting on my own blog 3 times a day again it will be time to go play more social again. You see, I was reading this interesting post over at The Blog Herald. And before you can even say it, yes. Yes I am a blogger that reads about blogs and blogging. I find it balances all of my celebrity gossip consumption. 

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Well today sure started out well. I got nearly everything done that I wanted too. Nearly. It was my first day off in 5 days, so productivity was paramount. However, I think my errands wore me out.

I am kinda in a bad mood. I wanted to do a podcast today since I had plenty of alone time, but I just wasn’t feelin’ it. I am not feeling the blog either. Thank gawd for weird crap to take pictures of, or there’d be nothing today.

Okay, I keep deleting everything I type. Time to stop for now.

UPDATE: Forgot to add that I think my house is haunted. Or I had a visiting ghost. I got home from the grocery today, opened the door and swept up cat litter like I always have to do before entering. I went back out to get my bags, and the door locked. I was locked out! I figured the door had been locked, but not closed when I first came in. I rang the bell and pounded on the door. Finally I was able to get in. I figured Richard had finally come down and unlocked it. He swears he didn’t. He also swears he had never locked it when he came back from the gym. But it WAS locked. I tried and tried to turn the knob. Weird, right? 

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Where have I been? Well. Lemme see…

Friday I took the day off. Such a good idea! I started at the gym. I really haven’t been as regular about that as I should.. Then I went home and dressed in a new outfit. I’ll just admit it now. I wore manpris. Like capris, but for men? Yeah, those. In white. I looked really good tho. I promise. Anyway, once I was dressed I went to the mall for some shopping. I wasn’t looking for anything really. I just don’t like to sit out in the sun, so I get my outside time in the big outdoor mall. Heh. I did end up finding this really awesome portable bug zapper for the patio at the Restoration Hardware. Only 40 bucks! After shopping, I picked up Richard (who HAD been sitting in the sun all afternoon) and we headed up to The Prado for afternoon cocktails and appetizers. Then we met up with Sheila and proceeded to paint the town. Luckily we only got to part of the town as we had to rush off to meet someone. Someone that ended up not even being there… Anyhoo, it was a fun night regardless.

Saturday morning someone got spoiled rotten… Saturday afternoon we had decided to have a BBQ at our place and spent the morning getting the house and yard pretty for guests. Fred and Sheila came over and we enjoyed Fountain of Youth martinis while Richard manned the grill. Dinner was Bistro Style Turkey Burgers with an array of traditional BBQ sides (read baked beans, ect...) Fun night!

Which brings us to today. So far I have made coffee. Oh, and blogged! See? Still blogging. 

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