TASTING LIFE TWICE

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2008-06-10T11:44:27Z

Okay, so this is going to be another one of my rambly update posts seeing as I'm not the best blogger lately...

37 on 5th
Kindle coming in my near future.
The price of gas, keeps on rising...nothing comes for free. ♫
Recently I was walking by some developers in my office and overheard them talking about "the Lords of Cobol" and was surprised to see such old guys talking about Battlestar Galactica...until they kept talking and I realized that he was meaning whoever is writing COBOL on the project they are on. I don't think the slip was intentional. It was then that I realized I am rather a bit of a geek. A geek because I assumed it was a BSG reference and a geek because I know what COBOL is.
Oh my Season 3 of BSG is turning out to be amazing, IMHO. I'm so so so addicted. And frustrated that they are going to drag it out into 2009.
Is anyone using Friendfeed?
Yet another blog is in my future, putting the total at three. This blog. My writing blog (on which I have not been writing, sigh). And soon to be...a professional blog about B2B digital media relations. Gah.
New job is good. Different. Still figuring things out in many ways. I relied a lot on the PR agencies at my previous jobs to handle pitching and getting the news out (imagine that)...this time around I'm realizing that I'm going to really have to get my hands dirty and do more direct outreach myself. I'm used to pulling teeth to get what I need, but this is more like yanking out the whole jaw. On the other hand I seem to be one of the only ones who really get the power of social media, so that's a good thing for visibility. Goes back to how women are the queens of it all.
I've been thinking a lot about trauma, tornadoes (unrelated but tragic in a similar way and I keep dreaming about them) and the preciousness of life. Someone I know recently lost a dear friend and the tragic story has hit home for me in the sense of the ongoing importance to never take the people in your life for granted.
I'm in love with Erin Tyner's photography. Recently bought (note the tornado):

Listening to:

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lazy blogging=lots of linking=hours of your life lost

2008-05-03T13:15:21Z

I'm not sure why I never have anything to say anymore, on either of my blogs. I'm usually spewing some drivel or another so you might think it would end up here, but well, I have to chalk it up to laziness.

At least with a list like this it proves you can find pretty much anything you want on the Net. And that Stumbleupon rules. Here are a few of my favorites to keep you busy for hours.

And so, for your lazy link pleasure:

Candy by Joshua Hoffine

That should keep you busy for now. :)

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project 365+me=a little sigh of failure

2007-03-08T12:59:41Z

It's true. Project 365 has fallen by the wayside. I just FORGET. And after 3-4 days of forgetting or taking pictures at the last moment in the day just to say I took something, well, I'll just stick to taking pictures as I think about it. But I have scored some interesting shots over the last couple of weeks, so here is my last almost-365 post.

Chihuly glass sculpture at Mohegan Sun. They finally cleaned it. When I saw it last it was covered in the most disgusting layer of yellow gray smoke crud. I used to work at a bottle supply company that Chihuly used to buy containers to mix his paints. He would always send a cab driver over to get the delivery which I thought was so strange.

Here are some pictures from the same trip...we went with friends and hit up Mystic, CT for lunch prior to going to Mohegan Sun. The bar was at this great cozy place called the Captain Daniel Packer Inn. Definitely hit that place up if you are going to Mystic. Great pub menu in particular.

Corks and bottles and this great art deco lamp that Joe has...

Out and about in Harvard Square. I would forget to take pictures until the end of the day when we were driving home and so I have tons of shots taken in the car. Sad. Two of the tunnel, one of the pretty tree with lights outside of Grendel's Den and one of the super cool Sheraton Commander sign.

Last week we went to the Blue Room for dinner and it was a beautiful snowy picture with the lights everywhere and even a full moon.

This was the scene from my window during the day...

One of Joe's older pieces that we have on the wall in the dining room...

Sculpture-- Joe Doucette

And finally, the loverkitty, Romeo, looking for a big belly rub...

Fat & Sassy Loverkitty

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VD and Project 365

2007-02-15T12:00:58Z

Joe took care of me this Valentine's day, with roses, a gorgeous handmade card, a big box of Burdick's chocolates and dinner--filet mignon with a port cherry sauce, cheesy potato napoleon and two kinds of potstickers; BACON/pea and pork! I made a port stout chocolate mousse for dessert. YUM!

There's a picture of the potstickers in my most recent Project365 batch:

From left to right:

The potstickers
VERY tasty chocolate cherry marshmallows that I got for Joe
Blue lights in our living room
The fence outside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Trees taken at twilight on our way home from Kittery, ME last weekend
The contents of my bag (for a Voxhunt I never managed) --you'll see my journal, a book by Umberto Eco, my wallet, smartphone, foldup brush, ipod, usb stick and other miscellaneous crap
A wall at work
Twilight over a snowy field in Concord, MA
Thom Yorke hanging out in my car

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amityville notebook

2007-02-05T23:30:04Z

Last two Project 365 pictures..

Whenever I see the little windows like in the building below I think of the Amityville Horror, a story that has always fascinated me. I'm such a sucker for ghost stories. I watched the Ghost Hunters marathon on TV last night while Joe watched the Super Bowl...

024 Harvard building on JFK St.

The next is a very familiar object on my desk...

025

I'm finding that it's hard to do Project 365. I'm not a photographer by nature but I"m very interested in photography and in finding interesting images and perspectives. In that way, it's really cool for me, and it also creates a cool photo journal of my year, so I'm glad to do it even when I find myself unsure what on earth I will take a picture of on a given day.

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viewing art inside at the bar

2007-01-28T14:16:13Z

Here's the Project 365 round up for the week.

Day 13: This is the view from my cube. Sigh. Our office actually has windows all the way around every floor so it does have a lot of light. I just happened to end up on the wall with the main support section which means I get less window. I suppose that's okay. It means I have to get up and walk around to check out any turkeys that appear in the parking lot.

Room With A View

Day 14: One of Joe's latest creations. Apparently I cropped the green off the right edge, but well, when we get his online gallery together I'll fix that. This piece is 38 x 50, mixed media. He doesn't name them but at some point he'll probably need to number them...

JoePainting

Day 15: It was FUHREEZING on Friday. Here Romeo is very very happy that he wasn't outside in the 1 degree temperature when this picture was taken.

Kitty is Warm Inside

Day 16: And last night, taken at the bar of the Red House, which we go to here and there. I think our favorite bars in Harvard are probably the Red House, Rialto (but now it's undergoing renovations so who knows if we'll like it later) and our new favorite, the bar at Harvest. Occasionally we also hang out at Grendel's but it just depends on whether or not we're up for dealing with lots of rich snotty Harvard kids. Hehe at the other bars we're just dealing with other rich snotty Harvard people. ;) Anyway, I really like how this particular shot turned out. My camera batteries had given out earlier so I was relying on my camera phone which takes great day shots but the flash is the pits. I think that worked out better in this case...

RedHouse

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