I CAN HAZ VACATION!
I’m rather low on things to report, I’m afraid. Yara and I’ve been enjoying all our free time these last few days. The weather has been impeccable and we’re certainly not complaining. Getting a lot of neglected housework done and taking lots of leisurely walks through Washington Park. I’ve also been catching up on some reading — finally got around to starting The Children of Húrin which is several thousand kinds of awesome. As well as watching some new DVDs, most notably season two of Heroes. Met up with Bonnie for lunch this past Saturday and that was a blast to catch up with her; she got to get acquainted with Yara for the first time and I think they both enjoyed that immensely. Mostly, we’ve both been enjoying sleeping in every day and I’m quite sure we’ll be far too used to it come Tuesday.
Class officially started today and I think my butterflies are still hanging out in my stomach. I’m kind of glad that our reading isn’t really due until next week as my book still hasn’t arrived. (Oops!) Hopefully it gets here before the end of the week so I can get involved in the discussion board before it becomes impossible to weed through.
I’m thinking of redesigning my website . . . which should strike no one by surprise even though I never finished putting this entire design up. :-p
Chegg.com
I should have mentioned this earlier for all the college students that visit here, but it completely slipped my mind. A coworker of mine alerted me to this very fine site, Chegg, where you can rent your textbooks. Not only is it very cheap — I bought mine for more than 50% off — but it’s green, too! By buying less books you’ll be saving trees; and for every book that’s rented, Chegg plants a tree.
Rejaw — microblog + chat
I’ve been a semi-frequent on Twitter for awhile now and have seen various “wannabes” crop up to replace it. Honestly, I’m not big on any of them; they’re all mostly the same thing and more often than not are very lacking or even difficult to use (or in the case of Plurk, hard to navigate as a blind person).
But today I was introduced to Rejaw and like the Internet sheep I am, I had to try it out. And you know what? I really like it. It’s just as easy to use as Twitter and has an incredibly simple navigation. It also allows commenting. And since it’s AJAX based, everything updates instantly; so in essence you have an ability to chat on your microblog. Oh, and you don’t even have to register to comment!
Anyway, thought I’d share. If you’re looking for me there, you can find me here
Working Girl . . . Again
My father started a new job yesterday at a nursing home and during orientation saw a Pekinese run past. This wasn’t too much of a jolt to him given the many nursing homes that regular take in rescues or have therapy animals paraded through their doors, but he inquired about the pooch and it turns out said pup accompanies his master daily to work at the home. Without really thinking, my dad blurted out that he is the happy owner of a retired guide dog, whom he is a bit concerned about leaving at home for such long periods as she’s getting on in years and may need to relieve more often and probably should be a bit less of a couch potato. No sooner had the words left his mouth than everyone from administration on down was expecting him to bring her along with him today.
He talked with me about it over the phone last night and in the end he decided it was worth trying out . . . and she’s an instant hit there. Dad reports that she schmoozed everyone for attention and food and that everybody has fallen in love with her. He’s still not 100% sure if he’ll bring her continuously; the floors there are very slippery for her and she’s certainly not going to loose weight with every staff person and patient feeding her treats all day long.
Either way I think it’s just brilliant. ;-)
‘Firefly’ Coming to Blu-Ray
ZOMGYAY! Seriously, words cannot express how great my W00T! is at this moment . . . possibly only to be surpassed by November 11th’s. :-)