Wow, I haven't mean to be missing from LJ. I keep starting posts but then don't post them. Been busy, things have been good. I still need to write-up stuff about Tahoe and all the revelations I've had the last few weeks. Also possibly something(one) new to write about. But that's still really new.

Don't usually share quotes from the day, but this one was awesome and really defines something I've had a hard time defining.

Skiers are Ivy League, where as snowboarders are Liberal Arts

Ok, here are three more. For the site I'm getting rid of the .com a the end, that will only go on my business cards. I think I've also decided that I'm not fond of the two different colors plus grey, but like the two in the same family plus grey. Thoughts?

I so rarely remember my dreams, but last night's was strange. Well, a part of it anyway. In my dream, I was talking to someone while we were watching TV, and all of a sudden a makeup commercial comes on. And who's staring in it, zwetschke.

Just thought I would share.

Well, I finally launched my blog last week. It's still in its junior stage as I work on the look and feel, and figure out the widgets but I've been posting articles. Right now is just a basic template that's up but that will all be changing over the next few weeks as the kinks begin to be worked out and everything starts to settle in.

I'm waiting on a logo idea from a friend, but in the meantime I've been working on a name logo to also use. Does name logo actually make sense? Anyway, I'm sure you all get the idea. So, here is what I've come up with so far, simple, but hopefully effectual. I'm hoping to implement this either tomorrow or the next day and make some temporary business cards. I keep ending up in situations where I could be passing along my card for people that could be interested in the site, so I sort of don't want to wait on that.

Anyway, so here are 4 logos, similar, yet different. Thoughts appreciated as always.



Oh, and for those who might want to check it out, in case you couldn't tell from the images above, the site is womansportsblog.com. Feel free to check it out now, and give some initial feedback. Don't worry, I'll be pimping the blog out and asking you all to the same once it's all designed and pretty :D

Oye, do I think I'm going to have a lot to write about when I get back!

Or more specifically, blogs that you like the look/organization of.

I've finally done it, I got a name, found a place to host it and so it begins. I've even written some entries, although I haven't posted them! Soon soon, first I want to make it look pretty!

Why do I not remember Earth Girl's Are Easy being a musical?

Well, the end of my first week being unemployed is coming to an end. I find that for the first time all week I'm having a hard time being motivated. I never realized how draining being unemployed can be! I've spent a lot of time sending out resumes to recruiters and industry contacts and then filling in said people as to what happened and what's going on. In addition, I finally started work on my blog. I'm not as far a long with it as I had hoped, but it's ok and for good reasons. Hopefully next week it will actually go live and we will happily accepting volunteers as Beta Testers for the soft launch. I've never had an actual blog before, so I need to play around with it for a bit and get some feedback.

Next week is already shaping up to be fairly busy. Helps that I'm also planing on being upstate snowboarding Monday and Tuesday :D I'm meeting with more recruiters, catching up with some acquaintances in the industry and hopefully going on an interview or two! Waiting to hear back on that. Glad she forewarned me to be patient otherwise I would be going crazy and calling her that I haven't heard back. Will probably call Monday anyway if I haven't heard anything :D

Tonight I'm going to the Kara Walker exhibit at the Whitney, which closes Sunday for those interested, then catching up with friends throughout the weekend and hosting a Superbowl party Sunday. If the weather is nice enough I might even go for a bike ride. I really want to start doing that regularly if it's warm enough.

Ok, time to leave my dry apt to go pick up some stuff at the drugstore. Doesn't help that the weather is just crap today. Why couldn't it be snowing! That would make me a very happy person.

Wow, I can't believe it's Thursday already! Where is all my time being sucked away to?! It's absolutely amazing. I made a to-do list at the beginning of the week of things I wanted to get done each day. It's amazing how I haven't been able to accomplish everything. I don't even think I've accomplished half! And the crazy thing, I've been really busy!

Finally started some serious work on my blog yesterday which included writing my first entry. I think I need to make an excel spreadsheet of articles I want to write. Oooh, that's a good idea for keeping track! Me likey!

It's looking like I'm not heading upstate this weekend due to crappy weather. A bit bummed, but whatever. There are some exhibits I might try to make it to instead, and some friends I would like to catch-up with. Not to mention I'm planning on riding Tuesday :D Hmm, maybe I'll even ride mon-tues? Oh the possibilities!

Had some potentially promising things happen on the job front too yesterday. I'll hold-off commenting until there's actual news.

Anyone who lives in the states. Have you seen any 2008 French Vogues? We haven't been receiving out subscriptions, and I just went to the magazine shop by work where we usually get them from and they had ZERO! Not one French Vogue. Not even December's.

The February Amica arrived two weeks early which makes my happy though :D

So...

I just got a call from one of the owners of this online female snowboarding shop to be filmed riding on Friday the 25th. The day after I get back from my Snowbird trip. They want "women who can shred" and I'm one of the one's at the top of their list. I'm really kind of honored that they called me. I guess the only reason why I'm hesitant is because it's the day after I get back from my trip to Snowbird. So essentially, I'll be arriving Thursday morning from a red-eye, then heading upstate that evening to be filmed at 5:30AM Friday.

I'm I just a loser for even hesitating?

Anyone have a recommendation for a flower delivery service in NYC that;s not 1800flowers? I'm looking for something maybe a little more high-end. I want to send flowers to my mom, it's something she really likes, and I think the ones at 1800 are a bit too chinzy.

Any suggestions?

Wow! I can't believe I haven't posted in over two weeks! And I've had a bunch of good things to say too. I think I've just been so busy at work, and not really home much at night, that I haven't had time to post. Hmm, lets see. The mini update for now.

1. Went to Asheville two weekends ago to visit my friend M from Macalester. Never been there bit been meaning to go for quite sometime. It reminded me of Ithaca, except with a southern twist. Ate lots of good veggie fair and even learned a new trick about tofu. Will probably share at some other time.

2. G then arrived on Thursday. It was sort of last minute but my mom and I decided he should be here with family rather than in SF alone, since my sister and the kids were coming here.

3. Last weekend I went upstate to do some boarding with S. We only rode Saturday since the weather was super crappy Sunday. Came home early, hung out with G, then we went to the airport to pick-up my sister and the kids to bring them to m brother's.

4. Spent a significant amount of time this past week with my family both in the city and out on LI. Wow did we eat a lot this past week!

5. I'm on some sort of movie-fest both in the theaters and at home. I feel like it's none-stop, which is weird because we've been doing so many other things too. It's really just whatever waking moments we have, G seems to want to be watching a movie, so we are. I don't think I've had a moment alone in two weeks. I might be going batty.

6. Well, partial lie about not having a moment alone since I did board for a few hours yesterday by myself. That was nice, except a took a pretty rough tumble on my first run which has left my neck not feeling that great. Hence typing this rather than riding. I do plan to get back on the board tomorrow.

7. My niece and nephew signed me up for facebook. Yes, several of you have already made comments about that. Any scrabble fans? I love scrabble, so come play Scrabulus with me if you are on there!

Hope everyone is having a good holiday. One more week then I might actually have a day to myself!

Just booked my SLC vacation over MLK to Snowbird! I'm so excited! We got a killer deal on the room, and found discounted multi-day passes on Trevelocity! Yes, I'm super stoked! Next week I get to start planning Tahoe over Presidents day!

Did I mention that, if everything goes to plan, I will have logged 22 days by the end of January!

Ok, I know I’ve been saying that I need to hang art-work on my wall for what seems like forever, but I’m finally taking steps to actually do it! Now, I need your help in narrowing down my selections. You guys will have to bare with me for a bit. I’ve narrowed it down to 24, which is a small number compared to what I started with, but clearly way more than I plan on hanging, and way more than I think is tolerable for one post. So, I guess, what, maybe three posts? Anyway, no particular order, although they are grouped by theme. Obviously for those who have not seen my place, this will be difficult, but I would still love opinions on what might look good hanging on a wall. Also, if there’s anything of mine you remember, for those who watch shatteredlens that you think should be considered, let me know. Most will be 8.5 x 11 ish in size, hmm, maybe some will be smaller, but I do want to make one or to into larger posters.

( Theme I: People )

To The Golden Compass!

I am saddened to say that I was disappointed by this movie. It's my favorite trilogy and I just feel that it wasn't done justice. They didn't fully strip away the anti-religious sentiments as I had feared, so that wasn't the issue, it was just... choppy. Nothing about this movie flowed. There was never a breather.

Out of all of the books I thought this was the weakest, and since this was such crap, I doubt we'll see the other two put into production. But we'll see. I'm slightly bummed none the less. The animation however really was fantastic, but the eye-candy alone isn't worth it in my opinion.

Did anyone see this and like it?

Actual weekend post, and possibly with pictures coming up!

Like a Barbarella night might be in order. Just throwing that out there.

Maybe a real post later. Maybe.