Category 'Piqued'

aveda institute

It’s basically a really cheap spa.

Click here for a .pdf file of the complete list of services and prices.

They recently opened a massage school too!

A few of my old coworkers from Hal took me there this past weekend and it was a lot of fun.

Here are my services:

  • Haircut & Style - $15
  • 60 Minute Tourmaline Radiance Facial - $45
  • Classic Pedicure - $14

The haircut and style was pretty great. The girl freaked out when I showed her how short I wanted my hair so she went to get her instructor and her instructor cut most of it. I’m really happy with how it turned out. Here’s my new hair:

goodbye long hair, hello short hair!

The facial was incredible. Granted, this was my first facial, the girls with me were also raving about their facials. Not only was it a facial, they also massaged my arms, shoulders, neck, and feet! It was so relaxing with the classical music, dimmed lights, and running water. And it was great to try out all the Aveda products that usually cost you an arm and a leg.

The pedicure was lousy because it’s done by hairstylists who just need more credit hours. The girl doing my pedicure had a step-by-step guide on how to do pedicures right next to her. She would do one step and then look at her guide. I think it may have been her first pedicure ever. Oh well.

One of my coworkers did one of the body wraps and she didn’t really enjoy it. I would drive up to the Woodlands just to get that facial! I also want to try their massage school. They were all booked up about a month ahead of time so we didn’t get a chance to try that.

We went to the Woodlands Mall afterwards to try to get some shopping done but it was so crowded and I was pretty exhausted from getting up so early that morning.

please vote for me

In anticipation of the upcoming NBA season, we’ve finally got cable TV. Well, we’ve actually always had it, but we are now officially paying for it so that we can watch with integrity. We got this great deal for $29 bucks extra each month for the next twelve months or something like that, which is less than we would spend on beers and bar food if we watched all the NBA games at local sports bars.

ANYWAY. We have naturally been watching more TV. There is definitely a good variety that we enjoy. We watch American Gladiators reruns on ESPN Classic (did you know NBC is bringing the show back?), a lot of fighting (UFC/IFL/Boxing), Rachael Ray’s 30 Minute Meals, Travel, HGTV, and PBS.

The other night, we were watching PBS and they have this segment called Independent Lens which their website describes as “an independent Film Festival in your living room.”

We caught the second half of the documentary, Please Vote For Me, the story of a third-grade class in Wuhan, China that is holding a democratic election for the class monitor.

“To prove their worthiness, the candidates must perform in three events. First is a talent show, where each candidate plays an instrument or sings a song. Second is a debate, in which the candidates bring up the shortcomings of their opponents as well as their own personal qualifications. And finally, each candidate must deliver a speech, an opportunity to appeal directly to classmates and ask for their votes.”

The irony of this mini-election is not lost on us. The implications of a democracy experiment in communist China is fascinating on so many levels. As I’m cheering on the kids, the husband is remarking at the way the quasi experiment in a third-grade classroom can be extrapolated to the adult politics in China.

I’m especially interested at the fanatical parental involvement with the preparation of the speeches. Several of the parents write the speeches and coach the kids on speech content, posture, dramatic pauses, confidence, and even the tempo of their speech. You can almost see the weight of the burden that’s placed on the kids. Even though the children are only eight years old, their facial expressions carry a uncomfortable depth that kind of breaks your heart.

I really liked the way this documentary was filmed. The filmmakers were silent and the editing was pretty subtle. There are so many documentaries where the will of the filmmaker dominates every scene and every cut but in this movie you forget for a moment that there’s a giant film crew in the small living room as one of the kids practices his campaign speech in his underwear. You feel as though you really are an invisible observer in the classroom. This is helped tremendously by the fact that the kids are candid on the film and seem to interact with no regard for the camera.

Class monitors are usually appointed. To hold an election is bold, almost a bit daring. But the results are depressingly the same as before the election.

There are three candidates running for the position of class monitor. The first candidate is a girl named Xu Xiaofei who is attacked for her gossiping and her tendency to cry in tough situations. She has a dedicated following of her girlfriends but is not much of a contender. The second candidate is named Luo Lei and is the incumbent class monitor. He is strict, believes in physical punishment, and despite his small size, speaks with the authority of true politician. The third candidate is a chubby, lovable boy named Cheng Cheng who promotes democratic processes and promises to invite class input on how everything should be run. At one point he asks the class to raise their hands if they’ve been beaten up by the Luo Lei, the incumbent class monitor. A large number of hands shoot up in the air. He tells them that it doesn’t have to be this way. He encourages them to think about how it would be if they didn’t have to live in fear of being hit by Luo Lei. He gives a great final campaign speech. It’s not hard to guess who’s my favorite.

Luo Lei also gives a pretty good final speech but the real kicker is that his dad has bought a stack of greeting cards for him to hand out after his speech as mid-autumn festival gifts. This infuriates me. It’s a dirty underhanded trick. And it really just kills me. Because I know it’s going to work.

And it does.

In fact, they vote for the Luo Lei in a landslide. With their pretty gifts in their hands, they so quickly forget about the idea of a democratic classroom. They vote for something that’s familiar. Luo Lei can’t be that bad. After all, he’s given them gifts!

Isn’t that the whole problem with democracy? Don’t get me wrong, I still think democracy is the best form of government. But just because a country has a democratic process, it doesn’t mean the country is saved from corruption and poor leadership. More times than not, the wrong people are elected into power by the uninformed popular vote that doesn’t know what’s good for them.

Weijun Chen, the filmmaker, has the same sentiments. He is quoted on the website saying:

“A consummate democratic system does not necessarily create a perfect democratic society. Why? This is where the “human factor” plays a big role. Ultimately, a democratic system must depend on the people within the system for implementation and compliance. If the people are not equipped with the necessary democratic culture or if there is a conflict with their inherent cultural beliefs, then the democratic system will only be reduced to a stiff and rigid legal provision. It would then be difficult to create a true democratic society.”

Cheng Cheng cries his eyes out when he finds out the results of the election. I want to cry with him.

Here’s the trailer:

lucky

I contemplated writing this kind of a post a few weeks ago when my one year wedding anniversary rolled around. But I considered my readers, I really did, and realized there isn’t really an interest in this part of my life.

So then I wrote about buying a car instead and posted pictures of the new 2008 Honda Accord Coupe. Go figure. I’m not sure if there was much interest in that either.

As I’m debating whether to eat my fourth blueberry muffin within a span of eleven hours, I have completely run out of self-control (obviously) and I am going to write what I’ve been wanting to write.

Reader, you may now respectfully click on to another blog. I write the following for my own pleasure.

I’m lucky. I’ve always known this. I’m not talking about the lottery kind of luck, in fact I never win raffles and I’ve never gotten BINGO in my entire life. Not even in second grade when we used squares of construction paper to cover up our BINGO boards. The luck I’m talking about is the kind that has to do with finding your soulmate. Not that there’s necessarily one person that’s only made for one other person, but when I say soulmate, I mean that when you find someone and you fall in love with that person and it certainly feels like they were made for you and you for that person. It feels like your bodies were meant to fit together– the nook between his chin and his shoulder is strangely the perfect size for you to snuggle your head into. All those cheesy poems start making so much sense. Like puzzle pieces fitting together.

Well, except for our hands. I have tiny hands that are comically disproportionate to my height and he has large hands that stretch my fingers apart so widely that sometimes we take hand-holding breaks. But even then, the sheer ridiculous nature of that seems right. That it was an intentional design, to add very ordinary humor into our romance.

And when I say “luck,” I use the term pretty loosely. My older sister generally dislikes the use of the word luck because she feels it suggests a lack of predestination, a lack of fate, and a lack of God’s hand in everything. I believe in the same destiny theories as she does, and I believe that God orchestrates the majority of our lives. But I’m reluctant to omit the word “luck” from my vocabulary because I think it evokes a sense of giddiness. Of pure glee. That for some reason or another, you were fortunate enough to get something that your neighbor was unable to get.

I imagine every happy couple believes that their love for each other is unrivaled by any other couples in the universe. Not even the freaky alien couples that might exist out there. I’m no exception. I honestly think that we know love better than everybody else. Is this conceit? Perhaps. But it’s blissful conceit.

Our relationship fascinates me. It really does. And I think that’s a hallmark of true love. I think true love is associated with a degree of fanatical obsession. I think that’s why so many people go crazy. You’re borderline crazy when you’re in love.

I don’t understand how love can be mild and mediocre. I don’t understand it when people need a break from their lover. When I was in a long distance relationship with the husband, so many people told me that it would get better over time– that I would get used to it. I wanted to tell them that I never wanted to get used to being apart from him. That if I were able to get over being away from him– it would be one of the greatest tragedies I had ever encountered.

Our relationship is hilarious. We always have these ongoing contests and a lot of times we’re childish, daring the other person to be more spontaneous and more outrageous.

Our conversations are provocative. We discuss technology, business, sports, science, and spirituality with the dedication of doctorate students preparing a thesis on each subject. We create exercises and debates for ourselves and research facts to support our arguments. I’m learning in my relationship.

And our sex life? Just kidding, I won’t go there.

Oh, and did I mention? The husband bakes. He bakes delicious turtle brownies and last night he baked the world’s best blueberry & walnut muffins using the Amish Friendship Bread starter that we got from a good friend of ours.

See? I told you I’m lucky.

domy books

domy books

One visit to Domy Books and it’s gotten on my list of cool places to go in Houston.

It’s officially a bookstore but there are enough toys on their shelves to be a bonafide toystore. So much so that the Houston Press awarded it “Best Toy Store” in Houston this year.

It’s a quirky place. There are a lot of comic books and art books but there are regular novels and non-fiction as well.

The toys are the interesting collectible blind box, plastic, and vinyl figurines such as robots, animals dressed up as other animals, humans dressed up as animals, aliens, and other random things. Lots of KidRobot stuff. Here’s an example:

Meet Bones Labbit.

There was this one smoking panda that had the message “Liberado Hoy Por Cerveza Manana” on his T-Shirt. I only took three years of unfocused Spanish in high school but I believe that means “Liberated Today for Beer Tomorrow.”

What a bunch of jokers.

I know what you’re thinking. Bookstore with modern decor, weird Japanese toys and cashier with tattoos and trendy hair behind the counter. Overdone. Trying too hard. You woud think that’s the case but it’s not. There’s no DJ spinning music in the background. As you walk around the bookstore, you really start to believe that whoever designed the store and runs the store loves everything that’s in the store and isn’t trying to fit some sort of business model.

Here’s how they describe themselves:

Domy is a progressive bookstore with a focus on editioned books, periodicals, video, and product lines that concentrate on national and international contemporary art and culture.

Additionally, Domy will produce exhibitions and events that highlight the store’s intersecting ideas thru a variety of media, including: works on paper, video, music, design and printed matter.”

I’ll definitely be back. I want to buy Craig Thompson’s comic book novel, Blankets, and I want to check out their patio cafe in the back. I think I spotted a waiter carrying waffles with strawberry topping.

sleep in your toyota 4-runner

No, I’m not kidding. Let me give you the backstory.

The husband and I are planning to go to Guadalupe Mountains National Park in November and we started planning a few months back.  We went to our local Whole Earth Provision Co. to check out the camping gear and we were really shocked at how expensive everything was.   Isn’t camping supposed to be a relatively inexpensive activity?  Going back to nature didn’t seem as natural as we thought it would be.  At least not in the way that Whole Earth was suggesting.

I went home and started looking around for tents online.  Campmor was recommended to me as a good resource for camping gear so I surfed through their pages.  I also surfed through some camping forums.  Most campers recommended 2-person tents that were well over $300.  And it wasn’t just the tent.  There were the sleeping bags that were $200 a pop.  Then there were the Therm-a-rest sleeping pads that everyone said was a must-buy, which ranged from $75 to $150 at the REI store.

Needless to say, we put off the camping idea for awhile.

Until the husband started coming across several websites and forum posts about 4-runner owners that sleep in the back.  The nice thing about 4 runners is that the back row of seats fold down completely (and easily) flat so that you have a six-foot (maybe a bit longer) flatbed in the back that’s about as wide as a full-size mattress.

Camping suddenly became affordable again.

We knew the cold front was coming in on Friday night so we decided to try out the set up.

An important part of the setup was buying AirShades:

They are basically model specific screens that fit over your car doors so that the breeze can blow through and ventilate the car but don’t let the bugs in.  I don’t think mosquitoes will be a problem since the temperature in that part of the country averages around 40 degrees at night in November.  But it’s nice to have.

You can see how the back row of seats fold up nicely.

Here’s the tent fan we bought that will also help ventilate the truck.  It was so nice and breezy Friday night that we didn’t need it in our trial run.

As you can see, the husband’s 5′10″ frame fits easily when stretched out.

This picture shows how roomy it is!  As an added plus, since we don’t have to worry about a damp ground, we can just bring our down comforter instead of buying fancy sleeping bags.  We might still invest in some sort of mattress pad but we probably won’t shell out the extra money for the Therm-a-rest sleeping pads.  I know I can get cheap mattress padding at Wal-Mart for twenty bucks or so.

You may say that this isn’t real camping– but honestly, sleeping in a tent isn’t all that appealing to me.  I’m excited about the trip because of the hikes we’ll get to do and the hopefully red maple trees.  I’m a city girl at heart.

And hey, if I can save several hundred dollars, why not?!

west gray cafe & more factoids

The husband and I are both on a diet and we occasionally cheat.

Last night we went to West Gray Cafe for late night munchies– which turned out to be complete breakfast plates for the both of us and a Coke float for me.  I’m talking scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, grits, hash browns, biscuits– the works.  It was ridiculous.  But so good!  The place was cool, laid back and low key.  They have several Greek options on the menu which is great.

We opted to sit on the patio because we’re patio kind of people and we shared the patio with a really odd table.  It consisted of a uniformed police officer, an older woman, a well-dressed gentlemen in a gray suit, and a middle aged man wearing a black vest over his hunter-green button up shirt.  My guess was that they were family (even though they didn’t look like it) but the husband was coming up with conspiracy theories.  Unfortunately, they were sitting too far to eavesdrop.

More random tidbits from the social work world (some of these are unverified):

  • If you want to keep cookies moist and soft for the next day, place a piece of bread into the box with them overnight so that they don’t get stale.
  • If you have a baby and give the unharmed baby to a safe place (such as a hospital or fire department) you can leave the baby with no legal consequences or abandonment charges (in accordance with the Baby Moses Law).
  • If you feel yourself tearing up and about to cry, drink a glass of water– apparently your body has a hard time doing both at the same time.
  • the word “laconic” means using few words; expressing much in few words

save the children

This weekend we were at Almeda Mall to check out Sarah Jessica Parker’s BITTEN clothing line at Steve & Barry’s and to buy the husband some new kicks.

“What is BITTEN? BITTEN is the first-ever apparel line launched by actress and fashion icon Sarah Jessica Parker, sold exclusively at Steve & Barry’s stores nationwide. Sarah Jessica, along with a team of Steve & Barry’s designers, created a collection of high quality, affordable sportswear for women of all ages and sizes. Every piece in the line is priced at $19.98 and less, an extraordinary value for the quality and breadth of the merchandise offered. As Sarah Jessica says, ‘Fashion is not a luxury, it’s a right.’ “

BITTEN was not as good as I had expected. I did get a nice caramel colored cowl neck button up sweater ($19.98) and a brown striped shirt ($12.98) but it was slim pickings. Good concept, anyway.

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The husband settled on these Nike Air Max LTD shoes pictured above.

We were checking out at Footaction when the cashier asked us if we wanted to buy a medallion bracelet for two dollars to feed the children. We hesitated because we had no idea what the medallion was for and we didn’t even know what organization it was for. The cashier impatiently prompted us further by saying, “It’s just two dollars to feed the children, man… it’s to feed the children.”

So we caved and bought the medallion bracelet.

I don’t think anyone with a heart could have said no. Who can say no to something like that? Especially when you just purchased $79 shoes. What’s two dollars more? What a good tactic.

I later found out the promotion is backed by Save the Children. I also found this blurb on their website:

“Foot Locker, Inc., the New York-based specialty athletic retailer donated over 82,500 pairs of athletic footwear to provide relief assistance to the victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia. Foot Locker shipped 68,500 pairs of athletic footwear to the Save the Children relief effort in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Foot Locker also sent 14,000 pairs of athletic footwear to several Save the Children programs in the United States. In addition, Foot Locker, Inc. stores, including Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, Footaction and Champs Sports, feature a red wristband and a medallion bracelet dedicated to raising funds to benefit Save the Children’s physical activity and nutrition programs in the United States. To date over $145,000 has been raised for through this exciting effort.”

They’ve only raised $145,000? I guess most people weren’t suckered the way we were. Heads up for the next time you go to a Foot Locker, Footaction or Champs.

magical window

There’s a magical window of time that exists between when your car is going to die and when you buy a new one. The trick is trying to stay in that window.

Possibly next up on the big shopping block, the 2008 Honda Accord Coupe:

books by the foot

I recently came across a really neat business idea: Strand Bookstore.

The general idea is that if you are building a set for a movie/play or you are trying to furnish your own home library, you can hire Strand Bookstore to assemble a collection.

Some of the available categories are:

  • Antique Leather
  • Foreign Language Antique Leather
  • Victorian Era Books
  • New Leather Classics
  • Art Books
  • Heritage Classics
  • Specific Subject Books (Sports, Science, History, Cookbooks, Film, Gardening, Children’s, etc)
  • Biographies
  • Fiction
  • Law

“We’ve put together libraries for hundreds of clients, including the Plaza hotel, Steven Spielberg, and Polo Ralph Lauren. Working with you, we will custom design a library that is sure to be a perfect match for any home or office space, one that will please the eye and satisfy the mind.”

So now you know how rich people have vast, seemingly intellectual libraries even though they show no signs of having read a single chapter book in their entire life.

pro football

I’ve always preferred college football to pro football because of the volatility and unpredictability of college football.

We went to the Texans vs. Dolphins game this past Sunday (my first pro football game!) and it was a pretty slow game. But we had free tickets and there was free tailgating at Pitt’s & Spitt’s so I can’t really complain!

In contrast, the Cowboys vs. Bills game last night was such an entertaining game to watch that I might have to change my opinion about pro football.

We watch a lot of Monday Night Football while we’re working out at 24 Hour Fitness. It’s always good to have something fun to watch on TV while you’re jogging or on the elliptical machines because it makes the time fly by. It’s also kind of fun to watch at the gym because you’re usually surrounded by a good number of sports enthusiasts. Each touchdown is met by a collective cheer or groan. Completed passes are sometimes met with a silent fist pump in the air from the chubby guy on the stationary bike in front of you. It’s kind of like an alternative sports bar. There were definitely some whooping going on when Romo had his pass tipped and caught in the end zone for a Bills touchdown.

Speaking of which– just when you think Romo can’t have anymore traumatizing games. And then he goes and throws 5 picks and a fumble. And still wins the game.

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This next thing isn’t related to football but I just finished the Phil Jackson book, The Last Season, yesterday and something I found interesting was his commentary on the 3-second violation:

“Too often the three-second call in professional basketball is wrongly applied. The rule was originally adopted in the 1930s to stop Adolph Rupp’s University of Kentucky bigs from setting rough picks in the lane. The problem is that back then the lane was six feet wide. The lane is sixteen feet wide now. To account for this extended space, players should be allowed to reside in the paint for up to five seconds. In spirit the rule is designed to stop players from parking in the lane or making a series of moves without delivering the basketball. But in reality Shaq is frequently cited when he’s simply sliding from one position to another, which can take as long as three seconds. In this particular incident, Shaq was most definitely not violating the rule’s spirit.”

food stamps

(photo above by Peter Calvin)

I learn weird things in class each week. This is part of becoming a social worker.

There are things that my professors tell me that bewilder me and I go home to Google it and I can’t find any support for it.

Here’s an example:

According to the dean of my school, food stamps can only be used to buy food that is American made. This acts as an indirect farm subsidy from the government. The dean went on to say that social workers and liberal lobbyists always leave it up to the farmers to lead food stamp advocacy.

I’ve tried to find proof of this food stamp rule but haven’t come up with anything. Let me know if you guys have anything.

paint.NET

paint.NET

I am pretty sick of talking about how long I’ve been waiting to make the switch to a Mac and now that there’s rumors of new laptops coming out in January I might wait even longer.

In the meantime, I recently had the opportunity to design a T-shirt and I was looking for Windows freeware that would do the job.

This is when I came across Paint.Net.

It’s obviously not as robust as Photoshop and the like, but it’s free! It has unlimited undos, layers, and photo editing options. I haven’t tried the photo editing options yet but it worked like a charm as my Tshirt design workshop.

For those of you who are curious, here’s the simple design I came up with:

I’m headed to Roundtop, Texas this weekend so hopefully I’ll be able to get some good photos to put up next week.

charlie rose

I recently watched two riveting interviews on the Charlie Rose show: Alan Greenspan was one, and Sean Penn and Eddie Vedder was the other.

I used to envy talk show hosts because they were paid to have interesting conversations with celebrities but after watching Charlie Rose, I realize his job is what I’d really want.  He’s not limited to ten minutes of chit chat and he’s not forced to ask silly questions about who’s dating who.  Instead, he gets to develop a wildly intimate conversation with some of the most fascinating people in the world for an uninterrupted hour.

“I believe that there is a place in the spectrum of television for really good conversation, if it is informed, spirited, soulful.” - Charlie Rose

I really wish I had known about Mister Rose and his amazing show earlier.  Did everyone else in the world already know about this show?

Here are some Google Videos of his past interviews.

37 signals

I have recently discovered a company called 37 Signals.  They have a diverse host of software that is supposed to make your work simpler.  Take for example their software, Backpack.  It uses the same concept that Google has been using which is to combine different elements of your life together.  They incorporate notes, files, images, calendars, reminders, and webpages together.  Here are some examples of what you can do with Backpack.  Pretty nifty.

What I’ve recently tried using is The Ta-Da List.  It gets points for simplicity, that’s for sure.  I haven’t really decided if I like this web-based to-do list tool (named Ta-Da List) yet.  But I thought I’d share it with you anyway.  I do like that you can share lists with other people so that they can collaborate.  I’m not sure why the Google calendar hasn’t built in something for To-Do lists.

Oh, and it’s free!

There’s nothing really genius about it.  It’s very basic.

You make lists, add to-do items to them and check them off as you complete them.  You can use it for shopping lists, packing lists, or like me, you can use it to manage your homework assignments, papers and assigned readings.  You can even make lists of your favorite movies or songs and share it with the world like these people have.

I like lists.  Most people do.  Most people like lists because they like checking things off of the list.  This tool fully satisfies that need.

The Ta-Da list works on IE, Firefox, Safari and now, the iPhone!

worn free

I love cool business ideas. Worn Free is one of my favorites.

For all of you who like to wear T-shirts supporting your favorite bands, now you can wear the T-shirts that your favorite bands wore!

In their own words, here’s what their company is all about:

“Launched in 2005, Worn Free is a rock and roll T-shirt label with a simple mission: to resurrect the coolest shirts of all time.

Worn Free reproduces original tees famously worn by such rock legends as John Lennon, Joey Ramone, The Doors, Frank Zappa, Blondie’s Debbie Harry, Gram Parsons, Johnny Ramone and Joan Jett, among others – and regularly adds fantastic new images (of fantastic old shirts) to its catalog.

Celebrating punk fury, hippie utopianism, psychedelic excess and art-pop whimsy – not to mention the eye-popping graphics of celebrated artists like John Van Hamersveld – Worn Free shirts express the insurrectionary spirit of rock and roll in all its forms.

We’ve spent more than a decade combing worldwide photo archives of music and style icons, learning what they’ve been wearing and bringing it straight to you. In the process, we’ve built an extraordinary collection of images – which grows every day.”

I already know which ones I want to buy.

the rambler

rambler taillight

When I first started taking photos (not just of friends at birthday parties and vacations) I was in college at Texas and for some reason there is an abundance of classic cars in Austin. So a lot of my favorite photos of my early photo shooting days (when I maintained an unhealthy addiction to Flickr) are of old cars.

One of the best parts about Flickr is the random people it connects you with. The photos above and below are of an old AMC Rambler that I took on May 6, 2005.

push me, rambler

Two years later, I receive the following comment on the photo:

palcarl Pro User says:

“That is my Aunt Ruby’s Rambler! I cannot believe it is on Flickr! I recently sold it and have had a hard time with saying goodbye. Thanks for preserving it in photos!”

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Cool to the max.

autoviewer

After spending a ridiculous amount of time trying to get the SimpleViewer wordpress plugin to work, I finally got it to work.

And then I decided I didn’t like it. I also didn’t like how I had to turn off Ajax to make it work.

So I decided to use AutoViewer, also written by the Airtight Interactive genius, Felix Turner.

Please click on the ‘PHOTOS‘ button on the top navigation to take a look. It’s gorgeous. The flash is so gorgeous that it makes the rest of sockparade look adolescently ugly. Sigh.

In other news, I cut my bangs and decided to thin my hair a bit. It turned out pretty well except for this one part where I messed up in a severe way. I basically have the beginnings of a mullet. The husband spotted it in two seconds but immediately reassured me that it’s not noticeable.

If you can’t see it, I’m not telling you where it is. Good thing my hair grows fast.

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