Please stand by

The site is experiencing some technical problems, but don't worry.

Everything will be fine. Just fine. Sure, all of my archives are broken. I'm sure that's just something small. I'll think of something.

Eventually... it will be fixed.

God, do I really have over 1300 posts? Yikes!

*update - sometimes things are called beta for a reason. Don't fall for their shiny promises. Let the chumps test the beta. You wait for the final release.

I do not have an eye disease, I am not an alcoholic

I have had to wear glasses since the…. I think the fourth grade. Thanks to my mother and father I’m pretty vision-impaired. Not blind, but without glasses or contacts I’m able to vaguely distinguish shapes and colors – unless they are directly in my face.

Yesterday I popped my contacts in and noticed that my eyes looked a little red, but no big deal – sometimes that happens. At work I had a meeting around 10 AM and someone mentioned that my eyes looked bloodshot and asked if I was okay. Someone else suggested I had an allergy problem.

Nope. Not a sniffle or a sneeze. And my eyes felt okay. After the meeting I stopped by the ladies room to check in the mirror.

I looked like a crazed, bloody-eyed killer. I’m talking way beyond a little red – my eyes looked like I’d been on a 9-day bender/murder spree.

I was all weirded out and self-conscious about it for the rest of the day. After the Blogtoberfest event (which was thankfully dimly lit) we stopped by the ol’ CVS to get some Visine. I am happy to report that I’ve gotten some of the red out but still look kind of scary this morning.

I’ve busted out my old-school eye glasses for work today so that I might give the eyeballs a rest. God knows that if I roll down to the in-laws tomorrow with bloodshot eyes, I’ll hear about it. They’ll assume that they don’t have any grandchildren because I’m a lush.

Wherein I discover I am more of a fogey than I thought

Oh those crazy kids at the Blogtoberfest – they are all such pistols!

And Match is loud. Or we were loud. Or both. Regardless, I was in lots of photos (see how I was trying to pretend like I was cool) and everyone seemed to be having a good time.

All I know is that my voice is shot from yelling at my fellow bloggers while leaning close to read their name badges. I think if I was a dude, it’d be a good way to check out the ladies. There were lots of women, way to represent ladies.

I’ve also gone partially blind from the camera flashes (cameras are tiny!) and possibly a little deaf.

Anyway, it was nice to meet so many people and I found someone who’d actually a) read my blog and even better b) listened to my podcast. Amazing.

Some casual vision loss and light deafness are a small price to pay. More tomorrow – it’s a school night after all.

Ending the year right - I got one of these meme thingeys...

From the always delighful CitySlicker Mom
Q)What were you doing 10 years ago?
I was in college and home in Indiana for winter break. I suspect I was scheming how I’d get back to school early to hang out with K.

Q)What were you doing 1 year ago?
I had the most miserable cold/flu/plague ever thanks to my darling nieces and nephews from my trip home at Christmas. Thanks kids!

Five snacks I enjoy:
Pub Mix from Costco (I call it crack mix)
Kashi Go Lean Crunch
Apples
Pringles BBQ Fat Free (don’t judge – they taste weird and pleasing to me)
Nutri Grain Cereal bars – strawberry or mixed berry


Five songs to which I know all the lyrics
Please…

Five things I would do if I were a millionaire:
Pay off all debt
Get some super swanky capped teeth like I'm a celebrity
Hire a personal trainer for every day
Go on a swanky vacation for weeks and weeks with Deeps
Set up college funds for my nieces and nephews


Five bad habits:
Wasting money on dumb stuff
Nagging my husband
Picking at my finger nails
Mindless snacking
Ordering in instead of cooking

Five things I like doing:
Hanging out with my husband – especially if he has a hilarious story
Going to the movies
Doing house projects – especially if my drill or saws are involved
Hanging out with friends and family
Writing or blogging


Five things I would never wear, buy or get new again:
Jeans with any kind of spandex in them
DuWop Lip Venom
Horizontal stripes
Nylon shirts
Pantyhose – unless it is an absolute emergency

Five favorite toys:
Laptop
Digital camera
Flash drive
Sawzall
Toro leaf blower/vacuum/mulcher

So here's the deal: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot

Big red blog
Greensunflower
me vs. rut
ala carter
Unhip

Then select five people to tag:
Nabbalicious
Jasclo
Milkweed Hill
Poppy Cedes
Look at me. I'm so important that I have a blog.

Time Wasters

I found these flash movies on Tom Tomorrow's site. Apparently they're little ads for a Panasonic product. I've watched them a few times (and don't speak Japanese), I haven't figured out what they might be advertising. I've since learned from Tom Tomorrow's site that they're ads for an ISP in Japan.

Despite the odd subjects, I think you'll enjoy Hi Ho -- I know that I do. Please visit any of the links below for some Hi Ho action.

I wish I was famous like you

My friend died and I lost all my money

Snow hijinks

I'd watch out for that squirrel if I was you

Hi HO fun, I have no idea why

Shark's are killers

I want you to want me

What's so dangerous about fishing?

Boy saves Girl

Hi Ho Techno Christmas