Alright, this is kinda scary. I’m an avid Opera user. I really like it. I like how it behaves, I like the way it treats tabs, I love having my little notes area, and I especially like that I get everything AND my email in one lightweight app. Of course, being in web-design, I’m in a habit of using multiple browsers. I run Opera first, simply because that’s what grabs my email, then I use Firefox if for some reason I’m bored, or have too many tabs open in an Opera window. Yes, I could open another Opera window, but trying to maintain some weird personal balance, I usually open a Firefox window next. And if for some reason I feel so inclined, or a webpage I’m trying to view breaks in everything BUT Internet Explorer, I will use the aforementioned Internet Explorer.

I just like to keep in touch with them all – However, a strange thing has been occurring… and another has recently just occurred.

In my quest for balance… or for other unknown reasons, I’ve been using Firefox more and more lately. I leave Opera open for my email – I’m one of those freaks that has to get my email right when it arrives – but I’ve been surfing in Firefox.

Just recently however, I’ve downloaded and installed Thunderbird. Just to try it out, I swear. I only set up one of my email accounts, and did some of the usual customizations… but I wanted to see what it was like. That’s not bad, is it?

Am I okay? Am I being trendy? I’m kinda scared.

Never-the-less, I shall continue to use Opera for my email, and because it has all of my bookmarks, and quick launch buttons, like the one I used to write a post about this page, and to quickly add a link to the Thunderbird page to the Recent Links section.

I guess we’ll just see what happens.

The End.

I have absolutely no idea what to write about. I think about stuff all day. I get excited about what I’m going to “blog about”. You can ask Laura… at least once a day, at some point, I get emotional about something (excited, happy, frustrated, I-can’t-believe-they-did-that) and I say “I’m going to blog about that tonight!”. Psh! It hasn’t happened yet. I’m sorry.

On another note… sometimes I worry that Art really is something you’re born with, and that maybe I wasn’t born with it. That upsets me, because I absolutely love to create, change, alter, and beautify anything I can. I’m great with Photoshop, and I absolutely love code, and design on the internet. Other than music (more art) it’s all I want to do.

The thing that keeps me going – when I’m busy being an idiot and doubting myself – is this thought:

If I gave up art, what would I do with my life?

The simple answer is: nothing. I wouldn’t be happy at any job I can imagine that doesn’t allow me to fix, beautify, create, etc… and since there’s nothing on the other side I know for certain that I must absolutely push on and do what I want to do. What I love to do. And sometimes that’s really, really hard. And really, really frustrating. But I don’t know why.

The End.

Today, Laura and I took one of the members of our Junior High class out to Chili’s, Old Navy and the Mall. We also had a new “intern” Sarah with us. It was fun… except we got a late start, so by the time we hit the mall we only just had time to swap out some shoes I had ordered, and return something that Sarah had gotten from Aeropostale.

It’s funny… I run around saying “dot com” almost every time someone calls my name, and if I don’t, then a few other people still call it out – and yet some people are still surprised to find out that I have my own website.

It’s funny, how us geeky people have made the internet such a scary place that we keep regular people away by making them think this whole thing is big, scary, and complicated. Muhahahahaha!!

I don’t feel great – got some sinus/alergy stuff going on – so I’m off to bed.

The End.

Wow… I want an Optimus keyboard. I really hope they come out with software that’s pretty easy to set it up the way you want though… I would hate for it to come out and be “sooooo awesome”, only to find out that you have to download or use default key layouts, preprogrammed by other people. Then again, it being open source, I’m sure there will be someone (me?) that will create such a program, should one not exist by launch, that will allow you to choose a graphic and a key to display it on.

And the ability to launch whole strings from one keystroke!
ACK! The nerd level in my blood is shooting through the roof. I need sugar!

The End.

A friend of Laura and I got married today in a courthouse. We were invited, along with several other friends. While sitting in attendance, the somewhat humorous judge told them to at least go ahead and pick a person each to be “best man” and “bride’s maid” ( I only think the apostrophe is in the right place. =)), so that one could hold the rings for the groom, and the other the bouquet that the bride had been carrying.

I wasn’t picked, as there was a much closer friend to the groom available, however Laura was called out and told to “hop to” to be the maid of honor, or what-not. Being that we were in a courthouse, all but the couple and family were dressed pretty casual, and even the couple weren’t in a tux and dress… of course. So, Laura and her denim jacket got to be an on-the-spot bride’s maid today.

It was very cute/nice for a courthouse wedding. I always just pictured someone sitting behind a desk and saying “okay, you sign here, and you sign here… alright… witness? … okay, we’re done here”. Apparently I was wrong. They got a mini-ceremony, vows and all. It was great.

And those were the highlights!

The End.