Category: BlahBlahBabble

I just finished round 2 in the closet of the ’90s. Yes, I found the denim shirt I just HAD to have back in 1993. Denim with a collar, and holes where your shoulders are. Yes, no shoulders. I remember hunting high and low for a shirt like that, they were THE thing to wear to the clubs at the time here in Houston. Day-uhm. No wonder my parents gave me looks like I was a nut case whenever I wore that shirt. Some little trashy hussy is out there right now waiting for it to come her way!

What the hell was I thinking? Now if only I could find my Z. Cavarichis to throw them out too! This is fun!

I’ve slowing been going through all of the rooms finding things to throw out or donate to Goodwill. Today it was time to do what I dreaded and tackle the closet, or namely the old clothes hanging in it.

Is it just me, or do you associate clothes with certain memories? I think that’s part of why it’s so hard for me to get rid of some things – I look at them and recall the places, the events, the people that I’ve seen while wearing those clothes. There are the very 1990-esque bolero jackets that I used to wear when we went to the clubs in Germany. I loved the purple one, and I had the best aqua & purple earrings that went with it, and I wore it with the black lycra dress. Hot, hot, hot. There is the brown jacket that I wore on the flight home from Germany, 7 months pregnant with Jason. There is the shirt I wore with the scalloped neckline on one of my first dates with the Insignificant Other. We went to an Astros game, back when they were still playing at the Astrodome. Back when there still was a Dome. Back when the Insignificant Other was still a part of my life.

The threads seem to hold so many memories. But in reality the memories are in my mind, and the clothing was just a piece of it. Time to let them go and move on – there will be more memories to come.

Know what I’ve learned this week? If you have two or three nights with only 4 hours of sleep, it will catch up with you. I am soooo tired right now I could just curl up and go to sleep. Of course whenever I go to sleep this early I end up waking up really early and then I’m still tired. I’m in a quiet mode tonight, not a lot to say. I think I’ll edit some photos for Pixelog tonight and then head to bed early. I have so much to do at work tomorrow it’s not even funny. I don’t know how I’m going to do it, but I am. If nothing else to prove a point. I am actually really enjoying the challenge. Sometimes having a lot of work to do isn’t all bad.

Rannie of Photojunkie had his nipple pierced last week. (Ouch.) Now he would like your input while he Names his Nipple. What do you think it should be?

Wow. New traffic coming today from all over. It truly warms my heart. And for everyone passing through – whether you’re new here or you’ve been here before – I just wanted to extend the invitation (again) to feel free to leave comments behind. The option is there because I like to hear from you. Feel free to speak up!

I always wonder why people don’t leave comments. Could you clue me in? Is it a matter of fear? Are you afraid you aren’t welcome? Disagree with what I had to say but you don’t want to say so? I always like to hear what other people have to say. Even if it’s different from my opinion. And you know what they say – a stranger is just a friend you haven’t met yet. I’ve met some really great people thanks to comments left behind. Come on … you can do it. Click the link and say hello. I promise – it doesn’t hurt and I’ll be nice.

And how cool is Trackback? It’s so neat to see who has written a post based on yours. So if you’ve been wondering if you should upgrade, I highly recommend it.

With everyone else changing things, I want a change too. I want a new identity online. I’ve been tired of being “blah” for over a year. But I can’t decide what to do – which domain name to use. So here is your chance to be heard! Come on, tell me what I should do…

1. BigPinkCookie.com – when it gets right down to it, everyone likes a big pink cookie. It started because Kymberlie & I went to Starbucks yesterday and they had pink cookies, and the sign actually said “Big Pink Cookie” and it amused me. Yes, I could handle being the big pink cookie.
2. Pixelwannabe.com – I already have the domain name and it’s basically unused. I registered it and thought I would make graphics to give away someday. HA! As if. It will never happen. Since I’m not using it, I could start. And the photos are at pixelog.org … so they sort of tie together. But I’m not sure if I care that much that they tie together. Hmmm…
3. Just move everything to Pixelog.org. Noah Grey combines all his stuff in to one site, I could too.
4. Leave good enough alone and leave it at blahblahblog.com – I mean, my blogdex ranking is 232. I’m on the same page as PayPal & the Red Cross. Good God, Noah Grey is just above me. Jason Kottke is at the top of the page. How did THAT happen??? I had no clue!
5. The “motto” of this site has always been “To Make a Short Story Long…” I could change the URL to shortstorylong.com – but that’s a lot to say to someone when they say, “What’s the name of your site?” Yes, this is something to consider. I absolutely hated saying “Blah Blah Blog” to people when I was at SXSW.
6. Think of a different domain. Any suggestions?

I’m a Libra. I’m indecisive. It’s your chance to tell me what you think about a new name. Come on, talk to me baby…