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While reading Megnut, I came across her post where she says “So that strange ß is called an “esszet” in German, and apparently there’s much more too it than I realized.” It made me laugh … because when I was living in Germany, one of my friends at the time asked me “What is that Einbahnstrabe sign I see everywhere?” First mistake, she obviously missed the context clue of the one-way arrow. But, even funnier (probably because we had been at the Green Goose for a few hours enjoying a shot or two of Cuervo, or a beer for those who were too wimpy for Cuervo) was that she said it “Ein-bahn-STRAB-a”! We laughed the rest of the way home. It’s pronounced “Ein-bahn-strass-a” … but from that day forward we said it her way! Now every time I see a Germany word with the ß symbol in it, I laugh. Even 10+ years later…

I really like pop-up comment windows, but I do many things at once as I surf, and sometimes I read 2 blogs at the same time while I wait for things to load, etc. I discovered a really bad down side to the pop-ups when reading Robyn’s blog and Todd’s blog at the same time … I had a comment half way composed in his blog. I clicked on a “look at this” link in Robyn’s blog – and the picture came up in the same pop-up window that was Todd’s comment box, wiping out my witty and clever comment!!! ACK! It happened to me one day with another blog too. The down side to pop-up comment windows, us multi-tasking blog readers mess them up some days! *sniff*

Like Zalary, I did my Colorgenics profile. And … it fits. SCARY. Here it is:

You are striving for a life full of activity and experience, and perhaps what is even more, an environment where you would be able to forge a close bond with a person who can offer full emotional fulfilment.

You are working extremely hard trying to improve your image in the eyes of others. You are looking for acknowledgement from your peers and those who come into your sphere of influence … You want to be liked, not for what people think of you but for what you really are.

You are feeling under considerable pressure and you are being forced to make concessions. You are not particularly happy with this state of affairs but you feel that you have no alternative. If you were to force issues you would be left out or completely ignored by one and all …

You are pretending that the situation around you doesn’t matter, but the effort of trying to conceal your emotions and anxieties is resulting in untold stress. The existing situation is disagreeable. You feel unwanted and lonely and you would really like to associate with someone whose ideals are as high as your own. You want to be above the standard of mediocrity… and this need to be needed and that need to need has almost become an obsession. You are trying to magnify the need into a compelling urge. You would really like to tell the world how great you are.. but no.. you are holding back because you feel that your peers may treat you with contempt. This is a great pity because you have in fact a unique quality of character but the continual restraint that you impose on yourself make you suppress this need for others and you pretend you don’t really care. You treat those who criticise you with contempt. However, to be honest … beneath this assumption of indifference you really long for the approval and esteem of others.

(That whole paragraph, ironically, goes along pretty darn well with things I have been dealing with the past month or so in regard to the Insignificant Other. I know I don’t want to be with him, but damn it I am frustrated because he acts as if I was nothing … after years together dating. And I am scared of dating again, but I feel like if I don’t do something then I will just become more melancholy – and I don’t want that. I have to do something…)

You really like doing what you do and more than that, you like yourself. Your attitude to work and to life is that “If its not fun – then don’t do it” You want to be liked and respected, not for who you are but , for what you are… and it seems to be working…

Speaking of Zal, I must thank her for letting me take a peak at the “inside” of her MovableType. It’s so clean! So pretty! I am impressed. Considering my blog addiction (yeah, yeah, right up there with my font addiction…) I think it would be a good fit, but I have to test it out a bit first before I make the final move. Thanks to Zal’s help though, I have decided to test it on my server and see how I like it!

P22 type foundry – Not Your Typical Type has forever earned my undying love and devotion. I just thought I would share that with you. Richard Kegler and I have been exchanging e-mails today after he came across my blog and my “Fonts are worse than crack” post. (No, I don’t do crack, so I don’t know if fonts are really worse, but I am addicted to them (fonts) regardless.) I gushed about how wonderful their fonts are. I would seriously buy almost every single one of them if I could. And handwriting fonts especially – those are my downfall every time. In the exchange of our e-mails, I paused to think (wow, that rarely happens!) and I realized that what he said is true … pirating fonts takes money away from people that create them for a living. And if everyone did it, leaving the font makers without income, those of us that love & adore fonts would lose in the end. As I told him, my desire for the Frank Lloyd Wright fonts were because they are so beautiful, but I have no “need” for them, I can’t justify buying them right now because I just *want* them. I want to know I have them. But I don’t have a specific project that requires them. I just like to admire them. I received such a nice, wonderful e-mail in return – which is why I am posting this message … support P22! They get the 2-thumbs up seal of approval from me!

There will now be a runoff for the Houston Mayor. It is my understanding (I could have it wrong…) that to win the seat in Houston you must have over 50% of the vote, and Mayor Lee Brown had 43% of the vote with Orlando Sanchez having 41% of the vote. (More on the results here at the Houston Chronicle’s site.) I heard on the news today that this is the first time in history that two minority candidates have had a run-off for Mayor, not just in Houston but in the nation (as far as major cities go.) Also on our ballot, same sex benefits for partners of city workers were voted down.

As for the biting issue – I just got back from the dentist. My first root canal. And I was scared, very scared … and it didn’t hurt at all. Not a BIT. Yeah! And he didn’t numb me so that I can’t feel half of my face or anything like that – my lip is a tiny bit numb right in the corner and I can feel a little numbness in my cheek on the left side. That’s it! I adore my dentist. He’s so wonderful! So if you were bad like me and have put off going to the dentist … go. Just do it. I procrastinated and ended up having to have periodontal treatment, which is going really well too. My pockets that were 4’s are now 2’s. So go to the dentist – your teeth will be so much better for it!