Happy Birthday Kent!
I really don’t have much to say lately. I’ve had a pretty busy week since getting back from the California work/vacation trip.
This morning I mailed out the first 8 photos I’ve ever sold (3 orders for 3, 3, and 2 photos), from the Galveston Island State Park 5K that I shot the Saturday morning before I left for San Fran. When I started planning the Yuri’s Night race two years ago, I went to Jay, one of the owners of On The Run, my local running store, for planning advice; as a result, I’ve gotten to know a fair number of people in the local running scene. Jay asked if I wanted to come shoot the Galveston race, originally so that they could gather photos for someone who helped plan the race until he became ill and couldn’t be there. But I shot enough and had enough inquiries from runners that I decided to put them up on my website, and I’ve actually sold some! It’s pretty exciting — people I don’t know bought my photos! I don’t have any illusions of ever being able to make more than $50 here and there off it, but it sure is a fun way to earn a little extra cash.
Anyway, for lack of other things to write, here’s a meme I picked up from another blog.
1. When you look at yourself in the mirror, what’s the first thing you look at? My hair, hoping it’s not too scraggly.
2. How much cash do you have on you right now? About $30, I think.
3. What’s a word that rhymes with “TEST”? Best.
4. Favorite plant? Um. Um. I don’t think I have one.
5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone? Kara. We were driving on the highway to pick her up at the airport and I didn’t hear the phone until the last minute.
6. What is your main ring tone on your phone? Linus and Lucy, better known as the Charlie Brown theme song.
7. What shirt are you wearing? A light blue tank top and a blue striped button-down shirt.
8. Do you “label” yourself? I don’t think so.
9. Name brand of your shoes currently wearing? Naturalizer. Oh, that is so old lady. They’re so comfy though.
10. Do you prefer a bright or dark room? Bright, lit by natural light, not fluorescents. I just moved desks at work and I have a window now. It is fabulous.
11. What did you have for breakfast? A bowl of slightly stale Honey Nut Cheerios at home and coffee at work.
12. Since question 12 is weirdly missing, make something up.
Um…at my old desk I had these space magnets that I used to write a long grammar-challenged story about going to Nepture and meeting a space alien with a laser gun and we tried to take off but there was no 3-2-1 blastoff. The story ended with “Spacecraft control is very buggy.”
13. What were you doing at midnight last night? Installing the Adobe Illustrator tryout on my desktop and trying to figure out why the installation hangs on my laptop. (Any ideas? Worked perfectly on my desktop. My laptop, not so much. Hangs up while installing help files.) I ordered the educational version since I need it for my graphic design class, but they have to verify my student status and I won’t get the software until next week, after my first two assignments are due.
14. What did your last text message you received on your cell phone say? “Cool! Where?” from Chris. I don’t remember what he was asking about.
15. Do you ever click on “Pop Ups” or Banners? Ick, no.
16. What’s an expression that you say a lot? Dude.
17. Who told you they loved you last? My dad.
18. Last furry thing you touched? This funny stuffed doll I have in my apartment.
19. How many hours a week do you work? 40. Never less, rarely more (though the few weeks before the conference and with the shuttle landing were crazy busy).
20. How many rolls of film do you need to get developed? None. I love digital!!
21. Favorite age you have been so far? Hmm. 21 was a really fun year, that’s when I flew on the Vomit Comet and lived in Harris.
22. Your worst enemy? Gavin. He’s my arch-nemesis.
23. What is your current desktop picture? An aerial view of Mt. McKinley. It changes every half hour.
24. What was the last thing you said to someone? I actually don’t know. I think Gavin asked me earlier how I was doing today and I said “good.”
25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to go back in time and fix all your mistakes which would you choose? That is a really tough one. Probably the money though. I can’t think of any mistakes that are truly major for which I haven’t been able to apologize, atone, or otherwise move past, and going back to “fix” things seems like it could just open a bigger can of worms.
