JTTW

Steps: 1090
Minutes: 20
Steps left to go: 9,964,765

Story recommendation

So, I've kept hearing I need to read aggybird's "Frank-In-Love" story from numerous sources. I finally got to do so last night and OMG! It is SO great! Funny and original and I love ALL the characters and I just had to rec it to those who've not hear of it yet!

Summary: “Yeah, Gill called you a ‘tortured, sensitive, melancholy soul,’” Flea quoted, “‘searching desperately for his other half in a cruel world that doesn’t understand him.’ And I said, ‘Gay?’ and Gill said, ‘Yeah.’ And then when Drake came along, we both thought you’d found your equally weird other half.” Flea shrugged, as did Gill. They both looked embarrassed.

Journey to the West Walk (JTTW)

Steps: 1590
Minutes: 10
Steps left to go: 9965855

Many months ago, I came up with a walking program that I call, "Journey to the West Walk". As I want to start using this blog more, I'm going start posting my steps here. Click on the link above if you want to learn more.

This is my letter to the world (2 poems and 2 pictures)

I forgot to post yesterday! Bad gwen! bad, bad, bad!

So, here's two (short) poems and a couple of pics to get caught up!

Poems

I Send Two Sunsets

I send Two Sunsets—
Day and I—in competition ran—
I finished Two—and several Stars—
While He—was making One—

His own was ampler—but as I
Was saying to a friend—
Mine—is the more convenient
To Carry in the Hand—

- Emily Dickinson

This Is My Letter To The World

This is my letter to the world,
That never wrote to me,--
The simple news that Nature told,
With tender majesty.

Her message is committed
To hands I cannot see;
For love of her, sweet countrymen,
Judge tenderly of me!

- Emily Dickinson

Pictures

Day 18
April 12, 2009

Just Joey playing w/some balloons and being silly! ;D



Day 19
April 13, 2009

Ethan playing around in the doctor's office waiting room when we went to the doc the other day.

Google Bomb!

Amazon Rank

Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): amazon ranked

1. To censor and exclude on the basis of adult content in literature (except for Playboy, Penthouse, dogfighting and graphic novels depicting incest orgies).
2. To make changes based on inconsistent applications of standards, logic and common sense.

Etymology: from 12 April 2009 removal of sales rank figures from books on Amazon.com containing sexual, erotic, romantic, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or queer content, rendering them impossible to find through basic search functions at the top of Amazon.com's website. Titles stripped of their sales rankings include "Bastard Out of Carolina," "Lady Chatterly's Lover," prominent romance novels, GLBTQ fiction novels, YA books, and narratives about gay people.

Example of usage: "I tried to do a report on Lady Chatterly's Lover for English Lit, but my teacher amazon ranked me and I got an F on grounds that it was obscene."

Alternate usage: "My girlfriend wanted to preserve her virginity, and I was happy to respect that, then she amazon ranked and decided anal sex was okay."

Amazon Fails big time!

I'm sure everyone's blogging about this already, but I wanted to post a few links to document the major fail that is Amazon:

Mark Probst's post: http://markprobst.livejournal.com/15293.html?style=mine

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books: http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/

meta writer comm: http://community.livejournal.com/meta_writer/11992.html

on-line petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/in-protest-at-amazons-new-adult-policy

Lust!

OMG! this man is GORGEOUS!!
(source: http://male.thedailymodel.com/page/2/)

Some thoughts about blogging

Lately, on LJ and IJ and other places, I've seen posts about Dreamwidth and discussions for it. I've read there are people who are against it, but I've not seen it.

I've signed in w/the OpenID feature, to see how it works. To be honest, I'll probably get an account there, not because I plan to leave my LJ/IJ accounts or anything but because I believe in having as many blogs as possible. :D

That's why I'm gonna start posting here more. Some post may be specific to the audiences at a certain blog system, but over all, I'll just keep on keeping on.

Also, y'all should get a Twitter!

Trying this out

Since you can never have TOO many blogs. Here's another one for me. :D