technology schmecknology

I remember my first triumph of technology was hooking up my first VCR by myself . There's something I AM WOMAN about getting the job done solo. Not so much with 2.0 - I find that the socialness of learning both appeals to and frustrates me. Getting a picture added to my blog took much more time than I thought it would and I managed to stump a couple of the folks in the process. Tenaciousness is its own reward.

travel channel run amok

Wow! - I'm keen for http://flickrvision.com/ -- wish it was a channel on television. It's a hip gallery marrying sociology and geography. The 3D view makes my old GAF viewmaster look like ... well, something really old. Someone in Australia was uploading pictures of food, then someone getting married in Malaysia, someone's feet in the water in Thailand, friends in Paris and a little kid in Seattle.

my boyfriend

here's the sweet thing that moved into my building at the end of the year --

A+ blood

I just gave my 32nd pint of blood today -- earning my 4 gallon pin. I hate needles and I still can't watch as the phlebotomist goes to work. Things changed - 9/11 happened and I decided to step up to the plate.

I have other things that make me panic and cause anxiety - but this was one I conquered and one that gives me a fair amount of satisfaction for having faced. On to the next.

reading other people's blogs

just started looking at my co-worker's blogs -- always interesting to see how others describe their process of learning. I liked John Felton's description - and could identify with following one bread crumb to the next through footnotes and such to get to the next bit of stuff. I'm the kind of person who buys a DVD to watch all the extra features and commentary. It's what beneath the surface I enjoy discovering.

Hyperlinks on the internet suit my non-linear thought process. Call it ADD learning. Just this morning as I was catching up on my blog line account --I completely forgot where I started --reading one thing to the next -- sharing things I'd read- passing them along to others - getting comments back from them --asking more questions -- looking for answers -- it's all good.

what's the difference between an orange?

nothing - vests have no sleeves.