Between the day job, and the side gig doing some basic website maintenance for some friends, and organizing/cleaning for moving, I’ve been neglecting my own online endeavors.
Things I failed to write about in a timely fashion:
1. Steel City Skeptics – There’s a bit of a crew growing locally, born of the local factions of this beloved series of tubes, and meeting a few times a month in various incarnations of the Center for Inquiry, Pittsburgh Freethinkers, and Drinking Skeptically. If you’re a like-minded Pittsburgher you should join us for “happy hours” on the 4th Friday of each month. More details at the brand-spankin’ new SteelCitySkeptics.net. This Friday happens to be that very special Friday in July. Cheers!
2. I’m now three chapters in to my young adult fiction novel. I was five chapters in, but I did some pruning. Slowly but surely, it is coming together. I feel this justifies all other aspects of my life that are in dissaray and neglect. Really.
3. Google Reader is about the only thing that keeps me sane at work these days. I am trying to not be a gushing Google fangirl, but to be honest, I’m more excited about Google products than I ever was about my Macbook and the iPod I forget about on a regular basis. I guess it’s a matter of usage time. Google is making my life better more frequently. I humbly request that they start producing pet supplies, coffee, and beer, so that I can just sign my paychecks over to them.
4. I’m bracing myself for cat wars and rage-filled displays of kitty egos when, by the end of summer, D and I Brady Bunch our feline crews together in one household. Four cats! This cannot end well, friends!
5. I’ve been at my current job for over three years now — breaking my personal record set at the photo lab starting back in 98. This makes for four and a half years of office work and frankly, I’m not sure if I’m going to make it too far past five. I have to update my clippings and start shopping my freelance work around. I’m tired of being the bummed out administrative assistant daydreaming about being a real grownup.
6. So that this list doesn’t end on a downer, let me add that I am pretty excited about moving and some new projects that I’ll be able to start once things get settled. And lately, the coffee has been excpetionally delicious, and I’ve been having my fair share of fun thrown in the busy mix.
