Laugh It Up, Fuzzball

Posting for Chris

So it has been brought to my attention by several of my readers that I haven't updated my blog in a long long long time. Today I got an email from my friend Chris reminding me that I STILL haven't updated even though I said I would, so here we go.

Ummmm hello again blog world. This has been a really difficult month. I lost my sweet parrot Monty and just recently ended a relationship with someone who had really captured my heart. Here's my problem: I believe the best in people. I never want to see the bad, only the good. So I tend to ignore things like signs of deceitfulness. I make excuses, I "explain it away". Well, sometimes you just have to face the truth of things. Blech.

Amusing isn't it, that when my personal life is in the crapper, my professional life is blooming...

My photography is going better than ever. I've had "gigs", I'm shooting a wedding in November, I was the top seller at the 600 sq mi show in September...all very exciting! *knock wood* I hope that things continue developing in a positive direction. I've made some wonderful friends through my photography as well, and for that I will be eternally happy and grateful.

Meh, that's it for now. I'm feeling blue and I need to get some bird love, so I'm going to take Ems to the park. Hope all is well with you guys ;)

Open letter to my readers:

Hello out there all you darling readers! I miss you. I've been quite the crappy blogger, haven't I? I've also been a pretty crappy correspondent in general. My inbox is woefully void of any personal email. It is, however, chock-full of advertisements for things I can't possibly afford at this time. There's nothing like daily taunts from faceless corporations, is there? But I digress.

I hope you don't think that I've stopped caring. I still dig you the most! I've just been running around all crazy-like, and I haven't wanted to burden you with the spastic nature of my current situation. You've also been quiet, which is what prompted this open letter. Let's get back to the madness of yesterday, shall we? My days aren't complete without the email ramblings of you, my dear readers. You put up with so much from me, and I appreciate you for it!

Love,

Where the hell have you BEEN?

I don't want you guys to think that I'm ignoring you. I'm in a week-long class for work and it's all...day...long...every...day. To be fair, I'm really enjoying the class. It's Petroleum Geology for the Non-Geologist. Yeah, just go with it. ANYWAY that's why I'm being quiet on the blog and bad at answering emails. It's not that I don't adore you. I do. No worries. :-D

All are welcome, ALLLLLL are welcome*...

Welcome to Cute Overload readers who are coming to visit LIUF for the very first time. I hope that the Monty Bathtime pics keep you amused and that you'll come back for more photo fun in the future! Meanwhile I'm sitting in a gray office inside a gray office building in a gray, wet city praying for sunshine. My camera is crying out for attention! How can I take pictures when I can't go outside?? Come on, Weather Gods, work a little magic for me. I needs to get me some blue skies and sun. :D

Since the whole Cute Overload thing I've been receiving numerous comments and emails asking about the camera that I used to take my fuzzy duckling shots. I thought I'd just address it here in one fell swoop. I have a Nikon D50. I use the two kit lenses -- 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G and 55-200mm f/4-5.6G -- and I also have the Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D AF. For the duckling photos I was using the 55-200mm lens and you can see more of those shots here.

*snaps to whoever gets the title reference

New Blog Crush!!!

If you'll direct your attention to my sidebar you will notice a new addition to the "Blog Crush" list: Dan Carlson's Slowly Going Bald.

Yes, I've fallen in blog love yet again. I found Dan through Pajiba where he is the lead critic, writing "scathing reviews for bitchy people". His personal blog Slowly Going Bald is a wealth of FuzzFavorites. How could I NOT crush on a guy who likes:

• Battlestar Galactica
• Patton Oswalt
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Y: The Last Man series
• Weird Science
• Veronica Mars
• the list goes on and on...

Ahhhh it's a late Christmas present for me, dear friends. A whole new blog to feast upon. Hooray!

Wait, you have a blog??

Matt from Mr. Joe Blog's Blog interviewed me for his Joe Blog's Interview "On The Blogspot". It's all about LIUF: why I started it, why I keep writing, what I want to improve, etc.

Check it out here!

Again with the guest blogging!

I covered Lost-vivor for Jess again this week, so check it out!

Trying to catch my breath...

Yeah yeah yeah I know, I'm a slacker and I'm ignoring my blog. I'm currently doing two jobs at work, and it's a wee bit overwhelming. I'm trying to keep up with you guys, though! Here are some bits and pieces of the FuzzWorld:

• Torrie and Dr. Torrie are having their nuchal translucency sonogram today. Cross all of your appendages and pray to whatever higher power you may or may not believe in! UPDATE: The baby is PERFECT! Hooraaaaaaaaaay!

• I got tired of corresponding solely through e-mail with SoozieQ so I forced her to face her fear of the telephone and talk to me today. I tried to get her Hubs to play along with me and trick Suz over the phone, but all I did was convince him that I'm certifiably insane. Anyway, lovelove Suz, she's definitely a kindred spirit. Her mouth is as dirty as mine! Torrie, we need to rope her in to my next trip to NYC. ;)

• I'm thinking about opening a Cafe Press store to sell some of my photos and possibly some fun t-shirts or something. It's all up in the air; I barely have time to play with Emma right now, I can't handle more that that.

• I'm currently researching new cars. My darling Joe Joe is ten years old and falling apart bit by expensive bit. If I had the money I'd slap a new engine in, reupholster the seats, tack the ceiling back up and drive him forever. Sadly, I can't afford to do any of those things, so I'm going to have to find a new ride. I'm leaning towards the Honda Fit but I'm also considering the Toyota Matrix. I don't want a sedan but I can't justify the price or gas mileage of an SUV, so I'm compromising with a sporty hatchback. That Fit in bright red is too, too cute! I'll have to test-drive it, of course, but on paper it looks like the perfect Fuzzmobile!!

That's all I can think of, for now. I'll update later if I come up with anything blog-worthy. I hope you're all having great weeks, I'm sending hugs your way!!

Dig THIS, you crazy cats:

Has anybody here heard of Skype? If you haven't, go to the website and watch the short little Flash cartoon. It's adorable. You know me and British accents, though. But I digress.

Okay, say you want to keep up with friends or chat with your blog buddies. If you and your friends download Skype (it's just like AIM or Yahoo Chat), and you both have microphones, then you can call each other and chat anytime, for as long as you like, for nothing. My friend Bob turned me on to it because he lives in China and calling each other on traditional phones can be really expensive. My friend Liz is currently living in Australia and she and I can chitter-chatter back and forth using Skype and never worry about using all of the minutes up on our calling cards or anything like that. It's great.

Anyway I realized that there are a lot of you out there that might not have free long distance or maybe you've got relatives in other countries and I thought I'd point you towards Skype. It makes me happy. ;)

The post where I demand intimate details from you, but in an anonymous fashion...

Some people share...and share...and share about themselves on their blogs. Other people choose to use their blogs solely as showcases for hobbies or special interests. What kind of blogger are you? Are you very forthcoming with the good stuff, or do you save that for face-to-face interactions? Or does it all stay tight in your own personal vault, never to make an appearance at all?

I created a poll so that you guys wouldn't have to feel weird about commenting (unless you want to, which I would love by the way).

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