akasherm

"Yeah, this whole day threw up some tickets, but none I'd ever choose. The sky's so heavy it hangs like a beer gut; It's spilling stuff on my shoes. Don't get me wrong, I ain't complaining, I've still got my leg like a cheap Christmas tree. But if I've got faith why am I so scared of everybody dying on me?"

~Tim Rogers

That about...
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Feels like forever since I updated last.

The weather has been crazy (in a good way.) So many other places where we have friends are getting extreme conditions: cyclones, blizzards, flooding, etc. but we're having some really beautiful days.

I'm going through my RV phase again. I feel like selling everything up, buying a small motor home, and just going where the road takes us....
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Remember me?

I've been really busy trying to get through my work load of late. I feel overwhelmed at times with how much I need to get done, then depressed at how hard it can be to get money from my clients. I go to sleep at night with my iPod on to help turn my brain off long enough to fall into slumber. The...
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Today has had about equal amounts of win and fail.

For the win: I made a client uber happy by writing a nice little script to pull her latest Facebook page statuses into the sidebar on her pet sitting site. I've already had a lot of requests for similar additions to other sites. w00t.

Teh Fail: It's 4:50am. I'm struggling to dig up creativity to...
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I had the weirdest dream last night. Normally I don't remember my dreams, but this morning I woke and it was still so clear to me.

I dreamt about this woman I've only ever talked to in Formspring. There's no established friendship or anything like that, just someone I find interesting and have bounced a few questions off.

She was in a mall playing a...
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Good weekend. No, wait. Great weekend. Last night and today particularly. Ugh. Do you ever sit at your computer debating what to screen in a blog, anywhere, be it here or another social media outlet of your choosing?

I like it here. despite the relatively public aspect of it, there's also a level of anonymity. There's also distance, and that's the factor that can make...
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Wow. Where did the time go?

Had a good Christmas and New Year. My mum came to visit for three weeks so the kids had a new distraction during that time. She survived, but I think she'll need a few weeks to recover back in her quiet, empty house

This is supposed to be a quiet time of year for our business. Traditionally we don't...
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I feel exhausted. For the last couple of months I've had a simultaneous battle between the stress of running out of work (and therefore money) over the holiday period, and the delight at the thought of having some actual time off with nothing to do. In an odd turn of events I actually secured two more web sites this week. One will be a simple...
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I've had punches to the face that have hurt less than what I'm going through trying to train this client.

My head is all over the place.

Visited my Art Gallery client today to give him a brief and basically get him prepared for his site training today. What was supposed to be a 30 minute meeting ended up going for 3 hours. I left feeling both sickened and panicked at the prospect of needing to train him further.

Then tonight he tried calling in...
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