Posted in Blog Stuff on Aug 30th, 2007 No Comments »
I was looking through my archives yesterday and noticed that tomorrow is the two year anniversary of blogging at my own domain! Yea me! I was also reading through some of those old posts, which was both fun and enlightening. I was seriously depressed back then. And angry. And Bryan and I were not having [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff on Aug 9th, 2007 1 Comment »
I had a blast last night, but after it ended at 10:30 I sat around waiting for Bryan to break down all his video gear. This took over an hour and was not something I could really help with, so I ended up using his cell phone to send about 800 twitter updates to break [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff on Aug 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
I am an awkward conversationalist in new settings. I like knowing people, but I hate meeting them. What’s to talk about? I usually resort to talking endlessly about myself, which is never fun for anyone… including me. At Bryan’s suggestion, I decided to wear last year’s Gnomedex t-shirt. I didn’t attend, but Bryan did, and [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff on Aug 3rd, 2007 4 Comments »
Photo by l0ckergn0me. I was invited to a blogger meetup last night at KOMO tv that Chris Pirillo helped organize. I was expecting to find the usual crowd of familiar faces that I see at these events, but was pleasantly surprised to meet some new people. Elisabeth came with me – she is the administrator [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff on Jul 28th, 2007 2 Comments »
Should any of you care, I’ve added a Twitter feed to my sidebar. And for my next trick I will post our weekly dinner menu, list of scheduled errands, and a chart of my menstrual cycles. Just kidding. Maybe.
Posted in Blog Stuff on Jun 29th, 2007 3 Comments »
Since switching to my new, sexy, and perfectly shaded color of blue website, it took some troubleshooting to get my Last.fm player up and running again. But the roughly four hours over several days that I put into it made it worthwhile, in my opinion. The new player I downloaded is fun because it has [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Everyday on Jun 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
Today during naps I am forsaking my garden and geeking out on the computer. It’s cold, it could rain, and I have cramps – therefor I am grouchy and feel like doing what I want to do rather than what I need to do. I have just learned how to post .pdf files onto the [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Everyday on Jun 16th, 2007 No Comments »
I have many deep thoughts on my mind, both introspective and contemplative, and I am starting to feel my circuits cross from lack of time to process via writing. I am to the point at which these thoughts bounce around in my head with no anchor, and my mind can not find stillness in the [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff on Jun 6th, 2007 No Comments »
Does anyone who went to Blogher last year (2006) remember whose blog had song titles (or lyrics) as blog post titles????
Posted in Blog Stuff on May 9th, 2007 13 Comments »
Welcome to the new era of Jen, and the new era of The Pile I’m Standing In. I’m very excited about the change happening in both, and I felt my blog needed a new look to reflect how I feel. Poke around a little to see what’s new, and definitely check out the About tab [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Everyday on May 8th, 2007 4 Comments »
I’m completing my third and final hour of writing at the wine bar, and I’m feeling quite frustrated by failed expectations. It seems that I feel inspired to write at any time of day or week OTHER THAN the time I have set aside to do such things. On Sunday morning I jumped out of [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff on Apr 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Posted in Blog Stuff, Uncategorized on Apr 5th, 2007 No Comments »
I should really call these posts ‘Twenty Minutes of Fame,’ since that’s about how long each segment is, but that just isn’t catchy. Here is part 2 of the Kindlings Muse panel discussion with Dick Staub. In this segment you get to hear Dick put me on the spot with a question about Mars Hill’s [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff on Apr 4th, 2007 1 Comment »
I had a wonderful time with the folks over at The Kindlings Muse on Monday night, but it reinforced why I prefer the medium of writing over voice or video – namely, that I hate the sound of my voice, and when I’m trying to figure out what to write next you don’t hear me [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Books, Learning on Mar 31st, 2007 3 Comments »
Last night Bryan and I went to see Annie Lamott read from her new book, Grace (Eventually), which she nearly titled Forgivishness. I was first introduced to Annie’s writing when I became pregnant with Ruthie and my sister-in-law gave me her copy of Operating Instructions. I think I read that book in one sitting because [...]
Be warned: what you see here is not my best work. It is what Anne Lamott describes in Bird By Bird as a series of “shitty first drafts.” Blogging dragged me kicking and screaming out of creative constipation by getting me to actually write. So I do that. A lot. Without worrying about every word choice or comma placement.
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