Life
Geese!
Aug 1st
Living in one of the big cities in Florida, I never saw anything quite like this (excepting the occasional family of ducks). This morning on my way to work, I was held up briefly as I waited for this line of fine feathered fellows to cross the road:
What was really killing me was their apparent fear of the yellow line. They would stop, investigate, and then run over it quickly. I was cracking up waiting for them to go by! As I turned up at the corner, there was another line of 15 or so crossing in front of the building in the background. For some reason, they love hanging out in the mall parking lot (to the immediate right in this photo).
Who knew geese had such manners when crossing the road??
Katie McAwesome vs. The World!
Jun 22nd
If you haven’t read Scott Pilgrim in anticipation of the movie (which comes out on August 13), you totally should! And even if you don’t, you should make your own Scott Pilgrim avatar!!
Mine is made of pure awesome, and my only regret is that I don’t actually have hair this amazing!
Click on my epic epicness to create your own and be McAwesome like me!
Snug as a Kindle in a Sleeve
May 21st
Several months ago, despite my telling him NOT to get me anything else for my birthday, Snackpants decided that I needed a Kindle. And I have to admit… I absolutely adore it!
I know that certain friends of mine, also with degrees in English, find it ‘unnatural’ to read anything that’s not a physical book with pages one can turn, and I was somewhat apprehensive, but I gotta say that I really enjoy reading the e-ink and LOVE the instant download feature. It’s also freakin’ amazing that I can download the first 2 chapters of any book for free before I buy it. Free samples FTW!
Anyway. Upon receiving my Kindle, I determined that I wanted to get a cover for it, but not one of those Amazon ones that lacked personality, so I headed over to one of my all-time favorite websites, Etsy.com. There I found what I thought I was looking for and purchased my Kindle cover.
Once it got here, I was unfortunately disappointed. It didn’t hold my Kindle right, the spine was too large, and while it was cool, it was not what I wanted it to be. So I quit using it in my sadness.
Several months and several trips later, I realized that I needed to have some sort of protective sleeve. So that’s exactly what I found! I headed back over to Etsy and got PRECISELY what I wanted!
The fine ladies over at Rogue Theory (who also sell through Etsy) have a product they call a Tech-ee. The design is amazingly simple, the construction is solid and precise, and it’s a PERFECT fit for my Kindle! Not to mention I adore the design on the fabric! They make these sleeves for a variety of products, including the Nook and the iPad, and their prices are extremely reasonable for such quality work.
Thanks for not disappointing, ladies!
What I’ve learned from Fable 2
May 17th
I know I’m a little behind the times, but lately I have been on a HUGE Fable 2 kick. Never played it before now, and I can’t seem to get enough of it. It’s like a sickness, really. Last night I was telling Snackpants about what I have learned from playing the game nonstop for the last few days, and here is a brief rundown of what comes to mind.
1. Bigamy is never a good idea, especially when you are dumb enough to house all of your spouses in the same small town (pocket dimensions not withstanding).
2. Even when they’re digital, it’s sad when your babies are taken away from you.
3. When buying rental properties, it’s important to raid them for any usable items before letting someone else live there.
4. Everyone should have a pet that never needs to be taken outside… or fed… or walked.
5. When using deadly weapons to pursue justice, why not add special devices that let you get paid when the bad guys die?!?
6. I do not want to have bright blue scars on my real face.
Bah Humbug!
Dec 4th
Okay, so let’s *not* talk about the fact that it’s been about 6 weeks since my last post. I was reminded of this fact today when a coworker of Joey Snackpants asked if I was going to discuss my Oreo-induced freakish dreams on my blog (the answer is definitely not). We’re going to talk about something else.
Namely: Christmas shopping.
Being female, I think it’s generally expected that I both A) enjoy Christmas shopping and B) can be described as good at it. Despite what the male population may think, not all women have a natural talent for such things. While my friend Lyn has this amazing knack for finding the perfect gift for anyone, and doing so on a budget, I tend to sit and wonder what the heck I am going to do!!!
Being far removed from all of my friends and generally having no idea what they already have, need or want, it’s a bit perplexing to me where to begin on this matter. By some miracle I have managed to figure out what Snackpants is getting, though he won’t have any idea until he reads it here.
I would like to give mad props to Amazon for introducing the Universal WishList feature, and now they even have an option to ‘bookmark’ something on a person’s wish list if you are picking it somewhere else, thereby eliminating the problem of double gifting. Which has nothing to do with what I got for Snackpants. Or does it?
Regardless, we are 21 days, exactly 3 weeks out from Christmas Day, and I have no idea what to get half the people I would like to buy for! Never mind the fact that the Snacktacular holiday party is only a week away and several gifts must be procured by that time.
Christmas Elves! I need some guidance here!
