Orlando

CoLab Orlando Coworking Open House

ryanprice — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:20:10 -0700

Start: 08/27/2008 - 18:00

End: 08/27/2008 - 19:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Cow-orking and collaboration for Central Florida's tech/creative community.

CoLab Orlando is the home for those wanting to have a home in downtown Orlando while collaborating in an environment built for innovation.

John Hussey, the owner of the historic Angebuilt Hotel building on Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando, has converted office space on the sixth floor of his building into a coworking spot.

Don't miss CoLab Orlando's open house August 27th at 6PM. There will be appetiers and beverages provided by Finn Henry's (the Irish pub downstairs), as well as a raffle for CowOrking space. But the main purpose of the open house is to get feedback and direction from the community on what they want out of CoLab.

CoLab is located at 37 N. Orange Ave - 6th Floor
Orlando, FL 32801

Please RSVP and send any questions/requests to info [at] colaborlando.com

Coworking

CoLab Orlando Open House: The Afterglow

ryanprice — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:45:34 -0700

Etan Horowitz of the Orlando Sentinel's weekly tech column, was at last night's CoLab Open House. Here's what he had to say.

Orlando Sentinel - A recap of the CoLab Orlando open house

Below is a video of Hussey, and Greg Pollack, a local web developer and one of the CoLab organizers, speaking about the space at last night's open house.

Pricing to rent a desk in the CoLab space ranges from $225 a month for a six-month membership to $300 a month for a month to month membership. There are also entire suites adjacent to the CoLab space which are available for rent. Several people asked about rates to rent a desk for a day or a couple days a week. Day rates are a staple of other coworking spots like Independents Hall in Philadelphia and they contribute to the laid back atmosphere. Although no day rates were listed on the pricing sheet handed out [...] Hussey said he is open to it if that's what the community wants.

"This is like a restaurant, Hussey said. "We just want to get it open. Then we can work everything out."

John Hussey, the owner fo the building, promised us that Tuesdays will be free until the end of the year, in honor of the Coworking Tuesdays we've been holding at Stardust for the last 6 months. Right now the only amenities are the space and the internet connection. Lots of folks asked about print/copy/fax, and John himself mentioned having some seminars by lawyers (whose offices are in the building) about whether to set up an S-Corp vs. and LLC and other such legal advice for small tech companies, and possibly hooking up a small business loan program with the folks from Seaside Bank.

One thing that seems to be missing right now is administrative help. A big hurdle in the way of having day rates is the lack of a door man or woman to regulate who is allowed in. If said door guard were someone who was using the space anyway, that could work out well. If the space had to support an administrative person's salary, it would probably have to be larger or charge higher rates.

There is also a concept of a few community leaders acting as advisers for the space, namely, David Rogers, Gregg Plloack, and myself (Ryan Price). I'm sure this will all take better shape in the next month, and particularly in the first 3 to 6 months that CoLab is open. Until then, the concrete answers, traditions and culture of the space will be in transition, so just relax and keep your eyes open and your ears pricked for news and updates.

Orlando

Florida Creatives Happy Hour #22

ryanprice — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:13:43 -0700

Start: 08/18/2008 - 18:00

End: 08/18/2008 - 21:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Every single 3rd Monday for the past 20 3rd Mondays, a group of geeks, artists, writers and other creative types have been gathering in Orlando for a networking event otherwise unheard of in this part of the country.

Folks from a wide variety of jobs - designers, poets, programmers, entrepreneurs, bloggers, podcasters, painters, filmmakers, musicians, actors - plus plenty of friends, boyfriends, girlfriends, wives, husbands, and acquaintances get together for some delicious Cajun/Creole food (and the ever-popular hot tots and fried pickles), beverages, and discussion.

Admission is free, there is no sign-up form, there are no nametags, just come and be yourself, and the creatives will guide you from there!

Orlando

Likemind.orl

ryanprice — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:08:40 -0700

Start: 08/15/2008 - 08:00

End: 08/15/2008 - 11:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Likemind.us just added a few more cities: Ankara (Turkey), Shanghai, Bucharest and Frankfurt. On the same day, people in these cities and 40 other places around the globe, other likeminded individuals will be getting together for some good coffee and conversation.

Coffee sponsorship ($25 is plenty) could be kindly paid for by your employer. Last month, we were given free copies of the "Buying In" (Murketing) book.

If you love Orlando and you want to find other people of a like mind, you've come to the right place. Chris and Ryan and some friends get together once a month before work to have a good conversation. Come talk about anything, exchange emails, share stories and walk away with a smile on your face ready to face the last day of the week knowing you have made some new friends this week.

Panera is at the corner of Robinson St and Eola Drive on the North East corner of the lake.

Orlando

Calling Home: A Plurk and Twitter Science Fiction Story

rspoerer — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:03:13 -0700

I love Social Media. I’m on at least five different services and spend way more time than I should on them, but I enjoy it considerably and have befriended many great people. With as much enjoyment as I get out of these services I thought it would be great if could combine together two things I feel passionately about: Social Media and Writing Fiction.

But how do you develop a story in only 140 character bite sized morsels? You could write a longer piece and serialize it, or you could even write Flash Fiction which thrives in such small spaces. Also, how do you develop characters in serialized stories when you use one account for both posting and comments? I felt all those approaches left much to be desired. What I wanted to see was a story, using Social Media where one character interacts with another using separate accounts. And what’s more, I wanted the story to be science fiction.

The big problem with writing science fiction or fantasy is you usually need quite a bit of space to build your world and have your characters explore it. Could this be done in 140 character pieces and still be a compelling read? My answer is yes it can. And the way to do it is by telling the entire story in dialogue.

Dialogue is powerful. It’s one of the best tools a writer has in their arsenal to convey emotion and feeling. Think of the last novel or story you read. What were the parts which moved you the most? It was when the characters were speaking. The author manipulated the words coming from the character into a stream of emotional strength. You knew how the character was feeling because they told you so in their own voice.

With this in mind, the idea for Calling Home popped into my mind. A story entirely told within the confines of a damaged ship’s system status messaging and emails. Each character would have their own Twitter and Plurk account, and communicate with each other through those accounts only.

After some refinement of the idea, I’m proud to announce I have started posting the individual Plurks and Tweets for the story. Here is where you can get information on how to follow the story: http://tinyurl.com/CallingHome

This story will run for at least a couple of months, so feel free to follow and see what happens to our characters in the deep reaches of space. For the time being, there will be twice daily updates, however that could change as things progress in the story. Read and you’ll find out why….

Lastly, if you enjoy the story please tell your friends about it and spread the word on any other Social Media services you’re on. If you’d like to see it posted to another Social Media service then email me and I’ll look into it.

Enjoy the story!

R. Alexander Spoerer
http://www.renegadesanctuary.com

Orlando

Stories that you read but never write

deloresdefacto — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:11:33 -0700

I'm writing this month long awaited blog post here at almost 3AM. I care not to really get into any linkage or media savvy discussion because, as my picture indicates, I'm more apt to writing about, well, writing. So let's get to it, shall we?

I am almost done with my M.F.A. program. I'm happy and, at the same time, sort of meh...unfulfilled. I know that I took on this program for my own personal desire to work towards my heart's desire. I wanted to have deadlines and discussion and work done on my writing. When I took this program on last April, I was in the midst of my crappy workplace. So having something to glue me back to my sanity was necessary. And the program was taken on. Yay for me.

However, now I am wondering where I want to go from here. I'm at the much awaited cross roads in my life. (Huh, I wasn't intending on getting to this in my post this evening. But I guess it all is related.) The way I see it; I can write anywhere, by any means about anything. I can carry my legal pad or my spiral bound notebook out to the porch with my tea and write away. I could be anywhere and I could write a story or a journal entry or a poem (my new found, lovely thing to do right now -- even if I am drastically untalented in the art since I am no Dickinson or Whitman or W.C. Williams) and my life's purpose would be complete. I am still fervently convinced that my life has to be lead first and foremost and then my writing can echo it in a way to describe the pathways. It may be silly to say this but, yes, I want to "teach" the future readership of my little section of shelf at Borders one day that this is how things were for me and this is what I learned from it all.

But teaching, even after an interview at the community college, I'm not sure I can or will or want to still do it. (Although nothing tickles me the same way seeing a book about grammar sitting in my lap as someone leans over and discusses "curriculum" with me does. Aahh...) I still am thinking of going a different route in my educational realm since this English bit isn't really panning out. I even had a lady at another, separate interview, query to me, "Not to be disrespectful, but exactly why did you chose an English degree anyway?" I had to admit, "Because I love it." I mean, what other explanation can I give? I love books and I love writing. I never expected to be a millionaire, I always expected to sit at a desk and pour over facets of print media and write things in a little notebook, just as I did since as long as I can remember.

Anyway, so tonight I got some of what I was supposed to do tonight but I still have to work tomorrow. It is now 3:04AM and I was going to make an early morning tomorrow and head to the pool. Apparently not. I still have reading to do before I go to bed and I still have things to write; just for me. I can work anywhere, live anywhere and this is what will always be readily available. But as always I'm still behind in real progress. I will, however, it just takes me a while to get there. I am not so much envious anymore of all that people do because I know I have the potential and the ability in me to do all the things I want to do. Now I sort of just appreciate seeing what kinds of things are possible.

My other thing I wanted to mention was that my poor fishy has died. I noticed him looking a little sluggish and I kept trying to feed him and chat to him and encourage him to be okay but I guess two years for a fish is pretty good. He was the one that my friend at school last year gave me when her mother bought one each for our classrooms. The kids loved them but they did try to overfeed them or shake them to "see if they were dead." Very nice. I still remember when we had the hurricane that school year and I had to bring his big plant filled beta bowl in the car with me, to the apartment complex and up the stairs; very carefully. By the time we got back to school, once the hurricane passed, I figured there was no reason to subject him to further torture at the hands of middle school children, so I kept him in a little one gallon tank on the kitchen counter. And there he stayed until his toilet bowl funeral yesterday afternoon. Poor fishy.

So even though I'm working through all sorts of my past habits and lying them aside (ignoring the impulses and killing off all the bad thoughts, etc.) I still justified my impulse to get another fish. It was a nice, hot Sunday afternoon and I hadn't even left the house yesterday since my books kept me on the couch, at the computer, and on the porch for some fresh air -- still not out of the apartment. I reasoned that I needed some sunshine and fresh air, a ride, some music, a visit to my parents (Mom made chili; like I'm going to pass that up. Plus I got my letter from school about my financial aid; I have an email saying that my classes are paid for, yet a letter that says I still have an outstanding bill. Um...okay?) I then took a ride to get $10 worth of gas. Then went to Dollar General for $15 of: Cascade with Bleach, Purex laundry softener (cheap but it works), a stationary set ($2 and purple!), bottles of water and sugar free Bubble Yum (that is no where to be found anywhere except the Dollar Store it seems; that is my driving gum brand of choice because it is the only one that hold the capability of bubble blowing.)

Then I went to Petco. Now what I intended on getting was, say a couple of goldfish or angelfish or something that wouldn't have to be all by itself in my little tank. I know that Bruce dying was sad and it definitely ended a part of my past life for me and made me think about my classroom once again (also made me really think that I need to get on the ball and email my friend again and see how she is doing at school, however that may entail a social situation and I'll have to get to that later too.) I looked and looked at the store in the freshwater fish department. The lady working there assisted a middle aged lady and her daughter, then a mother with five or six (well behaved, mind you) children who were all getting fish for their aquarium. It was cute to hear them discuss with one another what their fish's names would be. However, it was not cute that I was never asked to be helped. I mean I mingled, I looked, I browsed, I even had a couple of aquarium supplies in my hand but nope, even as I looked around for the lady working there to come back, she never did. No one wanted to help the girl in the Halloween t-shirt. (It rules; it's orange with a big, black splashy painted raven on it.) Anyway, so since it was evident that no one was going to help me get a fish, I started realizing how much easier it would be to get a beta fish. I mean I had all the stuff for one and they are very, very easy to take care of. Plus, if I even did go anywhere (I still hold out hope!) putting a little feeder in there would be easy as pie, or even taking the little one gallon tank to have someone else feed him a couple times of day works fine. So I looked at the beta fish, already sad in their little plastic homes and I thought, "I should just rescue one of these guys and let them live in a nice, happy, aquarium in my kitchen." I love hearing the sound of the aquarium and I didn't want to put the silly tank away and not let it keep life in it as it should so, I found a fish! I was looking at a big, pretty medium blue fish but both Scott (my first beta who died quite a while ago) and Bruce were blue. I couldn't help but notice the little red guy who was sitting on the shelf staring straight at me. I kept thinking about the Velveteen Rabbit and how the toys on the shelf were sad when no one wanted to take them home. (They really shouldn't traumatize children with such ideas, especially those with overactive imaginations and a sensitive nature. I always think of things like that and feel bad for all of them. I always understood why Charlie Brown chose that little Christmas tree that needed a home the most. That's why I always choose the ones that are short and fat that no one else would really want. Sigh...) Anyway, so I picked up my new red fish and have named him Borges after the writer that I'm writing about for my class right now. (If my professor ever comes across this blog, I hope he feels quite proud that I chose this name.) I figured that Borges was Spanish speaking, the idea of red and bull-fighting came to mind and seemed like a suitable name; although I did research and discover that this is not a practice, apparently, in his homeland of Argentina. Sigh...oh well. The same is there so it shall stay. How else can I be expected to be a writer if I don't name my pets after literary figures or characters. (I still say the cat is named after Jacob Marley.)

I'm also very, very tired of my current situation. I never talk to anyone and I never want to go and do the same old things I use to do a while back. The club is just dead to me and I have no desire to go anymore. And when I did go out a while back I felt depressed for days afterwards. I've been getting like that lately when I'm out with people and feel like I just don't have any connection to any of it anymore. This has slowly been taking effect on my for a while and now I really see how I'm just over it where I am now. I am so ready for a change in this solitary little life.

And that's about it for this evening. It's now 4AM and I really should go grab my books and head to bed so I can get up at a hopeful decent hour and get back to work. Before I go for now (I'm sure my writing/education/unemployment topics will surface again soon; supposedly I'm getting that extension on unemployment like everyone else in the country!) I will leave you with one revelation that I made while working this evening. Sometimes typos are a good thing.

Love and Live are only one letter apart. You have to remove the "I", as in the selfish side of yourself, perhaps, to allow that center, that empty place in yourself to be filled. "I" can live, but "O" is the center, the core of love.

Photo credit: deloresdefacto

http://www.deloresdefacto.com/?p=89

Orlando

Café Scientifique: "Evolutionary Antecedents of Obesity"

chadmiller — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:53:29 -0700

Start: 08/06/2008 - 19:00

End: 08/06/2008 - 20:30

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Presenter:
Lieberman, Leslie Sue

Evolutionary medicine provides insights into why we are experiencing a global pandemic of obesity, and what we might do about it.

The presenter, Leslie Sue Lieberman, Ph.D., is a Professor of Anthropology and the founding Director of the Women’s Research Center at the University of Central Florida. She is a biomedical anthropologist with research specializations in type-2 diabetes, nutrition, and obesity. She has co-authored or edited 11 books, and published over 70 journal articles and book chapters. Her research has been supported by NIH, NSF, HRSA, NIMH, and others.

(Publicity flier)

…and after that,

"Removing Pollutants from Water" 3 September, 2008 19:00 - 20:30
"Invasive Species" 1 October, 2008 19:00 - 20:30
"Tidal Modeling in the 21st Centurys" 5 November, 2008 19:00 - 20:30

Florida Creatives

FL Creatives 18: Eric Marden

ryanprice — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:10:24 -0700

Download Show 18
flcreatives_18_eric.mp3
Length: 1:34:26

Eric Marden, AKA Xentek or Dr. XNLB, shares with us some stories from his past about starting record labels, trying to form creative collectives, and the creative climate in Orlando.

Shameless Links:

Florida Creatives

FL Creatives is the Best of Orlando!

ryanprice — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:02:18 -0700

Exciting news: I was informed that Florida Creatives and BarCamp Orlando were named "Best way to staff your social networking startup" by the Orlando Weekly as part of their annual Best of Orlando issue.

Orlando has been cultivating its reputation as a technology center, and there's evidence that it's working. There's a community of people who straddle the line between artist and techie, and you can find a good number of them hanging out with the Florida Creatives Group. They host a happy hour once a month, and they've hosted two "un-conference" BarCamp events where anyone could give a presentation. It's a somewhat nerdy crew, but there's no better place in town to meet that user-interface expert or the Drupal developer that you've been dreaming of.

Mad props to the Orlando Weekly. In fact, this is not the first time Florida Creatives has appeared in their pages. The editorial team there does their best to keep their fingers on the pulse of the community, and this year they've chosen our nerdy slice of Orlando... three cheers!

BarCamp

Florida Creatives Happy Hour 7/21

ryanprice — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:50:54 -0700

Start: 07/21/2008 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Admission is free, there is no sign-up form, there are no nametags, just come and be yourself, and the creatives will guide you from there!

Florida Creatives

Kasey Crouch to speak at Orlando InDesign Users Group

frecklefoot — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:08:56 -0700

Start: 07/22/2008 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

We are fortunate to have Kacey Crouch return to our club and participate as our speaker for our next meeting. Kacey is an Adobe Certified Software Instructor, the owner of Pixeldot, Inc., and a well-known presenter at Adobe events and InDesign conferences. Her topics for the night are:

Using the Assets of the Creative Suite
CS3 ships with many built in goodies. Some you may have used before, such as templates in InDesign, or brushes in Illustrator, but are you really getting the most of these freebies? We will explore where to find the hidden goodies Adobe gives to us, and how to use them in ways beyond the obvious.

Managing Images and Choosing File Types
While the idea of picking a file type may not sound glamorous, it is essential to maximizing the capabilities of your images. Learn when to choose PSD over TIF, and when PDF is better than EPS.
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Date, time, and location
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Tuesday, July 22 2008 - 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Orlando Sentinel Conference Center
633 N. Orange Ave.
(corner of Orange Ave. and Colonial Dr.)
Orlando, FL 32801

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Agenda
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6:00pm to 6:50pm: Registration, Eat, Meet and Greet
6:50pm to 7:00pm: Announcements, Introductions
7:00pm to 7:50pm: Using the Assets of the Creative Suite
7:50pm to 8:00pm: Break
8:00pm to 8:45pm: Managing Images and Choosing File Types
8:45pm to 9:00pm: Q&A - Raffle

Be sure to register so we have an accurate count for our usual pizza and refreshments... If you’re new to the Creative Suite or a professional, please invite your friends and colleagues, and help us grow our/your Orlando InDesign User Group. While it's all about graphics, many related applications are covered in a wide-ranging, freeform interchange among members. Our InDesign User Group is a Special Interest Group of FLMUG. CS3 works on both Windows and Mac systems. Bring your laptops as our meetings have WiFi.

Starting with this meeting there will be a minimum $10 suggested entry donation to support the cost of our meetings. Our raffles offer great tools to help you advance your knowledge and achieve your goals, with our top winner receiving a full version of InDesign CS3.

$10 suggested admission donation = 3 Raffle tickets
$20 = 8 Raffle
$30 = 15

Orlando

Likemind.orl

ryanprice — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:28:36 -0700

Start: 07/18/2008 - 00:00

End: 07/18/2008 - 11:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Coffee sponsorship ($25 is plenty) could be kindly paid for by your employer. Last month, we were given free copies of the "Buying In" (Murketing) book.

Panera is at the corner of Robinson St and Eola Drive on the North East corner of the lake.

Florida Creatives

BlogOrlando 2008

ryanprice — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:58:38 -0700

Start: 09/25/2008 - 00:00

End: 09/27/2008 - 23:59

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

what: an unconference
when: September 25-27, 2008
where: Orlando, Florida
cost: free

tracks:
Journalism
Technology/Tools
Local/Community
New Media/Creative
Marketing/PR

Latest BlogOrlando news:

The dates for the 2008 edition of BlogOrlando have been set, Sept 25-27th. Of course the big change is the main event is moving to a Saturday.

In the past I always debated about the Friday/Saturday thing, but this year we have some external forces....mainly the venue....we're just too big :-) In order to accommodate close to 300 people (like we had last year) we need to hold the event on Saturday.

Registration will be open shortly and we'll start to fill in the session leaders and schedule as well.

As I referenced in my previous post there will an invite only event on Thursday the 25th. The main event will kick-off Friday night with a reception and the full un-con and happy hour on Saturday.

If you're traveling in, then you can look to arrive on Friday and head back out on Sunday.

Of course we're always looking for sponsors to keep the event FREE. If you're interested let me know.

Florida Creatives

Don't be surprised. This change is my design.

deloresdefacto — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:57:45 -0700

I wrote this in my notebook as I was on my porch, smoking these old Camel lights that have been in one of my kitchen drawers for, oh a year now. I am like those stupid Become and EX commercials that talks about re-learning how to do certain things without cigarettes. For me, unfortunately, it's writing. I've tried to write an entry for a while about the internal stuff that's going on with me. There are some past actions and reaction, aside from writing without smoking, that I'm trying to unlearn.

Some months ago, I was lying in bed, wondering if I was going to be the girl who was always alone. Every past action indicated to that assumption. But I realized, that night, that it was me that was causing the empty bed and the lack of a friend-based relationship. I was alone because I had trained myself to believe that I was "supposed" to be alone. (What does that Interpol song say? "I'm sick of spending these lonely night, training myself not to care"?)

Now Lord knows that after having one guy say and do the worst, manipulative and dishonest things to me at a young age, when I thought that was all I could get, even thought I knew it was wrong, I was still hurt and discouraged. The idea of what "love" was to a man because a separate definition to what I defined the word to mean. Love meant calling me up, after tons of unanswered messages, telling me of his past conquests and hatred for my crying, even though "you know I still love you." So once I figured out that everything I believed in his words were empty, I went on to try the same routine with two other guys directly after my divorce. Each one turned around one day to say, "I don't understand what the big deal is" when they did something just as cruel. Hence, I became cemented in jealousy, anxiety, depression, guilt and disillusion.

And since those years long ago, I've sought after crushes who had the same kind of attitude towards me. They reeled me in, tossed me out, reeled me in, then berated me for having an emotional reactions to their inactions of care. Never once did I think I was choosing the wrong guys. Never once did it occur to me that I was setting myself up for failure on purpose because I didn't think I deserved anything else.

By being a single woman in my modern world, I have had plenty of firsthand experience on the long, arduous process of relationship discussions. We have books and movies and television shows and music and friends who all talk about men. We have to be "smart" girls. We can't put up with any man's crap. We have to (as Dr. Phil says) "teach people how to treat us." Men will do anything it takes to screw a woman over and we have to be on guard at all times. Basically, I have been fashioned into a bitch.

And since I have always been the one to be hurt, I never thought anything was my fault past not being beautiful, not being thin enough, not being like other girl who had husbands. I wasn't bitchy enough I supposed and Lord knows I got plenty of resentment in myself when I was called "bitter."

In the past month or so, something changed in me drastically. It was as if I finally saw myself on the inside and I found out that my past had been an excuse to carry a chip on my shoulder. I assumed all men were liars, cheaters, manipulators, skirt chasers and all-around jerks who delighted in nothing more than to push every button I had to make me crazy with anxiety and insecurity.

I started seeing that all this time, I was expecting people to say, "Oh, she's had it bad before, so she has a right to be distrusting." I had it said to me by women for years. I was set apart because I had this crappy past that I kept on call to use as a tool to week out any possible errors in a man's character that would potentially make him "just like the others."

But now I realize it's been me this whole time that's choosing to be bent out of shape over things that should be boxed up and buried. I am the one who accuses and assumes that every man is never going to be genuine or trustworthy or kind. So I set up fights and wait for an opportunity to pounce and say, "Ah ha! I knew it!" I lash out and keep myself "protected" instead of tearing down my wall that I took years to put up. I use to think, "I'll try with this (wrong) guy, but if it doesn't work (when I knew it wouldn't because he wasn't right for me), I'm putting another brick up and sealing myself off for good!" I wasn't going to be anyone's fool.

Nope, I've been my own fool all along. I saw mean and hurtful, unjust things. I get angry and jealous and worked up over nothing that is the actual truth -- I make up reasons to not try and let anyone in.

So unlearning all of this is what I've been trying to do recently. I realized that all of the things I have gone through is my reason for writing. I always figured that I'd be able to tell my future audience the things I learned along the way. What I wanted to write about is how I figured out, at age 32, that shutting the door in any man's face before they even try to know is anything but smart. I learned that it isn't that someone is going to have to save me from being hurt; I have to save myself from being someone to does the hurting. I've learned not to repeat my patterns, but to grow out of them and evolve.

I apologize for any rocks I may have kicked up as I tried to set myself on my path.

Photo credit: remotd

http://www.deloresdefacto.com/?p=88

Orlando

create chaos 2008

ryanprice — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:10:34 -0700

Start: 10/13/2008 - 00:00

End: 10/17/2008 - 23:59

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Create Chaos 2008. One week. Ten shows. Thousands of creative professionals.

Create Chaos is a concept that speaks to the evolution of our industries — a “create-a-palooza” that will bring together some of the most interesting, educational and inspirational creative industry conferences simultaneously — and all in one location.

Create Chaos 2008 will Inform, Connect, Inspire and Educate creative professionals from multiple industries through an all-inclusive conference event featuring training, seminars, speakers, awards gallery, exhibit arena, career center, film festival and a number of unique, one-of-a-kind experiences. As producers, we are bringing together multiple, existing industry conferences, trade shows and events that are experts in their respective fields under one “super conference” to deliver an experience for our attendees and exhibitors which is second to none.

Based on the Medici principle, by bringing together creative professionals from different industries and walks of life in one place at one time, the resulting collision of ideas, inspiration and general creative experience far surpasses any conference-going experience these professionals could receive by attending these industry specific events separately.

The Create Chaos experience brings together creative professionals from around the world to connect, share ideas, exchange information and be educated on the latest in training, trends and technology.

The conference also acts as a recession buster by co-locating the conferences and reducing travel and registration costs for attendees and participations.

Also, if you had a particular speaker in mind, please see http://www.createchaos.com/08/public/speakers/speakers for details on how to submit a speaker recommendation. Thanks!

info@createchaos.com
http://www.createchaos.com

BarCamp

Your southern can is worth a dollar a half a pound

deloresdefacto — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:35:48 -0700

I have to step up on my platform, and call all of my Orlando pals to hear my speech regarding our "City Beautiful".

I found a random slide show on Youtube entitled Downtown Orlando that depicts the daytime colors and buildings that we're all accustomed to, have grown familiar with and connect with as our place of "home." That's why when this wanker made the comment of, "don't go downtown at night . It's a very dangerous place" I had to take a stance.

While we have all discussed time and time again about how we miss our days at Cairo and our trips through Church Street, we still are trying to keep our night life and our culture alive. And I'm not just talking as far as music culture, I mean the "real" substance and history of Orlando.

But this guy, who lives in Windermere mind you, made comments about how only idiots go downtown and the only "culture" we have is tattoo parlors (incidentally, didn't they close that one down on Orange Avenue by the old Laser Tag place?)

So with this scare tactic mindset put in place, I had to retort by giving examples of what downtown is really about and how tourists are not going to be randomly shot while on Spring Break, trying to check out a club or a show on a Saturday night. I think what he's perceiving as downtown Orlando is the now defunct Church Street that we've all been moaning about for years now. That's something that hopefully will be renovated soon. Not that I have any interest in going down to any college pubs and watching naked women hand me a Jell-O shot, but, yes, we use to have a lot going on down there. But if you'll all recall, we also had the law passed that said the homeless were only allowed to stand on certain, marked areas of the sidewalk. The younger generation (as I was part of back then) was harassed by being pegged as a "gutter punk" who wanted nothing more than to loiter. After that happened we lost anything substantial on Wall Street Plaza and now we have the Cantina that targets, woo hoo, tourists.

By this man not living and being a real part of downtown Orlando for the past ten to fifteen years as I have, as everyone in town as been, the real essence of pride and home and culture and pride that we've been trying to support and promote time and time again, is being refuted by now putting fear into tourists minds that downtown is totally unsafe. Well, there's crime but there's crime in every city. That's common knowledge. Actually, the only time I had a problem with a break in of my car (and a handful of other people I knew who were targeted at the same time) was ten years ago when this nesnman guy is saying was safer. So much for what he knows.

I just wanted to send my opinions out to anyone in town who may read this and see what had gotten me so worked up about. All of us are trying to build up our town and to have someone say that only the theme park areas are "safe" just makes me irate. Unfortunately this is probably the opinion of many cash heavy snow birds who put money into big corporations and leave the smaller businesses to crumble. This is why we have lost so many clubs, restaurants, pubs and decent shows to the overly expensive Disney/Universal/MGM machine.

I've made a list of links and historical and cultural items that make up the real Orlando that we're proud to have thriving to this day. As I stated in my YouTube comment, "Walt would be appalled at what Disney has become these days."

Orlando is also home to the University of Central Florida, which is the second largest university in Florida in student enrollment and has the 6th largest enrollment in the nation.

Orlando is home to the Orlando Magic, an NBA pro basketball franchise that plays at Amway Arena in downtown Orlando. Led by Shaquille O'Neal, the Magic made it to the NBA Finals in 1995. Orlando's Amway Arena, opened in 1989 is already one of the oldest arenas in the NBA. It will be replaced around 2010 by the $480-million Orlando Events Center.

Orlando Public Library, the main downtown library of the Orange County Library System, which features 15 locations system wide. Situated on an entire city block in the heart of downtown Orlando, the library is an epicenter for arts and cultural events, educational and entertainment resources, and solitude.

The Kerouac House, in the College Park neighborhood of Orlando, is where writer Jack Kerouac lived during the time his novel On the Road was published and released, making him a national sensation and Beat Generation icon. He lived in the house with his mother Gabrielle from July 1957 to the spring of 1958, and wrote his three-act play, The Beat Generation, a 51-chorus poem called Orlando Blues, and the novel The Dharma Bums during his time there. In 1997, the Kerouac Project of Orlando formed, and restored the Kerouac house. It is now a haven for aspiring writers who can live in the house as they create their own work.

Eatonville is a town in Orange County, Florida, six miles north of Orlando. It was one of the first all-black towns to be formed after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and, on August 15, 1887, was the first such town to be incorporated. Zora Neale Hurston grew up there. Every winter, Eatonville stages its annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities and the Zora Neal Hurston Library.

Harry P. Leu Gardens, which is an inner city oasis covering 50 acres (20,000 m²) and features colorful annuals, palms, an orchid house, a floral clock and a butterfly garden.

The Orlando Museum of Art is Orlando's largest modern art museum. Located in Loch Haven Park, the museum has ongoing exhibitions of American portraits and landscapes, American impressionist works, and art of the ancient Americas. In 2003, the museum hosted the world-renowned full exhibition of the famous glass sculptor, Dale Chihuly.

The Orlando Metropolitan Area is also home to a substantial theatre population. Several professional and semi-professional houses and many community theaters dot the area including Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival, Orlando Repertory Theatre (Central Florida's only Professional Theatre for Young Audiences), Orlando Theatre Project, Starlight Dinner Theatre, Mad Cow Theatre, Theatre Downtown, The Osceola Center for the Arts, Winter Park Playhouse, Theatre Winter Haven, IceHouse Theatre, and Seaside Music Theatre. Orlando also hosts the Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival every summer.

Church Street Station, a multi-level shopping mall and entertainment center that once featured an abundance of specialty shops, restaurants, nightclubs, and bars. Purchased in the late 1990s by TransContinental Talent owner Lou Pearlman, it is now virtually defunct, as the area suffered in post-9/11 tourist-industry slump. The area is being redeveloped with residential condominiums. Now closed due to bankruptcy and is due to be bought over.

Based on the Morgan Quitno Press "Safest and Most Dangerous Cities of 2007" rankings, Orlando ranks #11 nationaly. It's to be noted that the American Society of Criminology (ASC) and the FBI object to such rankings and use of data stating "These rankings represent an irresponsible misuse of the data and do groundless harm to many communities" and don't take into account "factors that influence crime in a particular study area such as population density and the degree of urbanization".

Orlando for Adults - The New York Times

Orlando Sentinel - Downtown Blog

Wikipedia - Downtown Orlando

Review Orlando

And, ironically or not in the news today:

Tourist Robbed At Hotel Near Disney

Photo credit: NY Times

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Likemind.us Orlando

ryanprice — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:46:33 -0700

Start: 06/20/2008 - 00:00

End: 06/20/2008 - 11:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Coffee sponsorship ($25 is plenty) could be kindly paid for by your employer. Last month, we were given free copies of the "Buying In" (Murketing) book.

Panera is at the corner of Robinson St and Eola Drive on the North East corner of the lake.

Florida Creatives

FL Creatives 17: Darren McDaniel

ryanprice — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:18:50 -0700

Download Show 17
flcreatives_17_darren.mp3
Length: 52:20

The Director of the Essence of Irwin and former Programming Director for the Downtown Media Arts Center joins Ryan Price for a discussion about his history and the journey of creating his film.

Darren is also working on a local startup company called Petentials: The Internet for Pets.

Florida Creatives on iTunes

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Florida Creatives Happy Hour #19

ryanprice — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:25:38 -0700

Start: 06/16/2008 - 18:00

End: 06/16/2008 - 21:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Every single 3rd Monday for the past 19 3rd Mondays, a group of geeks, artists, writers and other creative types have been gathering in Orlando for a networking event otherwise unheard of in this part of the country.

Folks from a wide variety of jobs - designers, poets, programmers, entrepreneurs, bloggers, podcasters, painters, filmmakers, musicians, actors - plus plenty of friends, boyfriends, girlfriends, wives, husbands, and acquaintances get together for some delicous Cajun/Creole food (plus hot tots and fried pickles), beverages, and discussion.

Admission is free, there is no sign-up form, just come and be yourself, and the creatives will guide you from there!

Florida Creatives

Stirring the Orlando Coworking Pot

ryanprice — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:37:55 -0700

I got an email today through a local creative named Tiffany - she asked about shared office space.

In my reply, I pointed her to the Orlando Coworking Wiki page on the Official Coworking Wiki and here on FLCreatives Wiki.

Obviously, you've got to know about the coworking mailing list as well.

Once you've checked all of that out, then you can start going to Coworking Tuesdays at Stardust. They are literally every Tuesday during the day - not exactly 9 to 5, but hours like those. Stardust has free wi-fi, great food, coffee, tea, wine, beer, liquor (for those really hard client phone calls), and videos for rent. What more could you ask for?

Stardust is centrally located, so as a first coworking experience, it's very accessible.

1842 E Winter Park Rd, Orlando, FL 32803

Coworking

All dressed up to catch a glimpse of the list

deloresdefacto — Sun, 25 May 2008 10:26:10 -0700

Okay. Since it's been long since I decided that I should update my blog with, yet another, random list of things, I will do so today. Again, there's not a whole lot going on and this is the easiest way to make an entry. Here goes:

-- I'm still pondering going out tonight for the Barbs Reunion.

-- It sucks that it costs, at last visit to the gas station, $37 to fill up my tank.

-- I have a couple of writing contests that I want to enter but, alas, that costs money as well. Didn't someone say at one time, to not bother paying for such thing anyway?

-- I'm still working my way through the wonderful world of Coetzee by keeping Diary of a Bad Year instead of returning it the the library. I've had it since March I think.

-- I finished Out Stealing Horses this week though. It was one of those that, after reading the last line, I shut the book and muttered, "F&*$, that's good." My professor was adamant on this one and I didn't want to be so easily swayed by opinion but, alas, he was right.

-- I got caught up with Fran on The Tudors. Good Lord, those guys were some evil bastards. I had nightmares about the last episode we saw that showed the torture and beheading spree.

-- I am prepared to tape all three hours of Lost this Thursday. We have extra footage, plus the two hour season finale to discuss later on. Right now I'm betting that the last episode will be about Claire. We also discussed that maybe the island brought Christian Shephard back to life and that the freighter will blow up because Sun and Aaron are the only ones of the Oceanic Six who aren't in the room with the explosives. Now, as to who the other two people are supposedly survived the crash but later died, had better be freaking explaining because that's driving me up a wall (as is everything else on this show.)

-- I am not getting my tax refund bonus money until this month because apparently since I had the processing fees with TurboTax taken out before my refund was deposited. I don't get why this extra cash can't be sent electronically as well but, eh, at least they're sending me something (although, I think I count as the poorest of the poor and will only get the minimum amount.)

-- I need, and do not currently have money for: Frontline for the cat, my allergy pills, money for my insurance and going out cash. Seems though the insurance money will obviously have to come first and everything else will just have to wait.

-- I found my Ophelia painting from my old office and I tacked it up in my bedroom, since my walls are so bare. But then I got all antsy about staring at the damn thing at night and worrying about if it was even (since I have no frame to put it in right now) so I got on a chair and tacked it up in the hallway instead. That poster has been through a hundred attempts at staying up on a wall. It has rips and folds and holes punched in it on all corners. I remember when one of my seniors first saw that hanging in my office he said, "Wow, Miss. That painting is...uh...pretty intense." After I explained who she was, I think he was a little more at ease with my artistic tastes in office decor.

-- I took this picture of my desk after I got done with my cleaning spree. I have a lamp that actually puts out some light (for only $5) and a small stack of papers and items listed to be dealt with in the near future. By the way, the little notepaper reads, "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." Ralph Waldo Emerson. I found that when I was cleaning the desk up. Now I'm using it for my current work theme. I love Emerson.

-- I was ready to throw said lamp out the window last week when IE 7 kept crashing. Sure, crash recovery is fine, but crashing all the time for no apparent reason is not. I did some Windows updates, ran a couple of free virus and spyware detectors, plus removed the Share This button on my toolbar. I didn't have this problem before I added the button and my spyware mentioned a problem with my toolbar so...

And that's about it. Nothing else going on really. I have my little routine around here that keeps my mind occupied as I keep trying to find work, write my stories, get some cash, get some new books, get back to getting back I guess you could say.

Photo credit: deloresdefacto

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Florida Creatives at Orlando Fringe

ryanprice — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:37:11 -0700

Start: 05/19/2008 - 18:00

End: 05/19/2008 - 21:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

A huge inspiration for FL Creatives was the Fringe Festival - seeing a community so strong after 17 years of existence, and how they come together in a frenzy for one week every year. FL Creatives will set up in Loch Haven Park by the Fringe Beer Tent, because Third Monday happens during the Fringe Festival, so we are having a special outdoor Happy Hour this month. Dozens of food and art vendors will be set up outside, and beer and wine are available with a small donation to the festival.

We will be attending a show as a group - watch this space for updates about which show, what time and costs. You can buy your tickets and see show schedules at www.OrlandoFringe.org

This will be Florida Creatives' 18th consecutive third Monday event. It's fantastic to see the community coming together and making things happen, and Florida Creatives will be here to support Orlando and other parts of the state as we grow. Bringing our patronage to the Fringe Festival is one way we can help.

Florida Creatives

Likemind.orl

ryanprice — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:26:59 -0700

Start: 05/16/2008 - 08:00

End: 05/16/2008 - 11:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Coffee sponsorship ($25 is plenty) could be kindly paid for by your employer.

If you love Orlando and you want to find other people of a like mind, you've come to the right place. Alex and Ryan will get together once a month before work to have a good conversation. Come talk about anything, exchange emails, share stories and walk away with a smile on your face ready to face the last day of the week knowing you have made some new friends this week.

Panera is at the corner of Robinson St and Eola Drive on the North East corner of the lake.

Orlando

Downtown Photowalk / Videowalk

ryanprice — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:10:40 -0700

Start: 05/10/2008 - 12:00

End: 05/10/2008 - 18:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Be ye photographers, videobloggers, people wanting to learn something about downtown Orlando? Are you interested in using your talents to showcase what the non-tourism-driven part of Orlando has to offer? The crew from OrlandoScene.TV will be taking the History Center's official walk of downtown, with dozens of historic stops all over the city.

We are asking photographers to come with us on a photowalking expedition, because our video piece will be about the photowalking trend and Downtown Orlando will be our setting.

At the end of the day we will be attending "Improv en Espanol" at SAK Comedy Lab. If you're interested in snapping some photos there, it will be their first anniversary doing the show on Saturdays, and I know they will appreciate it.

If you have any questions, please direct them to [info AT orlandoscene.tv]

Florida Creatives

Come Party Like it's 1499!

ryanprice — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:58:19 -0700

Start: 05/08/2008 - 18:00

End: 05/08/2008 - 21:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Create Magazine invites you to party like it's 1499! Come be the spark to a new renaissance within the creative community, where creative professionals of all walks of life come together in a collision of ideas.

That collision of ideas began with Create Magazine, expanded with our Create Network and will continue to grow into 2008 and beyond.

Join us for a night of renaissance-themed fun to celebrate a new era in the creative community. Door prizes, delicious appetizers, interactive art, and first drinks courtesy of Shipyard Brewery - you won't want to miss this!

Where: The Beacon
Address: 100 S Eola Drive, Orlando, FL 32801
When: Thursday, May 8th from 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

Creative cocktail or renaissance-themed attire.

RSVP to [rsvp AT createmagazine .com] please!

Florida Creatives

The joy of repetition really is in you

deloresdefacto — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:32:31 -0700

Since I don't really have anything to report in a blog update, I snagged this picture and decided to make, yet another, random list of things to mention:

-- After watching The Shape of Things to Come last week, I can see how they're making it seem as if Sawyer is going to die, along with Claire and, hence, the baby, Aaron will have to be taken with Hurley, Kate and Jack. For the first time, I actually felt a tad sorry for Ben and I loved how they're (seemingly?) tying up some loose ends as far as how things happened and what exactly the black smoke is. (Time travelling black hole that brings animals, people, etc. back and forth through time. If you get stuck in a black hole, you get eaten up into oblivion.) But Sawyer simply can't die and I'm sure he's going to hide from the "bad guys" and find Locke while everyone else leaves the island.

-- Something Nice Back Home, tomorrow's episode, doesn't have any info online yet, but according to my cable box info: "Juliet and Kate must work together to save Jack when his health is seriously compromised; something goes wrong as Sawyer, Claire, Miles and Aaron head back to the beach." Again, they're trying to hint at Sawyer having something happen to him so he may or may not die along with Claire. I wonder whose flashback / flashforward will be the focus for this episode. I'm guessing Claire since she's probably going to be killed off soon.

-- Speaking of what happened when and how everyone is connected, Dominic Monaghan was on MadTV with a "Domi-Lost" skit. It's not as funny as SNL would do (because I never watch MadTV and don't care for anyone on the show as far as I've ever in the past) but I'm glad I happened to see that this was on. This other skit was wrong but funny as hell.

-- Aside from Lost (which I was so glad to have back, by the way), we only have four more episodes of The Tudors left. I must say, I am very happy with the character change that Henry is taking on. I like that, despite his conscience telling him that killing More is wrong, he is so bloody arrogant and hot headed, that he has to go along with his original ideas, just so he won't admit that he was wrong. And I can totally see how he's going to see the opportunity to change his mind, without taking blame, after Katherine dies and killing Anne off will give him a fresh start in the legitimate, male heir, please England, love me again, department. I also like how Jonathan Rhys Meyers is getting a bit bigger and taking on the shape of a Greek statue. No complaints here. I just wish his eyes didn't make him look like he'd been snatched by aliens from time to time.

-- In personal news, nothing, I repeat, nothing else has been going on. I got a call from a place I applied for as a secretary last week. The guy went over my information and said he'd call back but never did. {shrug} So all I can count on is the school loan money that will come supposedly by the end of summer (which isn't much of a relief since we haven't even started summer yet.) But I have stuff to do for my grad program's literature magazine so that will give me the much needed incentive to get the work that I've been putting off done in a couple of weeks.

-- Since things have been so boring lately, it's hard to want to be jazzed about what I'm reading and working on. I mean, I have fleeting moments of glee when I come up with some interesting plot twist or opinion on the author I've pick up from the shelf (the library has been sending me bills already because one of my shelves is full of three month overdue books.) But all in all, it's a very humdrum kind of routine I have around here. If there were anything exciting, I'd be more inclined to discuss something other than random acts of television watching.

-- I did clean up the sidebar on my blog so that the widgets wouldn't (presumably) slow the site down. I can't stand how the new Wordpress widget editor is set up though. You're supposed to drag and drop them where you want them in the sidebar but, instead, they run off to the bottom or top of the screen once you unclick them in the spot you want them to be in. It's like trying to color within the lines with an optical mouse. They're only so much hand-eye coordination that I can handle at a time, especially when I'm doing a trial and error system to see what script codes will work in the widget text boxes.

So anyway, that's all I have to put on the electronic blog table right now. I am sure I'll think of something interesting in the next couple of days but until then, I'm going back to the television, the bookshelf, the legal pad and the Word files. There's so much I still have to get done.

And this is nice. Now that Keith told me that I "should get rid of the UTW plugin, as it doesn't work in any version of WP past 2.3 anyway..." in order for CTC to work, I lost all of my tags. Very nice. I just had to reload and activate UTW again so my post tags would come back. Now they're in my post editor but they don't show up in the preview. Sigh...what's happening with this?

Photo credit: Rolling Stone

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Florida Creatives

Will you give me back my dime?

deloresdefacto — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:26:01 -0700

Here I am again. Unmotivated, unsuccessful, unpublished, undesirable, uneducated, unmarketable, unemployed me.

I applied for at least 50 jobs online today. The only phone calls I got back were from the phone company who had to change my service for me because I can't afford frivolous things like Caller ID, some credit card collection agencies and my mother.

Sometimes the creditors even like to call my mother to in hopes of either finding me or driving my whole family (even more?) insane.

I even went as far as to send some applications in the mail (because I'm not snotty enough to dismiss potential employment from someone who doesn't even have an email address). One place had me fill out the paper application for each job again even though I've done this, and sent my resume / cover letter / transcript / references file to them in bulk this year. So there I was, printing out a paper application that I got online, mind you, from a higher educational system at that, and had to hand write all my information out, then write the job codes in pencil, scan and fax each page (a long distance call by the way...the phone company pointed that out when I swore to them that I just needed local phone service.) Then I had to erase the job code, write the new one, scan and fax again. I did this for about 5 jobs. Then there were the online applications that only by the grace of God and modern technology allowed me to "quick apply" for each one that said anything about "receptionist" and "Orlando".

In some ways it was a productive day. Don't they say that the hardest job is finding a job? And they probably said that before the wonders of online resume building.

And how do I stay so positive, you may ask? Well, I have finally figured out that all this time, as cliche as it sounds, chocolate and soap operas does make a girl feel good. Granted I had reduced fat Oreo cookies (4 a day) and watch The Tudors but all in all, it's something that just helps make the emotional wishy-washy stuff melt away.

And actually it's helped my weight too. I don't eat much as far as nutrition goes, but I stay very satisfied with milk and cookies and an occasional peanut butter sandwich (reduced fat on low calorie bread, of course) makes the cravings for "bad things" not so apparently at midnight when I'm trying to get myself to sleep. I've also noticed that the old fun of chronic heartburn decides to come back early in the morning when I haven't eaten anything for twelve hours. I swear, that alone made me have nightmares about being at my old job. Last night I pictures myself at a desk, having to fill out an application saying I'd willingly give it another year as a teacher with my administration all looking down on me in glee to have me as a torture victim again. The English Renaissance could have included that mental abuse in their attempts at punishment and confession. {shudder}

Anyway, it's freaking freezing outside as my fellow Floridians know. It's 61 out and I have the heater running, soup in my belly and flannel penguin pajamas on. Weren't we getting excited for Spring last week?

And, I still have work to do, what's new? If any kind of effort produced a mild hint of progress, I think I'd be way more into writing again. For now, everything just sits here, untyped, unsubmitted, unedited or unfinished. I recall a time, some months ago, when I worked a lot. I'm trying to get back into the full swing of working constantly but a million voided hours does not equal a million reasons to keep trying. (Unfortunately.)

I did, however, take thirty minutes to write an ode to all the crazy guys I've ever had in my life. I didn't realize it before, but most of the guys I'm into are 5'11" to 6'3". And I always said that size didn't matter. Hhmm... I sent my "Crazy Guy Timeline" in an email to Laura per our "men who are losing their hair should just go ahead and shave it" conversation. Yup, I enjoy being a girl.

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