Daily Dose of Cupcakes
In honor of TW’s new job, which starts on Monday, I give you a couple of interesting cupcake toppers. First, mini green apples! Better yet, and really very appropriate, Deviant buttons.
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October 2007
I’d like to thank the academy – of one
Today, during the always entertaining taxi service that I provide to my family members, I received a great honor. Three great honors actually.
Funniest Parent: Denise!
Weirdest Parent: Denise!
Least Boring Parent: Denise!
Wow. Imagine that. Three awards from Prince J, who is a very tough judge – not to mention the fierce competition.
I’m thinking of adding these awards to my resume’.
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Seven Principles of Community
I’d really like to see those of us who work in community, particularly online community, get away from the phrase “community building”. I’ve never liked it but for lack of a better term or in order to help people understand community, I’ve been using the darn phrase for about 10 years. I’m really done with it. I’m not done with these Seven Principles though.
If you read through those principles, it’s very basic, easy even. Be honest, open and interesting. And show respect for the people who make up your community.
It’s about basic human relations, and creating a strong foundation for long-term, two-way mutually beneficial relationship.
It’s just that easy. Really.
What kind of relationship do you have with your community if you don’t talk, if you don’t listen, if you don’t show respect, if you don’t make a personal connection?
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iPod Touch
Michelle confiscated my iRiver months ago and I haven’t seen it since. OK I have seen it, every day, attached to her ear as I’m driving her to school or work. I sometimes reach over and pet it, and she snatches it away. It has somehow become hers. And I want it back.
So, I did the only thing I could do. I bought her a new music player. An iPod Touch, to be exact. And she has no idea. She knows I bought her a present and it was arriving today. She also knows I was thrilled that it was arriving today because she has school til 2:45 and then works from 3 til 11. This means I get to play with her present before she does.
And play with it I have. It is awesome. Not quite awesome enough to buy one instead of an iPhone but very close. Very close.
Awesome.
101 Things Update
October 1 is always a pretty good day for me. October 1 means I made it through another hell month aka September. I hate September.
I would like to say that I got a ton of things done from my 101 things list but that would be a lie. At least I didn’t expect to get much done. Alright, moving down the list…
We listened to a book on audio and what a great book it was. Thank you John Green!
Yea! I just updated my blogroll after months and months of not even thinking about it. (You’ll notice I still haven’t finished fixing the template or editing all of those broken links in the archives. Now that October is here, I plan on doing a little bit of “blog cleaning” every day. Not that this is at all related to my 101 things, I’m just sayin.)
I called my SISTER which is not on my 101 things list but should be worth crossing 2 call my brothers off of the list. But I guess that would be cheating. Someone remind me to call my brother this month, ok?
OK that drink only water thing, I think someone put this on my list while I wasn’t looking because I surely would never have put something THIS stupid on there. I haven’t even considered trying to scratch this one off. I have, however, successfully avoided opening a can of soda or ordering soda at restaurants for a month. So tomorrow I’m going to work on the only water thing. Wish me luck, I will totally need it.
Does Wii play count as “Family Game Day” I think it must since I had bruises to show for it.
I had to re-think that whole save my paycheck/donate my paycheck thing. But I have a new plan (to go with my new job) and I managed both this month.
The most important thing on the entire list was completed. I’m proud. I managed to watch all six of the Star Wars movies without falling asleep. It was touch and go for me during a few of them (and Prince J dozed his way through one, hahaha) but I did it. And I’m glad. And I’m really glad that I will never have to watch another Star Wars again. Ever.