I know I’ve been missing for while — my apologies for that. As for the cause of the missingness… stuff’s been happening, and the boy’s had his hands full. 
I am, however, adjusting nicely and you can be assured that the sporadic posts (about the things that catch my interest) will now continue.
My apologies for the lack of posts last week — I was out sick the whole time and had to focus my energies on keeping up with work.
I’m doing better now, though, and things should pick up again.
UPDATE: Success!
But do let me know if you run into any problems with the site.
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This is just a quick note that I’ll be upgrading WordPress today. Cross your fingers for me that nothing goes horribly awry.
I know I’ve been negligent in updating the Journal, and I don’t know how much longer this extended break last. The breakneck pace of the election season is over and I have more time now, but it feels right to continue to leave this field fallow. It is winter after all, the season for digging in until spring rolls around to break everything open again.
But then again, maybe it won’t take that long. There’s a new blogging opportunity at work, and that’s something I’m required to do. Unless I want to stop eating.
When this new opportunity launches, I’ll be sure to let you know. In the meantime, please enjoy Turning, the latest submission for Poetry Monday.
You’ll notice that it’s a screenshot. That’s because I didn’t want to hassle with translating the intricate indentation of the line into HTML. I thought that this might be a simpler solution.
Over the weekend, I watched Citizen Dog (Mah nakorn), a Thai film that came out in 2004. A cross between Amelie and I’m a Cyborg But That’s Okay, it’s a bright, charming love story that pokes fun at the illusion and disillusionment prevalent in Bangkok.
The story centers around a country boy named Pod who moves to the big city and falls in love with Jin, an obsessive-compusive maid. He follows a winding road in his pursuit, meeting along the way—among others—his grandmother reincarnated as a gecko, an undead motorcycle taxi driver, and a chain-smoking, homeless teddy bear.
Yes, it’s that kind of film. Plus the opening song is catchy. Check it out.
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is a creation of Joss Whedon of Buffy and Firefly fame. Born out of the writer’s strike, Dr. Horrible is three fifteen minute acts jam packed with awesome.
The whole thing is incredibly clever, and Neil Patrick Harris is brilliant as the megalomaniac yet sympathetic super-villain. I even liked the parts where they break out in song, which is quite often (note the title).
You have until Sunday, July 20 to watch all three acts for free online at Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. After that, according to the Master Plan, it’ll be available for download for a nominal fee.
This is a great example of what can be done on a small budget, outside of the Hollywood system, thanks to the Interweb (the real hero in this story).
This is a test of PhotoXhibit for Wordpress. If this works, you’ll have a pleasant flashback of my visit to Dazaifu.
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Update: It works! If you click on the images, you get a cool lightbox feature. Even better, you can move from image to image from within the lightbox. Just move your mouse to the upper right or left till the Next/Prev buttons show.
I’m still looking for a theme for the Journal. I don’t want to continue using the old one, Chaotic Soul, because:
1) I want to mark the change in domains, and
2) white on black isn’t very readable and therefore not necessarily a good long term choice.
The current theme (as of this post) is God of Gates, which isn’t bad. I like it a little better now that I’ve figured out how to change the image header. The lotus flowers, by the way, are from Angkor Wat.
Maybe I would like it more if it was a different shade of green? I’ll keep hunting around, so don’t be surprised if things look different from moment to moment.
I also have plans to add a few resources for writers, so you might see some new additions the next time I get an extended break.
This last one (the 4th of July holiday) was amazing — I got so much work done. Moving the site was one part, but there was also a fair amount of writing and several poetry submissions to magazines.
Welcome to the new site! It’s not finished yet — I’m still not entirely happy with the look of things and I’m only half way through fixing all the posts — but like moving into a new apartment, it’s habitable long before all the boxes get unpacked.
I have to head out to help out with my work’s entry to Flugtag, but more later when I get back home.
UPDATE:
All the posts have be updated with tags and categories. I also went through and fixed all the videos. If you happen to spot something that’s not working as intended, just let me know.
So I’ve got a dilemma…
I have a site host all picked out, but before I can sign up, I need to come up with the domain name, and I’m stumped. The obvious choice is to use my name, but something about that puts me off. I’d consider using 3seed, except that someone’s squatting on it.
Colleague and friend, Emily, advises something easily searchable and/or unique, but I’m totally drawing a blank. And I can’t move the site until I nail this down.
Are there any suggestions from the gallery?