I figure ... what's the point of having a webcam if people can't say hi to me while they spy on me? Right? So I added a shoutbox./tagboard thingy. So, if you are looking at me, you'd better say Hi! I'm sure I will tweak it further later...
Thanks to Philip at swordfight.org for telling me it was called a shoutbox in the first place.
So I made a little webcam link off the left, see it? When you click it, it should open up the webcam page in a small browser window. Wheee! I'll make something fancier, buttonwise, later. I was just trying to get the pop-up aspect of it down. Of course, I have only tested this in Safari and Firefox, so I have no idea if it works in Win IE.
I'm cleaning. No, seriously, I am! Watch!
As you might have guessed, I did not complete NaNoWriMo this year. That made me sad. The first two years I participated, I completed it. And it felt great! But whatever it is that I need, in order to finish, I didn't have this time. That's why I was so delighted when Lara made this:
A NaNoWriMo losing badge! Now those of us who couldn't quite make it across the finish line and stick it to the running dude with his pencil! Right in the guts! Don't get me wrong, I love the NaNo, I donated money and bought t-shirts, same as every year. And I'll be back next year, raring to go. It really can be the most fun.
Also, it should be noted that Lara has started a new site called FreeWiFiCafes which you should all check out. She has a really good excuse for being a loser. A NaNo loser! Not a general overall loser. Which she's not. She climbs mountains for pete's sake. Big ones. In Africa and shit.
Also, I'd like to give a shout out to Christine, for finishing her novel. Way to go, xtine! You rule! Whoop! Whoop!
And finally, let it be known that it is SNOWING at my house! Hooray! It became more and more difficult not to watch the traffic cams, as the snow started to fall this afternoon. It was not sticking in Seattle, where I work. But it's sticking at my house. I might be working from home tomorrow. In my jammies. If so, you can all watch me do it on my webcam! Oh my god, how exciting would that be? So exciting. I look like this, while I work. A lot. Over and over. All day.
After I gave them $100, the DOL gave me a temporary version of my drivers license with the most hideous picture of me ever. It's bad. She turned the monitor towards me and said, "You ok with that?"
"Yeah, whatever"
"Are you sure?"
But I'd had it with that place. And now, for several years to come I stuck with a demon picture on my dr's license. I have four chins, deep dark circles around my suddenly beady little eyes, I'm not smiling, I'm smirking. I look mean, like I want to cause you pain. Also, I kinda look like could shoot red laser beams with my eyeballs. Which is just cool.
I'm not exaggerating, I showed it to Evildeb and from 10 feet away, a nanosecond after I whipped it out she said "Whoa! That is a horrible picture! You look like you've been awake for a week." But I've decided to embrace it. We always try to get the best picture we can. But why? Who cares? In fact, I think I am going to go out and get a passport now. See how much damage I can do with that.
Speaking of unflattering portraits.... I am playing around with a webcam page. It's not terribly flattering of me. The lightening is bad, I look green, every flaw in my skin is accentuated, including the dark circles around my eyes. And, most of the time you only see the top half of my face, because I am slouching. And yet... I did it anyway! There are some kinks to work out. It's only online when I am at my desk, at home. Right now, if you were to be looking, you'd see a freshly washed Jodi, with wet hair, looking very tired. Very tired indeed. And a little greenish.
