If you create a pdf manual, and it’s over 3 pages long and you don’t include bookmarks ,and hyperlinks in the TOC, you are an IDIOT!
Just my humble opinion and one of my pet peeves. Ummm… sorry if you, dear reader, create pdf manuals without bookmarks now. I don’t mean you. I mean those other guys.
xox,
Jodi
Adobe Certified “Expert” – Acrobat CS2.
[[it’s true. laughably so]]
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.
Yesterday, in the waning hours of the work day, I met Dr. Stevil in the hall as I was walking to the Little Girls Room. He had a small padded envelope in his hands and he waved it at me.
Jodi: are they here?!
Dr. Stevil: they are HERE!!
Jodi: don’t do anything until I get back! Please!
Fav. Xboss H: [[I have more than one fav Xboss at my POE]] What? What does he have?
Jodi: ANTS!
Fav. Xboss H: What does he have? Ants?
Jodi: yeah! like bug ants.
Fav. Xboss H: Why does he have ants?
Jodi: Why not?
Truth is, this is why Dr. Stevil received ants in the mail.
The Discovery Ant Gel Habitat from the Discovery Channel store. We’ve been waiting weeks and weeks for those ants to arrive. We were starting to get worried because Dr. Stevil is leaving at noon today for a weeks vacation in San Francisco. KK and I had no interest in adding the ants to the Gel Habitat.
KK just showed me this, it’s jewelry made out of doll parts. It’s fascinating and yet creepy at the same time.
Loud Happy Edgar is aware of my diet, she has been monitoring my progress. A few days ago, she said to me, “AAAIYYY – MORNING! You look SMALLER!”
She asked me how much weight I had lost, and I told her. She asked me how much more I wanted to lose, and I told her. She leaned over the counter and slowly checked me out from top to bottom and back up again.
“WHERE THOSE POUNDS GOING TO COME FROM? You lose them, you will be BONES!”
It’s not remotely true, but it’s sweet of her to say.
There hasn’t been many exciting updates on the diet. I lost 24 pounds very quickly. And, not surprisingly, I shot back up to -15 just as quickly. Now the pounds are coming back off, but slooooowly. Nothing to exciting about losing weight you thought you’d already lost. I’ll get excited again when I get beyond -24. Or my size smaller pants start to fall off. That’s always fun.
Remember the Girls Who Eat Meat Lunch Club? We changed the name. Due to our work schedules, lunch was always difficult to pin down. Besides, we didn’t want to limit ourselves. We are now the Girls Who Eat Meat Adventure Club. Or, GWEMAC. We are using my blog banner to create a tshirt design. Because no event has emotional significance unless there is a tshirt to go along with it. Roughly, something like this…
Haven’t figured it all out yet, but we definitely like the drumstick. When I stick it up on cafepress, I figure I should also get a jodiferous.com tshirt done. Can’t believe I haven’t done that yet.
Louise and I are going to a book signing tonight, at Cupcake Royal. Mmnmmm…. books and cupcakes, all in one evening. So much goodness. We are going to hear readings from Dr. Frank’s brilliant book:
I’ve know I’ve told you before to read it, but let this be a reminder to you.
We have another reading next week, to hear Craig Ferguson read from Between the River and Bridge. I think the theory here is that, if we get books signed, Craig Ferguson should hardly be impressed with Louise’s Darling Scottish Accent, seeing as he has one himself. She’s ok with that, however. Ever since Robert Crais broke her streak, she’s been a bit more humble. Although having Christopher Moore remember her from last years signing didn’t help.
Oh just wait until you hear about the blog fodder I have lined up for you kids in June!!
I kept meaning to post a picture of the übergirly rug that KK and I put in the cubeplex. One of the things we like best about it, besides all the pink, is that neither one of us would actually put it in our home. It belongs here. It’s perfect. And it brightens up the place. Amelia approved.
click for ginormous image.
I had a perfectly pleasant weekend, I hope the rest of you did as well. I went to the University District Street Fair with Evildeb and AlmostCertainlyGoingToEndUpEvilMaggie. I was planning on taking pictures of her to show you how cute and adorable Potential Evil can be. But she was not in a good mood. She was, as her own mother said, a “street fair loser” yesterday. She wanted no balloon sculpture. She poo-poohed the idea of face painting. She refused all matter of food, healthy and very much not healthy. She was dragging her feet. And flat out refused to have her picture taken. Now, I am not one to steal the soul of anyone unwilling to sacrifice it to my digital camera, so I really don’t have many pictures. She did allow me to take one when we were both sitting in the swing chairs. It’s still on my camera, I’ll have to see if it is any good. Evildeb finally got a hot dog in her, and she started pepping up on the way home. In the car. Too bad.
Now the Evil family, Evildeb A.C.G.T.E.U.E.Maggie and Lloyd, are on a plane, on their way down to San Diego for the week. Head’s up, Marie!!
Other than that, I bought new tennis shoes, got my brows done, did a little laundry and played some sims. That’s about it. Not too exciting. I’ll try to do better next weekend.
My new sneakers have PURPLE in them! They are, apparently, for running. But we know I don’t do that. I’m planning to walk in them. You think that’s ok? Shhhh, don’t tell anyone.
Wow, some of you guys don’t like that necklace at all! Weird. I quite liked it. I showed it to Mr. and Mrs. Moon, who’s answers were similar to some of yours. Mrs. Moon wanted to know if I was a cutter. Mr. Moon said it said “cokehead” to him. Neither one of these occurred to me. To me, it said:
I heart. But if you hurt me, I will CUT YOU.
In cute kinda retro safety-pin razor blade punk kinda way. But it also reminds me of a favorite song of mine, Razor Valentine by Thea Gilmore.
Love hurts, people. It’s not 100% warm and fluffy. Even when it’s going well, it’s disorienting and confusing. In the beginning, it’s like having bipolar disorder and suffering through the manic phase. Fun, yes. But totally disruptive. Even if you are enjoying it, it fucks you up. Don’t even get me started on when it goes poorly.
Enough jewelry Rorschach testing, go read this Ode to Bloggers, it’s funny.
I know there is a lot of concern about me buying a bike. Which bike to chose, is it the right bike for me, is it worth the money. I want you all to rest assured… the chances of me actually buying the bike are slim. Last week, I was looking at cars to buy. The week before, I was looking up spa vacations in exotic locations well beyond my budget. I seem to be going through a phase. Anyway, Louise did purchase that bike, and I will ride hers before I do anything. Let’s face it, the chances of me riding my bike a great deal are not good. I’m not going to buy one unless I think I will ride it. We’ll see.
In the meantime, go look at this necklace and tell me what it says to you. I’ve quizzed a couple of people… it’s kinda like a Rorschach test. But with jewelry instead of ink blots. I’ll tell you what it says to me tomorrow.
