Again, credit goes to http://www.sp-studio.de/.
Friday, October 31, 2008
fun web stuff -- Happy Halloween!
I'm enjoying the character creator at http://www.sp-studio.de/ way too much. It lets you design your own South Park characters and save them, and I've used them for profile pics on Facebook a few times. So, here are some pictures of me as a South Park character -- one regular and one for Halloween.
Again, credit goes to http://www.sp-studio.de/.
Again, credit goes to http://www.sp-studio.de/.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Okay, so I had a sort-of job interview this morning. I went to a temp agency, and I'm sort of down about that. It seems to be a good place, and I think they'll really help, but it's kind of a last resort. I want something permanent, full-time, and preferably with health insurance.
Health insurance -- there's something that I don't completely understand, but I know that I need it and that the current system for it in this country sucks. Why can't we have universal health care?
That's kind of a depressing topic, so I'm just going to stop writing and post some pictures of my cute pets, Simon the cat and Linus the ferret.
Health insurance -- there's something that I don't completely understand, but I know that I need it and that the current system for it in this country sucks. Why can't we have universal health care?
That's kind of a depressing topic, so I'm just going to stop writing and post some pictures of my cute pets, Simon the cat and Linus the ferret.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Posting 2
Please forgive the unoriginal title, but I thought I might deal with several things here. I've been inspired to try this again by a friend's blog.
I've been OBSESSED with politics lately. I'm really anxious about the election and an Obama supporter. Actually, I'm probably a little further left than Obama, and therefore really scared of a McCain/Palin administration -- especially the Palin part. This isn't so much about my politics, though, as about my obsession with various types of political coverage right now. There's The Daily Show, of course, and I've been trying to eat lunch at 1:00 so that I can catch it during the day (I'm still unemployed, so that's not much of a problem). I'm also a big fan of podcasts, and that's where I catch most of it -- the Slate political gabfest (http://www.slate.com/id/2201574/), Tom Ashbrook's Week in the News (on Fridays -- http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510053), NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" (http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=5183214), and the Rachel Maddow show (it's the audio of the TV show, but portable -- I think they have the video up, too, but I just listen to the audio -- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8132577/). I've also got several other Air America shows that I haven't tried out yet waiting for me. You can find them all on itunes as well.
Anyway, about the obsession. I was never really all that interested in the news (except, of course, the Daily Show and Wait Wait) before this election. I would download some of the podcasts because I thought I should listen, but never really did. I'd just erase them when the next one came out. Now they are the first podcasts that I listen to (even before the beloved Filmspotting now), and yesterday, I spent almost the whole day listening to the ipod -- all news podcasts. Maybe I should consider it an addiction. I guess that I don't really need an intervention, though, since it will all be over (God willing) next Tuesday.
I've been OBSESSED with politics lately. I'm really anxious about the election and an Obama supporter. Actually, I'm probably a little further left than Obama, and therefore really scared of a McCain/Palin administration -- especially the Palin part. This isn't so much about my politics, though, as about my obsession with various types of political coverage right now. There's The Daily Show, of course, and I've been trying to eat lunch at 1:00 so that I can catch it during the day (I'm still unemployed, so that's not much of a problem). I'm also a big fan of podcasts, and that's where I catch most of it -- the Slate political gabfest (http://www.slate.com/id/2201574/), Tom Ashbrook's Week in the News (on Fridays -- http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510053), NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" (http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=5183214), and the Rachel Maddow show (it's the audio of the TV show, but portable -- I think they have the video up, too, but I just listen to the audio -- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8132577/). I've also got several other Air America shows that I haven't tried out yet waiting for me. You can find them all on itunes as well.
Anyway, about the obsession. I was never really all that interested in the news (except, of course, the Daily Show and Wait Wait) before this election. I would download some of the podcasts because I thought I should listen, but never really did. I'd just erase them when the next one came out. Now they are the first podcasts that I listen to (even before the beloved Filmspotting now), and yesterday, I spent almost the whole day listening to the ipod -- all news podcasts. Maybe I should consider it an addiction. I guess that I don't really need an intervention, though, since it will all be over (God willing) next Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Introduction to Me
Hi. My name is Jenny, and, as you can see, I've decided to start a blog. I know that this in no way makes me unique, or even very interesting.
The title "Ramblings" comes from my unwillingness to narrow down the scope of this thing. I'll start by writing a little bit about everything in my life, and then maybe something will stick and that's what I'll focus on.
I am a 32-year old woman who is married and unemployed. I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma, right now, and have for almost three months. We moved here for my husband's job (academics), and I just haven't come up with anything yet for myself. I'm a former academic myself, but didn't finish the Ph.D., because I hated it. We have two pets -- a ferret named Linus and a cat named Simon. I enjoy reading and watching TV and movies, and so will probably write about those fairly often. I also enjoy food and cooking, and I'm sure that will come up as well. My other hobby right now is making jewelry, which I also sell on Etsy under the name StaceyG.
That's the big stuff for now, but I'll try to keep up with this and make it interesting.
The title "Ramblings" comes from my unwillingness to narrow down the scope of this thing. I'll start by writing a little bit about everything in my life, and then maybe something will stick and that's what I'll focus on.
I am a 32-year old woman who is married and unemployed. I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma, right now, and have for almost three months. We moved here for my husband's job (academics), and I just haven't come up with anything yet for myself. I'm a former academic myself, but didn't finish the Ph.D., because I hated it. We have two pets -- a ferret named Linus and a cat named Simon. I enjoy reading and watching TV and movies, and so will probably write about those fairly often. I also enjoy food and cooking, and I'm sure that will come up as well. My other hobby right now is making jewelry, which I also sell on Etsy under the name StaceyG.
That's the big stuff for now, but I'll try to keep up with this and make it interesting.
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