My mission...

Recently Heather and I went to the cities to hang out with Brooke and Truman on Tuesday adventure day. (Brooke's blog entry about the trip) and as I played lightly with her camera I realized that I don't play with my SLR nearly enough anymore. So my mission is to play more and also to post more pictures of what ever I might find through the lens.

On a small side note: Heather and I submitted 10 photos to the Olmstead County fair and got 8 ribbons out of it all. Once I'm at home on the desktop computer I will post the winning pics.

My Life According to Jimmy Buffett

I found this going around Facebook and thought it was kind of fun. So I invite you to do the same.

Using only SONG NAMES from one artist, cleverly answer these questions. Don''t use the band I used, and try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "My Life According to (BAND NAME)," and tag at least 10 people (including me!)

The artist: Jimmy Buffett

I'm male or female?
School Boy Heart

Describe myself:
Anything, Anytime, Anywhere

How I feel:
Growing Older but not Up

Life is:
Party At The End of the World

I currently live:
One Particular Harbour

I currently work:
Public Relations

What's the weather like:
The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful

My favorite form of transportation:
No Plane on Sundays

If I could go anywhere, I would go:
Margaritaville

My favorite color is:
Blue Guitar

My favorite time of the day:
It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere

If my life was a TV show, it would be called:
We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About

If I could change my name, I would change it to:
Lage Nom Ai

My best friend is:
My Lovely Lady

My relationships:
Smart Woman (in a Real Short Skirt)

My fear:
It's Midnight and I'm Not Famous Yet

The best advice I have to give:
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On

Thought for the Day:
What If The Hokey Pokey Is All It Really Is About?

How I would like to die:
Vampires, Mummies And The Holy Ghost

My soul's present condition:
Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants

My Motto:
That's What Living is to ME

A Wave of Emotions

I've been working the new job for eight weeks now. It's been going well and I've been enjoying it so today I decided to go back to the Rochester Center for Autism for a little visit. I haven't let myself do this yet out of pretty much fear. Fear of kids not remembering me or caring I was there, fear of wanting to come back right that second, fear of seeing a kid dramatically improve once I left. I was surprised at the anxiety I was feeling just walking up to the door and really all the emotions that I went through during the hour I was there. (Man, I forgot how fast time goes in that building) It was great and so heart warming when a few particular children noticed me from across the room and came over to say hi and dance and sing and play. Really, you can't help but to be happy when you're in a place like that. So I sang, tickled, chased, listened, followed and watched the kids doing what they do best: Being kids and impressing people. It was so great to see old friends and old co-workers and everyone seemed happy to see me. I had the thoughts of "why did I leave here again?" and "I wonder if I could really come back?" and as it was time to leave I went home a little down. I realize how much I miss that place.

Then I go home, open the door and Dax (the dog who will get a post I promise) is there waiting and wagging his tail. I realize that had I not made the job change we wouldn't have gotten Dax, we wouldn't have bought a few new toys and most likely the thoughts of starting a family would be more on the back-burners of our minds rather than an active part of our life. It's all bittersweet, to realize you left a place you loved so much in order to take yourself to a place in life that you will surely love some more.

What a day.... I'll have to go back more but really, maybe it is time to stick out the grown-up job and enjoy things like nights, weekends and holidays off, having a dog, having toys and hopefully having a family.

What you need to work at Best Buy

So as I was working away today I saw a tweet come through about a job posting for Best Buy. The image is below but in a nutshell it states that a preferred qualification is having 250+ Twitter followers. Interesting how the world is changing all around us. (Origional blog post)

A few weeks back somebody asked, "what were the major forms of communication you used in high school to talk to your friends?" I would have to say AOL IM, landline phones and a few cell phones (but before text messaging) and the occassional note passed. So I raise this same question to you, and add, how many of them do you use today? What have they been replaced by?

CNN Error

Thank you CNN.com for not proofreading a simple quote. Did word not give you the red underline?

Twittering from the tractor: smartphones sprout on the farm
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/02/twitter.farmer/#cnnSTCText

Actually a really interesting article.
The offense:
"Most farmers are going to be in their [tractor] cab," he said. "You're going all day long, night and day -- it can get a little bit boring, you know? So, a lot of them have satellite radio, smartphones, iPhones, BlackBerries. I can't tell you how many farmers are following me who are tweeting form the cab."

I'm sure a lot of farmers tweet FORM the cab...

So what, yeah I've been gone. Wanna fight about it?

Ok, so I realize that I have neglacted my blog for over a year, get over it. The real point at hand is "what made him start again? What will his first post be about?" Here goes:





Backstory - I have switched jobs and am now titled "Technology-Based Communication Coordinator" for Workforce Development Inc. (http://www.workforcedevelopmentinc.org/) and spend a lot of my day on the internet reading different things about a variety of subjects. (a more in depth post to come later) Now I have never claimed to be a great speller but at least if I know the public has a chance of reading what I write I will attempt to proofread a little bit. You wouldn't believe all the simple spelling errors I'm seeing! These people are professionals with massive followings, they have an image and are paid more than I will see in quite a while to fly around the country and give presentations on how to be a part of mass media. So, as a running feature on this blog I will be posting errors I find - public humilation if you will. Feel free to send me any you see too.





Today's post - Facebooks' "When will you die in a horror movie" quiz. I apparently will die in the middle of the movie when the "bood" starts moving. Line 5 in the pic. Come on, really?

So, there it is, the much wondered about first post back. Stay tuned as I will bring details on why I switched jobs, our house we bought in September, our new dog and other interesting things.

~~~Pat