Well, is where I resign myself to getting back on a night schedule. I don't really like it, but I must go with the flow.
As you probably noticed, there is a new design today. I've been thinking about a redesign ever since I did JD and Lisa's pages, and so, since I was up tonight... this was the time.
Please let me know if you hate it, or if something isn't looking right. I tested it in MSIE 4.0 and Netscape, and it seems to be OK, but of course it looks better using MSIE. That's what that Microsoft Logo is for on the front page...
White text on the black background; I kinda like it, but I sure would like to have some other opinions. I tried yellow and red and cyan and didn't really like those.
I also decided not to condense the archived files. I've still got a lot of space left, and I want to check into cascading style sheets, and maybe start doing that. That will, essentially, take care of all of the formatting and graphics, so that all I have to worry about is the text. And whether or not my readers can use the cascading style sheets...
I have joined a critique list for journalers, hoping to maybe learn something about how other people perceive my writing. In general, I'm pretty happy with my writing, but there are some things... when I get serious... which is not too often... that I don't think that I express well. I believe that has more to do with my thinking than with my writing, but there is a connection there. My writing should help me to clarify my thoughts, instead of the other way around. Or maybe I have the cart before the horse again.
Anyway, I have no idea how it will turn out, but I hope that I have developed a thicker skin lately. The people on the list so far do not have reputations for pulling punches... but I do hope that the conclusion is that my writing is not "pedestrian"!
More later....
Go look at what Cory Glenn said about Nilknarf.... and a few other journals. Sarcastic SOB, ain't he? I love it!
Weird dream yesterday...
Last day of vacation... I really don't wanna go back. I've enjoyed these last three weeks, except for the first one, with Karen's dad dying. I'm gonna have to get re-trained...
More tomorrow....
Most of my writing is for amusement, both mine and the readers. That fits my lifestyle and my philosophy... damned near everything is funny. But occasionally, I want to be taken seriously. And I hate not being able to express myself... I hate looking stupid. Most people hate looking stupid, of course. But when I do it in front of the public... well, the ten people that read this every day... it makes me feel bad. I want to do better.
I would rather write funny stuff, but it is sometimes necessary for an atheist to be serious.
I was on top of a building, observing a pen full of rabbits. As I was watching, a toddler came up and opened the pen. The rabbits immediately devoured her. I called 911 and when the cops came they arrested me for not calling them before it happened. Everyone was laughing at me. As usual, I was naked in this dream. I seem to be in most of my dreams.