Jinked

In the last week I’ve been looking at places to apply in Northwest Indiana and Chicago (primarily around Millennium Station for convenience, but I may find myself branching out soon). I have an interview with Creative Circle in downtown Chicago tomorrow for job placement, which means I will be on the 9:08 train in Ogden Dunes. My interview isn’t until 11:30, so I can wander [...]

Not long ago, Rahsaan was saying how he only blogged when he had something depressing to talk about. It’s because that was when he remembered to even blog in the first place. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my life, my career, my dreams. I’m weighing options. I’m deciding what is important. Honestly, these past few months I’ve been forgetful about writing, which was [...]

Finding work is important, because it means that I will have money to pay my bills and buy myself food and keep my heat above 62, but I will talk about the dating first since more people have asked about that. The whole financial struggle is old news. I’ll get to it at the end. So, dating. The magical world of dating total strangers. Men [...]

I go into a trance when I code, staring at the computer screen and I only half-see what is there. What I’m writing. It’s a big puzzle, all the greater-than signs and question marks, exclamation marks on occasion. Conditional statements, I’m learning those, better grasping those. I want to be good with all that. I want to be great. WordPress theme is coming along swimmingly. [...]

This morning I was bit by the design bug, wanting to do a new design for a blog/portfolio deal. I’m not sure if I will use it myself, give it to a friend or just keep it around for practice. There are a lot of things yet I want to try with WordPress 3.0. I like getting my hands dirty. I like breaking things. I [...]