Ripples of FriendPrints
I know I keep falling off the internet and for that I apologize. I've been having a lot of fun hanging out with friends (Rob, Toni, Michael) and with Mom. Yay being social. It's great, just enough to keep me happy but not so much that I feel overwhelmed. Mom and I have been watching TV together from about 9pm to 1am practically every night; this gives us an opportunity to relax and talk and connect. It's cool. The horde (see parentheses above) invaded my house a week ago today, I invaded Toni's on Wednesday, Rob came over on Thursday, Mom and I went to a Tricky Tray on Saturday, and the horde went to see the new X-men movie yesterday. *satisfied grin* I am quite pleased.
I am about 3/4 through The DaVinci Code and am torn between 1) finishing it in the next couple of days and having a fresh new book to read Thurs and Fri if I have jury duty and 2) saving what's left to finish during jury duty. Mom keeps saying I should bring a book but hasn't mentioned how much time I'll have to kill. I'd hate to finish The DaVinci Code and then have nothing to do. So far I've been loving it. I could probably finish it if I just sat and read for a couple of hours.
And yes, SIMS. I've been having a lot of fun and am in the middle of making a kickass website with all of the family stories. I'm thinking it would be cool to include graphic family trees and each sim's picture would be linked to a brief profile. This is a lot of fun but also very time consuming and I really really hope I'll be able to find a hosting service that will let me just upload the entire thing, or at least complete folders at a time. I guess for this year I can put it in my F:/www/ folder and let Drew host it. Haven't been doing much with my Drew site to be honest. Yeah, I think that's what I'll do. Save me a headache and I'll find it a permanent home eventually. My only concern is I don't know if it'll fit on my F:/ drive as that's already got about 80MB worth of stuff (half of that is my current website, which I'd probably back up somewhere and take down) on it. Well, if I take down the current stuff it shouldn't be a problem - but I've got links to that all over LJ that are gonna break eventually either way. Le sigh.
Possible Free Hosting Sites:
http://hosting.gig4free.com/freewebhosting.php
http://www.1freehost.net/
http://www.100webspace.com/web_hosting/free_plan.html
I'm leaning toward the last one, but we'll see. I liked the detailed information about what they offer. But the middle one offers slightly more space, and also seems pretty good. So it's a toss-up. I think the middle one has a cooler URL, so maybe that. :-P
I tried the middle one but it didn't work for some reason, I think it's a tad faulty. So I signed up at 100webspace.com and the interface is ... interesting. I think I can learn it, though, and it should be fun. Dunno about copying the entire site up, will probably have to use FTP.
Overall I've been rather happy with life and am starting to accept the whole idea of being a senior. It's going to be a good year. I still really need to clean my room; once that's done I think I'll be a lot less tense.
Ripples v8.23: Ripples of FRIENDPRINTS!
6/5/06: a FREE splash from Paul & The Ripples Project
=o=o=o=o=o=o=o= PEBBLE =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o
Life without friendship is like the sky without sun.
-source unknown, submitted by Noel R., Milwaukee WI
=o=o=o=o=o=o=o= BOULDER =o=o=o=o=o=o=o
It well may be that we will never meet again in this lifetime,
so let me say before we part:
So much of me is made of what I learned from you.
You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart,
and now whatever way our stories end,
I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend.
-from the Broadway musical "Wicked", submitted by Samantha T., Green Bay WI
=o=o=o=o=o=o=o= PONDER =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o
I enjoy being able to tell all of you about my fun adventures in life and I appreciate that I can also share the challenges.
Well, last week was completely blechy. And let me be clear: by blechy I mean painful, scary, exhausting, draining, awful. I will spare you the gory details; instead I want to describe how magnificent it was to have a set of friends who provided such warm support. Several of my friends changed their schedules to spend time with me, and others who lived far away lent support with phone calls and good energy. A few people I connected briefly with didn't even know I was facing a difficult time; the serendipity of our paths crossing was powerful just the same.
With all of that powerful assistance, I had the courage to face these challenges and I am so happy to report that I already feel more like my old self again. I am composing this week's issue on a Sunday afternoon sitting on my deck beneath a sky that most definitely includes a beautiful, bright sun. I am deeply grateful that my friends left many FRIENDPRINTS on my healing heart just when they were needed most.
Please take a quick moment this week to either thank a friend of yours for their FRIENDPRINTS, or take action to leave some on a friend in need. Whichever you do, I'm guessing it will bring you a bit more....
...Peace,
Paul