Not Much

I managed to fix the code on the blogs page. The XHTML is now valid, and that makes me happy.

Rat Races

One job listing annoyed me today - it asked for examples of website design work, but specified "no freelance". Why do they care? Doesn't the fact that I've designed and written websites on an unpaid basis mean that I'm willing to work hard, even without the carrot of a paycheck hanging in front of my face? Do they only want people motivated by money, and not a love of the field?

I could understand if I were a self-taught physicist or mathematician trying to get a job... but any artist, designer or coder worth their salt knows that in fields like this, having a formal education and career doesn't mean an awful lot.

Random As Usual

I finished my site redesign and I'm kind of proud of it. It's pink and green and weird. The stupid Twitter and Delicious widgets made it so one of my pages won't validate properly at w3c. Gonna have to debug that later.

I'm still not having much luck on the job hunt thing. There's just about nothing in western MA, and not an awful lot of stuff around here either. The one response I've gotten back so far was to let me know the position was filled... then the same job popped up on Dice.com yesterday. Now I'm starting to wonder if my resume is crap!

I lost about a half a pound at my last weigh in. I'm hoping I can keep that up. I've been a little more diligent with the food tracking over the past 2 weeks... I was letting it slip for awhile.

I finished my site redesign and I'm kind of proud of it. It's pink and green and weird. Stupid Twitter and Delicious made it so one of my pages won't validate properly at w3c. Gonna have to debug that later.

Faltering

Ugh. I haven't been eating very well, and my stomach knows it. I ate many Tums this weekend... alternated between heartburn and nausea for most of it. I'm still 2 pounds under goal, despite the poor choices I've been making lately. My lowest point has been about 6 pounds under goal (131.2 pounds, dressed obviously).

On the bright side, I played through all of Super Metroid this weekend while at Anthony's house. We also went to see Watchmen again with Jay. I can't wait for the director's cut in the summer... I just can't get enough of that movie for some reason.

Time to sleep. Hopefully I'll have better stuff to talk about next time!

Here We Go Again

I'm not even sure why I'm trying the blog thing again. I'm starting to think that blogging tends to thrive only when one has more baggage than the lost and found at Logan Airport. I guess it's also a valid pastime if you are full of anger and enjoy oozing your seething rage all over the Internet.

I have blogged quite a bit over the years. That's part of why my inability to blog now is so confounding - I used to have no problem yammering on about nothing and leaving it out in plain view. I think it can be attributed to a combination of factors: 1) I'm getting older, 2) I don't have an awful lot to complain about and 3) I'm not awfully worried about what people think of me anymore.

It seems like whenever I have a thought that seems blog-worthy, I either forget it before I get the chance to write it or just plain don't know how I want to say it. I stare at the empty text box and give up after awhile. Even this short post has taken several days to compose, although I feel pressured to have some sort of really cool opening post.

I guess I could try to make the next post a little cooler...

Slowing down

I lost 2lbs this week, helping to offset the prior week's weirdness. I'm finding it harder and harder to behave - I've been trying to find ways to distract myself so that I don't resort to boredom eating. It's an old habit and I still catch myself doing it sometimes. Nerves trigger it too, but for the most part I've been pretty calm all around.

I didn't do so well with the exercise thing this week. Hoping to get back on track this week.