1909 – Manhattan Bridge opens.
The Video Below is from the
2009 Centennial Celebration
Enjoy!
Friday, December 31, 2010
12/31/2010 - New Year's Resolutions and Such
Several years ago - as '07 was about to give 'way to '08 - a very wise friend told me that he didn't believe in New Year's Resolutions. He told me that if something's important enough to make it onto a list of resolutions, then there was no reason to wait until New Year's to start it - just start it and "Bob's your Uncle, you've changed/created a new habit/etc!"
I came from a world where New Year's Resolutions weren't really kept after the first couple weeks of the year anyway, so what he said to me made perfect sense to me.... either make the change or don't.... doo-doo or get off the kamode, as it were -
Anywho ... as that particular NYE approached, I did what many do - mutter at myself under my breath, "if I can just get to 2008, things will be okay. 2008 will be my year!!" Weeeell, those of you who know me in real life know that 2008 started off with a bang!
So I did what everyone else does - I waited until 2009 was on the horizon and decided, "2009 will be my year!!!" ..... 2009 was good and had it's ups and downs ...... as 2010 approached, I thought to myself - "AAAaaaah, a NEW decade! THAT'S what I need - 2010 - THIS is going to be the year!! All of those others were just false alarms, but 2010 .... THIS is the one!!" 2010 has been good and as with each year it's had it's ups and downs.
I sit here now in the wee hours of the morning on NYE - listening to Zig Ziglar and Brian Tracy and all of the other incredible speakers I learned about years ago at The Radio Ranch - I've perused the Facebook news feed and I see SO many people who have declared that 2011 will be their year.
I feel the same this year, however something has occurred to me that I don't think I realized going into other years and that's the fact that we must take it in "Baby Steps".
My folks and other various friends have been nagging at me to quit smoking for years. I started smoking when I was about 20ish I think. Depending on what's going on in life and how stressful it's been at any given time I've smoked between a half pack a day and 2.75 packs a day.
Obviously it's unhealthy.
Nothing made me chuckle on the inside more at my former j-o-b than to be standing at the end of the building having a ciggie as some codger hopped out of a pick-up truck and berated me for smoking ... ... ... as he hiked up his pants that wouldn't quite stay up due to the fact that he looked like he was about 14 and a half minutes from delivering a medicine ball.
I would always chuckle and thank them for their concern. Sometimes they would stop and tell me a story about how they quit or why they quit... sometimes they'd just walk on grumbling.
Anywho, I'm not going to say I'm going to stop smoking this year. I know it's bad for me and I know it's very expensive - and to be perfectly frank, right now the part that concerns me the most is the finance end of the deal.
I HAVE howevah begun a different system with my ciggies in the last 24 hours. I've made it a point to keep a pack of Nicorette in my ciggie case. Normally, my Nicorette and my ciggies are not near one another. If I know I'm going to be somewhere where I can't smoke freely I'll usually take a couple of pieces of Nic' out of the cabinet and stick it in my bag.
I felt that the new way of doing it would cause me to think each time I reached for a ciggie and hopefully cause me to choose Nic' every so often instead of a ciggie. So far, that's been the case.
I'll update you at some point - and as I said, I'm not attempting to quit - so please don't ask me if I've "quit yet". That will just p*ss me off and make me smoke an extra one =)
I do want to encourage each and every one of you ... not to make some ridiculous pie in the sky promise to yourself that you're going to work out for 2 a hours a day ... or go on an insanely restrictive diet ... or "fix your spouse" (for the love of Peter, Paul and Mary - that's a 'whole 'nuther blog...) - but promise yourself that you're going to make one small change that you can implement every day without having to reroute your entire life.
That makes me think of a book I picked up once -
I got it .... and I skimmed it .... and I started the first few chapters .... but I got sidetracked and never finished.
It IS a great book and it IS in a very chewable format - I'm gonna look for it today ;)
Have a grand and groovy day!
I came from a world where New Year's Resolutions weren't really kept after the first couple weeks of the year anyway, so what he said to me made perfect sense to me.... either make the change or don't.... doo-doo or get off the kamode, as it were -
Anywho ... as that particular NYE approached, I did what many do - mutter at myself under my breath, "if I can just get to 2008, things will be okay. 2008 will be my year!!" Weeeell, those of you who know me in real life know that 2008 started off with a bang!
So I did what everyone else does - I waited until 2009 was on the horizon and decided, "2009 will be my year!!!" ..... 2009 was good and had it's ups and downs ...... as 2010 approached, I thought to myself - "AAAaaaah, a NEW decade! THAT'S what I need - 2010 - THIS is going to be the year!! All of those others were just false alarms, but 2010 .... THIS is the one!!" 2010 has been good and as with each year it's had it's ups and downs.
I sit here now in the wee hours of the morning on NYE - listening to Zig Ziglar and Brian Tracy and all of the other incredible speakers I learned about years ago at The Radio Ranch - I've perused the Facebook news feed and I see SO many people who have declared that 2011 will be their year.
I feel the same this year, however something has occurred to me that I don't think I realized going into other years and that's the fact that we must take it in "Baby Steps".
My folks and other various friends have been nagging at me to quit smoking for years. I started smoking when I was about 20ish I think. Depending on what's going on in life and how stressful it's been at any given time I've smoked between a half pack a day and 2.75 packs a day.
Obviously it's unhealthy.
Nothing made me chuckle on the inside more at my former j-o-b than to be standing at the end of the building having a ciggie as some codger hopped out of a pick-up truck and berated me for smoking ... ... ... as he hiked up his pants that wouldn't quite stay up due to the fact that he looked like he was about 14 and a half minutes from delivering a medicine ball.
I would always chuckle and thank them for their concern. Sometimes they would stop and tell me a story about how they quit or why they quit... sometimes they'd just walk on grumbling.
Anywho, I'm not going to say I'm going to stop smoking this year. I know it's bad for me and I know it's very expensive - and to be perfectly frank, right now the part that concerns me the most is the finance end of the deal.
I HAVE howevah begun a different system with my ciggies in the last 24 hours. I've made it a point to keep a pack of Nicorette in my ciggie case. Normally, my Nicorette and my ciggies are not near one another. If I know I'm going to be somewhere where I can't smoke freely I'll usually take a couple of pieces of Nic' out of the cabinet and stick it in my bag.
I felt that the new way of doing it would cause me to think each time I reached for a ciggie and hopefully cause me to choose Nic' every so often instead of a ciggie. So far, that's been the case.
I'll update you at some point - and as I said, I'm not attempting to quit - so please don't ask me if I've "quit yet". That will just p*ss me off and make me smoke an extra one =)
I do want to encourage each and every one of you ... not to make some ridiculous pie in the sky promise to yourself that you're going to work out for 2 a hours a day ... or go on an insanely restrictive diet ... or "fix your spouse" (for the love of Peter, Paul and Mary - that's a 'whole 'nuther blog...) - but promise yourself that you're going to make one small change that you can implement every day without having to reroute your entire life.
That makes me think of a book I picked up once -
I got it .... and I skimmed it .... and I started the first few chapters .... but I got sidetracked and never finished.
It IS a great book and it IS in a very chewable format - I'm gonna look for it today ;)
Have a grand and groovy day!
Thursday, December 23, 2010
12/23/2011 - ::KCoJax Art:: and How in the Name of Peter, Paul and Mary did it get to be December?!
Everyone always says that as we get older the years pass by faster and I'm starting to believe it!
I can't believe it's already the end of December, but I don't think I've ever been as ready for the fresh start of a new year as I am now. 2010 has been the chisel on the clay in a big way!
Currently I'm cleaning a few houses and one office building a week to pay my way. This is beginning to allow me a lot more time to work on my projects - many of which I've mentioned here - many of which I'm going to mention here.
I'm so far behind I think I might be first on everything! Actually - while quippy, that's completely untrue. I know I have a multitude of people waiting for a multitude of things from me right now and the last thing that I am is first :)
I'm about to take off for the day to finish up on a new house that I started yesterday, I have quite a few pics to finish up for folks for Christmas, a cleaning event here at three and I'm working a painting that was a little more than I bargained for...
This painting will be done just as soon as possible and I'll be posting progress pics very soon. It's to go over the TV in the living room of my maiden remixing client. It's been a challenge and I'm happy to say that (so don't feel bad, B) :) - But I'm used to doing either abstract work or something that's in my head.
To recreate the piece he saw that he liked and incorporate some of the other elements that he liked in other paintings has required me to teach myself a couple of things.... and learning things is always groovy!
Have a grand and groovy day!
I can't believe it's already the end of December, but I don't think I've ever been as ready for the fresh start of a new year as I am now. 2010 has been the chisel on the clay in a big way!
Currently I'm cleaning a few houses and one office building a week to pay my way. This is beginning to allow me a lot more time to work on my projects - many of which I've mentioned here - many of which I'm going to mention here.
I'm so far behind I think I might be first on everything! Actually - while quippy, that's completely untrue. I know I have a multitude of people waiting for a multitude of things from me right now and the last thing that I am is first :)
I'm about to take off for the day to finish up on a new house that I started yesterday, I have quite a few pics to finish up for folks for Christmas, a cleaning event here at three and I'm working a painting that was a little more than I bargained for...
This painting will be done just as soon as possible and I'll be posting progress pics very soon. It's to go over the TV in the living room of my maiden remixing client. It's been a challenge and I'm happy to say that (so don't feel bad, B) :) - But I'm used to doing either abstract work or something that's in my head.
To recreate the piece he saw that he liked and incorporate some of the other elements that he liked in other paintings has required me to teach myself a couple of things.... and learning things is always groovy!
Have a grand and groovy day!
12/23/2010 - "the Vault" - A Memory from this week in 2004 -
Do y'all remember the overwhelming snow storm that went through our region at Christmastime of 2004?
Well - I did that. I prayed for it, I mean. ( I think "prayer" is becoming a highly overused word, by the way and I'm not long from putting it in the same category as the word "religion". I won't bore you with that today though ... you're welcome ...) I had really forgotten all about that snowstorm until I was perusing videos a few mornings ago on my friend Beau's YouTube Channel -
I watched a short video of the snow storm of '79 pieced together with some family video shot on Beau's family farm. I don't really remember that snow storm - I was four, I should; but I don't. I've seen pics of my brothers and me in it - and it was quite a doozie!
Now, back to 2004.
September began to creep in and the Fall chill hit the air. I like Fall, but the idea that Winter is right behind it is absolutely sickening to me. I detest Winter with every fiber of my being.
Anywho, it would've been bad enough just due to the time of year; but as Fall approached I found myself at 30 - living alone for the first time in my life and waiting to hear if my husband of six years had decided if he wanted a divorce. ((*that's how I did things "then"*))
I had lived in this apartment since February of that year and the soon-to-be-former and I had been separated since February of the previous year. We had a business together, so we had kept things on amiable terms. In fact, when he would deliver the check covering my portion of the 'gigs'; we would occasionally sit and have a cup of java. It was bizarre but comfy.
I see people do that now with their soon-to-be-exes and I can see my spell of it in a different perspective.
In retrospecta-vision I think it's like a baby-step in letting go of one another.
Anywho, on October 4th - my father-in-law passed away unexpectedly. I was crushed. We had just visited at a family get-together at the soon-to-be ex's on Saturday ... and now, on Monday ... he was gone. We'd had the best chat behind the house when I'd snuck away from public view to have a couple of ciggies.
At that point, the divorce was a pretty certain thing - just sort of looming on the horizon - so we talked very openly about things. I learned more about men in that 30 minute conversation with that sweetheart of a man than I'd learned in my entire life.
I was absolutely beyond stunned at his passing and it admittedly put me into a bit of a tail spin.
During the week of the funeral, the potentially-soon-to-be-ex informed me that he did - in fact - want a divorce. It was a very long night of standing in the funeral home, wanting to say - "Oh, by the way - I won't be seeing you at Thanksgiving and Christmas ... We're getting a divorce. It's been wonderful knowing you though .... buh-bye...." Not to mention the overall trauma of the sudden passing of the father-in-law. It was a terrible time.
We were cordial though ... we were cordial until the very end ... and that didn't happen until years later ...
As Thanksgiving came, I was beyond depressed and increasingly exhausted; yet "insomniatic". I was working for a local radio station and my numbers were sinking like the Titanic and so was I. The sales manager was calling me in for counsel on a weekly basis, as was the GM, G.
I'll skip Thanksgiving night altogether - because that nearly did me in - as we skipped ahead to Christmas, every day becoming more and more of a blur. I realized I couldn't "do Christmas". I told my mom I couldn't "do Christmas". That idea didn't seem to jive with her. I told her that I really wouldn't be attending "the family Christmas" that year and my suggestion was that she start praying for a blizzard - because that's what I was going to do.
Here and there - throughout December, I would occasionally think about Christmas. Under my breath, I would mutter; "Please God, for the sake of my mother let us have a blizzard...".
A few days before Christmas Eve ... as I passed through the living room - the weather forecaster mentioned a very strong chance for nearly debilitating wintry precipitation. Normally when that happens I go into a little grumpy fit ... (as aforementioned, I detest Winter) ... but this time I stopped dead in my tracks. As I turned around and walked back into the living room. My mouth dropped open as I listened to the forecast advise that it's very possible this snow storm could "postpone" Christmas for our area.
Christmas was delayed that year - and I hadn't thought of that era (now called "the Black Christmas of '04" by myself and the friends who helped me live through it) until I saw the slide show on Beau's YouTube Channel.
Thank you, Beau - for having that on your YouTube Channel and starting the unlocking of my vault. :)
Well - I did that. I prayed for it, I mean. ( I think "prayer" is becoming a highly overused word, by the way and I'm not long from putting it in the same category as the word "religion". I won't bore you with that today though ... you're welcome ...) I had really forgotten all about that snowstorm until I was perusing videos a few mornings ago on my friend Beau's YouTube Channel -
I watched a short video of the snow storm of '79 pieced together with some family video shot on Beau's family farm. I don't really remember that snow storm - I was four, I should; but I don't. I've seen pics of my brothers and me in it - and it was quite a doozie!
Now, back to 2004.
September began to creep in and the Fall chill hit the air. I like Fall, but the idea that Winter is right behind it is absolutely sickening to me. I detest Winter with every fiber of my being.
Anywho, it would've been bad enough just due to the time of year; but as Fall approached I found myself at 30 - living alone for the first time in my life and waiting to hear if my husband of six years had decided if he wanted a divorce. ((*that's how I did things "then"*))
I had lived in this apartment since February of that year and the soon-to-be-former and I had been separated since February of the previous year. We had a business together, so we had kept things on amiable terms. In fact, when he would deliver the check covering my portion of the 'gigs'; we would occasionally sit and have a cup of java. It was bizarre but comfy.
I see people do that now with their soon-to-be-exes and I can see my spell of it in a different perspective.
In retrospecta-vision I think it's like a baby-step in letting go of one another.
Anywho, on October 4th - my father-in-law passed away unexpectedly. I was crushed. We had just visited at a family get-together at the soon-to-be ex's on Saturday ... and now, on Monday ... he was gone. We'd had the best chat behind the house when I'd snuck away from public view to have a couple of ciggies.
At that point, the divorce was a pretty certain thing - just sort of looming on the horizon - so we talked very openly about things. I learned more about men in that 30 minute conversation with that sweetheart of a man than I'd learned in my entire life.
I was absolutely beyond stunned at his passing and it admittedly put me into a bit of a tail spin.
During the week of the funeral, the potentially-soon-to-be-ex informed me that he did - in fact - want a divorce. It was a very long night of standing in the funeral home, wanting to say - "Oh, by the way - I won't be seeing you at Thanksgiving and Christmas ... We're getting a divorce. It's been wonderful knowing you though .... buh-bye...." Not to mention the overall trauma of the sudden passing of the father-in-law. It was a terrible time.
We were cordial though ... we were cordial until the very end ... and that didn't happen until years later ...
As Thanksgiving came, I was beyond depressed and increasingly exhausted; yet "insomniatic". I was working for a local radio station and my numbers were sinking like the Titanic and so was I. The sales manager was calling me in for counsel on a weekly basis, as was the GM, G.
I'll skip Thanksgiving night altogether - because that nearly did me in - as we skipped ahead to Christmas, every day becoming more and more of a blur. I realized I couldn't "do Christmas". I told my mom I couldn't "do Christmas". That idea didn't seem to jive with her. I told her that I really wouldn't be attending "the family Christmas" that year and my suggestion was that she start praying for a blizzard - because that's what I was going to do.
Here and there - throughout December, I would occasionally think about Christmas. Under my breath, I would mutter; "Please God, for the sake of my mother let us have a blizzard...".
A few days before Christmas Eve ... as I passed through the living room - the weather forecaster mentioned a very strong chance for nearly debilitating wintry precipitation. Normally when that happens I go into a little grumpy fit ... (as aforementioned, I detest Winter) ... but this time I stopped dead in my tracks. As I turned around and walked back into the living room. My mouth dropped open as I listened to the forecast advise that it's very possible this snow storm could "postpone" Christmas for our area.
Christmas was delayed that year - and I hadn't thought of that era (now called "the Black Christmas of '04" by myself and the friends who helped me live through it) until I saw the slide show on Beau's YouTube Channel.
Thank you, Beau - for having that on your YouTube Channel and starting the unlocking of my vault. :)
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
12/22/2010 - *Gasp!* "Oh Kim Jackson....the Vault?!?!"
No worries, kids - I'm not opening "the Vault" on you people, I'm opening it on me...
We're going to learn some lessons!! :)
I just wanted to give you folks a heads up because I'm not one to get deep into the feelings department. The thing is, I'm encountering a few friends lately who are going through breakups and such and I'm feeling that sharing some of my ook from years past might help some of them muddle through their own. Who knows I may learn new things too now.. years later .. from these experiences ...
What is 'the vault', you ask?
Well, "the vault" is the little place deep in the recesses of your noggin where you keep the things that you don't plan to ever think about again. Your hurts, your disappointments, your broken dreams and whatnot .... Sometimes you stuff them into this little vault, leaning on the door as bits and pieces of your baggage poke out from the crevices - sometimes it all goes in neatly and the door shuts with no issue whatsoever.
Over the weekend I had a friend to stop by the Ocho who finds herself at the threshold of a divorce.
I told her, "No worries, sit down - I'll get the Kleenex. I've been where you are. I've felt what you feel - and I'm feeling it right now with you-like, literally-I could vomit... You're GOING to make it though... I know what it's like to try and imagine your life without that person in it. It's not an easy thought and it looks weird when you're playing it in the theater of your noggin, but that life is possible and you're going to make it incredible!"
That's all easy for me to say now. I read that paragraph and it looks almost as foreign as I told my friend that the movie was going to look in her head ... it's not an easy place to get ... and it can take quite some time depending on what exactly you allowed yourself to endure while you were trying to hold your relationship together. We had as long of a chat as we had time for that day, but suffice it to say she's crossed my mind many times this week.
Before we went our separate ways, she apologized profusely for stopping by on such short notice in such an emotional state. I reassured her that when it's necessary to let yourself crash - YOU MUST!
I can guarantee you - if you have a "crash", "crumble", "breakdown", "meltdown", etc coming ... it will come - It's important to let it seep out just a bit at a time - like a little tea pot, short and stout or something...
We're going to learn some lessons!! :)
I just wanted to give you folks a heads up because I'm not one to get deep into the feelings department. The thing is, I'm encountering a few friends lately who are going through breakups and such and I'm feeling that sharing some of my ook from years past might help some of them muddle through their own. Who knows I may learn new things too now.. years later .. from these experiences ...
What is 'the vault', you ask?
Well, "the vault" is the little place deep in the recesses of your noggin where you keep the things that you don't plan to ever think about again. Your hurts, your disappointments, your broken dreams and whatnot .... Sometimes you stuff them into this little vault, leaning on the door as bits and pieces of your baggage poke out from the crevices - sometimes it all goes in neatly and the door shuts with no issue whatsoever.
Over the weekend I had a friend to stop by the Ocho who finds herself at the threshold of a divorce.
I told her, "No worries, sit down - I'll get the Kleenex. I've been where you are. I've felt what you feel - and I'm feeling it right now with you-like, literally-I could vomit... You're GOING to make it though... I know what it's like to try and imagine your life without that person in it. It's not an easy thought and it looks weird when you're playing it in the theater of your noggin, but that life is possible and you're going to make it incredible!"
That's all easy for me to say now. I read that paragraph and it looks almost as foreign as I told my friend that the movie was going to look in her head ... it's not an easy place to get ... and it can take quite some time depending on what exactly you allowed yourself to endure while you were trying to hold your relationship together. We had as long of a chat as we had time for that day, but suffice it to say she's crossed my mind many times this week.
Before we went our separate ways, she apologized profusely for stopping by on such short notice in such an emotional state. I reassured her that when it's necessary to let yourself crash - YOU MUST!
I can guarantee you - if you have a "crash", "crumble", "breakdown", "meltdown", etc coming ... it will come - It's important to let it seep out just a bit at a time - like a little tea pot, short and stout or something...
Friday, December 17, 2010
12/17/2010 - Waking Late, Horoscopes and Being Your OWN Person -
I love to wake up 2 hours late to my mother knocking on my door. I hope she was on the way to another destination and didn't drive all the way to my apartment just because I wasn't answering the phone, but I was too groggy to even ask - I'm just glad she came here because I can't imagine how late I would've slept if she hadn't. I don't think I've heard one alarm go off this morning and I've mentioned before that my alarms are an extravaganza of Calypso music and crowing roosters...
That was the first time I'd overslept in ages - due this time to being exhausted -
I was happy to read my horoscope this morning - as I'd just sent a FB comment regarding a question I was asked yesterday. I was afraid it sounded too harsh - but this horoscope puts me right at ease :)
...I'm generally pretty unconventional anyway and I've never been big on letting others cajole me into any way of thinking.... and I'm pretty skilled (at least in the last few years) at fighting established norms and being my own person... and it seems I'm getting better at it on a daily basis.
I'm off today to finish a re-mix project during the first half of the day and then hopefully stopping to visit with a business owner in Paducah who has requested help with a website, Facebook and all of the other online social networking tools that we find it so tough to live without in this day and age ... my last job of the day will be a housekeeping gig in Paducah. This weekend, I have two photo shoots and a walk-through for a new housekeeping gig.
These are the things that I'm doing now to "pay my way" so I can focus as much time as possible on building my income stream by doing things I thoroughly enjoy...feel free to subscribe to stay up to date and/or email me at KimAJackson2010@gmail.com to schedule a consultation for redecorating, housekeeping or anything else I've mentioned :)
Have a grand and groovy day!
That was the first time I'd overslept in ages - due this time to being exhausted -
I was happy to read my horoscope this morning - as I'd just sent a FB comment regarding a question I was asked yesterday. I was afraid it sounded too harsh - but this horoscope puts me right at ease :)
Express yourself to the fullest today, Gemini. Feel free to take an unconventional approach when it comes to dealing with your emotions. Try not to let others cajole you into thinking you need to fit into an artificial construct of what you need to be and what you need to think. All you need to do is think for yourself. Fight the established norms and be your own person.
...I'm generally pretty unconventional anyway and I've never been big on letting others cajole me into any way of thinking.... and I'm pretty skilled (at least in the last few years) at fighting established norms and being my own person... and it seems I'm getting better at it on a daily basis.
I'm off today to finish a re-mix project during the first half of the day and then hopefully stopping to visit with a business owner in Paducah who has requested help with a website, Facebook and all of the other online social networking tools that we find it so tough to live without in this day and age ... my last job of the day will be a housekeeping gig in Paducah. This weekend, I have two photo shoots and a walk-through for a new housekeeping gig.
These are the things that I'm doing now to "pay my way" so I can focus as much time as possible on building my income stream by doing things I thoroughly enjoy...feel free to subscribe to stay up to date and/or email me at KimAJackson2010@gmail.com to schedule a consultation for redecorating, housekeeping or anything else I've mentioned :)
Have a grand and groovy day!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
12/16/2010 - "OH the MAGNOLIAS!" ...but it's getting there...
***
Well gang - I am whooped, but it's a good kind of whooped...
and so help me God, if I ever have to look at a magnolia again I'm going to shriek
and not in a good way.
***
What began as a way to make a bit of extra cash and help a friend has turned into one of the most magnificently glorious days I've spent doing "one of my dream jobs" in a bit.
I've moved furniture, I've put sinkers in walls, I've climbed, I've hoisted,
I've hammered and I've measured (though not a lot on the measuring, because I like to eye-ball it).
It looks as if the remix in progress is going to be a success!
Take one distraught man who has too many magnolias in his house ...
add one friend who loves interior design,
is used to doing things as inexpensively as humanly possible
and is very recently self employed ...
and after a shopping/psychoanalyzing trip and a few days,
things will begin to fall into place...
More pics tomorrow evening when the project is complete!!
If you're interested in scheduling a design consultation
- please reach me via email -
KimAJackson2010@gmail.com
12/16/2010 - Oh Kim Jackson, How're You Gonna Pay Your Way This Week?
Where to even begin ....?
Several of you have been keeping track with me on how I'm surviving ... jobless ... at Christmas-time so I'll fill you in on what I'm doing to pay my way this week - I've picked up an interior design project.
I've always said that if I could do anything on earth to earn my living that one of those things would be interior design. I used to get in trouble for moving my room around when I was ..like.. nine or ten. I can remember blaring my favorite album (which at the time was the Oak Ridge Boys) and grunting, forcing every little tiny muscle in my body to push my canopy bed or lift a TV and then having Mom or Dad venture upstairs to find out what in the name of all that's sacred and Holy was happening - only to find that I've made it half-way across the room with the canopy bed - then they'd step in and say I was "gonna hurt myself" and blah blah blah....
As time went on and I had my own home, I found that if I wanted the vintage 32" tube TV and it's encompassing media cabinet on the other side of the room; that it was easier for me to just do it than try to arrange assistance.
So today I venture off to undertake this design project.
No names of course - but I have a very dear friend who has realized recently that he never really made his home his own after he and his former wife parted ways. This was of course pointed out to him by a pal who made fun of the magnolias and Home Interior on the walls...
He texted one morning to schedule a phone call. As that's a rarity for this particular pal, I called him right away. In a regulated fluster he explained to me that he'd been walking around a few home stores and realizing that he saw things he liked, but he didn't know what he needed or how to put any of it together...
I assured him that re-mixing a home and going back to my own home is beyond a shadow of a doubt, one of my specialties and we decided that we would start the project right away.
For those of you who think .... "Gee whizOwillackers, Kim Comer Jackson - I need the "chi of an ex exercised from MY place!!" .... I'm going to explain to you in a later blog the process we've gone through and how much this will set you back.
I'm absolutely testing this out as a business model for a new income stream for myself and I will be beyond tickled if it will jive out for me :)
While I was perusing around on YouTube watching Dick Cavett videos for my other project, the Ocho-rific Song o the Day; I found this incredible video of Katharine Hepburn rearranging the furniture on the Dick Cavett Show. I felt it's fitting for today. :) It won't embed, but the link's below - She was a jewel! Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neduJ38MiDQ
For those of you who have my super-top-secret TUMBLR link, feel free to take a look as that's probably where I'll be posting pics for Fidget :)
Several of you have been keeping track with me on how I'm surviving ... jobless ... at Christmas-time so I'll fill you in on what I'm doing to pay my way this week - I've picked up an interior design project.
I've always said that if I could do anything on earth to earn my living that one of those things would be interior design. I used to get in trouble for moving my room around when I was ..like.. nine or ten. I can remember blaring my favorite album (which at the time was the Oak Ridge Boys) and grunting, forcing every little tiny muscle in my body to push my canopy bed or lift a TV and then having Mom or Dad venture upstairs to find out what in the name of all that's sacred and Holy was happening - only to find that I've made it half-way across the room with the canopy bed - then they'd step in and say I was "gonna hurt myself" and blah blah blah....
As time went on and I had my own home, I found that if I wanted the vintage 32" tube TV and it's encompassing media cabinet on the other side of the room; that it was easier for me to just do it than try to arrange assistance.
So today I venture off to undertake this design project.
No names of course - but I have a very dear friend who has realized recently that he never really made his home his own after he and his former wife parted ways. This was of course pointed out to him by a pal who made fun of the magnolias and Home Interior on the walls...
He texted one morning to schedule a phone call. As that's a rarity for this particular pal, I called him right away. In a regulated fluster he explained to me that he'd been walking around a few home stores and realizing that he saw things he liked, but he didn't know what he needed or how to put any of it together...
I assured him that re-mixing a home and going back to my own home is beyond a shadow of a doubt, one of my specialties and we decided that we would start the project right away.
For those of you who think .... "Gee whizOwillackers, Kim Comer Jackson - I need the "chi of an ex exercised from MY place!!" .... I'm going to explain to you in a later blog the process we've gone through and how much this will set you back.
I'm absolutely testing this out as a business model for a new income stream for myself and I will be beyond tickled if it will jive out for me :)
While I was perusing around on YouTube watching Dick Cavett videos for my other project, the Ocho-rific Song o the Day; I found this incredible video of Katharine Hepburn rearranging the furniture on the Dick Cavett Show. I felt it's fitting for today. :) It won't embed, but the link's below - She was a jewel! Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neduJ38MiDQ
For those of you who have my super-top-secret TUMBLR link, feel free to take a look as that's probably where I'll be posting pics for Fidget :)
Have a grand and groovy day!!
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Blogging Buddies 101 - Vol. 1 - Bird's Eye View of the Katydid - A Simple Woman's Musings -
I've blogged for years. I have hundreds and hundreds of blogs that have never seen the light of day.
They sit - half done in my blogging queue, waiting for research or graphics or some other tidbit that would make a "finished product" out of them.
At one point my mother decided she was going to blog. Her lack of 2010 Technology Know-How caused her to just start blogging right there on her Facebook page in the comments... It was hard to follow for anyone who hadn't known her their entire life - and sometimes required a second read for someone who had. = )
I suggested she set up a blogger account. A short run of classes ensued to teach her how to post, a few phone calls to walk her through getting setup with Networked Blogs and instruct her on setting things up to auto post to her Facebook profile and she was on her way ...
In February of 2010 she began posting in her blog
*The Bird's Eye View of the Katydid - A Simple Woman's Musings*
As time's gone on she written about everything from
In May, she wrote about the passing of Rascal Raccoon, gave away some petunia baskets and talked about her purchase of Flo Dunning's book, Summer Rain.
On October 23rd, she kicked things off with an absolute blow out regarding Facebook drama - saying the things many of us think -
An Excerpt from Mom's blog -
""There's another on my list that posts about 19 times a day & she'll say things like...."SO SO BUSY...How will I ever get it all done?" And I'm thinking...just put the little mouse down...and slowly back away from your computer...put on your little apron and JUST GET BUSY YOU LAZY DRAMA QUEEN!!! :-/ ""
On October 24th she absolutely knocked it out of the park with a blog any smoker should read - including me-
An Excerpt from Mom's blog -
""But before that 3 days is up and you get the time to call...you get a call within 24hours from 'them'...and the office tells you...you need to come back in immediately, doc needs to talk to you. You get a little nervous, but 'you' feel ok...so you go in thinking it's probably high blood sugar or some little something is off whack and it will all come out in the wash...but to your horror...he tells you..."I don't know how to tell you this...but you have cancer and it looks bad...we need to put you right in the hospital and do more testing."""
On October 29th she told a wonderful story about a little boy, a Coca-Cola and a Twinkie.
On November 5th, she did a doozie on multiple personalities and her tweaking of her writing style amid feedback and sometimes criticism. This one is actually one of my faves - she goes into a great little chatter right from the get-go about the feedback Daddy-O and I give her and how she doesn't know what to write about anymore. Happily, the Universe rewarded her with feedback from friends and readers who said, "Say it however you want, it's your blog!" .... and they're right.
Yesterday's blog (12/10) discusses the 17 Day Diet
An Excerpt from Mom's blog -
All of the above was in the book...except the line I added about alternating walking/jogging in front of the tv..that's called 'interval exercise' and it's said to burn more calories than just walking OR jogging......the book was FILLED with details and info...I guess so we'd think we were getting our moneys worth..."I" would have been more content with a 5 page print off...with just the facts...but who asked 'me'?
I am definitely going to try this diet...and I'm going to begin tomorrow (Saturday)...and I hope many of you will join me and let's see what we can do by Christmas...what a gift to ourselves...to give ourselves a 10-15 pound weight loss for Christmas...if we start tomorrow...we will be finished with our 17 days on December 28th...
In yesterday's blog, she also gives an update on a local homeless boy. My Mother's nosey nature has been and continues to be a blessing for many as it causes her to go above and beyond the call of duty to help total strangers.
I called her one afternoon because I was approached by a man at a gas station in Metropolis who was looking for gas and food and had a car filled with children and a frantic looking wife. Mom came in with her own private help fund, took them to the grocery for diapers and such - gave me some money and sent me to McDonald's to get some Cokes and cheeseburgers. After two hours or so these folks were on their way and Mom was apologizing profusely that my entire afternoon had been taken up helping people. (I like to help people, but I'm not as likely to "reprioritize things" for others as my Mom is)
I told her that it was fine and it was good for me to do things like that although I was a bit peeved that the decisions that those people had made in life-leading them to be broke and stranded in Metropolis had taken up MY entire afternoon. (I'm a bit selfish that way - it comes from being the "baby sister")
A few days later, Mom found out that those folks were scheisters who travel our region scamming people. That happens, but it's still touching to me when someone's heart is in the right place. My heart is usually distracted with other things (my dreams and goals) and sometimes it takes my Mom to remind me that everyone needs someone to care about them.
Well enough of that mush-tasticness - YIKES!
Anywho, we currently have a little blogging buddies project going on over here at the Ocho - Today I've introduced you to my Mom's blog - I'll be doing a piece in the next few days to introduce you to the blog of my friend, Mary. Keep your eyes open for that!
Below is the widget for my Mom's Blog, Bird's Eye View of the Katydid - A Simple Woman's Musings.
You can find the widget HERE if you would like to add it to your own blog or website.
They sit - half done in my blogging queue, waiting for research or graphics or some other tidbit that would make a "finished product" out of them.
At one point my mother decided she was going to blog. Her lack of 2010 Technology Know-How caused her to just start blogging right there on her Facebook page in the comments... It was hard to follow for anyone who hadn't known her their entire life - and sometimes required a second read for someone who had. = )
I suggested she set up a blogger account. A short run of classes ensued to teach her how to post, a few phone calls to walk her through getting setup with Networked Blogs and instruct her on setting things up to auto post to her Facebook profile and she was on her way ...
In February of 2010 she began posting in her blog
*The Bird's Eye View of the Katydid - A Simple Woman's Musings*
As time's gone on she written about everything from
In May, she wrote about the passing of Rascal Raccoon, gave away some petunia baskets and talked about her purchase of Flo Dunning's book, Summer Rain.
On October 23rd, she kicked things off with an absolute blow out regarding Facebook drama - saying the things many of us think -
An Excerpt from Mom's blog -
""There's another on my list that posts about 19 times a day & she'll say things like...."SO SO BUSY...How will I ever get it all done?" And I'm thinking...just put the little mouse down...and slowly back away from your computer...put on your little apron and JUST GET BUSY YOU LAZY DRAMA QUEEN!!! :-/ ""
On October 24th she absolutely knocked it out of the park with a blog any smoker should read - including me-
An Excerpt from Mom's blog -
""But before that 3 days is up and you get the time to call...you get a call within 24hours from 'them'...and the office tells you...you need to come back in immediately, doc needs to talk to you. You get a little nervous, but 'you' feel ok...so you go in thinking it's probably high blood sugar or some little something is off whack and it will all come out in the wash...but to your horror...he tells you..."I don't know how to tell you this...but you have cancer and it looks bad...we need to put you right in the hospital and do more testing."""
On October 29th she told a wonderful story about a little boy, a Coca-Cola and a Twinkie.
On November 5th, she did a doozie on multiple personalities and her tweaking of her writing style amid feedback and sometimes criticism. This one is actually one of my faves - she goes into a great little chatter right from the get-go about the feedback Daddy-O and I give her and how she doesn't know what to write about anymore. Happily, the Universe rewarded her with feedback from friends and readers who said, "Say it however you want, it's your blog!" .... and they're right.
Yesterday's blog (12/10) discusses the 17 Day Diet
An Excerpt from Mom's blog -
All of the above was in the book...except the line I added about alternating walking/jogging in front of the tv..that's called 'interval exercise' and it's said to burn more calories than just walking OR jogging......the book was FILLED with details and info...I guess so we'd think we were getting our moneys worth..."I" would have been more content with a 5 page print off...with just the facts...but who asked 'me'?
I am definitely going to try this diet...and I'm going to begin tomorrow (Saturday)...and I hope many of you will join me and let's see what we can do by Christmas...what a gift to ourselves...to give ourselves a 10-15 pound weight loss for Christmas...if we start tomorrow...we will be finished with our 17 days on December 28th...
In yesterday's blog, she also gives an update on a local homeless boy. My Mother's nosey nature has been and continues to be a blessing for many as it causes her to go above and beyond the call of duty to help total strangers.
I called her one afternoon because I was approached by a man at a gas station in Metropolis who was looking for gas and food and had a car filled with children and a frantic looking wife. Mom came in with her own private help fund, took them to the grocery for diapers and such - gave me some money and sent me to McDonald's to get some Cokes and cheeseburgers. After two hours or so these folks were on their way and Mom was apologizing profusely that my entire afternoon had been taken up helping people. (I like to help people, but I'm not as likely to "reprioritize things" for others as my Mom is)
I told her that it was fine and it was good for me to do things like that although I was a bit peeved that the decisions that those people had made in life-leading them to be broke and stranded in Metropolis had taken up MY entire afternoon. (I'm a bit selfish that way - it comes from being the "baby sister")
A few days later, Mom found out that those folks were scheisters who travel our region scamming people. That happens, but it's still touching to me when someone's heart is in the right place. My heart is usually distracted with other things (my dreams and goals) and sometimes it takes my Mom to remind me that everyone needs someone to care about them.
Well enough of that mush-tasticness - YIKES!
Anywho, we currently have a little blogging buddies project going on over here at the Ocho - Today I've introduced you to my Mom's blog - I'll be doing a piece in the next few days to introduce you to the blog of my friend, Mary. Keep your eyes open for that!
Below is the widget for my Mom's Blog, Bird's Eye View of the Katydid - A Simple Woman's Musings.
You can find the widget HERE if you would like to add it to your own blog or website.
Tripping Over Ants, Leaping Over Elephants and Twitter
It's been said that I trip over ants and leap over elephants. It's true.
I'd never heard the term until a friend said it to me one day ... and as I stood there and pondered the concept, I had to agree ... I can handle monumental disasters with grace and ease and never break a sweat and then worry myself sick over how someone took something I said .. or some other trivial thing.
There's something that is worrying the stuffing out of me and I'm going to share it with you folks.
I'm not an experienced Tweeter. Now, I know some of you may say, "Well I don't even have a Twitter - who needs a Twitter - I don't understand Twitter and it doesn't make a doggone bit of sense - It's stupid!"
Well to you folks I say this -
1- "stupid" is a very ugly word and you shouldn't use it.
B- Twitter is now attracting 190 million visitors per month and generating 65 million Tweets a day.
Tres - I'm getting some re-tweets and mentions on Twitter - more than I'm getting on Facebook, well...except for my Mom :)
Anywho, I'm really worked up about the Twitter because I don't know a thing about it. I've set all of my stuff up to automatically Tweet, but when someone says something to me-the only way I know to speak back to them is by direct message.
Now I don't want anyone to think I'm a complete dork - I'm pretty tech savvy, but Twitter was something I never really fooled with until I began a full tilt promotion of my projects and businesses.
It's on my to-do list for this week to watch a tutorial and figure out how to publicly thank these folks for mentioning me and re-tweeting me. If you're currently not on Twitter and you are one of those "creative people that a lot of people don't get", then you should get on Twitter - That's just my advice.
More coming on Twitter at a later date.
I'd also like to say that I'm not online twenty-four/seven. I had someone contact me the other day because it looks like I'm posting around the clock. (I appreciated the concern, btw) Anywho, I use Hootsuite - it's links together Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and whatever else so that you can schedule posts in advance. Sometimes I'm posting live from there, but often I'm scheduling things for high-traffic times.
That's all I've got for ya - if you've re-tweeted me, I can't thank you enough!!
Today's post was brought to you by
The Choo Choo Collection
More to come!!
I'd never heard the term until a friend said it to me one day ... and as I stood there and pondered the concept, I had to agree ... I can handle monumental disasters with grace and ease and never break a sweat and then worry myself sick over how someone took something I said .. or some other trivial thing.
There's something that is worrying the stuffing out of me and I'm going to share it with you folks.
I'm not an experienced Tweeter. Now, I know some of you may say, "Well I don't even have a Twitter - who needs a Twitter - I don't understand Twitter and it doesn't make a doggone bit of sense - It's stupid!"
Well to you folks I say this -
1- "stupid" is a very ugly word and you shouldn't use it.
B- Twitter is now attracting 190 million visitors per month and generating 65 million Tweets a day.
Tres - I'm getting some re-tweets and mentions on Twitter - more than I'm getting on Facebook, well...except for my Mom :)
Anywho, I'm really worked up about the Twitter because I don't know a thing about it. I've set all of my stuff up to automatically Tweet, but when someone says something to me-the only way I know to speak back to them is by direct message.
Now I don't want anyone to think I'm a complete dork - I'm pretty tech savvy, but Twitter was something I never really fooled with until I began a full tilt promotion of my projects and businesses.
It's on my to-do list for this week to watch a tutorial and figure out how to publicly thank these folks for mentioning me and re-tweeting me. If you're currently not on Twitter and you are one of those "creative people that a lot of people don't get", then you should get on Twitter - That's just my advice.
More coming on Twitter at a later date.
I'd also like to say that I'm not online twenty-four/seven. I had someone contact me the other day because it looks like I'm posting around the clock. (I appreciated the concern, btw) Anywho, I use Hootsuite - it's links together Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and whatever else so that you can schedule posts in advance. Sometimes I'm posting live from there, but often I'm scheduling things for high-traffic times.
That's all I've got for ya - if you've re-tweeted me, I can't thank you enough!!
Today's post was brought to you by
The Choo Choo Collection
More to come!!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Edge of the Cliff ... We Meet Again ...
And Edge of the Cliff, let me tell you something - this time I am eating you for breakfast!
Just like fried potatoes with vinegar, salt and pepper!
I am dancing on your edge and I'm doing all kinds of delightful little ballet moves that I really am not too skilled at because I was never the ballerina kind of girl - but Edge of the Cliff, know this -
You ...
Have ...
Met ...
Your ...
Match.
There's a fine line between insanity and genius.
I know twenty people whom, after spending 45 minutes with - you'd be confused as all daylights about because one minute they would sound like a stark raving mad man (or woman) and the next minute they would sound like a meticulous genius.
That's why people cut off ears and turn into recluses. But no worries, kids - I'm not here to cut off my ear OR turn into a (total) recluse (although I do delight in and enjoy my Howard Hughes-ish nature).
I am, quite possibly more stressed out than I've ever been ... but I truly feel that this is the greatest thing that has happened for my future in a very long time.
If I have to panic and get a job I will, but I'm going to be pushing really hard for the next several weeks to make my December money and get my January/February set with photography and www.cafepress.com/FlawnOcho :)
At the moment-I'll say that I won't even be looking for a "J-O-B" unless I get to the first week of January and find that it's going to be a necessity.
Please keep a close eye on the links I post and feel free to share them! :)
There'll be a referral program for new followers and such beginning after the first of the year! :)
It's gonna be fun, gang .. It's gonna be fun!
Just like fried potatoes with vinegar, salt and pepper!
I am dancing on your edge and I'm doing all kinds of delightful little ballet moves that I really am not too skilled at because I was never the ballerina kind of girl - but Edge of the Cliff, know this -
You ...
Have ...
Met ...
Your ...
Match.
There's a fine line between insanity and genius.
I know twenty people whom, after spending 45 minutes with - you'd be confused as all daylights about because one minute they would sound like a stark raving mad man (or woman) and the next minute they would sound like a meticulous genius.
That's why people cut off ears and turn into recluses. But no worries, kids - I'm not here to cut off my ear OR turn into a (total) recluse (although I do delight in and enjoy my Howard Hughes-ish nature).
I am, quite possibly more stressed out than I've ever been ... but I truly feel that this is the greatest thing that has happened for my future in a very long time.
If I have to panic and get a job I will, but I'm going to be pushing really hard for the next several weeks to make my December money and get my January/February set with photography and www.cafepress.com/FlawnOcho :)
At the moment-I'll say that I won't even be looking for a "J-O-B" unless I get to the first week of January and find that it's going to be a necessity.
Please keep a close eye on the links I post and feel free to share them! :)
There'll be a referral program for new followers and such beginning after the first of the year! :)
It's gonna be fun, gang .. It's gonna be fun!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
11/30/2010 - Calypso Music and Crowing Roosters
On the rare days that I do wake before my alarms start going off,
I always find myself wondering the same thing ....
"How in the name of all that is sacred and holy
am I sleeping through ninety minutes of Calypso music and crowing roosters....?
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
A Lunchtime Rattling of my Noggin -
I have a magical 8 minutes to leave my apartment and get back to work or I'll be fired.
I've got so many projects in my brain that I feel like my head is going to explode. I've been very fortunate to make it to Thanksgiving and still have a job ... my boss is a patient man, whether or not we've gotten along like kool-aid and cookies this year...
Anywho, I know I have a few faithful readers of this blog ... my Mom, my 2nd grade teacher, Smarty Runion and Jared my web guru. :) Will y'all please go grab the link to KCoJax Candids ... http://www.kcojax.blogspot.com/ and share it on your Facebook and whatnot?
Thanks!
p.s. - Claudia - I saw your kind remarks on Mom's page and haven't made it back over to thank you, but THANK YOU!! :)
Have a Grand and Groovy Day!
p.s.s. Jared - can you find time for java here this weekend and msg me and tell me when? Thanks!!!!
p.s.s.s. Leaving on time - F.Y.I.
I've got so many projects in my brain that I feel like my head is going to explode. I've been very fortunate to make it to Thanksgiving and still have a job ... my boss is a patient man, whether or not we've gotten along like kool-aid and cookies this year...
Anywho, I know I have a few faithful readers of this blog ... my Mom, my 2nd grade teacher, Smarty Runion and Jared my web guru. :) Will y'all please go grab the link to KCoJax Candids ... http://www.kcojax.blogspot.com/ and share it on your Facebook and whatnot?
Thanks!
p.s. - Claudia - I saw your kind remarks on Mom's page and haven't made it back over to thank you, but THANK YOU!! :)
Have a Grand and Groovy Day!
p.s.s. Jared - can you find time for java here this weekend and msg me and tell me when? Thanks!!!!
p.s.s.s. Leaving on time - F.Y.I.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Here's What I Think About Your Strip Club, Metropolis Illinois-**Part 1**
Well, Metropolis Illinois .... congratulations ...
once again we look like a town of total buffoons.
I have just a mere few minutes before I have to take off and head back to work, but I want to talk to you about the prospect of the new "ta-ta shed" opening in Metropolis. I can absolutely assure you that there will be many posts coming up soon here on the topic of small town morals and setting poor examples for our youth ... as well as posts on the topic of "Bible thumpers" who sometimes cut their nose off to spite their face ...
But THIS time, I'm leaning toward the side of the "church goers" ....
The last thing in the name of Peter, Paul and Mary that this town needs .... is a ta-ta bar.
I'll explain the many reasons for that later in another post, but for the moment I want to give you the link to a petition that is being circulated regarding the matter. The petition can be found at the link below.
The petition is in essence only going to give the city government a log of the massive number of residents who are opposed to this.
If you are opposed to the opening of this establishment then I encourage you to ciruclate the petition and get it in the proper hands.
If you are not opposed to the opening of this establishment then I encourage you to shrug, go on with your day and enjoy it to the best of your ability.
******
It's my suggestion to those opposed that on opening night, the "ta-ta shed" be filled with little church ladies, aged 50 and above....have a glass of water or a cup of java, pay for your drink....but don't tip.
Endure whatever you have to endure while you're there
because this is something that you believe in.
So I guess the question will be ...
is it important enough to fill the place up with non-paying, non-interactive patrons night after night until they've no choice but to close the doors for good?
They will try to freak you out and make you leave, you will stay.
Sit there and chat about scrapbooking or the quilting bea or
the church social next week or what's going on in your life, seriously ... ignore them.
The next night, come back again and bring more of your little lady friends and if y'all coordinate and do this correctly, there will not be room in the establishment for patrons ordering liquor...or tipping "performers".
Another fine point to this diabolical little plan that I suggest y'all emark on is this ....
what are the odds that these gentlemen will be as likely to trapse over there to watch some girl shake her "hooters" if they know that their mother, their Great Aunt Bernice and all of the gals from their child-hood church will be there .....
Just a suggestion ..... Hope it helps!!
Seriously!!
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Monday, November 8, 2010
What I Learned Last Week ... by Kim Jackson
My time is running out ... I return to work in two and a half hours....
For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, I mentioned it here.
This week has been a really great experience. It's made me realize a lot of things.
- When you're doing something you love doing, it doesn't feel like work at all.
- If you sit at a "desk" for 83 hours in one week, you're going to have a headache...you can take Excedrin, you can put Vicks Vap O' Rub on your face or put a bag of frozen corn on your head ... regardless, you are going to have a headache... but refer to lesson 1. :)
- It takes 120 seconds or LESS to call and follow up on how much is owed on a bill and where to send the payment.
- My Mom is the bomb (!) and she truly is a "hover mother" and she just can't help it. That doesn't mean sometimes she won't cause my blood pressure to spike dangerously high, possibly causing me to stroke out, but hopefully not.
- Some people are sheep ... they follow along and do what they're told. They do what they do because that's the way they did it yesterday and their vision is muddled by their inability to see beyond the herd. It's just their nature... that's just them... I find it pathetic and vehemently exhausting, but it's just them....
- Some people are thinkers and doers. They have new ideas and they like to hear new ideas. They think out of the box and they think around the corner to get ahead of the curve on what's coming next. They have vision ... they're inspired and they inspire others ... they have dreams and goals and they are in the process of achieving them. It's just their nature too ... and I find that to be a deliciously wonderful nature to have ...
- Life is a beautiful place when you can decide who you come in contact with and who you don't.
11/08/2010 - Oh Donny Deutsch, I've Missed You... Cereality
One of my favorite programs ever on earth was
The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch.
So for the last couple of years I've been wondering what ever happened to the show. I never took the time to look it up, but it'd crossed my mind on several occasions. The other day, I stumbled across a company called Cereality that I'd seen on The Big Idea several years ago ... I read about them for a while, but then my noggin just wouldn't let me forget how much I liked The Big Idea and how much I miss have Donny Deutsch included in my week!
Below ... ::Wiki "Facts":: on Donny Deutsch and
two fascinating videos about the concept of cereal as fast food.
Enjoy!
::Wiki "Facts" on Donny Deutsch::
*an American television personality and advertising executive. He is also the former host of the CNBC talk show The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch.
The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch.
So for the last couple of years I've been wondering what ever happened to the show. I never took the time to look it up, but it'd crossed my mind on several occasions. The other day, I stumbled across a company called Cereality that I'd seen on The Big Idea several years ago ... I read about them for a while, but then my noggin just wouldn't let me forget how much I liked The Big Idea and how much I miss have Donny Deutsch included in my week!
Below ... ::Wiki "Facts":: on Donny Deutsch and
two fascinating videos about the concept of cereal as fast food.
Enjoy!
::Wiki "Facts" on Donny Deutsch::
*an American television personality and advertising executive. He is also the former host of the CNBC talk show The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch.
*Deutsch was born in Hollis Hills, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens to a Jewish family. He attended P.S. 188, Martin Van Buren High School, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.[citation needed]
*Deutsch is the chairman of Deutsch, Inc., an advertising agency company founded by his father that is owned by Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG). In 2000, Donny sold his agency to the Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) for $265 million.
In 2005, Harper Collins published Deutsch's business motivation book, Often Wrong, Never in Doubt, written with co-author Peter Knobler.
Deutsch was the host of the CNBC's The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch
which was cancelled on December 4, 2008.
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Sunday, November 7, 2010
11/7/10 - ::Behind the Scenes - *Blogging*
One of the goals of what I'm happy to say has become "blog clean up week" was to get Journey to the Nucleus of my Noggin under control.
I guess you could say this blog began on my MySpace page. You kids remember MySpace, don't you? Sweet Fancy Moses ... that was ... like ... two years ago or something ... Anywho, that's where you'll find my earliest stabs at writing ... though I don't necessarily recommend it :)
I have a pretty fair readership on this blog, not excessive by any stretch ... I have 8 followers on Networked Blogs ((I thank you each and every one!!!!)) and I think I picked up many of those up the week I posted A Big Ole Rambly Blog about Colby, His Controlling Mother and Relationships . That one got my blood pressure up ... that woman and I would not jive ... not even for fifteen seconds.
One of my personal rerun - faves is Have I ever told you about the time I was arrested?
It's a 100% true account of my first arrest. NOW, here's the part my smother mother is going to want me to explain... :) I wasn't arrested for anything "bad", I was arrested for a speeding ticket.
She also will be tickled if I let you know I don't have tattoos ...
just in case you were wondering ...
and I do know that you were not .... :)
She also will be tickled if I let you know I don't have tattoos ...
just in case you were wondering ...
and I do know that you were not .... :)
Have you ever heard the difference between
people who have tattoos and people who don't have tattoos, by the way?
People who have tattoos
don't mind that the people who don't have tattoos,
don't have tattoos. ;)
I concur...
though I have no tattoos ...
but that's just because I'm a commitment-phobe. :)
Anywho, I told you all of that to tell you this ...
I have a blog queue that's as full as a tick
and all of my blogs are about to start rolling!
Stay tuned ...
people who have tattoos and people who don't have tattoos, by the way?
People who have tattoos
don't mind that the people who don't have tattoos,
don't have tattoos. ;)
I concur...
though I have no tattoos ...
but that's just because I'm a commitment-phobe. :)
Anywho, I told you all of that to tell you this ...
I have a blog queue that's as full as a tick
and all of my blogs are about to start rolling!
Stay tuned ...
Until next time...
Have a Grand and Groovy Day!!
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Please and Thanks!!
11/07/2010 - Seth Godin Explains Why You Need a Tribe -
- Seth Godin Explains Why You Need a Tribe -
Saturday, November 6, 2010
11/06/2010 - How the Internet is Changing Advertising - Epipheo Studios
A Link to Epipheo ... (You're going to want to see it..) Absolute Geniuses as far as I'm concerned ... As I write this, it's actually Friday night (Friday the 5th, not Friday the 12 ... I'd really be pulling something off then!!)) ... Anywho, I've just discovered them as I was looking over some videos about online marketing that I'd bookmarked earlier in the week.
I expect that you'll thoroughly enjoy this video ... I suggest watching it twice.
"I Love You, John Quinones of ABC News! Jimmy Kimmel, eh.I can take you or leave you..."
Programing on ABC doesn't turn my crank in general ... but I LOVE LOVE LOVE "Primetime: What Would You DO?" ... and I LOVE LOVE LOVE John Quiñones!
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Now, I'll have you know that I think it's a crying shame that a show had to be created to teach people how to behave like conscientious human beings; but I do beyond a shadow of a doubt look forward to the show every week! :)
I would've loved to include some videos here within the blog for you folks to enjoy ... but I see that ABC News is being a pain in the kiester about that ... so I'll just have to pop the link at the bottom and maybe you will take the time to check them out.
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The clip below is clip 1 of a splendiforous 2 part interview with John Quiñones and Jimmy Kimmel. In Part 1, Quiñones discusses his recent interview with Chilean miner, "Super Mario" and the competition to get the interview.... Good stuff!
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Now, I'll have you know that I think it's a crying shame that a show had to be created to teach people how to behave like conscientious human beings; but I do beyond a shadow of a doubt look forward to the show every week! :)
I would've loved to include some videos here within the blog for you folks to enjoy ... but I see that ABC News is being a pain in the kiester about that ... so I'll just have to pop the link at the bottom and maybe you will take the time to check them out.
***
The clip below is clip 1 of a splendiforous 2 part interview with John Quiñones and Jimmy Kimmel. In Part 1, Quiñones discusses his recent interview with Chilean miner, "Super Mario" and the competition to get the interview.... Good stuff!
Great "Part 2" clip below in which John Quiñones refers to himself as a Mexican Alan Funt. It does show a clip of "What Would You Do?" and give the lowdown on the show.
::Wiki "Facts"::
*Primetime: What Would You Do? is an American television newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since 2009 as part of the Primetime series. The show is about setting up everyday scenarios and then capturing people's reactions. Whether they're compelled to act or mind their own business, John Quiñones reports on their split-second and often surprising decision-making process. Often people speculate on how they might act in a difficult situation, but this series looks at how they actually do in the face of everyday dilemmas that test their character and values.
*John Quiñones was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1952. He grew up in a Spanish-speaking household and didn't learn English until he started school at age 6. Determined on overcoming Hispanic stereotypes, he decided to attend college. After graduating from Brackenridge High School, Quiñones joined an upward bound program out of St. Mary's University, preparing him for college. After graduating from St. Mary's with a bachelor's degree in Speech Communication, Quiñones earned his master's degree from Columbia University's School of Journalism
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If you're unfamiliar with Primetime What Would You Do?,
you can watch a clip about gasoline theft HERE!
you can watch a clip about gasoline theft HERE!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
11/04/2010 - Shareability and Logistics of your product in 2040!?
You can read my post over at Journey to the Nucleus of my Noggin to get the in depth behind the scenes about the concept behind my photography blog.
Suffice it to say, I think a great deal of success in business comes from out of the box thinking. If you take the time to trek over to the Nucleus of my Noggin link above, you'll see that I'm making an effort to not only think about the shareability and logistics of the product now, but the shareability and logistics of it in 2040!!
Let's say for example you don't want to trek over to another link ... even though it will pop up in a new window right in front of your face .... I'll paste an excerpt of the aforementioned blog below::
Let's say for example you don't want to trek over to another link ... even though it will pop up in a new window right in front of your face .... I'll paste an excerpt of the aforementioned blog below::
I've been able to determine a general time frame on an approximate 30 minute shoot,
but I've also possible stumbled upon something brilliant!!
-Mary Beth's First Day of Pre-school-
It occurred to me that this little keepsake of Mary Beth's First Day of Pre-School is online and available to her for as long as the "grand ole inter-web" exists ... which I think it's safe to say, is going to be a long time.
What's so neat about that, you may ask?? Well, as you may or may not have realized; we're on the cusp of another information age. I was reading an article the other day that speculated that by 2020 we'll all carry a device that is much like the "Motorola Droid" is now. It will be out "personal device" ... it may sound like "the Jetsons", but we're heading in that direction.
Aaaaaaaaanywho, the point of my hypothesis is this ...
It will be very nice for Mary Beth ... in 2040 to be dropping her own little girl off at her first day of pre-school and have the convenience of putting the speaker of her "communication device" to her mouth and saying "Mary Beth's First Day of Pre-School" and in a matter of seconds not only be able to tell her little dahling of her very own fear on her first day of school; but show her ... right there on the personal communication device that she holds in her hand ... right before she jumps in her flying car and goes back to Venus.
It occurred to me that this little keepsake of Mary Beth's First Day of Pre-School is online and available to her for as long as the "grand ole inter-web" exists ... which I think it's safe to say, is going to be a long time.
What's so neat about that, you may ask?? Well, as you may or may not have realized; we're on the cusp of another information age. I was reading an article the other day that speculated that by 2020 we'll all carry a device that is much like the "Motorola Droid" is now. It will be out "personal device" ... it may sound like "the Jetsons", but we're heading in that direction.
Aaaaaaaaanywho, the point of my hypothesis is this ...
It will be very nice for Mary Beth ... in 2040 to be dropping her own little girl off at her first day of pre-school and have the convenience of putting the speaker of her "communication device" to her mouth and saying "Mary Beth's First Day of Pre-School" and in a matter of seconds not only be able to tell her little dahling of her very own fear on her first day of school; but show her ... right there on the personal communication device that she holds in her hand ... right before she jumps in her flying car and goes back to Venus.
Sound a little crazy? Sure ....
Is it just a little bit memorable? Yup ...
Does that kind of marketing work?
We'll soon see ... the stats of all of my blogs have been steadily increasing over the last few days of my "kahoo-hoos to the wall" project ... and that pleases me greatly!!
What changes will your product or service undergo in the coming years as time progresses and technology changes the way we do things? It's good to think about this now and begin to plan for it. You can bet your sweet bippy those phone book salesmen are shrugging their shoulders in this, the year 2010!
Is it just a little bit memorable? Yup ...
Does that kind of marketing work?
We'll soon see ... the stats of all of my blogs have been steadily increasing over the last few days of my "kahoo-hoos to the wall" project ... and that pleases me greatly!!
What changes will your product or service undergo in the coming years as time progresses and technology changes the way we do things? It's good to think about this now and begin to plan for it. You can bet your sweet bippy those phone book salesmen are shrugging their shoulders in this, the year 2010!
Until next time...
Have a Grand and Groovy Day!!
If you liked it, share it!!
If you liked it, share it!!
Please and Thanks!!
11/04/2010 - Aaaaaaaaanywho, the point of my hypothesis is this ...
I've spent well in excess of 55 hours since Monday morning working on my blog sites. My brain feels like pureed marshmallows. I'm trying to get everything linked together ... the "old fashioned and charming" way....without the use of a new-fangledy bells and whistles website.
The first project I've been working on is my photography. I've been spending time putting each photo shoot I've done in the last year or so into the blog. I like the idea of having such a candid photo shoot sharable in such a wide format. I have many KCoJax Candids© pages left to publish, but here is one that I want to share.... There will be more as they are completed ...
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::Mary Beth's First Day of Pre-School::
This is a project from Tuesday of this week. One of my dearest friends on earth texted me mid-morning on Tuesday and asked me if I could shoot some pics of her granddaughter, Mary Beth as she left for her first day of pre-school. I had already hoped to shoot pics of Mary Beth this week and was delighted at the opportunity!!
I got in touch with Mary Beth's mom to get our heads together on time and our journey began.
I realized that this was a good opportunity to time myself on a shoot and the production that follows the shoot. If I hope to turn my photography into a career branch, then I must know what time is involved to process each subject, right? .... right!
I took a very close look at the clock before we began and
Mary Beth's First Day of School took 12 hours from start to finish. This is great news for me!!
Mary Beth's First Day of School took 12 hours from start to finish. This is great news for me!!
I've been able to determine a general time frame on an approximate 30 minute shoot,
but I've also possible stumbled upon something brilliant!!
-Mary Beth's First Day of Pre-school-
It occurred to me that this little keepsake of Mary Beth's First Day of Pre-School is online and available to her for as long as the "grand ole inter-web" exists ... which I think it's safe to say, is going to be a long time.
What's so neat about that, you may ask?? Well, as you may or may not have realized; we're on the cusp of another information age. I was reading an article the other day that speculated that by 2020 we'll all carry a device that is much like the "Motorola Droid" is now. It will be out "personal device" ... it may sound like "the Jetsons", but we're heading in that direction.
Aaaaaaaaanywho, the point of my hypothesis is this ...
It will be very nice for Mary Beth ... in 2040 to be dropping her own little girl off at her first day of pre-school and have the convenience of putting the speaker of her "communication device" to her mouth and saying "Mary Beth's First Day of Pre-School" and in a matter of seconds not only be able to tell her little dahling of her very own fear on her first day of school; but show her ... right there on the personal communication device that she holds in her hand ... right before she jumps in her flying car and goes back to Venus.
Until next time...
Have a grand and groovy day!
If you liked it, share it!!
Please and Thanks!!
It occurred to me that this little keepsake of Mary Beth's First Day of Pre-School is online and available to her for as long as the "grand ole inter-web" exists ... which I think it's safe to say, is going to be a long time.
What's so neat about that, you may ask?? Well, as you may or may not have realized; we're on the cusp of another information age. I was reading an article the other day that speculated that by 2020 we'll all carry a device that is much like the "Motorola Droid" is now. It will be out "personal device" ... it may sound like "the Jetsons", but we're heading in that direction.
Aaaaaaaaanywho, the point of my hypothesis is this ...
It will be very nice for Mary Beth ... in 2040 to be dropping her own little girl off at her first day of pre-school and have the convenience of putting the speaker of her "communication device" to her mouth and saying "Mary Beth's First Day of Pre-School" and in a matter of seconds not only be able to tell her little dahling of her very own fear on her first day of school; but show her ... right there on the personal communication device that she holds in her hand ... right before she jumps in her flying car and goes back to Venus.
Until next time...
Have a grand and groovy day!
If you liked it, share it!!
Please and Thanks!!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
This Marketing blog o' mine gets left by the wayside a lot....
If I were to tell you how many thoughts, ideas or concepts I have relating to marketing in the average day, it would do two things ....
one, it would make you think I'm a complete and total dork ..... :)
two, it would boggle your mind.....!
I'm going to make a much stronger attempt at recording my thoughts on the nuances of marketing and I'm going to begin with some of the projects I'm working on for myself beginning this week.
I'll let you tag along as I implement the knowledge I already have of marketing AND take notes as I learn all of the new things that are becoming more and more necessary as internet and social media change our shopping behaviors.
If you'd like to subscribe, please see the "Networked Blogs" or "Google" links to the right hand side of the page!!
one, it would make you think I'm a complete and total dork ..... :)
two, it would boggle your mind.....!
I'm going to make a much stronger attempt at recording my thoughts on the nuances of marketing and I'm going to begin with some of the projects I'm working on for myself beginning this week.
I'll let you tag along as I implement the knowledge I already have of marketing AND take notes as I learn all of the new things that are becoming more and more necessary as internet and social media change our shopping behaviors.
If you'd like to subscribe, please see the "Networked Blogs" or "Google" links to the right hand side of the page!!
::A Follow Up and A Change of Direction::
When we last spoke I was rather cranky. I have been for a couple of months now. I think it has to do with the physical and mental discomfort created when one tries to fit oneself into a mold.
Anywho, I was frustrated ... I've been frustrated ... I'm still frustrated and I'm going to start using this blog to vent my frustrations as that's what I initially intended it for.
I expect that it'll be very entertaining as I try to balance being an independent single woman who has been blessed with a "hover mother", a mogul in the making who is trying to build an empire as quickly as possible, the back-lash of my disorganization/poor record keeping and my knack for finding myself in absolutely preposterous situations.
Somedays you'll get the "Mary Tyler Moore" me ...
somedays you'll get the Andy Rooney me...
But suffice it to stay, you are about to start getting me.
If any of you reading along happen to like it, then I totally love you more than Noble Park cotton candy and would be absosmurfly honored if you'd subscribe!
But if my blog only causes you to get your knickers in a bunch and mutter about "this generation" ... or "these people" ... or whatever it is that disgruntled people mutter at people who challenge their way of thinking and upset them ....
then I'd rather you move it along ... whomever you are.
Go find something that makes you happy and love it more than Noble Park cotton candy! :)
::You Enjoyed That?!::
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Monday, November 1, 2010
11/01/2010 - Seth Godin - The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
Seth Godin discusses the slow beginnings of sliced bread, idea diffusion,
consumer behavior and remarkability.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Saturday, October 9, 2010
What We Have Here is a Shaming Lack of Personal Anatomy...
A friend sent a link to me this morning leading to an article I got quite a kick out of.
Little did the friend know I had encountered two incidents this week that made me greatly question the "kahoo-hoos" that may or may not be possessed by a couple of male friends of mine.
__________
Among Mr. Foley's observations ....
"You have a joint e-mail account", "You have a different social group"
and "What you once took for granted is now a victory".
Most of his other observations were delightful and entertaining as well ...
but I'd like to throw out two that I've personally encountered in the last week.
1. "You delete a close friend of the opposite sex from your Facebook page because your significant other is discombobulated and untrusting of your platonic opposite sex relationships that do not include her."
**Suggestion: Introduce the girlfriend to your platonic friends of the opposite sex ... after you and your platonic friend have known one another for well over 20 years ...being dear friends with nearly weekly conversations for the last 4 or more of those years; it seems a little abrupt to "drop" the friendship only because your "still married" girlfriend that you've been dating for a couple of months has her feathers in a flutter.**
2. "You have messages like this one in the out box of your phone ...
"Please stop texting my man. Thanks a bunch! ;) Jane Doe"
"Please stop texting my man. Thanks a bunch! ;) Jane Doe"
...that were sent by your girlfriend when she went through your phone after you fell asleep."
**Suggestion: Well I think the real biggie here is gonna be, "Don't 'bed down' with "ladies" who are going to go through your phone after you go to sleep .... waking people as she replies to texts (a totally un-tawdry apology text of all things) at 4:30 in the morning - sent to "you" nearly a month ago." Let's face it, if she's snooping in your stuff while you're asleep.. you have much larger problems ahead of you, my friend. Aside from that, maybe you're behaving in a way that makes her feel distrusting of you. You should reassure her that she's your main priority, if she is. If she's not, that's something you should let her know as well.**
__________
My frustration over the situations that I encountered with these fellows ... both of whom I've know for at least 20 years ... has caused me to be in an awfully gruff mood today.
As I finished my cup of java and clicked around in the topic..
I found a question on Yahoo... Posted below
The Question: "Why do women ridicule men who are considered whooped on a woman?"
A FABULOUS quote from the replies, made by a user by the name of "Dubs".
A FABULOUS quote from the replies, made by a user by the name of "Dubs".
"It's more about shaming lack of personal autonomy
and becoming submissive which isn't really seen as a characteristic of masculinity."
________________
Dubs, whoever you are ... I couldn't have said it better myself!
Monday, August 23, 2010
8/24 - On this Day in 1932 – Amelia Earhart
I've thrown together a little hodge-podge of Amelia Earhart quotes, videos and links in honor of the anniversary of her first US non-stop flight. Amelia Earhart was an incredibly courageous and fascinating woman! Maybe we should focus on educating our daughters on more women like Amelia Earhart?
I do what I can ... but I just have a few aquariums full of guppies. =) I give you this info and beg of you to share it ... especially with your young dahlings.
(Please and Thanks!)
1932 –
Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop
(from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
________
::Quotes That Belong on the Bathroom Mirror:: “Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.”
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure , the process is its own reward.”
“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.”
“Please know that I am aware of the hazards.
I want to do it because I want to do it."
“The woman who can create her own job
is the woman who will win fame and fortune.”
“There are two kinds of stones,
as everyone knows,
one of which rolls.”
“In soloing -- as in other activities --
it is far easier to start something
than it is to finish it.”
“Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it.”
________
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure , the process is its own reward.”
“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.”
“Please know that I am aware of the hazards.
I want to do it because I want to do it."
“The woman who can create her own job
is the woman who will win fame and fortune.”
“There are two kinds of stones,
as everyone knows,
one of which rolls.”
“In soloing -- as in other activities --
it is far easier to start something
than it is to finish it.”
“Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it.”
________
There's an Amelia Earhart Festival!! -
It's in Atchison, KS ... I'm not quite sure how far away that is, but I plan to get on "googling" it right away!!
It's in Atchison, KS ... I'm not quite sure how far away that is, but I plan to get on "googling" it right away!!
The most official news and updates can be found at AmeliaEarhart.com,
It's now believed that Amelia Earhart may have found herself attempting survival for a few days on an island, rather than crashing into the ocean as previously believed -
http://news.discovery.com/history/amelia-earhart-island-artifacts.html
http://news.discovery.com/history/amelia-earhart-island-artifacts.html
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