If you want a quirky soundtrack for giving out candy tonight, try the special Halloween episode of Bachelor Pad Radio. It is a mix of cheesy horror movie trailers and Halloween novelty records from the '50s and the '60s with a few swingin' standards mixed in. Although the show is normally over an hour long, this special is about 55 minutes so it should fit on a CD. Enjoy!
31 October 2006
29 October 2006
Add "novelist" to my list of titles
As if I don't have enough to do, I'm flirting with the idea of trying NaNoWriMo. Yes, I am a crazy person, but I'm not trying to start a career or anything. Although writing the Great American Novel has been one of my fantasies since I was a teenager, I really just want to jump-start my writing. No matter how much I try to scratch that itch with crafts and games, I still feel the urge to write. To combine words in a pleasing way is stimulating. In the back of my mind I've always thought that if I put forth the effort I could write a novel. It may be time to push myself so I can put the possibility to rest.
15 October 2006
It had to happen
I am in a ruthless purging mood. My desktop has been giving me "low disk space" messages every other day, so I started deleting stuff left and right. Now that I've started, I'm ready to purge other things. Next stop: my blog reading list.
I hate to do it, but I have to. My Bloglines is currently monitoring 100 feeds. Subtract my 34 podcast feeds, and I am tracking 66 blogs. How many have I actually been reading on a regular basis? About five. In some warped way, I'm afraid that I will hurt someone's feelings if I unsubscribe from their feed. In reality, I haven't been reading or commenting on these blogs so the writers probably assume that I have already unsubscribed (if they were even aware of my presence in the first place). All these subscriptions are doing is making me feel guilty with the 590 unread messages staring back at me.
I hate to do it, but I have to. My Bloglines is currently monitoring 100 feeds. Subtract my 34 podcast feeds, and I am tracking 66 blogs. How many have I actually been reading on a regular basis? About five. In some warped way, I'm afraid that I will hurt someone's feelings if I unsubscribe from their feed. In reality, I haven't been reading or commenting on these blogs so the writers probably assume that I have already unsubscribed (if they were even aware of my presence in the first place). All these subscriptions are doing is making me feel guilty with the 590 unread messages staring back at me.
I'm not dead -- just snowed under
I'm already struggling with the various elements of my current schedule, but did that stop me from adding more tasks? Of course not! That would be too logical.
For the past couple months, I have been a contributor to a netcast called the Bunkcast. The creator of the show pitched the idea as having several female contributors on a rotating basis so that no one would get bogged down. In practice, I ended up as a co-host. Then, after 11 episodes, the creator started having personal issues and had to stop doing the show indefinitely. So, I stepped up to continue the show until she is able to take it over again.
What on earth was I thinking? Producing under obligation has always been a problem for me, whether it is knitting or writing. Once I am expected to do something, I freeze. I enjoy the actual work of creating the netcast but finding the time is stressful. Oh, did I mention that I have to work around ABM's schedule because he doesn't know I'm doing this? Yeah, I really know how to make things hard on myself.
Anyway, if you are curious about this after all my whining, check out episode #12 of the Bunkcast. The show started out with a strong sci-fi flavor, but I am not very knowledgable in that area. While I am helming the show, it will be more like an audio version of my blog with more music and fewer details of my personal life. If you have any suggestions, feel free to throw them at me. My e-mail address for the podcast is dani@karenfromkalifornia.com; you can send me a regular e-mail or an mp3 recording of your comments.
For the past couple months, I have been a contributor to a netcast called the Bunkcast. The creator of the show pitched the idea as having several female contributors on a rotating basis so that no one would get bogged down. In practice, I ended up as a co-host. Then, after 11 episodes, the creator started having personal issues and had to stop doing the show indefinitely. So, I stepped up to continue the show until she is able to take it over again.
What on earth was I thinking? Producing under obligation has always been a problem for me, whether it is knitting or writing. Once I am expected to do something, I freeze. I enjoy the actual work of creating the netcast but finding the time is stressful. Oh, did I mention that I have to work around ABM's schedule because he doesn't know I'm doing this? Yeah, I really know how to make things hard on myself.
Anyway, if you are curious about this after all my whining, check out episode #12 of the Bunkcast. The show started out with a strong sci-fi flavor, but I am not very knowledgable in that area. While I am helming the show, it will be more like an audio version of my blog with more music and fewer details of my personal life. If you have any suggestions, feel free to throw them at me. My e-mail address for the podcast is dani@karenfromkalifornia.com; you can send me a regular e-mail or an mp3 recording of your comments.
05 October 2006
Won't get fooled again
Entertainment Weekly recently had a thread on their website that had letters from people breaking up with TV shows as if they were boyfriends. The only TV show that has ever made me feel like a mistreated lover is Lost. Last night was the season premiere and ABM is still into it, but I refuse to get caught up again.
When will there be a payoff with this show? I admit that while I am watching it, the scenes are compelling. However, at the end of every episode I realize that the pretty pictures didn't forward the plot very much. This is the third season and I still have questions about stuff that was introduced in the first season! The story is dragging on too long for me. I feel like I am being jerked around so that they can get the requisite number of episodes for syndication or a DVD box set. There are many other options vying for my entertainment hours; I'm not going to stick around to watch them tie this mess up with a sloppy bow in season five.
When will there be a payoff with this show? I admit that while I am watching it, the scenes are compelling. However, at the end of every episode I realize that the pretty pictures didn't forward the plot very much. This is the third season and I still have questions about stuff that was introduced in the first season! The story is dragging on too long for me. I feel like I am being jerked around so that they can get the requisite number of episodes for syndication or a DVD box set. There are many other options vying for my entertainment hours; I'm not going to stick around to watch them tie this mess up with a sloppy bow in season five.
04 October 2006
Jumped the tracks
My new Mommy 2.0 schedule is already falling apart, and we haven't even gotten to the end of the first quarter of the school year. I've got to get some sleep so that I can get things back on track. Everything is slipping: my blog, devotions with the kids, exercise. Once again, I don't know how other working mothers do it.
Hopefully, I will return to a more consistent posting schedule next week. Thanks to anyone that is still hanging around and checking this blog.
Hopefully, I will return to a more consistent posting schedule next week. Thanks to anyone that is still hanging around and checking this blog.
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