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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Things to note about 2012:
1. Made one movie with improv team: Sweede of West Side Story.
2. Finished 12 books this year so far.
3. Published You Can Be A Software Architect on Amazon.com
4. Planning on writing my first movie script in April
5. Planning my birthday party
6. Planning my big software symposium
7. Studying for the GRE
Things I've learned so far this year:
1. Contrast is everything in art and pleasure
2. The gateway to life is Language and or words
3. If you don't have an inventory of your assets, they are worthless to you
posted by Bett World 7:45 EST PM
Wednesday, December 21th, 2011
2011 Recap
January:
Auditioned for and got accepted into improv group: The Third Thought
Got recruited to join the PMO for Project 360 at Verizon! My first official Project Management Job
Started the Architects Club at Verizon
Presented "You Can Be A Software Architect" one hour speech at Verizon
March: Bought my first iPhone. LOVE IT!!
April:
Spectactular Swing Dance birthday party for my 32nd birthday
Wrote and Directed my 4th play for the
Tampa Bay Presbyterian Church's Talent show where we raised $800 for the Missions Trip
Started performing improv weekly at Jack's Joint in Clearwater
Presented "You Can Be A Software Architect" one hour speech at ACM USF
May: Won election to be Division C Governor in Toastmasters which is located in Tampa Florida
June: Travelled in California visiting San Francisco and LA. Danced in SF. Saw an Improv show in LA
July:
Started Toastmasters Year as Division Governor!!
Spent the 4th of July Weekend with no email, no phone, no computer and focused on my family.
Spent 9th at Start up Weekend. Met a lot of amazing people
Spent the 16th at a Toastmasters TLI and met a lot of amazing people
Spent the 23rd in Vail CO at Breakthrough weekend with Kathy Potts
Spent the 30th doing 48 Hour film project where we were given a genre, prop, line of text on Friday at 7 and
had to write, film and edit a film to turn in on Sunday at 7.
A few weeks later we to see our film including me on the big screen in Ybor MoviCo.
August:
Performed Improv in NYC for the Del Close Marathon
September:
Started performing in a weekly improv online radio show on comedyslamradio.com
Attended a Youth Leadership Program graduation
Wrote 30 Sketches in 30 Days as part of National Sketch Writing Month
mine can be read at my sketch blog
October:
Attended the second Youth Leadership Program graduation
Finished writing the first draft of my first book, You can be a Software Architect
November:
Attended the District 47 Toastmasters Fall Conference!
Wrote a Novel as part of National Novel Writing Month called Engineer your Perfect Child
Read my blogs about the experience at my blog
Started my new organization Software Architecture Symposiums International
December:
Finished reading or listening to my 55th book. read about the top five at my blog
15 were fiction
5 were biography
Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell (****) t by Karen DeYoung
American Prometheus The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (****) t By Kia Bird and Martin J. Sherwin,
The Steve Jobs Way (**1/2) t By Jay Elliot, William L. Simon
Bossypants(****) t By Tina Fey,
The Pythons: Autobiography by the Pythons (**) t by Bob McCabe , John Cleese , Michael Palin
the rest were non fiction
Threw my sister the best 22nd swing dance birthday party
Wrote my 54th blog post of 2011 on my productivity/motivational blog betterworkINC
Registered for the GRE for March 17th, 2012
posted by Bett World 5:15 EST PM
Saturday, May 11th, 2011
Wow! I am now an Improv Actor! Its soo much fun.
My group is called The Third Thought.
Our website is thethirdthought.com
Our tumblr is thethirdthought.tumblr.com
We are going to NYC for the Del Close Marathon
on Aug 13th.
http://www.delclosemarathon.com/dcm13/
If your in the area, come check it out.
Its going to be amazing!
posted by Bett World 8:51 EST AM
Thursday, Dec 2nd, 2010
How many blogs would a hog blog if a hog could blog blogs?
I now have a total of three blogs! I will now give a reason why:
On Thursday the 18th of November I gave my final speech needed
for my Advanced Communicator Gold. This means that I have
completed 40 speeches in Toastmasters.
you can see them all at:
www.youtube.com/bettworld and on www.youtube.com/telecomparktm
As I got near to finishing I realized I needed something
to keep me creative, so I started my
www.betterworkinc.com blog. This blog is dedicated to
productivity and motivation.
Then this week I launched a new blog which I should
have done years ago called
www.YouCanBeASoftwareArchitect.com
On this blog I'll tell my story as I turned from
developer to software architect. Plus give tips.
In other news, I went to NYC again this year.
Absolutly loved it!!
I also visited the Grand Canyon. Wow
I painted a bunch of new paintings, especially
over Christmas break last year.
I also got promoted to Area Governor at Toastmasters in July.
I started a new club in Toastmasters on Oct 8th.
Overall life has been very exciting and good.
This year I listened to or read one classic a month.
Jan: Moby Dick (***) t by Herman Melville,
Feb: Great Expectations (*****) t by Charles Dickens
March: War and Peace (*****) t by Leo Tolstoy
April: Bleak House (*****) t by Charles Dickens,
May:Alice in Wonderland (****) t by Lewis Caroll,
June:Heart of Darkness (***) t by Joseph Conrad,
July: The Idiot (***) t by Fyodor Dostoyevsky,
Aug: Hamlet (****) p by William Shakespeare
Sept: Around The World in Eighty Days (***) p by Jules Vern
Oct: Lord of the Flies (***) p by William Golding,
Nov: Kim (****) p by Rudyard Kipling
And this month I am reading One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I'll let you know how it is.
For now, signing out.
posted by Bett World 10:50 EST PM
Sunday, Sept 13th, 2009
Friends,
I am here to post my yearly update.
I really haven't done that much since I graduated.
Martial Arts
Three days after my graduation on Aug 9th 2008, I joined
martial arts classes for Krav Maga and Jiu Jitsu. I quickly became
completely engrossed. I trained 5 days a week after work till
9 or 10pm. I attained my orange belt after 3 months in Krav Maga.
But by January I started noticing something wasn't right about my left
collarbone: it wasn't even with the other one.
I finally went to the doctor and started getting treatment.
I really don't know if it was the martial arts or sitting incorrectly for
years at the computer, but I had to quit martial arts around
the middle of January.
ISOP
At the begining of February, I was accepted into a leadership program called ISOP
at my company. It involves creating a business case for a new product.
I took a leadership role in our team and have had a wonderful time.
Toastmasters
As part of ISOP, I ran a Better Public Speaking Workshop for Toastmasters.
After the workshop, Toastmaster's gained 30 members.
They subsequently voted me president! I hadn't been going
in a while since school had been taking my time, then work had been a priority.
So I finally made Toastmasters a priority.
I am learning so much about leadership from being president of Toastmasters
Several of speaches are on youtube.
Why Read the Classics
Economic Crisis Explained in 7 minutes
I finished my CC manual on Thursday of this week.
I am also running a few more Better Public Speaking Workshops in the next few months.
New York
Julie and I went to New York City for 6 days in June. We stayed in
Queens to sleep and visited Manhattan most of the day via the subway.
I played Ping Pong with Sergio in Bryant Park:
We danced at Swing 46.
PMP
I started a Project Manager Professional class. Its really amazing.
If people followed these princlples they would run succesful in projects.
Zumba
I am totally loving Zumba. I go twice, sometimes three times a week.
Sunday School
I taught the middle school kids until the begining of the Summer.
We studied the Proverbs.
This fall I am co-teaching thru a great book called
The Universe Next Door by James Sire which is about world views.
I am doing Role Playing the begining of the class as a
character with one of the world views.
It will be improv along with another member of the class.
posted by Bett World 6:35 PM
Friday, Aug 1st, 2008
Well I did it. I finished my Computer Science Bacholars degree!
It only took 12 years ( I started attending community college in 1996).
My ceremony is next Saturday. I am already getting ready for my PhD!!
I put my papers on here later which you can read to see what I'll be studying.
posted by Bett World 8:45 PM
Wednesday, Feb 6th, 2008
I sure do love dancing. Here is a recent pic.
My mom and I went to something called SoFlex
a few weeks ago and had the best time!
I danced for about 22 hours over three days.
I took my mom for her 51st birthday.
She loved it as much as I did.
I met a lot of fun people
and spent hours of wonderful
dancing into the late night hours.
I want to make it a yearly
tradition for my mom's
birthday.
Theres nothing quite like dancing at 4am
after dancing all day.
posted by Bett World 11:15 PM
Wednesday, Jan 9th, 2008
I have posted my paintings
And Cruise Pictures are posted!
posted by Bett World 10:15 PM
Thursday, Jan 3rd, 2008
Well we went on our 10th year aniversary cruise dispite Tony being jobless. It was amazing.
I made lots of new friends.
We visited Cosumel, Belize and Grand Cayman Islands.
Tony is downloading the pics. Its taking him a long time!
I have one new years resolution: Post photos of all my paintings.
I have asked each of my friends who owns them to take a photo and
send it to me with the date. The problem I have is I give
away all the paintings that are any good (Relative!!)
So its been difficult to get pictures of them.
I am going to organize the photos by date so that we can see if I have made any progress.
Also I am STILLLL trying to get my sisters to
write me some stories for another family newsletter.
I just don't have the energy to keep after them.
I wrote some new poems
Intellectual Hierarchy, as measured by news source
And a work in progress about love, but its not quite there yet.
I thought of the metaphor of love as a virus, but its not quite worked out yet.
I am working on a new book idea about the upcoming state of emergency when
the inner city children currently being raised by their grandmothers give
birth to a new generation of inner city children. My premise is who will
raise these great grandchilden? Whats the social impact of a whole generation
of children with no idea of a family since their great
grandmothers won't be able to raise them? If you have any ideas or want
to talk about this please email me.
I managed to make it thru another semester
Compiler Design = A
Networking = B+
Anthropology = A
I enjoyed Compiler design more than any other course I took before.
It challenged me more than calculous 1, 2 and 3, probablity, logic design,
computer arcitecture, and even more than Automata.
I employed every ounce of my abilities to get thru that class and I survived!!!
In three weeks I am going to SoFlex, but my foot hurts and I am hoping I haven't
done something serious too it.
This semester I am taking System Theory(I am So excited about this class),
Networks II, and Communications for Engineers.
Shouldn't be too bad.
posted by Bett World 11:09 PM
Thursday, Oct 25th, 2007
Ok Now to see how much I finished on my TODO list:
1. Tony, my husband, lost his job yesterday, so most likely we won't have a 10th year
aniversary vacation :(
2. I gave my dad's site to someone else to do, just don't have the time
3. I haven't written a scrap in months! what a loser I am!
5. I painted some really neat paintings. I need to photograph them
6. Finished Reading: Kane and Able by Jeffery Archer
7. Finished up the "Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition" lectures
It was awesome. Totally changed the way I think.
8. Pretty sure we will have a new Family Newsletter
coming out on the 31st of Oct this month
9. I called some of my friends. you know who you are.
10. I did do some cleaning and had a few parties.
11. I took my sister to see Incubus, rock climbing, the park over
looking the down town tampa skyline at night.
In addition to all those things this summer I also took Automata Theory and obtained a B
with one of my favorite professors Dr Bill Albrecht.
He then left the school :( We miss you!!!
Oh, and like I mentioned below, I picked up swing dancing. Heres some pics:
posted by Bett World 10:09 PM
Tuesday, Oct 23rd, 2007
I am doing my 4th Sprint Triathlon on Oct 27th.
I am doing a lot of Swing Dancing. I really like it.
I haven't been so serious about a hobby since rock climbing last year.
Who knows, maybe I'll stick with it. Dancing makes me so happy and relaxed.
Most of the time I am concentrating so hard that I don't really get to let go and have fun.
I am studying for a test and doing some homework.
I'll write again soon about my summer and the
success of my long TODO list.
posted by Bett World 10:52 PM
Tuesday, May 01th, 2007
I am blogging about once a year! How terrible.
I just finished up another semester at USF. I took:
1. Ethics - A
2. Algorithms - B
3. Linear Systems - B
4. System Software Development - B
It was an especially rough semester because work has been requiring more and more hours.
But I really love my job, so I guess it evens out.
I haven't had anytime to put together any new newsletters in more than 6 months. This summer
I have a long TODO list:
1. Book my 10th year Anniversary vacation
2. Work on my Dad's Church's web site
3. Write something fun
4. Write some technical articles
5. Paint some pictures for Christmas
6. Finish Reading:
a. Patterns Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler
b. Kane and Able by Jeffery Archer
c. On Art and Life by John Ruskin,
d. Woman : An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier
7. Finish up the "Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition" lectures I started last summer.
I think I left off after "Spinoza-Rationalism and the Reverence for Being"
8. Republish the Family Newsletter
9. Call my friends! They forgot I exist.
10. Clean my house? Maybe I'll just push that one out till next summer.
11. Spend time with my sister:
a. Take her to some parks
b. Take her rock climbing
c. take her to the beach
d. show her around town
e. talk to her about life and love and the pursuit of knowledge
So I'll check back here at the end of the summer and see how many of these I got done!
Till then, mali kalidom.
posted by Bett World 7:50 PM
Saturday, May 27th, 2006
Here I am with another semester completed under my belt. This spring I learned how
to take an English problem for a circuit and turn it into a working circuit. The class, Logic
Design, not only taught me that, but also how to create Mealy and Moore Diagrams. They
are very powerful tools when solving problems. My teacher, Abraham Kandel, taught us
such mind blowing concepts. By far this has been the most interesting class in my 10 year
college career.
Also, I took Data Structures, which taught me the basic Abstract Data Types used in all areas
of software development. The data structures concepts also made my mind buzz. Both classes
challenged me but I overcame and received A's in both as well as the Logic Design lab.
Now I am taking Discrete Structures. Its a lot of fun so far. I'll give you an example:
Explain why the following is or isn't a valid argument:
a) p-> t^~s
b) s
c) :. ~p
1. generalization: t^~s
:. t
:. ~s
2. modus tollens:
s
:. ~p
In other news, I am writing a lot lately. Be sure to subscribe to my
newsletter to get monthly stories from my sisters and I.
Register at Google Groups
posted by Bett World 5:38 PM
Monday, January 23th, 2006
I am in my second semester at University. Its a different world
than the community college I used to attend. But I like it.
I took Program Design (A), Computer Orginization (C), and Introduction to
Probability (B-) last semester. Probably not a good idea to take three courses
while working a very challening full time job. But I survived and I am quite
happy I did.
This semester I am taking only two classes and one lab. Logic Design and its lab,
and Data Structures. Both interest me so far. I hope I do well in them.
I just finished reading Cory Doctorow's newest book
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
I loved it well past half way, then suddenly it seemed forced. Until a
certain point the story rang true, but then the story seemed false and unsteady.
Then later in the book the story picked up once more, but never with the same ferver.
The ending needed some more details as to what happened
to some of the other characters. Also most of the characters had such a
strange view of the main character which I thought to be unfounded.
I liked the main character a lot. I could relate with him.
The shear strangeness of everything in the story delighted me. And it all
worked together so perfectly until the forementioned part.
It seemed that Cory lost interest and was aimlessly stagering around. Maybe
a little more editing could have tightened up the story
and made it perfect. Indeed, this is by far his best novel, and
I have read them all. His previous two novels seemed to me more extended
short stories, but in this book, he really creates a novel.
I am very proud of him and I can't wait for more! And more there will
be soon since he recently wrote he has quit his day job to write full time.
Hurray!
posted by Bett World 11:20 PM
Wednesday, August 03th, 2005
I have finish Physics II with Calculus. I enjoyed it quite a bit more than Physics I. I also
attained a B in the class and an A in the lab.
I have been on break for 15 days. Its been such a lovely time for me.
I have had a story bouncing in my head for over a year. I know that because
I talked to the nurses and anesthesiologist about it when I was getting
my toncilectomy. I think I was working on it for a
few months before then also. I wrote the character sketches of my
two main characters already and I kept tweaking them. So now that
I am on vacation, I finally sat down and started writing the outline.
I just finished it last Thursday, July 28th. The outline is 16 pages and contains
31 chapters. I wrote another character sketch also. Each sketch is about 10 pages
long. The genre is Science Fiction/Murder Mystery.
I am not sure how many pages yet. Its by far my most ambitious project, but I haven't
been able to let the idea go in over a year, so I know I'll finish it. I had hope to finish it
before I got back to school on August 29th, but I have a feeling its going to take longer.
posted by Bett World 10:50 PM
Monday, June 6th, 2005
I feel the need to say something about the Russian writers: Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Nabokov.
I enjoy their style. Each is different, but I enjoying their works so much while
I am reading them. Some books are good when you are done. You sit back and say to your self,
"Wow, that was good." These books may have been bad while you were reading them,
just boring or too much descriptions of unimportant things. But these three Russian
writers don't (usually) waste our time telling us about
the color of the grass and how it blew in the breeze. I hate descriptions of nature!!
Just give me the general gist thru the characters if possible and I'll be happy.
This reminds me, I can compair extremely bad writing with the good writing they present.
Of course so many of you are going to be upset because Nabokov is so different from
the other two, but whatever get over it. Ok, so a few months ago, let me go check my
reading list, ok it was in March 2005 I read
Dune: House Harkonnen. Talk about a BAD BOOK. Paper thin characters who
had no life in them. HORRIBLE dialog. The inner thoughts of the characters
was beyond boring. Let me give you an example of the thoughts and then the dialog.
Joe Smoe thinks, "Gosh, we need to fix this problem. I wonder how we can do it."
Joe Smoe says out loud to Jill Smoe, "Gosh, we need to fix this problem. I wonder how
we can do it."
Why in the world would the author tell us what the character was thinking, if he just
says it out loud right away unless he is getting paid by the word and needs to fill
150 pages?? It was full of things like that. Just beyond realistic. I never cared much for
the characters, they didn't learn anything nor did they have any passion.
Now lets take a look at Anna Karenina, real characters. They had lots of
realistic quarks which showed them selves in different ways thru different
situations. They learned things, they grew, they had passion, I cared deeply
for them. Their dialog was interesting and fresh. When they thought something
it would reveal something useful to the reader that they weren't revealing to the
other character, and thus building tension and suspense.
There could be the argument raised, Why do we want to read books which are realistic?
I don't know who would really raise this argument, but I have thought about it.
This book is so real that I might as well have been there with the people in
Petersburg. So why would I want to?
Because when we can stand back and watch these people make the same mistakes we make
or that people we know make, we can see the consequences. We can see all these
lives being lived out in a foreign yet so familar world. We can learn not to
judge those who have made mistakes in their lives so harshly when we feel what it
is to be them, and in their skin.
Not judging is something Jesus talked about. A really good movie I saw comes to
mind, "Crash." But back at the ranch, while reading these words about these
people in the day we live a richer life. I think thats the difference between
a good book and a classic: A classic enriches the life, making every moment
more meaningful.
posted by Bett World 10:07 PM
Saturday, May 27th, 2005
Ok, it is May 2005, my last entry was mid August.
Is 8 months long enough of a break? Let me catch you up on my life right quick:
1. I fully recovered from my toncilectomy
2. I started Calc 2
3. I got laid off from my company, but with 2 months severance
4. I was talked into becoming a triathelete by my parents, and spent a month training for it.
I won first place in my age group. Something to do while being unemployeed.
5. Sold some paintings
6. Got published in two places in September 2004, one my chrurch's newsletter,
and the other was my original community college newspaper. The college
newspaper printed a success story, even though I was laid off...
7. Went to Key West for Thanksgiving
8. I got a new job, two weeks after my severance ran out. God is Good!!!
9. Started publishing a web newsletter for the writings of my sisters and me.
link
10. Passed Calc 2 with a B, it was a really hard class
11. My three of my sisters came here for Christmas, with some of their friends.
It was so wonderful.
12. I had a killer New years eve party, if I don't say so myself.
link to my invitation. Two of my sisters where there and
a bunch of family and some friends too! It was so good!
13. I started calc 3 and physics I with calc in the spring semester
14. I started being published monthly in two publications:
My church's newsletter and a campus newspaper.
15. I started teaching sunday school to 6,7,8 year olds as a substitute.
16. I ran some more 5k's and did another Triathlon
17. I got promoted to full time Sunday school teacher
18. I passed physics I with a C, and got an over all 89 in calc 3,
but my teacher still gave me a B.
19. I started a Bible study at my job the day after my last exam for the spring semester.
Its very exciting!
20. My husbands family and I bought a trailer, fixed it up, and rented it.
I didn't actually get to work on it much since I was in school
or work or driving for 14 hours a day 4 days a week for the first 5 months of the
year 2005.
21. Finished some AWESOME books since last August, on the list:
Roughing It, The Brothers Karmakov, Farewell to Arms,
Deadly Embrace: Hitler, Stalin, and the Nazi-Soviet Pact, and the book I just finished
two weeks ago, Anna Karenina review
22. I started a new semester, only 10 weeks this time, and am taking Physics II with calc.
23. I have only painted one painting since Decemeber 15th, and that was an awesome one
for my sister in laws b-day. it turned out so cool!
24. I created a new web site, www.mypersonalgod.com.
I have big hopes for it.
Ok, consider your self caught up.
Maybe next time I get a chance to write here I'll have some more news, until then take care!
posted by Bett World 12:59 AM
Monday, August 23st, 2004
I finished Zodiac yesterday and I loved it.
I started to finish reading where I left off
in Stranger in a Strange Land.
I think its communistic, but I'll try it.
I don't know how much I can actually read
once I start class on Wednesday.
posted by Bett World 11:53 AM
Saturday, August 21st, 2004
I am almost done with Zodiac. It's has gotten
very good. I have about 10 pages left.
But I have found 3 typo's and there are
some scenes which I can't understand no matter
how many times I read them. I am not sure if its
me or the author who is having the problem.
I am in a lot of pain today, but not compared to before!
I have learned to stay away from Tomatoes. I experimented
for 3 days with spaghetti sauce before I decided for sure
that I wasn't going to eat any more tomatoe.
Today, we went to Tarpon Springs and had a wonderful lunch.
I had mousaka, and it only hurt a little, ok it hurt
a lot, but it was so yummy. Once I had scrapped
all the tomatoe sauce off the top it was less painful
to eat.
Next we went to the beach and read. It was Lovely!
Except for the threatening thunder storm which never
came close enough to wet us or bolt us.
The outdraft was refreshing though, and we had a
relaxing time.
Doing all that completely exhuasted me so I am going
to crawl into bed and start reviewing this Wednesdays
TWA pieces.
My mother in law will be taking my reviews to the
meeting since I'll be in my first calc 2 class at
the time. Oh joy!
posted by Bett World 9:29 PM
Friday, August 20th, 2004
Well I have been off the narcs for more than 24 hours.
I am feeling better becuase my throat doesn't hurt too much,
almost nothing compairitively, so I took my last dose of narcs at 7am yesterday,
but worse because now that I am off the narc I feel all kinds of
aches and pains all over my body.
I have been sleeping about 15 hours a day and my body is all achy from it now
before I didn't feel a thing but the pain in my throat.
I could sleep on one side for 10 hours and not move.
Being off the meds means I feel more alive
and by monday I'll be ready to work, so my leave of absence will be over.
So I decided to go with my sci-fi book by Neal Stephenson called Zodiac.
It's not the best thing he has written, that was Snow Crash but its quite
entertaining and captivating. I am learning a whole lot about chemical waste
and the Boston Harbor. The story is in the first person of S.T. an agent of
GEE environmental watch dog group who are constantly monitoring the
industrial toxic waste flow into the Harbor. When the levels get high
he plugs up their pipes and has them shut down their plants.
He is really into his job and great with the ladies.
He also does a little nitrious on the side to get high and drinks a lot of
beer. He is pretty cool to follow around on his adventures, and boy does he
have a lot of adventures. The Prose is classic Stephenson and its an absolute
delight to read it, the story isn't as tight as Snow Crash yet, but I am thinking
its gonna get tight soon. I am a little less than half way through it.
I am going out side to sit by my pool and throw a couple back (ice waters that is)
and see if I can absorb some vitamin D from the sun.
posted by Bett World 1:12 PM
Wednesday, August 18th, 2004
Read a review of "A Rooms of Ones Own" by Virginia Woolf
I am now debating what to read next. I was thinking of The Prince
by Machiavelli, but it doesn't
sound like fun. I am reading another book but it is so biased I
don't feel like reading it anymore.
Also I started to read Ulysses, but its pretty tough when I am on narcs.
I want to read something fun.
I have a book called Bankok 8 which I heard a positive review of on NPR.
Also I have a few sci-fi books
I'd love to dive into. I have one by Neal Stephenson sitting by my bed.
posted by Bett World 9:21 PM
I got some painting done today. I started 2 new ones. Ones is of a desert
and the other is of a city and its reflection in the water.
Just now I looked in my mouth. I found that my tounge had been completely
covered over in white. I managed to scrap most of it off. Now I know
what happens when you don't brush your tounge. It was the most horrible
thing ever. I took a look at the back of my mouth and I could see
that the left side of my mouth has lost its scabs compeletely.
I could see red raw skin and some dark red spots, must have been
the viens. Now I know why it hurts mostly on that side. It's getting
use to the real world with out the protection of the nice scab.
The other side's scaps are still thick and gooie looking. I wish
they'd fall off to so I can get over all the pain. But maybe if they
stay on longer the skin will be more healed by the time they fall of.
Avril Lavigne is pretty talented. She has the same accent as Alanis.
I think song writers are the coolest. It must be so hard to write a song.
I am almost done reading "A Rooms of Ones Own"
by Virginia Woolf. The lady is brilliant. I recommend everyone read the book.
I haven't read anything else by her, but I intend to.
She is influencing the way I look at writing. I just finished reading
"How to Write a Damn Good Mystery" by James Frey. He didn't go into such
detail about the integrity need to write a flawless book to stand the test of time.
I'll write more about my impressions when I am done and off the narcs.
posted by Bett World 5:42 PM
By now you problably guessed, I went back on the narcotics.
I couldn't sleep, I couldn't breath hardly, I was in so much pain.
I have been taking my regular doses now since about 5pm yesterday and I feel much
better.
posted by Bett World 2:28 PM
Tuesday, August 17th, 2004
Ok, I have taken my narcotics since 7am. I have pain in my ears,
and my throat is ticklish. I can't find any other word to describe it.
As I lay in my bed trying to sleep, I remembered someone telling me
that pain killers delay healing because the doesn't realize there
is a problem with injured areas and doesn't send all its help to them.
I was laying there with the most urgent need to cough,
spit pooling in the back of my mouth, my eyes watering,
my nose running, and my ears gently thumping when I decided to come
and look it up. Here is what I found:
Narcotics
my tempature right now is 99.2
posted by Bett World 4:10 PM
i wrote a dramazied version of my story They had to come out
I wrote it in 30 minutes I think. Its 3 pages, 1,400 works.
I am down to 132 now. The scaps are starting to fall off of my
cauterized wounds and it hurts like
an scrapped knee under a pair of rough jeans. I have pain even
though I am on narcs.
I am trying to get off of them. I was suppose to take them at
11am, but I skipped, or at least I think I did.
My memory isn't so good lately. I have a little notebook
which I check off each time I take
the meds. Time is a little bit funny to me. I slept till
10 today. I figured if I was
sleeping I couldn't feel the horrible pain. I finally
woke up when I saw a vision of a
sky, the sky I had to put into a painting I am working on.
I often get visions about paintings.
That is where I get my of my paintings. I have been
getting lots lately. I try to sketch them
just to get the basics down. My mind is getting stronger
at holding the images so I can study
them in detail before they disapear. Also I have been able
to retrieve them. Hopefully it will
get stronger and stronger. I am afraid to eat today
since the pain is to bad ice water hurts. Hurts more than
it did before
posted by Bett World 12:16 PM
Monday, August 16th, 2004
I don't want to have this surgery again.
But if something goes wrong, do you think its reversible?
They didn't tell me it was irreversible.
posted by Bett World 10:16 AM
Last night I threw up. It hurt very much.
posted by Bett World 9:15 AM
Sunday, August 15th, 2004
I had my tonsils removed on Wednesday. Now I am on pain killers which knock me out.
They make it very hard for my to concenrate. Life is a little bit greyer. Also they make
me queazy. I feel dizzy. The earth is wabbly and my equalibruim
hurts. My ears have pressure
in them. A huge ball of tissue is in the back of my throat
stopping me from speaking clearly and with out
pain. This ball of tissue has ragged edges with raw nerves,
they blow around with the current of salava
and food, moving this way and that.
My stomach feels on edge, at any minute it might blow.
I haven't eaten a decent meal since Tuesday at
6pm when I had chopped BBQ chicken sandwhich
with my coworkers. I should have thought twice about
having something so saltly before going on a fast.
I didn't have any water or food from 12am till the
operation at 9am the following morning.
I eat mostly Jello and apple sauce.
Friday I was so hungry that I had a sweet
potatoe around lunch time. It was delicious. It took me 2 hours to eat.
I had to carefully mash it up.
Then around 5 I had another one. Delicious. Then that night I had a bowl of oatmeal with
milk and honey. Wonderful! Saturday I slept all day, I ate only jello.
Then at 11pm I had a bowl of grits with cheese in it. It was marvelous.
On Thursday I tried Ice Cream. Boy was that a mistake. I couldn't breath after.
The muscus was so thick that I soffocated for
several hours before it finally cleared up.
After the operation I began to painfully drink water.
But even then the pain wasn't anything compaired to what it was a few days later.
Even today I am quite sure it hurts more than it has so far.
The pain killers just make me groggy and dizzy.
I don't know if they do anything for the pain. If I am sleeping then
I can't feel any pain right? But I am worried that my muscles will atrophy.
I keep having dreams of being
paralized. The pain killers get to me sometimes, if I have been sleeping a long time,
then I can't even move. My whole body is so relaxed
that I can't even get my body to respond to me.
Sounds hurt. The pressure behind my ears is bad,
but any noise, be it from a dishwasher, a hammer, a truck,
music, or a tv is unbareable.
So you'd think I'd have lost 5lbs by now right?
Its been 5 days with hardly any food,
but I have lost about 1lb. I weight myself
on Wednesday at 138 on my scale, and
today just a little while ago I still way 137. Its crazy.
I can feel the swollenness of my throat when I
touch the outside of my throat. And I have sever pain when I swallow.
I think I am going to have my husband call the doctor when he gets back.
I am going to go lie down now, Bye!
posted by Bett World 12:37 PM
Saturday, April 3rd, 2004
Life is a fine thing. Calculus is a fine thing.
Both are full of challenges, but only one makes sense all the time - calculus.
Writing is also a fine thing. Writing makes sense of life.
There is a local news paper with the tag line of, "Life Printed Daily."
It makes me wonder, is the news really life? Can you really print life?
Can you capture it fully? Even as a writer my writing is a poor reflection of
real emotions or events. It is fully subjective, no matter how hard I try to be
objective. I conclude that I must write, but realize that the writing is not
life, nor can it ever be. But it is still important for making sense of life.
posted by Bett World 12:05 PM
Sunday, Feb 21, 2004
Life is so wonderful!!! The best thing in the whole world is chewing off more than you can chew to know how big your mouth is.
My life is on hold right now, no actually its not. In the last few weeks I have had such a good time meeting new people,
being invovled in my church, learning with my husband, learning about life. My history teacher told me that the busiest people
get the most done. Well I have gotten paintings done, calculus, a lot of excersize, a lot of learning...
The most important thing I have learned is how important it is to stay in Scripture.
I am going to be writing about Eve soon.
Eve, the mother of us all, her need for knowlege, and her pride lead the whole human race to damnation.
Her character and actions are fascinating. She was perfect. She gave up Eden for knowlege.
She wanted to be LIKE GOD.
I have long been interested in painting a picture of her, or at least the profile of a pregnant woman as a symbol of her.
But I think that writing about her will be more challenging. I hope to turn it into a poem.
Eve desired to be Free of control. She wished to be in control. She wanted to be the most powerful person in the Universe.
She was already perfect, but she wanted all knowlege and wisdom. She was given the choice between living forever and being
all knowing. She choose knowlege of good and evil. She had to KNOW. She had a passion to KNOW it ALL. It was her down fall
and ours. But would you or I make any differnt decision? I am quite sure I would do the same thing she did. I am so thankful
Jesus Christ came to redeem us from the Sin which we gladly commit.
posted by Bett World 9:23 PM
Friday, Feb 20, 2004
It is hard sometimes to keep positive in a world so cruel. You remember the Golden Rule,
which Jesus taught. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." In the end it works every time for doing the right thing. Today it seems more like people operate under the, "Do unto others before they do unto you." Everyday I feel like a brand new person starting out in this crazy world. I have made tons of mistakes and I wonder how to decide my next move with that knowledge. I have to pray for strength and wisdom. Do something nice for someone, even if they have done you wrong. Forgive someone, even if it hurts your ego. Turn the other cheek. It is against human nature. That is why Jesus had to teach us it, because we didn't know it naturally. Proverbs 16 says, "When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD , he makes even his enemies live at peace with him."
There are so many good things also in the world. Babies being born, people falling in love
and getting married, children learning new things, wonderful new beginnings to things that seems
hopeless. There is so much hope and happiness. All sorts of good and exciting things happen everyday.
Even the bad things aren't so bad. Cest La Vie. Learning to let go of the things you can't control is
definitely a way of staying sane. Everyday I have to turn both the things I can control and those I can't over to God.
Even the scarring isn't so bad. Only newborn babies are flawless. There is freshness about newborn babies,
but no one can stay innocent forever. I have to believe that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Those who haven’t been tried ever know what they are made of. And if you don't know what you are made of
how can you progress?
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy one understands. We aren't here
to seek our own Glory. We are here to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. The ancient Jews believed that
wisdom knew how to live a life pleasing to God. Human understanding is flawed. The heart is deceitful and
desperately wicked, who can know it?
posted by Bett World 2:41 AM
Friday, Feb 12, 2004
Today you understand things you didn't yesterday. You understand why people
act the way they do. Suddenly it clicks and all the strange behavior of others
make sense. When you realize life is so full of pain and suffering you suddenly
get why everyone is so miserable and why no one trusts anyone else. Once you have
been around for just a few years you start to understand and you get a little
cold and bitter and understand why everyone else is a little cold and bitter. Until
you really FEEL how horrible the world is you can't understand why people aren't
open and honest. Once you FEEL it down to the bone, then you won't be open
anymore. No, you will know and you will be smart and older and perhaps more grumpy.
Great Lengths - PFR
here i am once again pleading to the sky
kneeling to
the sands shedding my regrets
knowning you'll forget everything
why didn't
i go to such great lengths to
try to please you instead i tried to please
myself
in the end when your heart is broken
is see the folly of trying to
please myself
i have not yet arrived seeing anything
quiet my desires till
they die
until they die
or align with you will
why didn't i got to such
great lengths to
try to please you instead i tried to please myself
in the
end when your heart is broken
i see the folly of trying to please
myself
why didn't i got to such great lengths to
try to please you instead
i tried to please myself
in the end when your heart is broken
i see the
folly of trying to please myself
posted by Bett World 10:37 AM
Friday, May 30, 2003
Have you ever been under someone's control? Then you know how hard it can be to escape.
Never go back under someone's control. Let other's influence you but not control you.
Learn from them, then let them learn from you.
posted by Bett World 7:50 AM
Monday, May 05, 2003
So I wanna say thank you
'Cause it makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
"Fighter" by Christina Aguilera
posted by Bett World 10:52 PM
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Life is so weird sometimes. Its so bazzar. I am just suprized everyday. Things happen and they knock you off your seat. You sit around an analyze them but they still make no sense.
You can tell yourself anything, but is it true? Why? Why is what I want to know. You can know all the facts and still its a mystery. Life. Life is that weird unexplainable thing that happens everyday and makes
you want to stop thinking altogether because thinking only drives you mad. Its hard to know whether something is good or bad. Good And Bad. Those terms are so insufficient for describing anything abstract in real life.
You just wake up one day and look at your life and say, "Where am I? Who is this person? What is this life?" You think about all the things that brought you here but they seem so foriegn. Like you were watching them thru a tv screen.
Like someone else was there and not you. Someone you don't know or want to know. I can't stop thinking, but the more I think the more confused I get. There are so many factors to everything. You try to put them all together and think
about them at the same time so you can see the whole picture, but it gets blurry the harder you look.
I feel like I need more ram so I can get the whole thing in memory with out my system crashing. Life, its just too weird.
posted by Bett World 9:10 PM
Wednesday, September 11, 2002
I took this geek test. Here is what they said:
| You are 47%
geek |  | You are a geek liaison, which means you go
both ways. You can hang out with normal people or you can hang out with
geeks which means you often have geeks as friends and/or have a job where
you have to mediate between geeks and normal people. This is an important
role and one of which you should be proud. In fact, you can make a good deal
of money as a translator.
Normal: Tell our geek we need him to work this
weekend.
You [to Geek]: We need more than that, Scotty. You'll
have to stay until you can squeeze more outta them engines!
Geek [to You]: I'm givin' her all she's got, Captain,
but we need more dilithium crystals!
You [to Normal]: He wants to know if he gets
overtime.
|
Take the Polygeek Quiz at
Thudfactor.com
posted by Bett World 9:52 PM
Monday, September 2, 2002
Writing is the most excruciating work I have ever done. I have no idea why I thought I could be a writer.
posted by Bett World 10:48 PM
You must read 0wnz0red.
Its mind blowing
Also read Boing Boing.
posted by Bett World 1:52 AM
Monday, August 12, 2002
You must watch Billy Elliot the movie NOW!!!!!!
Its SOOO FANTASTIC
posted by Bett World 8:20 PM
Friday, March 08, 2002
You must read all these links
This zine is being billed as the "Salon of sci-fi,"
RageBoy Blogger
Bruce Sterling takes stock of the situation
posted by Bett World 5:20 PM
Saturday, February 23, 2002
I went to see Orson Scott Card at a book signing at Borders on Thursday February 21st 2002.
First he gave about a 20 minute talk about the possibilty of a Ender's Shadow movie followed by a 20 minute
question and answer session. He said they were in the process of signing a contract with a movie studio at this
very moment.
The reason they won't make a movie of Ender's Game is most of what happens happens in Ender's head. If we do not know
what Ender is thinking then he seems like a cold hearted killer. A Speaker for the Dead movie would be about people talking
to eachother interupted by horrible acts of violence that no one would want to watch.
He said that if they are unable to find a studio to produce the movie, they may turn to
animation. He loved Shriek and said it was produced by bold people beacuase of the scene where the bird blows up.
Most children's movie's show the creatures who get hurt stumbling away from the scene but that bird was really
dead. He said people like that could do his movie. He also said he would not want Steven Spielberg to direct his movie
Inconvinent they wouldn't make a honest ending. He said that Spielberg movies are excellent till the ending which he always ruins.
He also talked about writing the 3rd chapter of his upcoming book called Shadow Puppets. Its the continuing story of
Bean and what happened on earth after Ender left.
Then he began his question and answer portion. He was asked if he does Pre Writing.
He said he makes an outline. The use of an outline is fundemental. Always stick to your outline unless it is inconvinent. Know the ending.
The rest can back changed. When ever a story is dragging then add a new minor character. He said that most of his
character weren't even in the original outline but popped up along the way.
The first draft is the most important. Don't write with the intention
if going back and "adding in more" in the second draft. Write like your first draft is your final story. I found that
very useful.
He was asked about his favorite writer and though I tried to keep track of who he menentioned there were far too many.
He said that book agents are only looking for more of whats hot on the bestseller list now, but that what's going to be
hot on the bestseller list tomorrow will be totally different from whats on there now.
He said that he writes about people and their relationships.
After he took the last question he told everyone to get back in line.
The line went from the front of the store to the back where he was sitting. I waited for an unknown amount of time. The reason
I was unaware of the passage of time was Inconvinent I met the most interesting people in line. I found myself standing next to
two librarians who were fans. We talked about books the entire time. I gave them my web address so I hope they stop by!
When I got up to the desk I was nevous. I had been searching for the right question to ask him since I found out about the
signing a few days before. I finially decided at the moment I stood infont of him.
I asked him what he reads for researching scienific issues
well his answer was more complex than I had previously imagined
he said that when he writes a book he doesnt do specific research on scientific issues. he only writes about things he previously knew. but he keeps updated on scienific discovers by reading Scientific American
he said that he isnt a hard core science guy like others
I said, "But you specifically reference String Theory in your books" and he replied that everyone only thinks he does, but he was just making up things.
Which might be a smart move. It seems there isn't alot of proof for the String Theory.(read Is string theory even wrong? Peter Woit in American Scienist March-April 2002)
I was so excited I left quickly. I should have stayed to listen to what the librarians talk to him about. I hope they email me!
Meeting Orson Scott Card was one of the high lights of my life. He has a fantastic web site HatRack.com that everyone should
check out. His Ender's Game series was a delight to read and I am planning on reading more of his books in the future.
Books I have read by Orson Scott Card:
Ender's Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Ender's Shadow
Shadow of the Hegemon
Lost Boys
Lovelock
posted by Bett World 1:16 PM
Friday, January 25, 2002
I found this at: http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/95q4/phonetic.html
The same old standard phonetic alphabet (which you
would use to describe spelling "Wilson" as "Whiskey, India,
Lima, Sierra, Oscar, November") has been used by aircraft
pilots, millitary personnel, and many others for many years
now. So, I finally decided to come up with something a bit
more "original" for those people who annoy me:
A Are N Nine
B Bee O Owe
C Cite P Pseudonym
D Double-U Q Queue
E Eye R Rap
F Five S Sea
G Genre T Tsunami
H Hoe U Understand?
I I V Vie
J Junta W Why
K Knot X Xylophone
L Lye Y You
M Me Z Zero
People don't ask me to spell anything over the
phone anymore.
posted by Bett World 7:37 PM
Friday, January 04, 2002
I am starting to become excited about Star Wars: Episode 2
posted by Bett World 9:43 PM
Thursday, January 03, 2002
Interview with Wil Wheaton. The guy who played Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: Next Generation
posted by Bett World 10:15 PM
Thursday, December 27, 2001
Bassic, good music!
check this band out: Chicane: Behind The Sun
posted by Bett World 9:43 PM
Wednesday, December 26, 2001
If you wondered about all those flights that were in the middle of the great blue Atlantic Ocean on the morning of September 11th, here is an up-close-and-personal story written by a Delta Airlines flight attendant
enroute from Frankfurt to Atlanta.
posted by Bett World 6:52 PM
Wednesday, December 19, 2001
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring was excellent. It is now my favorite movie pushing Matrix back to second place.
Please go see it.
posted by Bett World 11:55 PM
Tuesday, December 04, 2001
The Internet Archive: The Way Back Machine
posted by Bett World 8:17 PM
I bought Sting today. I'll take some pictures of my own when I get it.
posted by Bett World 7:54 PM
Sunday, July 15, 2001
Mark Z. Danielewski Author of House of Leaves gets friendly with my pal Barb. He preformed song "Hey Pretty" with his sister Poe at the Depeche Mode Concert (see below for details). There is a discussion board all about the book at HouseOfLeaves.com. I haven't read the book yet but I bought it a few months ago. My Friend is reading it first to make sure its safe (its suppose to be really scary.) I'll write a review of it when I finish.
posted by Bett World 7:45 PM
Monday, July 09, 2001
I went to see Depeche Mode live in concert last night.
There was 1 row of chairs between me and the stage. All I know is David Gahan is a nice looking man.
He took off his shirt and he was nicer looking.
Poe
opened for them and played from 7:30 until 8:30. Then DM came out after a brief intermission.The show ended
around 10:50. Poe was cool. The guy from
The House of Leaves came out and sang
Hey Pretty with Poe.
After Poe was done, the guy who sang
Hey Pretty came over and was sitting about 3 chairs down from my friend and I.
He was talking to some guys from Poe.
They were all just hanging out there before
Depeche Mode came out.
The lead singer ran around the crowd too.
DM sang a mixture of really old and new songs from their new album. I knew all the songs they sang
except 3.
I am planning on buying all their albums so I can know all their songs. It was an awesome show.
I haven't been to a lot of concerts so I don't have much to compare it too. But it was an awesome experience.
I couldn't have wanted more.
Martin Gore was great. He seemed more reserved than
David. David
was a showman. He danced around on stage interacted with the crowd by asking for responses. He also interacted with the other members of the band. He rubbed the drummers head. Rubbed backs with
Martin and one of the female dancers. David also sang a verse wrong on FreeLove from their new CD Exciter.
He sang "No strings attached" instead of "No Hidden Catch". It was funny and he kept smiling. So it was worth it. Andy kept pointing at him smiling. The female dancers were laughing. But they all kept singing so it went by fine. It was Andy Fletchers birthday and we all sang happy birthday to him. It was so fantastic. I recommend it to anyone even if they don't like depeche mode.
Depeche Mode Forever
Exciter Tour
Touring Personnel
-
Andy Fletcher
Dave Gahan
Martin Gore
Christian Eigner - Drums
Peter Gordeno - Keyboards
Jordan Bailey - Backing Vocals
Georgia Lewis - Backing Vocals
Opening Act (North American Leg) - Poe
Depeche mode links:
David Gahan's overdose
David Gahan wallpaper
Pictures from Concert
posted by Bett World 10:31 AM
Monday, June 04, 2001
I went to an xml conference and met some new friends
Jerry: http://msdn-microsoft.com
Tom : http://promoorder.com
Chase: http://www.agriculture.utk.edu
posted by Bett World 11:06 AM
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Barracks/3553/
posted by Bett World 10:23 AM
Friday, April 27, 2001
some links I came across
fight club for techies
GuffySpace
Tuna Can Diaries
One of my old favorites, kimble.org has great pictures.
posted by Bett World 9:04 PM
Thursday, April 26, 2001
Yesterday i got pulled over by a highway patrol officer. He said I was doing over 80 in a 55 mph construction zone. Opps!
Well he only gave me a $46 fine for not updating my address on my license.
My technque? I don't make excuses, I don't lie, I don't say anything. This makes it 3 times I have been pulled over, and still no tickets.
Not bad eh?
Anyway, today I had to get my new license. I made an appointment and everything. Does this mean I am all grown up? :(
posted by Bett World 4:31 PM
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear hast gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain."
--Frank Herbert, "Dune"
a quote maybe applicable to this market?? maybe not
posted by Bett World 1:27 PM
Wednesday, April 25, 2001
http://www.grimfaeries.com
posted by Bett World 9:25 PM
Tuesday, April 24, 2001
tv doesn't come close true scifi only books
tv is watered down for the masses, only anime comes close to true scifi, ask anyone
the matrix is tame compaired to the stuff in books.
its awesome to read a book and be completely blown away by an idea in it. its totally awesome.
scifi is about thinking different
tv is about rehashing what we have already seen and heard. its not original
posted by Bett World 12:08 PM
good stuff -> http://www.arachnoid.com/index.html
posted by Bett World 12:01 PM
Friday, April 13, 2001
Are you a dropout?
Thats the question that the eleven year old asked me as he road in circles on the other side of the street. I was quite abashed. Of course there was some conversation before that questions. I had gotten off work at 2 pm Inconvinent its good friday, so I rollerbladded down to the neightborhood basketball courts. After practing shots for a while I sat by the water then left (but not before being accused of trespassing and being asked to remove my self from the premissis.) So as I as rollerbladding I come across 2 kids biking.
"Are you on spring break", one boy askes.
"No I work and I got off early Inconvinent its good friday", I reply.
He must have missheard me Inconvinent he says, "What school do you go to?"
I reply, "I don't go to school".
"Oh, are you a dropout?".
I considered telling him I had graduated from college but decided it would be too complicated
I Here I am a 22 year old web developer and I am being asked if I am a high school drop out. I Both of these incidents have been great Inconvinent sometimes I forget what its like to be a kid.
posted by Bett World 4:41 PM
Wednesday, April 11, 2001
Nightmare: First I was playing basketball with a bunch of guys but I kept forgetting things. First I forgot to put my contacts in then I went back out. then I noticed I didnt have any shoes on so I had to go back. Thats when I became a monkey which was of course perfectly normal. So I was a monkey and was walking thru caves. I looked down this deep pit and I saw a huge puple monster with HUGE teeth and yellow eyes. This monster was looking thru a small whole in the side wall of the pit. For some reason I went down there it might have been Inconvinent I could see bars over the window and thought I'd be safe. Thats when he lunged at me and I climbed back up the hole. As I escaped he scatched my leg lightly. He didn't draw blood. It was like someone scratching your back. That kind of scratch. Other things happened but they aren't clear so I can describe them. :-D
posted by Bett World 10:20 AM
Thursday, April 05, 2001
I love photoshop, you gatta love these Tutorials
posted by Bett World 2:40 PM
Saturday, March 31, 2001
Found this site while staying up looking for inspiration.
This is an anime site where you can submit your own drawings to have them rated:
http://www.ironfanart.com/
I figured I'd put up a few links that are musts for any self respecting geek.
http://matrixspoof.com/
http://amiallyourbaseornot.com/
posted by Bett World 6:49 PM
I have been sitting here trying to stay awake so I can make some kind of art based on Lord Of The Rings but instead I am just reading about the movie. Its so exciting. I am planning on buying all the merchandise I can as soon as I get paid next week. But some of these things are super expensive. I think I'll just get a few of the more inexpensive ones. Did I mention how excited I am?
Anyway, I seriously need to make some art to express my excitement.
I have plenty of inspiration.
It is only the direction that I lack.
There it is.
posted by Bett World 12:18 AM
Wednesday, March 28, 2001
Wow it finially worked!! This is amazing!
posted by Bett World 2:39 PM
Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Well I am trying this out Inconvinent my friend told me about it.
posted by Bett World 7:52 PM
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