Trainable

Tomorrow is the unveiling of the week's photos (for the 365 Photo challenge).

You thought I'd quit already, didn't you!

Actually, I not only haven't quit, but I have already exhibited signs of neurosis. The other night after everyone else had gone to bed, I was outside in the snow in my bare feet, just to get a shot... not my best photo or smartest idea. I'm betting the Christmas lights could've waited the extra five minutes it would take to get my shoes on.

I learned. maybe.

Also,

I did it. I listened. To the advice given about a week ago.

No more people sucking the life out of me! This doormat is now

unavailable

for whinging, whining, backstabbing/tattling or unsolicited advice on Mondays and Wednesdays.

My phone will NOT be answered --only exception being if it's one of the whinging, whining, tattling people I gave birth to.
That unbreachable period is now all mine while Miss Ky is in school on those days.

I will be updating my education with my new found time, since the college degree I have has been technologically left behind in the LaBrea Tar Pits (it's sooo outdated).

This may not sound like fun to you, "going back to school" (loosely using this term since it's just me and my computer) but it's in Photoshop Cs4 and Lightroom 2...hee hee, I'm giddy with thoughts of a numb backside and crossed eyes.
When I was taking computer graphics (back in the...), the computers took up most of the room and rendering a 30-second project could take a few days. I am excited, but mostly I'm tired of looking stoopid and asking for help all of the time when I have accumulated many, very expensive, university credit hours in all of this.

Perfect example of why I should hone my fine computer skillz:

Today I was making new ring tones.

Funky little upbeat songs (since I dread my phone ringing now). It was time, because this morning when my mobile rang, I almost answered my BISHOP's call, "Hi sweetheart!"
Somehow his ring tone had changed to the default, which just happens to be J2's favourite hip hop as well. That would've been awkward.

For some reason, one snappy little piece just would NOT transfer onto my phone. I called in the Nerd Squad (aka Sexy Guy), who questioned me about "how the file was named, where the file was kept" (all checked out, thankyouverymuch) and finally decided the best thing to do was sync the iphone.

Perfect.

Except it was going soooo sloooooow.

Me: "Um... it's going really slow."

Dude with worry lines growing deeper than the Grand Canyon: "Yeah. It is."

Me: "Oh! Where'd my music go?"

Dude with very surprised look on his face: "Uh... I don't really know."

Me, beginning to panic as the multi-coloured graph of media begins to grow smaller: "W h e r e d i d my v i d e o s j u s t g o?!"

He clicks back to the front page where no longer is the box "manage music manually" ticked.

Dude with the look of one who is wishing a tornado would whip him out of the room before he has to utter his next sentence: "They're gone".

I fought tears.

Music could be reloaded.

Movies, reloaded.

Disney World videos taken on my iphone of J2's birthday... tears.






Luckily,
they're still there.
They were hiding like smart little home movies should--in my photo files. Whew!

Who knows?
With my new found "me" time I may just figure out how to create my own custom In The Gutter blog design!
If my blog just vanishes one day, it's probably an indication that I got a little too confident and started mixing it up a bit.



Real quick...
what's on your phone, camera, computer (cassette recorder?) RIGHT NOW that's irreplaceable?