Lemonade Life

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Once More, With Feeling

My new blog isn't up on Headlines yet, so I guess I should probably keep posting here until it happens.

A couple new posts are up at the new blog... including a meme!

You know you want to.

Friday, June 29, 2007

Hey. You.

Over here.

www.lemonade-life.com

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Because I Like to Make Your Life Difficult

In addition to the challenges of finding a car and finding an apartment, acclimating to humidity and suffering through New Jersey freeways, I have also dealt with the pain-in-the-ass-ness that is Yahoo! Web Hosting.

A few weeks ago I decided to switch to Wordpress. I thought it would be easy. I have a domain, I'll just get Wordpress to forward it like Blogger does.

Wordpress doesn't forward. It wants the URL to forward to Wordpress.

So that's what I attempted to do.

In fact, in the process of attempting to get Yahoo to forward to Wordpress, I managed to permanently sever the link between Yahoo and Blogger, which is why Lemonade Life suddenly reverted back to the blogspot.com address.

Except, the Yahoo service that I chose doesn't allow domain forwarding, although it's one of the most basic things you can do. Instead, I had to switch service plans.

Which I have been attempting to do for the last week.

Each time I attempt to do it, I get a technical error. It tells me to call customer service, but I'm at work and busy and don't have time. Meanwhile, it has charged me nine times for an order it claims to have canceled.

Ridiculous!

So I give up.

I have gone to GoDaddy.com and ordered a brand-spanking-new URL that is still Lemonade Life related so hopefully it won't be too hard to remember.

It's: www dot lemonade dash life dot com.

Or: www.lemonade-life.com.

Or: www.lemonlemonade.wordpress.com
.

All will work.

I am sorry to make everyone change their links again, but I am fed up with Yahoo and it's crappy service. Besides, GoDaddy is vastly cheaper than the service I currently have, which as a starving entry-level workerbee, I desperately, desperately need.

Apologies again but, uh, deal.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Won't Tell This Story

I found this link from a friend's blog.

It is about a man who met three other men in a small town in Indiana.

It is about a beating, a death, and a discovery.

And it is about a hate crime that will go unnoticed because hate crimes don't exist in Indiana courts.

His name is Aaron Hall and if you haven't heard about him, you're not alone.

His story.

Monday, June 25, 2007

Many Good Things

Number One:

I have an apartment!

A real live actual apartment that is mine for the next year!

My advice: Never move across the country without having a place to live. Very, very difficult.


Number Two:

I am going on my first business trip!

And guess where it is?

Give up?

BlogHer '07.

That's right. My company is paying to have me go to a blogging conference.

I think I can feel Julia's death rays from here...

Let the taunting begin!

Actually, one of the reasons why I am going is because they have a session on Mommybloggers, so I will definitely be taking notes and reporting back after the conference, which takes place in Chicago on July 27 and 28. I'm also going to a session on online communities, also beneficial for the D.O.C. as well as one of foodblogging. There are a few other sessions that are open for me right now, so if you see something on the schedule that you would have wanted to check out, let me know and I'll see if I can go and take notes.

P.S. Thanks to Kevin for christening me Lemonhead.

Friday, June 22, 2007

On My Lunch Hour

Stolen from, uh, everyone.

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Allison
2. I don't have any other nicknames.
3. This makes me sad.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My eyes. I have my mother's eyes.
2. My nose. My mother says I have the perfect nose, though I don't know what makes it so perfect.
3. The patch of freckles on my right shoulder.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My thighs.
2. My stomach.
3. My hair. It never behaves.

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Hungarian.
2. Swedish.
3. German.

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. New Jersey freeways. Oh dear G-d.
2. Losing a friend or family member.
3. Right when a plane lands. Everything else about flying is fine, but I'm always afraid the plane won't stop and we'll plow into the airport, killing hundreds of people before bursting into flames.

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Insulin, duh.
2. Coffee, duh.
3. Electricity - so my computer will turn on, my phone can charge, the lights will turn on, the A/C can work... you get the picture.

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. White t-shirt
2. Floral skirt from New York Company
3. Brown Sketchers.

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE MUSICALS:
1. The Lion King
2. Movin' Out
3. Chicago

The last two of which I actually saw on Broadway. The Lion King was in Portland.

THREE OF YOUR [sort of current] FAVORITE SONGS:
1. Talk by Coldplay
2. Satellite by Guster
3. Faster Kill Pussycat by Paul Oakenfold

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. Honesty
2. Respect
3. Laughter

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS THAT YOU FIND ATTRACTIVE:
1. A sea of clouds at 37,000 ft.
2. Mt. Hood. I grew up by it and a mountain range is one thing I miss about the West Coast.
3. The city of Paris from the top of Notre Dame.

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Walking aimlessly around cities.
2. Writing.
3. Shopping.

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Get a lease to my apartment.
2. Go to Manhattan.
3. Finish getting my car registered.

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Diabetes educator. Not that it will ever happen, but that doesn't stop me from considering it.
2. Magazine writer.
3. Account executive.

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Israel.
2. New Zealand.
3. Boston.

THREE KIDS NAMES YOU LIKE:
1. Sage.
2. Connor.
3. Natalie.

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Visit the birthplace of Jesus.
2. Be in a movie.
3. Get married, have children.

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A CHICK:
1. I cry at sappy commercials. Well, I may not cry, but I'll want to.
2. I hit like a girl. So says my father. To which I respond: "I am a girl!"
3. Shopping always makes feel better.

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY:
1. I can read maps. I navigated France, Georgia and New Jersey without ever having been there before.
2. Which means I have a great sense of direction. Except in New Jersey, where the roads follow absolutely no logical order.
3. I know how a computer works.

THREE CELEB CRUSHES:
1. Moby. Except he's, like, 40.
2. Zach Braff.
3. Chris Meloni from L&O: SVU.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Did you miss me?

I'm here!

I have been in New Jersey for a week and of course promptly broke my blog soon after so that I couldn't tell you all the exciting thing that have happened.

The first thing that happened to me was the flu.

Yes, that's right. My body must hate me flying more than I do, because I get sick quite often after flights. It's not fun. So I spent all of Friday asleep or watching reruns of What Not To Wear.

I finally managed to sneak out of the house on Saturday to visit a rental agent and pick up my dad from the airport.

On Sunday, we found me a car. A nice red 2001 Ford Focus. We spent about an hour and a half at this couple's home just talking. They recommended things to do in Atlantic City and my dad and the husband made fun of me and the wife about the lack of respect towards our vehicles (we're messy).

My dad and I ventured down to the shore later that day, which was a lot of fun except we realized you have to pay to use the beach. That is ridiculous. People don't own the beach. That's like owning the forest. Weirdos.

We drove up Route 35 trying to find something to eat when we realized: People in New Jersey don't eat. We couldn't find a single restaurant. So we elected to drive all the way back and had dinner at a nice Italian restaurant in Hoboken, about four blocks from the Hudson river. Then we had water ice, a.k.a. my reason for life.

I started work on Monday, though I haven't done a terrible amount of work because I've been so consumed with finding an apartment. Rental agents suck. Don't use them. I should have known better, but I am naive and hopeful.

I think I have found my apartment though, which is exciting, but I am not sure yet if it's a one hundred percent go. I won't know if I passed the credit check until Monday.

My dad is leaving on Sunday and my mom and younger brother are arriving next Friday and they will be here until July 8.

That's all the exciting news so far. There might be something else coming up, but it's not for sure so I will just keep everyone posted.

My new blog should premiere some time next week, God-willing. I don't have my computer yet so I have to do all this from work.

Okay, back to work!