Housekeeping and a Design Challenge

Oh my gosh, you guys!  I have made it so much easier for you to stalk me!  The other night, I was sitting in my pajamas, drinking a glass of wine, and trying desperately to get into a kind of boring book.  As generally happens, I somehow found myself on the internet.  But then!  A terrible thing happened!

I had no unread email.

No one had updated Facebook for almost an HOUR.

GoogleReader was completely empty.

What is a girl to do in a situation as dreadful as all that!?  Well, start a Twitter account.  Obviously.

I had a Twitter account that I broke up with about a year and a half ago, so it's not like I'm totally new to this ballgame.  But I am starting from scratch as far as followers and people to follow, and I hope to I never find myself in as nightmarish a situation as I was on the Night of the Dead Social Networking Websites.  So far I have Tweeted about wine, Gandhi, Jodi Picoult, and my dog taking a poo in the herb garden.  You can find me tweeting my heart out here.

Also, I have caved to the future of social networking and got myself a Facebook page--not for me, for the website.  If you find that you can't get enough of me here, we can now be linked eternally through the magic of Facebook!  You can click "like" over there on that little box in the sidebar, or go here and "like" me directly through Facebook.  I'm not sure what you get out of this, or even what I get out of this, but it makes me do a little happy dance whenever I see a new face over there.  And DON'T YOU WANT ME TO BE HAPPY?!?  Tangentially related, I really want to see that Facebook movie.  It seems like a surprising amount of drug, sex, and alcohol have gone into its creation.  Facebook, not the movie.

Though, I'm sure the movie too.

And FINALLY.  I'm in the market for someone to overhaul my site design, and in exchange for this service, I will pay them US dollars.  Does anyone have recommendations for someone who does work that is reasonably priced, simple, elegant, and doesn't involve any cartoon characters or pin-up girls?  Nothing wrong with cartoon characters and pin-up girls, I just want something different, and that seems to be the design trend lately, so it's in all of the portfolios.  I found this seller on Etsy who seems to have a pretty good deal running, but I'm open to suggestions as well.

I hope y'all are having an amazing weekend.  I am actually planning to leave the house this afternoon and interact with live humans, so I'm pretty excited about that.  Here's hoping your day is equally as thrilling!

Comments

[Jass]

Haha Angela, I too have a twitter account, which I abandoned a few months ago, but I just signed in and added you. I am not on there much, but that might change depending how bored I get. lol

[Stevie]

Yay! I just started following you on Twitter. I'm fairly new to the whole thing.

I've been reading your blog for a long time but don't think I've said hello. So...hello!

[Caro]

I pretty much stopped tweeting a few months ago, but I still check Twitter daily, so I'm sure I'll be re-adding you to that list :)

Also, another blog that I follow uses/raves about Penny Lane Designs - her name is Marina and you can find her here: http://www.pennylanedesigns.net/

I think she would design something that is perfect for you!

[Brittany]

I just saw the facebook movie preview, too, and I am totally on board! I can already tell, what we know of the Zuckerberg story aside, it's going to be so good!

[Heidi Renée]

I wondered if you would ever come back to Twitter! Hooray!

[Kate P]

Nice to see you on Twitter again! :)

[Jessica]

I loved your first tweet! Now I can stalk to you in another network. I mean that in a non scary way though.

[JW]

I guess you could wait til 2011 because I'm trying desperately to take web design classes this fall. Just a suggestion. Oh, and I don't get on Twitter. If and when I EVER do again, I'll add you.