Day: November 8, 2007

Meta

NoBloPoMo

Shelly

November is National Blog Posting Month (NoBloPoMo), or, as I mentally call it: NoMoPoblano (I am not a huge fan of chilis, I guess). I like my version better. Anyway, this entails blogging every damned day, something I sometimes find a bit challenging. We’ll see how it goes. I’m not going to resort to posting filler, so all I can say is that I’ll do my best to have something to show, even if I don’t have much to tell.

It’s also National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). I signed up for this, too, because clearly there is something wrong with me. What the hell was I thinking? I’m behind, of course, but I’m hoping to get caught up this weekend. If I can figure out how to weave them together, I’d like to incorporate sketches into the book (since I really need the practice), but I’m not sure that’s going to be possible.

I think I may have bitten off more than I can chew.

Crankypantsing, Meta

Adventures in Fake Blogging

Shelly

Catalog Card
Library Catalog Card = Old School!

I’m supposed to be learning about blogging, and a whole bunch of other Web 2.0 stuff, for work. No, really. It would be funny, except it’s not. I do get a certificate at the end of it all, but first, I have to set up a blog (oh, but seriously), a Flickr account, listen to a podcast, and do a few other things.

My initial reaction was that the library was a few years behind the curve. Not that that in itself would be surprising, but surely, you would think that my coworkers would know about blogs, social networking, and whatnot? Well, you (and I!) would be wrong. One coworker seemed kind of repulsed by the idea and a couple of others have asked me to help them. These are folks who really ought to have a grip on this stuff as it’s sort of job related, but apparently, not so much. I am ashamed to say that I was at first amused–yea, mightily!–at watching coworker #1 try to set up a Blogger account and format her first post, but then I got a kick out seeing her “get” it, and I felt like a giant meanypants for being impatient. Not everyone is having fun with this stuff, but the ones that are, are entertaining. And those who aren’t? Well, like eating spinach, it’s good for them, whether they like it or not.

So, I spent half an hour this morning setting up Fake Blog. I can think of better ways to waste my time. I asked if we could test out of it and got the stink eye. I thought it was a reasonable question! Apparently not.

Art, Drawings, Journals

Pear Again

Shelly

Red Pear (detail)
Pear (detail)
graphite stick on 90lb Stonehenge paper
5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

I sometimes find that with certain media does not scan well, especially on Stonehenge paper. My scanner seems to penetrate the graphite (or oil pastel or crayon or colored pencil), washing out areas and leaving others dark and clumsy. I’ll have to see how photographing this one works, because the scan is pretty bad.

Also, I found that Miss Brown is smitten with pears. I had a difficult time convincing her to leave it alone long enough for me to draw it. And then, I was a meanypants and put it up out of her reach.