| Well once again, it's been about seven months since I
last updated my site. It's been difficult finding the time (and
motivation) to keep up with things here, but I've managed to do some
updating these past couple weeks. In some ways, I think it's the
Facebook effect. I actually spend a fair amount of time updating
my status and posting things there, that trying to keep with things here
seems to fall by the wayside. I know this site is due for a major
overhaul, and it's tough to find the time to do all the work I want to
do with it.
One major change I've made is to the Tigger
Pictures part of this site. I have updated the software that
runs that part of my site. I had wanted to upgrade to a newer
version for a while, but I also knew that a lot of the add-ins and
customizations I had made to the old version would not carry over to the
new one. Regardless, it's updated now and I have posted 10 new
Tigger pictures for you to enjoy.
I am going to make a valiant attempt to at least update the Tigger
content here more frequently, as well as I want to make these pictures
show up more readily in a web search. I need to figure out a way
to have the pictures and their descriptions show up in web searches, but
still prevent people from hotlinking to the images and using my
bandwidth.
I have now been in Rockville for a little over a year and I can't
believe how quickly that year has gone by. It has been interesting
to say the least, but I actually have very little to complain about.
Sure, I miss Philly and all of my friends and the chorus there, and I
miss living in and close to a downtown. We get down to DC at least
a couple times a week, but it's not like Philly where we were just a
couple miles from downtown. Here, we are a good distance from
downtown, and it takes a lot more time to get to places.
Thanks to being in the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, David and I
have made a lot of new friends. It's been an interesting
experience to "start over" in a sense. I loved my Philly friends,
but I had been in Philly and the PGMC for a long time, and I had a
certain expected reputation for some things. It's been nice to
step back, rebuild, and make new friends.
I miss having my best friend close by. We still talk on the
phone, send random text messages to each other, and visit once in a
while, but it's not like when I was in Philly and could call up and say
"hey, let's go shopping" or "let's just hang out". But overall, I
think we're making the best of it.
David and I are doing well, and we've been able to travel some this
year, with a few more vacations coming up. It's nice to finally be
in a financial position that we can actually do some fun things without
having to penny-pinch like we used to. Don't get me wrong, I am
still totally possessed by the spirit of my grandmother and I can still
be tight with the purse strings when I want to be.
Anyways, all is well, and I thank you for dropping by. I hope
to have more picture updates soon. Enjoy!
Skip C.
skipc @ pobox.com Update 2011.06.06 - Added
two new Tigger Ties and 10 more
Tigger Pictures. |
