Miami

It's been a long hard week, but it's also been one of those weeks where I am just glad to be alive. Not being murdered = good week

I am still trying to stop thinking about the horror that happened in sweet little Blacksburg. For anyone interested in contributing to the memorial fund, go here. To see pictures on the memorial photo gallery, go here.

Last week Greg and I went to Miami for a few days. Our hotel was pretty, it had a big atrium:



Here's a closeup of the waterfall:


Greg overlooking A1A in cool shades:


You can see the Atlantic ocean in the distance behind me:


We also went past Miami Ink. I totally wanted to go in and get a tattoo, but we didn't because: 1) Their tattoos cost $9 mil (for a small one), and 2) They were filming that day and no one could go in. Bummer. But we did see Chris Garver, Chris Nunez and Ami James hanging out on the sidewalk outside. Mmmm... Ami...

Busy!

It's exciting, I have a lot of things going on right now. I am too busy, but I guess I can rest when I'm dead, right?

1) We are recording our very first Say Anything podcast tomorrow, and it will be up on the site on Saturday by 5:00pm ET. I really enjoyed sitting in with The Syndicate last Sunday. You can listen to Debe (third hour), Jen (first hour) and me (second hour) here: listen. This is something I really never thought I would be interested in, or good at, but so far I really like it. W00t!

2) I am setting up a photography studio in our sun room. I have joined a local camera club, and am setting up a time to meet with a photography mentor to learn more about studio lighting.

3) I am hoping to have a new sideline job that will involve writing and will bring in a teeny bit of $. I don't have it yet, so I don't want to say too much... But I am hopeful things will work out!

4) Next week is Greg's birthday. Yay! In the Ellen tradition he will be celebrating his birthday for most of the week: We'll have a fancy steak dinner at a fancy steakhouse on his actual birthday (4/5), we'll have a Playdate (a Pop Culture Playground official outing) to see Grindhouse on Friday 4/6. I'm not sure yet what's going on on Saturday (other than the fact that I have a wedding to go to, which hopefully won't last too late). Sunday is Easter, which we'll spend having lunch/dinner with Greg's family in Lakeland.

5) In two weeks Greg and I are going to Miami for a few days. Greg'll be attending a convention/seminar/training session for part of each day (it's a work-y trip for him) but then we'll have some of each day to explore Miami. I've only been there once, to see an adults-only Halloween Genitorturers show... That was YEARS ago, and I really didn't see any of the actual city.

Wow, it's all good stuff, but it's a lot!