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Let it begin.

Allison — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:06:11 +0000

It’s time to start writing again. When I start doing three-part updates on Facebook, that just might mean that a blog post would be a better use of my thoughts, no?

I’ve missed this.

Grad school deferral.

Allison — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:18:28 +0000

This stinks. I keep questioning whether it’s the right thing to do, then I realize that yes, it is.

Since I recently completed (okay, read, if not wrote about) the section on social psychology, I’m uber-aware of any tendencies toward self-serving bias. The reasons behind my delaying grad school for a year or so are both within the realm of personal (my fault) and external (circumstantial). The personal issues (major P-ness, perfectionism, etc — to blog about at length later) will still exist whenever I do a program. At least by waiting a bit, I’ll rid myself of some of the external issues (baby clinging at me and refusing to sleep unless held, lack of face-time with real, honest-to-goodness humans), and that will make the personal baggage easier to handle.

Grad school will recommence in a year or so, once Gavin is in some sort of childcare. Until then, I’ll sporadically write and — I hope — keep the critical thinking skills I’ve developed from getting rusty.

Yes, I will.

Allison — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:32:44 +0000

Write about things other than politics, that is.

Pardon all the hyper-focus. It’s only for a few more days, and then I’ll get back into things that are so much more important, like the minutae of my day-to-day life.

Gone out for sushi.

Allison — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:17:39 +0000

Thanks, all, for the encouragements about my own personal growth and my marriage. It’s a challenge — the marriage, that is — and honestly, it’s better at 6-1/2 months than I probably could have even expected. Maybe we’re just stacking the getting-to-know-one-another with the horrific-first-year?

I’m heading out of town for a bit to grab a bite of sushi. In Japan.

Well, really, Mike has business that takes him first to the small town of Misawa, then later to Tokyo. It’s 10:11pm, and in order to get to the airport in time to check my baggage for a 6:05am flight, I have to leave here no later than 3:30am. Ah, joy. I plan to keep myself up for a good while now, and then tank out on the long flight from Houston to Tokyo.

Oddly, this trip might (but I’m not promising) give me more of an opportunity to write. Mike’s working, but my agenda is semi-empty, at least the first week, since I haven’t found much to do in Misawa yet. I’ve been reading Parenting Beyond Belief as I’ve had time and hit the mood for deeper thoughts, and really do plan to scribble some of said thoughts down some day. Otherwise, I have a couple Jodi Picoult novels (thanks, Joy, for the loan!), some mystery/thriller brain candy, and the recent release of Carl Sagan essays.

Have a great couple of days, everyone, and I’ll be in touch!

messiness

Allison — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:34:38 +0000

I’ve imported posts from Oh, for the love of God… to here — so there’s a little disarray that I expect to continue for a time as I remove/rename categories and whatnot.

Thanks to Fred for the link to the WordPress-to-Wordpress import/export plugin. Once I deleted the *thousands* of akismet comment spam, my file size was small enough to import old posts, categories, and comments quickly! Woo-hoo!

new page

Allison — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:11:51 +0000

In case you hadn’t noticed…there’s a new page up above. From time to time, as I continue to settle into the new digs, I’ll be adding pages, so keep your eyes open.

Photos not displaying

Allison — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 04:11:03 +0000

My photos don’t seem to display properly in a post. *sigh* I went through this when I first used K2 on FTLOG, and fixed it — but can’t remember for the life of me what I changed!

***ah-ha! it’s a firefox issue — they show in IE. now what?***

Call for nerdy help

Allison — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:11:16 +0000

I’d like to eventually export all of the posts from FTLOG and move them here, with their own category. While I can find all kinds of info about *importing* into wordpress, I’m not finding much about exporting — or importing from WP to WP, for that matter.

Any hints or suggestions?

Admin miscellany

Allison — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:28:38 +0000

I hate this theme. Guess I’ll be doing another K2 redesign soon. *sigh*

Okay, looking at it again, it’s redeemable. But damn, it’s going to take a lot of work.

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Hmmm…this feels a little more warm and cozy. We’ll stay here for a bit (as temporary housing) while I build a permanent residence.

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Alrighty then…on to K2. Pardon the dust again; it’ll take a while to find all of the parts that don’t “go.”

Welcome

Allison — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:40:56 +0000

If you’re here, it’s likely (at this point, at least) that you’ve wandered over from Oh, for the love of God… — my blog home until just recently (today, in fact). Give me time, and I’ll have some real content up here. If nothing else, I have all kinds of thoughts bubbling up about how it feels to be newly-married at the ripe old (read: set in my ways) age of 35.
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What I expect this blog to be: As with FTLOG, IIWII (nice, eh?) will be my space for thinking aloud. Especially since I’m married to an introvert, I find that I often need to bounce things around for a while before even *I* know what I’m thinking. I expect my topics of conversation to be as eclectic as before, with perhaps an emphasis on current events, psychology/mental wellness, life as a parent, and life within a couple.
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What I *don’t* expect this blog to be: Even though I am newly “out” as an ex-Christian, I’m not planning rants and complaint sessions about my former faith. What I might discuss, however, is the subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) mind shift that I’m noticing as I view the world through a different paradigm. Let’s just say that the Christmas season has been eye-opening to me this year in many ways.
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Another change: It’s possible — likely, even — that my husband will take up keyboard and contribute here and there. He takes no credit (or blame) for my writings, nor do I for his. We may be married, but we’re still most assuredly individuals!
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However you’ve arrived, welcome! Have a seat — the sofa’s soft and warm. Enjoy a cup of cocoa…or a dark beer…or a glass of fine red…or whatever you prefer. After all, this is the virtual living room; the sky’s the limit for your virtual bar tab!
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Finally, pardon the dust. Right now, I’m working with a chilly winter theme “out of the box,” which feels mightily appropriate, considering the 2 feet of snow that recently blanketed Santa Fe. Eventually, I’ll have something that looks and feels a little more like home.