To Grandmother's house we go
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Heather talks about public tantrums (from kids) on today's Momversation.
- RIP Louis Mortimer Armstrong: http://bit.ly/1R4tv6
- Hugs and kisses to you, too! RT: @Monkey_Tree: @dooce he probably committed suicide because he was tired of LISTENING TO YOU WHINE.
- Our fish just died. And I'm sitting here crying. And it wasn't even my fault!
1. Alan said:
Beautiful to see on a Saturday morning.
2. Em said:
What's going on?
3. robs said:
Looks early, hope Leta is sleeping...or late, still hopefully Leta will sleep, it make the drive so much better. Have a greqat weekend!
4. Marcia said:
Same sky here in NY-brrrrrrrrr
5. Em said:
Where is everyone?
6. Jess said:
Yesterday when comments weren't appearing for some reason...I was sad. I didn't realize how much I like telling you how much I like this site and your work on an almost daily basis.
thanks. i love a beautiful blue sky.
7. Bonnie said:
Yawn, makes me tired. Too early for me. And it's 2:00 p.m. over here. I'm just not a morning person, I guess. Not even in pictures.
8. Jme said:
Pretty blue colour...*swoons*
9. the mighty jimbo said:
looks kinda like ushuaia.
only with less rain. and no penguins.
i´d shout out (type out?) "first" or "second" or "sixth" or something, but i figure you people should be over that by now.
greetings from the great white south regardless.
10. Franny said:
The sky there is so amazing. I'm in Houston and the only truly perfect sky we get is when the refineries to the east give us a chemically-enriched sunrise.
11. coskel said:
a friend of mine in Park City says you get sun 300+ days a year - to those of us in very gray Michigan, thats just sad for us. travel on!
12. Wicked H said:
You've got the "through the woods part" covered. I am betting you have already been over the river.
13. karen said:
thanks for the photoshop tutorial.... i suppose my site is up for a redesign soon and tips and tricks i definitely need... now i just hope they apply to GIMP because i totally cannot afford photoshop.
14. nicola said:
ohhh wow those clouds look brilliant!! makes me feel chilly though!!!
great shot!!
15. grimsb said:
The contrast between the sky and the world below is amazing . . .
16. Tara said:
I had to take a photo of "clouds" the other day for a project, went outside, and there were none. So that was put on hold. Can I borrow yours?
17. nicola said:
ohh and btw chuck looks positivly adorable in the last shot!! I tried to comment but couldnt.. so i will now!!
I remember once a few months ago our dog did the same thing.. I could work out why he wouldnt come to me when I was calling him, and he was stood staring out the window.. I went over and he was asleep standing up... I took some photos and its so funny!!!!
Chuck looks great hehehe
18. Susie said:
The Betty Ford Center had to open up a new wing yesterday -- the dooce.com detox/rehab center. Lotta withdrawal going on.
Great pix, great posts. What is it about boys who are naughty in church? We always let them hang around too long. A belated Ruff! to the sleepy Congressman.
19. Peggasus said:
Re: being a dork primer:
Yeah, but who's laughing now? I bet they haven't been mentioned in the New Yawk Times or featured on the Nightly News! It's a real-life Revenge of the Nerds!
20. Torrie said:
Dooce, I'd love to see the original picture that the new masthead is made from.
21. Goose said:
OMG!! 21st??
22. ladyalaska said:
I do believe that the comments area seems to be more of a chat area. Why doesn't someone create a newsgroup of some kind? Maybe something along the lines of alt.dooce or alt.dooce.fans I think that would keep comments down a bit? Yes. 'alt.dooce'. It would work.
23. Beth said:
Great clouds! It's been nothing but gray here for quite a while, I miss fluffy clouds!
24. Krissy said:
Very pretty clouds. We had some lovely storm clouds down here today.
25. Lushlife said:
I am in the top 30 possibly, I NEVER thought I would say that. Its because we have just come home from dining out with some friends DRINKING LOTS of wine from our cellars and generally having a great night here in Australia (its midnight) - so I am fairly inebriated and quite happily so and have never posted whilst half tanked EVER. How totally irresponsible of me I better look at that damn photo and say something half relevant - oops just looked and its pretty dark down the bottom and nice and blue and white at the top.
26. taryn said:
Come on, Doocelings, let's go for 2,000 comments today! Marmite! Cadbury! Marmite! Cadbury!
27. Ramon said:
Thanks for the photoshop tutorial. I've been playing around with it but-- nothing as doocy as you do :)
28. rich said:
say Hi to Jesus while you are there. Don't forget to give everybody the sure sign of the nail.
29. kalki said:
Yay, comments are back! Thanks Dooce. Everybody, let's not break the site this time, 'kay?
30. MamaPajama said:
2000 comments?? Perhaps we should ask Dooce if it's a band width problem.
31. Eric said:
Cadbury rawks. Sadly, Marmite does not. Is Dooce telling us that Leta will be raised outside the Church. Of course, Grandma will make sure she gets added to the list of Saints anyway.
32. the niffer said:
Not that I want your site to break again, but it was kind of funny to read the last few comments before THE END the other night. Almost like a robot short circuting -- repeating phrases, making no sense -- and then the final death knell from robot maker Dooce herself.
33. RazDreams said:
love the skirry photo...makes me wonder when the wolf's gonna come out and eat little red riding hood.
and yesh, please show us the original photo from the masthead! (and no, let's not simply all post here just to hit 1000 or 2000 posts...what's the point or excitement of that anyway?).
34. becca said:
Aw-- we're making the morning voyage to a wedding reception full of fabulously gay men. It's *almost* the same thing!
35. Gooooder said:
i vote no to 2000 comments! 1000 crashed the server and i couldnt make a single comment all day on CHUCK FRIDAY. it was the longest work day EVER.
36. RazDreams said:
p.s. master schuck was too darned cute yesterday. he was afraid he'd miss some of da action if he succumbed to his all-day sleeping routine.
37. Kassi said:
Today's photo is so cool. It just made me even more aware of how much I miss my camera...my two year old has hidden it on me. See what you get to look forward to?
38. Another Heather said:
Doocy is now an adjective. Great shot by the way. :-) Ahhhh... gotta get my morning dooce report while drinking coffee. Thanks.
39. Observer said:
Hi Heather,
may I correct your spelling of the work 'Schnapps'?
Actually it is just 'Schnaps' since this is definitly a German word.
*hicks*
;-)
Never mind, I just wanted to be a smart a**.
40. jordan said:
That thousand-comment day was amazing! Remember when 200 was a lot? Remember? Sigh.
Well, hopefully Heather's making a lot from her adsense! :]
41. Observer said:
Yes, you may correct *my* spelling of the 'word' *word*!
Doh!
42. Em said:
Purty!
43. RazDreams said:
(and the word *definitly*, most definitely!) ;-)
44. Lauren Stranahan said:
I like the photo, fine .. it isn't Chuck, but then what is?
45. Mrs.Strizzay said:
lucy in the sky with diamonds
46. Lauren Stranahan said:
Gooooder(#35), is that what happened?! I just thought Dooce was fucking with us..
I look forward to Chuck Friday all week long. And yesterday he looked so friggin' sweet it made me crazy (um .. well, something else might have made me crazy, but I digress..)to not be able to profess my love for him.
Do you think Chuck reads the comments?
47. Mrs.Strizzay said:
RE: 38...Dooce is the verb maaan
48. cathi said:
Yes, yesterday was the longest work day ever. Thanks, Dooce, for giving an assignment to preoccupy us.
I'm finding mine a little creepy, but I have to blame that on my choice of pics.
49. Mrs.Strizzay said:
Yeath Cathi, scared me.
50. cathi said:
I thought that by using the most unflattering picture I could find of my daughter, I could artsy it into something pretty. Wrong!
51. Busy Mom said:
You had me with Photoshop until the UT orange. And I liked you. Oh, well. (Kidding, I went to gradual school there though I am a Commodore at heart)
52. Circus Kelli said:
Lovely sky! Thanks for the tips on photoshopping the photo! Have a great weekend!
53. Mrs.Strizzay said:
where the hell is "filters" at?
54. Mrs.Strizzay said:
anyone anyone? bueler?
55. henry said:
circus kelli -
to answer your question from the last batch of comments, computation theory is exactly that, the theory of computation. computation is essentially what computers do, we idealise it and then spend some happy times proving what they theoretically can and cannot do.
bet you don't even remember asking, huh? ;)
56. Mrs.Strizzay said:
answer my question henry
57. theTattooedSocialWorker said:
This is the first time I've commented. I love your website. Thanks for sharing your life with us. More Mormon posts please, they make me laugh so hard I nearly piss myself.
58. cathi said:
Strizz - filters in photoshop?
59. henry said:
mrs s.
que? where filters is at? i have no idea. don't have a copy of photoshop. (and am mighty impressed at how many people here can afford one ;) )
60. kendra in T-Bay said:
My god. Yesterday was so tough! I just can't deal with getting through a day without marmite - poop - monkey talk. Ugh. Glad to see everything is back to normal.
61. Lauren Stranahan said:
Mrs.S,
Filters .. top bar, 6th option over from the left.
Is that what you are asking?
62. Mrs.Strizzay said:
Yeah guys
63. Jennifer in Kansas City said:
Wow. Just as I clicked on the photo, the smell of bacon wafted up the stairs. If that doesn't convince you in the Power of Jesus and the Church, Heather, I don't know what will.
Mmmmm. Bacon and Blue Skies.
64. Mrs.Strizzay said:
whatever I dont even know how to put a lay in BETWEEN 2 others and I cant find filters so blah.
65. cathi said:
Strizz, you can see layers by going to Window and clicking on Layers. You can move a new layer by clicking and dragging.
66. Lauren Stranahan said:
Mrs.S,
Quitter's never learn .. and Learner's never quit..
Or something.
67. southern fried girl said:
Wow that is a really beautiful picture. Very well done. I really loved the one of Chuck yesterday - cracked me right up. :)
68. RazDreams said:
strizzable: "filters" is an option at the top, next to file, edit, image, layer, select, OH GLORIOUS FILTER, view, etc. (and henry, who said anything about being able to afford anything...?) ;-)
69. RazDreams said:
(...and i'm a *chic*, not a dude, for any of you who thought i was a dude. sometimes i'm a HOT chic, when i put on hot clothes and FM pumps...)
70. katie said:
if you buy the floor model of a pc they give you lots of fun things for free, like photoshop...
does utah only have clouds in winter? i was there once in the summer and didn't see a single one. for 8 days.
71. GapBodyGrrl said:
(holding a bouquet of lilies) ...and on the sixth day, Dooce's site rose...
Please don't kill Dooce's site again. Most of those late Thursday posts were solely to get the count to 1000. And it ended up denying the vast majority of us less-cool kids a nice Chuck Friday thread.
72. Karlene said:
I love your website. You say things I only wish I could say on mine!
73. Jenn said:
Beautiful, I love the mountains, especially when they are experiencing some beautiful cloud cover. I must visit Utah, what a beautiful place, I guess since I am pretty close (in AZ) I can only chalk it up to extreme laziness, eh?
74. heidillydoo said:
Good morning everyone. Looks like a cold sky - like here in Toronto. Looks very early for a Saturday though! I just woke up and it's 10:45 am. The joys of having no kids!
75. Mrs.Strizzay said:
Ok well I have the free trial and there are no layers, those bastards. No wonder the only thing I use it for is resizing.
76. RazDreams said:
(i abhor when people do this, especially when they freak for days about being number 1000, but i must say that *i was number 69*, and there's definitely a reason to get all freakish about that.)
77. Lauren Stranahan said:
Mrs.S,
If you go to Adobe.com you should be able to download a full working version for 30 days. I think you'd be able to find the filters by then.
Or - if you want a totally free, super good program for working with photos get Picasa2. Even my mom can use it.
78. henry said:
mrs s.
gimp! gimp! gimp!
(www.gimp.org)
79. Jennifer said:
Beautiful sky and on yesterday's picture, I've bee that tired and I feel for Chuck. So sleepy...
80. the niffer said:
Raz, anyone who ends up as #69 MUST get freakish. It shoud be a requirement.
Go ahead, get freaky. And take photos.
81. Cristin said:
Good morning all! great pic
love the dork post, but I have no photoshop. Dad sent me a link for picasa2. Before I start down the slippery slope of blogdom myself, I figure I had better learn how to use these tools better, huh?
btw, GREAT IDEA RAZ! see ya there!
82. Mrs.Strizzay said:
Thanks guys!
I just found my daughters FIRTS TOOTH POKING THROUGH! Fawk pictures!
83. taryn said:
I was kidding about the 2,000 comments, just want to set that straight! LOL
84. kristine said:
OMG...It's 8:11 am and I could actually read ALL the comments.
Usually by now, it's in the 200's.
*sweet sigh of relief*
Hi Striz and Raz!!
85. August95 said:
Pretty Sky, have fun at Grandmas.
86. Mrs.Strizzay said:
Hey Girl, is your IM on? turn it on!
87. heather deeeee said:
very pretty!
88. Kristen said:
so at this point you've already gone over the river and through the woods?
89. RazDreams said:
howdy kristine and cristin...maybe others will posts over there too, so we can keep this page from crashing again *and* somewhat on the subject of actual content on this site.
90. diana said:
btw, heather, i'm with you on the dork thing. honors band, honors choir, all-state band, choir secretary, band treasurer, latin club, star trek freak, and mormon to boot. glad to know there are other bona-fide dorks out there who aren't afraid to shout it out.
91. minxlj said:
Love the photo...dark and atmospheric. Like it is here at 6am...except today I wouldn't know cos I didn't get out of bed til 12.45pm.
Heeey, I got to bed late OK ;-)
92. PoeticaL said:
Today I read another blog whereby the unbearable cuteness of Leta was blamed for a recent pregnancy. I think it's wonderful that she's been Leta'd due to her blog rather than dooced.
Check out http://www.sundrymourning.com/
93. Mr Bob said:
Cool clouds!
94. CanadianAmy said:
One of my many dorky things from teenagehood is that I took breakdancing lessons at the Y.
And all I ever learned to do was the worm very very badly.
But I still insisted on doing it at the roller skating rink every time we went. And on the sidewalk in front of my house. And everywhere else there was ten feet of floor space.
DORKUS MAXIMUS.
95. Mrs.Strizzay said:
lmao Amy. You dork.
96. Mrs.Strizzay said:
Recently at work we found some fingerless knit(long)gloves with metal hoops all over them...so I put them on and danced like Micheal Jackson.
97. kendra in T-Bay said:
OOhhh are we comparing rates of dorkiness?
When I was a kid I would colour coordinate my closet. Meaning that the dark colours would be to the right and the light colours would be to the left....
Yes, it's horrible.
98. Mrs.Strizzay said:
Thats not dorky, thats the early signs of OCD.
99. RazDreams said:
and *oh!* if you look at the clouds (the dark grey band), that's God's (or Santa's) brow, then His (or his) two eyes, then the nose cloud in the middle, then the mustache, then the smirking smile beneath.
it's like those two eye-clouds are starin' *right at me.* brrr.
100. kendra in T-Bay said:
Yes, but I got out of that nasty habit a long time ago...
OCD? I hope not.
101. honestyrain said:
road trip!
102. RazDreams said:
yeah, well, i wore leg warmers, i tried so hard to dance maniacally like flashdance, and i once wore a black mesh glove and big humongous hoop earrings to be all 'madonna'ish.
103. OregonKim said:
We have grey skies here in the PNW, but unusually warm weather. Thanks for sharing your blue. Have fun.
Ms. Heather, do you get free Avon products? Do you even want free Avon products? Have you answered this already and I've missed it?
104. heidillydoo said:
I'm gonna be a dork right now and make a dorky request - can you guys visit my blog?? I want my counter to hit 400 today!
(I told ya I'm a dork)
105. magdala said:
#9: It's the mighty Jimbo! How's the land of penguins? Miss you Jimbo!!! Wish I was there, sorta...
106. the niffer said:
Doh. I'm not sure if I should admit this, but my closet is colour coded. Not just light and dark, but progressively darker by colours and SHADES.
107. heidillydoo said:
Yes - my counter's at 382!
108. RazDreams said:
OregonKim: dooce's mom is the 'Avon World Sales Leader'. search her site for "Avon" (capital "A"). i'm *hoping* she gets loads of free avon products from her mom!!!
www.dooce.com/archives/daily/03_22_2004.html
109. heidillydoo said:
I'm a frickin' cheater and am skewing the actual count - but I don't care!
110. heidillydoo said:
386! In the words of Zoidberg from Futurama "I'm a total loser, I am"
111. heidillydoo said:
Feel free to comment on my blog, too. :) While you're going in to make my counter hit 400, that is.
Wouldn't it be wicked cool if Dooce commented on my blog?!
112. heidillydoo said:
All right, I'm off to take a shower and I will see the progress when I come back!
113. OregonKim said:
Good to know Raz, thanks.
114. Heatheranne said:
Heather - Thanks for the dork instructions. I'm very new to PhotoShop and have no idea how to use it. Have you ever thought about doing a weekly tutorial for photoshop for people like me who are too lazy to figure it out for ourselves?
115. CanadianAmy said:
comments are kinda slow today.
I am going to go look at Strizz's summer pictures again to remind myself that life does get better.
116. Michelle Brady said:
Couple of things:
Yesterday threw me for a loop. I thought maybe we were being punished for blathering on about nothing in the comments section... I'm kind of serious.
Also, I noticed something. Anybody but me watching "Battlestar Galactica" on Sci Fi? I think maybe Dooce looks a little bit like Kara Thrace ("Starbuck"), whom I think is seriously hot.
Maybe it's just me.
117. heidillydoo said:
My counter's hit 400!!! Thanks guys!!!!
118. the_perfect_blend_of_crazy said:
Awesome picture!
119. Bluedevil said:
Yeah, we were being punished. Even those of us who don't selfishly use up Dooce's bandwidth every day. We were punished right along with all those of you who. Thanks, guys.
120. heidillydoo said:
Well that's what comes with the fame of being Dooce!
121. Nabeepchen said:
Hmm, my first post and it didn't come up on the list. Let's try this again.
122. Nabeepchen said:
It worked! Now I have officially posted on the legendary dooce network. I've been reading Dooce for a few weeks now, and decided that I should be brave and post a comment. So here I am. Hi guys! Hi Heather!
123. DeAnn said:
I just don't believe that you are or ever were a dork.
Although your prowess with PhotoShop might be starting to convince me.
124. Bluedevil said:
heidillydoo, you don't care because you've been using dooce's blog to get hits on your own. It obviously made dooce sad to have to shut down comments, so your 'oh, well' attitude is really cold. Have some empathy.
125. Mrs.Strizzay said:
OMG Blue...taking it a bit far? Why dont you write a fucking sonnet on your sadness at the loss of Dooce comments.
Yeah it sucks and I was BORED, but GIMME A BREAK.
126. heidillydoo said:
I rarely comment on Dooce's site. This was the first time ever. I have a ton of empathy for most people, including Dooce. Just having a little fun this morning. Checking out what it is people do on here. I apologize if I offended you Bluedevil. The thought just never crossed my mind, before you mentioned it, that Dooce might not want so many comments. I think her fans are part of the reason she has her web site. But I will stop the whibble-whabble if you so please.
127. heidillydoo said:
Over and out, folksies. My parade has officially been rained on.
128. Bluedevil said:
It's not the loss of comments that bothers me so much, Mrs. Strizzay. It's how nobody seems to give much of a shit that this costs Dooce money. It fucked up her server. It's been suggested over and over again that all you 'doocelings' find a better forum for your non-related chat and leave the comments for commenting on the actual picture.
129. cathi said:
What's up with all the comment policing? Dooce could delete comments as she wishes, or not allow them at all. I've seen her post in the midst of off-topic banter that it was cracking her up.
And Bluedevil, if you're so concerned, you can pitch in with a donation as so many of us have. Otherwise - suck it.
130. Ern said:
Yes, this website costs her money, but it also earns her money via advertising, etc. She even said that she made over $1000 on the Google ads one month. Which she should! She also donated that money to Tsunami relief.
She entertains a lot of people. Myself included. And comments or not, I will keep reading this site.
131. Mrs.Strizzay said:
Yeah what cathi said, and why the fuck are you commenting on our commenting if the over commenting is such a problem for you? huh? huh?
132. Ern said:
I might also mention that the "off-topic-banter" keeps people coming back to the site all day, which increases the likelihood of people clicking on her ads.
133. heidillydoo said:
In the words of Dooce, "To the commenters who flood my daily photo page every day, this is for you. You guys are NUTS, but finally my comments section is worth reading. I’m glad some of you have made friends with each other, I love that you’ll quote Barry Manilow and Kenny Rogers, that you’ll hold entire conversations with each other that no one else can follow. I love that GOD is a regular reader and commenter of this website. There is really never a dull moment in there." (January 26, 2005, in the Depression archives).
134. Mrs.Strizzay said:
Ern I hope you typed that with a british accent.
135. Ern said:
Indeed, I did, Mrs. Strizzay!
136. Ern said:
Now that I've said my piece, I am going to go and apply for my official redneck card by attending a NASCAR event.
Yee-haw!
137. Ern said:
From british accent to southern drawl. Now THAT'S talent (if I do say so myself!)
138. Bluedevil said:
If I was dooce I'd probably be reluctant to delete commenting, too. It's a measure of how popular and well-liked her site is. I'm sure that someday there could possibly be an actual dooce forum, set up by dooce herself.
I've said what I wanted to say. You either get it or you don't. I won't waste more bandwidth repeating myself, I guess.
P.S. Cathi, I'd say that those of you who actually have donated money to dooce would be among those who already get it.
139. kendra in T-Bay said:
WOW...that's some heavy conversation.
140. CanadianAmy said:
On an unrelated note,
What ABOUT MATT DAMON.
141. kendra in T-Bay said:
What about Matt Damon?
142. CanadianAmy said:
Have you heard anything?
143. Julie said:
Canadian Amy~Maybe Matt Damon could be President. OF FRANCE!!!
Glad the comments are back up, Dooce, and thanks for the Photoshop tutorial last night. I spent at least 45 minutes of drunken fun trying to duplicate the effect with a picture of my own. Didn't work as well as yours, but hey, I was drunk, it was fun. :)
144. kendra in T-Bay said:
Heard anything about what?? I'm not trying to be frustrating here, I'm just locked in my office at school writing a thesis proposal...
145. heidillydoo said:
Kendra - are you from Thunder Bay? Studying at Lakehead University? Just curious by your nickname.
146. CanadianAmy said:
Hey Kendra,
Just a dorky reference to a post of Dooce's a week or so ago.
Bourne nightmare
Thursday, 17 February 2005
147. kendra in T-Bay said:
Oh, guess I'm not up on the comments from last week!! Oh wait, I was in Edmonton and in total Dooce withdrawl!
Yes, I'm studying at Lakehead. I started my Master's this past Sept. So far T-Bay is great. I'm originally from just west of Toronto, so being up here is really different. I LOVE THE SNOW though...It's fantastic!
148. Jax said:
Heather,
Thanks for sharing your great variety of talents with us. You really do inspire all of us newbie bloggers out there.
149. Jon Eben Field said:
Heather,
It seems as though you have commenters who are addicted to your site. Quite an accomplishment. I am not, as of yet, addicted, but I am genuiunely enjoying the doocian way of life.
150. Kieran said:
Yeah PHOTOSHOP 101 class in in session
151. spoonleg said:
Ahhh, comments back up. Can resume breathing, eating and otherwise functioning. DON'T EVER SCARE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN, YOUNG LADY. WE WERE UP ALL NIGHT, WORRIED SICK ABOUT YOU.
152. Lala said:
Although I do not comment everyday, I am willing to give up my commenting ability if it means that Canadian Amy and Dang Cold and Dr. Johhny Fever can continue.
153. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
I'm touched, Lala. Thanks for taking one for the team.
154. warcrygirl said:
How To Be An Even BIGGER Dork: purchase PSP8 and never learn to use the damn thing. Seriously, everything in your post was Greek to me. Chant it with me now!
DORK DORK DORK DORK!!!
155. CanadianAmy said:
Lovin' the Lala.
156. heidillydoo said:
So, Kendra, were you from Mississauga? Brampton? Milton? I'm in Toronto - Scarborough to be exact. Moving to Ajax (just east of Toronto) in the near future)
157. Mrs.Strizzay said:
anyone know how to increase push up output _dramatically_ in like 2 weeks?
158. CanadianAmy said:
Are you asking for Victoria's secrets, Strizz?
159. heidillydoo said:
Get a good push up bra - or, I've heard wondrous things about water bras! I don't have much boobage to push up, so I don't have very much experience with this topic.
160. Lauren Stranahan said:
Mrs.S,
Do what the models do..
Tape 'em up!
161. CanadianAmy said:
Oh wait. You are asking about REAL push ups! Yikes! I led everyone down the garden path on that one.
You are going for a physical test of some sort, right?
162. squish said:
That sky is beautiful, but scary at the same time. The weather in the mountains is so different than it is where I live.
163. heidillydoo said:
Hi Squish!
164. squish said:
As for Photoshop, can anyone recommend a good version? I saw several. Don't think I'll be needin' the professional $600 version.
165. squish said:
Hi, Heid!
I mispelled Heid at first and the computer thought I was posting H E I L. It wouldn't let me!
166. Lauren Stranahan said:
CanadianAmy ..
I thought everything was always about boobs...
and stuff.
167. dfgfd said:
lady is dumb
168. CanadianAmy said:
Oh Lauren, everything is!
I think Strizz wants to be a cop? So she has to do some test.
But any test, no matter what it is for, gets better results with your knockers pushed up and OUT.
Especially class presentations and such.
169. CanadianAmy said:
The closer they are to your chin, the better the grade.
170. Lauren Stranahan said:
squish ..
It really depends on what you want to do, the 'professional' version of PS has a bunch of features that are nice for web design - such as good text tools, tools for making buttons and roll overs, and slicing images. The current version is photoshop cs, but you might want to find a used version of 6.0, or see if you qualify for an educational version.
My husband has been using PS for years. I love playing around in it, but I usually end up feeling like a big DORK. I have been able to figure it out enough to be happy with the photos I mess with that I post on my blog, but beyond that I'm lost..
Lauren
171. heidillydoo said:
I bought a 70 dollar "teach yourself visually" book for Photoshop 7 back in August. Haven't looked at it yet. Perhaps when I'm done school, I will be able to commit myself to this. For now, I just play with the filters.
172. heidillydoo said:
Oh correction - it was only 40 dollars. With 10 per cent off because it was the last copy and has a crinkled back cover.
173. heidillydoo said:
K, f'n hell. I NEED to get some work done. I've been here all friggin' day. I think I'm officially a dooceling.
174. Burdanilex said:
I am so happy to see the comments page working again!
*does a happy dance*
175. David Kornahrens said:
Not very good picture quality, like most of the other pictures you take.
176. Erika said:
Why are heidillydoo and bluedevil posting the EXACT SAME COMMENTS they posted 2 days ago when the server crashed????
177. Roo said:
Squish,
Many of the effects that Heather (and others) achieve can be got by using most decent image manipulation software. If you won't be using it professionally, you're right to not want to spend hundreds of dollars :)
Try GIMP [http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html] -- download and install both those packages, its a great image manipulation program.
Its Free Software [http://www.gnu.org/], so it won't cost you a penny, and never will.
I use it for all of my design work, and have been for years. All it lacks (as far as i'm concerned) is the most top-end professional features, but with every release it gets better and better.
You'll have piles of fun, and at no cost :)
-- Roo
178. Erika said:
OOPS guess I was wrong about my last comment...didn't think I read those comments today! I thought they were 2 days ago...sorry guys.
179. Mrs.Strizzay said:
Get the breasticles off your brains people. I meant the physical activity.
180. Leon said:
02.25.2005 (numeric symbolism/pattern)
We shall call it "The 1035 - The Day The Comments Died"
Also known as - Take the hint party people, start your own blogs and prattle away on them.
Not here.
181. heidillydoo said:
Erika - what are you talking about?
182. RazDreams said:
i wonder if physical push-ups would help to build *up* the boobage, or at least make mine not continue to go in the southward region...
183. Erika said:
Heidillydoo--
like I said...I thought I read those comments before (just didn't think it was today) It's been a very long day.
Sorry
184. part-timer said:
Mrs. S - two words.... BOOT CAMP
hope you have one near you. it kicks your ass and you'll see a huge difference in two weeks.
185. RazDreams said:
lady (#22) and Leon (#182): there *are* other places to go to discuss dooce-related things. just click on my name or roo's name. i'm pretty sure we won't have the comments die today or tomorrow, as the weekends are never busy. perhaps by monday, people will go elsewhere to post all the fun stuff they normally post here. :o)
186. heidillydoo said:
David I just checked out your blog, and have to say your pics are not of the most superior quality either. And you should really brush up on your grammar. btw - you have the same birthday as me! Except 7 years later.
187. heidillydoo said:
Erika - sorry. Didn't catch your second comment. And it's all good. I'm a bit snippy today. Womanly reasons.
188. Dr.D said:
Dear Leon,
I have ahint for you, but not a very subtle one. Feel free to create your own blog. On that blog please write about the fact that you wish people would stop commenting on Dooce and write in their own blogs.
At least the prattlings of most people on here are amusing, unlike comment #182.
Yours Truly, Dr. D (Treating the dumbasses of the world since 1984)
189. Mrs.Strizzay said:
Part timer, do tell....
190. AndiMAC said:
I am so tired, my eyes are crossing. I need a nap and its only 7 pm.
191. the niffer said:
Where is UPPERCASE GOD when you need him. I see a couple of folks who need some smiting tonight.
Dr. D, you're doing a pretty good job in his absence. Smite away.
192. Henryk_ said:
I am so tired, my eyes are crossing. I need a nap and its almost Sunday - noon!
193. TexaRican said:
1. David did not state HIS pics were better...merely noted the quality wasn't as good as usual. I think as a fellow blogger and photographer he is entitled to his opinion and/or curiosity about the difference.
2. Even if he was being a dick...Heather is a big girl, mucho strong. She is MORE than capable of defending HERSELF, if she feels someone is giving her shit.
3. For those of you "hostile doocelings" (you know, the ones I have noticed via lurkage who LOVE to pounce on the asses of newbies/anyone who appears to be critical of the Armstrongs), I'm sure my "Suck it!" is on the way. So here's my preemptive response, in the words of the immortal Rizzo: "WITH RELISH!"
194. Scarah said:
i <3 you, TexaRican.
195. Bucky Four-Eyes said:
Aaaaaah comments, sweet sweet comments. Gotta say: Chuck yesterday? My cold, dead heart melted for the sleepwalkin' doggie.
Tried the Dork Effect in PS 6.0.1, but was missing the option "LINEAR LIGHT" in blend mode (step 5). May have to investigate PS CS. Or is it because I'm on a Windows box?
Huh huh. "Box" There's a window in my box. Huh huh huh
196. part-timer said:
Oh, Niffer. We all miss Uppercase GOD. But, alas, he is doing God's work - you know... family, kids... etc. Are there trolls here tonight? Haven't read yet.....
197. part-timer said:
Mrs. S - boot camp. military-type ass kicking outside-get-your-ass-all-dirty-and-sweaty-work out. But seeing as you're in Cuse, may have to wait for the Spring. If'n you have other ques. let me know.
198. Lauren Stranahan said:
BFE - you could probably cheat and use a different blend mode and change the opacity settings.
I'm using 7.0, not CS and I have the Linear Light blend mode, fyi..
Or REALLY cheat and download the 30 day trial.
Lauren
199. heidillydoo said:
Has anyone heard of Pizzicato Five?
200. bean said:
#195. HA! WITH RELISH!! perhaps my all time favourite line. rizzo: quelle badass.
the great comment debate is cracking me up. there are a lot of class presidents out there.
to further yesterday's conversation re: chocolate. just tried the Turtles egg today. Nestle sucks anyway but guys---Turtles are turtles, not eggs. don't do it. if you must, eat a turtle...
and finally, to comment on the pic. it's amazing isn't it? this little world we're on? we got the exact same sky today. there must have been extra stock.
201. Bucky Four-Eyes said:
Thanks, Lauren, I shall investigate. My PS skills are limited, and I'd like to change that.
I don't know if it's for good or evil, but we'll deal with that when the time comes. . .
202. Spurious Plum said:
This picture's so pretty! Are stoplights blue?
What the hell does one DO at a blue traffic light? Drink? Fondle oneself? Is it the light of vice?
Because I really want it to be.
203. Lauren Stranahan said:
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Barbie Dolls, Heidillydoo ...
I used to love iTunes, but right now I've really been enjoying Rhapsody. For $10 a month you can download all the music you want.
Now... back to watching Grease.
Lauren
204. heidillydoo said:
Lauren - Pizzicato Five's not on Canadian iTunes! I put in a request. I love the song, "Baby Love Child." My hubby and I heard it on Futurama. Do you have any suggestions? I suppose I could look for a 'real' album at the store...
205. Lauren Stranahan said:
I didn't look on iTunes. Rhapsody has a bunch of their music, including Baby Love Child.
I'm listening to it right now. Thanks! I love finding new songs.
206. heidillydoo said:
It's a great song, so sweet.
I will check out Rhapsody. emusic has a free trial - I might try that.
207. Lauren Stranahan said:
The song I have been listening to endlessly the last couple of days is Big Gay Heart by The Lemonheads. It's a sweet song, too.
Lauren
208. heidillydoo said:
Imagine that - that one's not on iTunes either. :-S
209. spoonleg said:
I have PS 8 and can barely navigate through the thing. There are just too many functions! I'd love to take a class on how to enhance/correct digital photographs using PS8, but I don't know where/how to find such a class. Like at a local college? I am so technologically DORK-TARDED. I need help.
210. Elle OH said:
Y'all, I am e-tarded!
211. the niffer said:
Tex -- It pains me to beat a dead horse (esp. since I'm vegetarian) but David didn't say the photo wasn't as good as they usually are, he basically said they always suck.
David has a right to say what he wants. What I don't get, and it's been said much better by tonnes of people before me, is: why the fuck do people visit this site regularly and then comment how shitty they think it is? They need to find somewhere else to play and let those of us who like Dooce's photos and Dooce's stories and the stories of Doocelings enjoy it in peace. I think we all deal with enough negativity out in the real world all day, every day, to have to deal with it here too.
I apologize, Dooce, for the rant and eating up your bandwidth. But Green Day is coming to London in May and they sold out in 10 sec. so I'm in a really pissy mood.
212. shelly said:
Somebody PLEASE come up with a better name, if there really needs to be a name, than f'in Doocelings! Makes me a Pukeling.
213. Mrs.Strizzay said:
How about cum soaked barn sluts?
214. heidillydoo said:
Greenday's coming to London in May?! WTF - there's nothing about it on their web site. Are they coming to Toronto any time soon?
215. heidillydoo said:
How about Dooceburgers?
216. kalki said:
I'm with the niffer.
"Dooce: Safe haven for dorks, doocelings, and e-tards since 2001"
217. Lauren Stranahan said:
Gawd, that's SO last year, Mrs.S ...
How about .. Salad Tossers?
What?
218. Bellychaser said:
ooh,the Lemonheads! Haven't listened to them in a while! ..."I don't need you to suck my dick or to help me feel good about myself. Big gay heart, please don't break my big gay heart..." My most listened to album of 1994. That and Matthew Sweet. Oh, and Sloan. Ah, memories.
219. the niffer said:
Green Day IS coming to little ol' London. It's crazy - we've had some big names since building a big arena -- Jane's Addiction, David Bowie, Yanni...
Since I won't be a shit ass ho motherfucker anytime soon, I vote for cum-soaked barn sluts.
220. Lauren Stranahan said:
Yes, Bellychaser!
I love that line.I always catch myself singing it to my 3 year old. I have got to stop that, I think. God, I love words.
221. Bellychaser said:
Evan Dando. Yum. (mind wandering, impure thoughts) Where is that husband of mine when i need him?
222. kelly said:
"Dooce: Home of the dorks, e-tards, and cum-soaked barn sluts since 2001"
Better?
223. heidillydoo said:
I prefer e-tards - has a cute twang to it.
224. spoonleg said:
I can think of no better nickname for dooce's minions that cum soaked barn sluts. count me in!
btw, I also dispise the term doocelings. It reminds me of goose/gosling or something. Maybe I'm just a 'tard. Or as my old college roommate used to call me, a Re. That's right, just re- (sans 'tard).
225. shelly said:
tards, or barn sluts, soaked or not, are SO MUCH BETTER. thanks.
226. Althea said:
Alan, thank you so much for not starting off the comments with the ever so clever question, “FIRST?â€
227. heidillydoo said:
Spoonleg - just checked out your blog - hilarious! Plus, you're a 23 year old RN - me too! (In April I will be, anyway).
228. heidillydoo said:
That is, in April I will be an RN. In March, I will be 24. Whip-de-frickin'doo I know.
229. Katie-be-happy-at-home said:
Cum soaked barn sluts. Striz, you have such a way with words. Count me in as a barn slut.
But what is wrong with the term Dooceling. In the words of a certain ass troll from Thursday, does calling ourselves Doocelings make us sycophants? I like the word Dooceling.
230. Bucky Four-Eyes said:
I was a cum-soaked barn slut before I came here, so I wouldn't mind the continued moniker.
Kinda thought "Doocekateer" had a nice ring, too (I *think* Dazed and Confuzed said that one).
231. Katie-be-happy-at-home said:
Doocekateer. I wanna be Annette Funicello. She was the Mouseketeer with the big boobs.
232. Anne said:
Nice shot. I almost feel less queasy looking at it. Bad bologna, but no match for a pretty sky.
233. cathi said:
------------STREAKING!!----------
234. Susie said:
Dooce would probably like Doocekateer, 'cause of the whole Britney Spears/Mousekateer connection . . .
barn sluts just sounds so rural (yea, I'm trying to think up ANY reason to not refer to myself as a cum-soaked barn slut)
Plus, Doocekateers could wear special hats; how often do you see your average cum-soaked barn slut in a special hat? Huh?
Is it -kateer or -keteer?
235. spoonleg said:
Wowsers, I will be 24 in March, too!
Congrats Heidi on your soon-to-be RN-ship. Come April you can be like me and surf dooce while you're supposed to be working! Yay!
236. Katie-be-happy-at-home said:
I bet it should be spelled Dooceketeer, since Mouseketeer is spelled with an 'e'. Dooceketeer really does have an official sound to it. Like we are part of a special organization. We must come up with a song.
237. Bucky Four-Eyes said:
Oh, trust me, Susie -- us cum-soaked barn sluts have special hats:
http://tinyurl.com/3zgyd
(no, I don't know the people in the picture, but just think about all the cum soakin' that's about to go down)
238. Susie said:
Now, tha's what I'm talkin' about -- hats, songs, make it official. No offense to you, BFE, I just read that you are a CSBS from way back, and you know I love you, but I'm liking the Dooceketeer idea.
239. Lauren Stranahan said:
Speaking of Britney, a couple of years agoI was on my way into a Starbucks in Orlando and my husband said he thought he saw Britney Spears go by in a black SUV. I rolled my eyes and was like, yeah RIGHT Britney Spears in a strip mall in Flordia, give me a break.
We were standing in line, I turned around and I was face to face with the Princess of Pop .... Of course my eyes went right to her boobs. When I managed to drag my eyes off of them I saw the 2 male, teenaged Starbucks workers were doing the same thing.
That's my Britney story.
240. spoonleg said:
That is one semen drenched farm-shed prostitute.
241. Susie said:
OK, the CSBS hat ain't bad, really; but judging from the pic, the CSBS lifestyle tends to age one prematurely. You know what bugs me about it, seriously (oh lord, listen to me talking about this seriously), it's this: in order to be SOAKED, there has to be a LOT of uh, liquid deposited, one after another, before the first even gets to dry. Eeeeuw. Soaked. I mean, stained, yea, but soaked?
242. Bucky Four-Eyes said:
Susie, *obviously* you've never dated a man who nicknamed himself The Super Soaker.
243. Speechless Susie said:
uh duh You got me there, Bucky. You know the kind of guys I like -- flexible with goofy grins, but not a lotta liquid.
244. spoonleg said:
Yeah, what about the guy I dated in college nicknamed SQUIRT (and not because he was an scrawny child). I was like, all excited to get some CSBS action and then... a total disappointment. There was no SQUIRT, more like DRIP. Damn you and your super soaker boyfriends, Bucky.
245. spoonleg said:
You know, there used to be this product by Almay I think, it was like some sort of cleansing milk. Well they had this ad in magazines of a girl's face being doused in the stuff, and she's grinning from ear to ear with this creamy, milky substance splashing all over the place. My friend made a sign that read, "My boyfriend has never..." and placed it, along with the magazine ad, on the outside of her dormroom. At a Christian University. Yeah, we were rebels.
246. Mrs.Strizzay said:
Spoon, I think I love you.
247. spoonleg said:
But I don't drive a Camaro, Mrs. Strizz. And you know that I'm married to Bucky so you'll have to beat her up and steal me from her, like you did to all of her high school boyfriends.
248. Mrs.Strizzay said:
How can you be married to BFE and _not_ have a camero?
I only beat her up because I was secretly jealous that she got all the boyfriends first. Just don't tell her I said that OK.
249. part-timer said:
dont' know if anyone has already said this, but...
GREEN LIGHT!!
250. Mrs.Strizzay said:
red light
251. Bucky Four-Eyes said:
Striz, you can beat me up and steal Spoon, all cavewoman style and shit. Just make sure you give me back the keys to the cuffs and chastity belt in the mornin'.
252. spoonleg said:
she found out that I can soak on command everything within a 6 foot radius, and suddenly the Camaro was no longer important. Priorities, babe, priorities.
Nevermind that, your secret's safe with me. Shhhh.
253. spoonleg said:
Oooh, oooh only if she promises to pull my hair.
254. part-timer said:
spoonie - haven't read all the shit, but you are my hump-kelis-lover. so get over it. you're mine. nurse bitch!! now do your rounds!
255. Katie-be-happy-at-home said:
Geez, I'm gone for an hour and I come back to hair pulling, cum soaked nurse bitches. I miss all the kinky shit.
256. spoonleg said:
I'm your cum-soaked nurse bitch?! MY LIFE IS COMPLETE! THANK YOU JESUS! I'm a naughty night-shift nurse.
"Now do your rounds!"--- BWAHAHAHA!
257. Sarah M said:
Your Comments. Out of control. :-)
258. part-timer said:
oh yes, spoonie, you're my cu... can't type it... too prescious....
see you tomorrow!
259. Henryk_ said:
.and as Heather B. drives into the sunset, she thinks...."is that a fluffy Alto Cumulus I see before my eyes?"
260. Henryk_ said:
oh crap....its well after midnight over there!!(>1:20 am)
261. Henryk_ said:
well....where IS my night nurse???
262. roos650 said:
Someone passed your site on to me, I can't remember if that was just before or after I stangled him. Anyway, I've been knocking around here for about an hour and I do find your writing fascinating. Although being at the end of the daily comments I do feel like I'm laying in the wet spot(s) Could we change the sheets?
263. Henryk_ said:
a naughty night-shift nurse????? hehehehehe
264. Henryk_ said:
roos650........how DID you wet them sheets??
265. Henryk_ said:
.....Incontinence maybe?
266. spoonleg said:
I AM THE ONLY NAUGHTY NIGHT-SHIFT NURSE 'ROUND THESE PARTS.
Now that we've established that... I also want to know how roos' bedsheets got wet? Perhaps (s)he is a squirter?
267. Henryk_ said:
Spoony, I guess we will never find out....huh??!!
268. Henryk_ said:
Spoony, I guess we will never find out....huh??!!
269. Henryk_ said:
There is an echo in here!
270. Henryk_ said:
alas.....I am alone!
271. Jo said:
BOO