Love presents: Surge hurts!
Well, I don’t really have the time, but I have to throw a couple bits of news and thoughts out there.
I’ve been in a very volatile state lately. Last night I was up at 1:30 am, on youtube, almost crying watching Kerri Strug nail her second Vault for an Olympic Gold in 96.
Last thursday I almost walked right out on my job. which isn’t much of one to begin with. Apparently I don’t put clothes on the floor fast enough. I was not aware that “sprinting frantically around like I’m on fire” was the desired work speed.
This has been one of the more difficult Surges to plan yet. Big ups to Alex and Cassie for their fantastic help. Most others have fallen by the wayside somehow, intentionally or not.
Not sure why I’ve been this way though. I’m restless, I guess. emotionally, and career-ally. Restless and Stressed. Hence Volatile.
But I am currently too overwhelmed with life to worry about restlessness.
Tonight is band practice. Tomorrow night is Surge rehearsal. Wednesday night is Surge. Thursday I work at BR all day and then Thursday night AND Friday night Moodhosa is playing shows in town.
I can be a hero, just for one week. I hope I don’t majorly bomb on any of those responsibilities.
2010: The pain of change.
It’s worth it.
It’s going to be worth it.
I wrote to Facebook.
Dear Facebook,
I use Facebook extensively and have over 1200 friends. While I actively weed out unwanted info from my Live News Feed by hiding people or applications… my Live Feed is still overloaded with plenty of info, more than I can ever really keep up with… but that has never really been a problem, thanks to friends lists.
I was able to make friends lists (one was “Radar” for potential dates/love interests, and also “Core”, for my closest dozen or so friends). I was able to make the lists, but much more importantly, I was able to drag and drop the lists I wanted most accessible above the “More…” line that by default hid everything below it.
This way, whenever I would visit Facebook, I had the following simple options on the left hand side, all only ONE click away:
News Feed
Radar
Core
Status Updates
More Lists >
This made Facebook easy and convenient. The information I wanted most was the easiest and quickest to access.
That is no longer an option… Now a friends list is buried under 2-3 clicks and even some scrolling down.
Here I will say, that I am not one to always complain endlessly about the changes you guys make to improve Facebook. Check my group history if you doubt it 
.
Actually, I very much like many of the changes made this weekend to Facebook. Notifications on the top bar, even more fully using the links and navigation possibilities of the left hand side, these are very positive moves.
However, as much as I appreciate the new changes to the home page, Removing the drag and drop functionality from the left hand side is a tremendous downgrade to the facebook user experience.
I know that I am but one voice among millions, but I’m sure you’re aware that a customization option like drag-and-drop link lists is a large one to be haphazardly tossed away. Please consider restoring/adding that function back to facebook’s overall very well-done home page.
My friends and women who may or may not know that I have crushes on them will thank you almost as much as I will.
Drew Allen
*Ahem*
Sometimes, the answer was looking at you in the mirror.
For years I have had numerous people tell me that I should look into doing voiceover work.
Well, after seeing some postings online for making money doing just that, I’m gonna do it.
I used my tax return to, among other things, purchase the tools necessary to start doing voiceover work from my house. These tools are essentially, a professional condenser-type mic, an audio interface to connect to my laptop, and the necessary software to record and edit my voice (Pro Tools Essentials).
I’m not at all going to discontinue my attempts to make it as a web designer, but if there’s even a slim chance I can make some reasonable money doing something I’m already very capable of doing well, that I also enjoy, then I owe it to myself to give it a shot.
Also, I’m writing this blog from a desktop blog program called Blogo. We’ll see how well this works.
Oh, and I did get an xbox360.