heavysyrup’s Neighborhood

First, we're happy to announce that the team has identified and fixed the issue with the YouTube conduit; you can now find and add videos from YouTube to your library and posts. As always, thanks for your patience!

The other news we have today is about a new addition to the Six Apart family: TypePad Micro, a new free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see a new form of blogging emerging that lives between the quick status updates of Twitter and Facebook and the long-form posts of "classic" blogging; TypePad Micro is designed to meet that need. You can read more about TypePad Micro in Chris Alden's post on the Everything TypePad blog.

A lot of the new capabilities we've added to TypePad this year were actually inspired by some of the best things about Vox: favoriting, member profiles, a dashboard to follow other bloggers, and easy ways to post content from other social media sites. But the things that make Vox different from TypePad are still there: Vox has always been -- and still is -- the best place for "friends and family" blogging, where you're in control over who sees what. TypePad, on the other hand, is built for the blogger who wants, no, craves, attention.

Do you have a passion or interest you want to share with people beyond your Vox neighborhood? If so, we'd love it if you tried out TypePad Micro. Maybe you've always wanted to start that obsessive blog that's just about waffle restaurants. Or want a place to share videos of your favorite band (Jonas Brothers, anyone? Anyone? ...). TypePad Micro's great for those topic-specific blogs. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.

On the Vox front, our designers are working on some cool new themes (coming soon!). We'd also love to hear your thoughts about where we should take Vox in the coming year. What are the key things you'd like to see for Vox? If you've had a chance to use TypePad this year, what are the features there that we should bring over to Vox? And, if you're thinking big thoughts, how could we connect the Vox and TypePad communities in order to bring together bloggers and their shared passions? Your feedback is really important to us, so please leave a comment here, or shoot me a message.

And again, thanks for your patience as we found and fixed the YouTube bug!

~ daisy

 

As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.

The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.

When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.

It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.

Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.

As always, thanks for your patience.

~daisy

 I write posts in my head, talking about all the things that have gone on in my life. Then I get home and they sort of evaperate.

And now all I can think of is that the Mummy from ceremics made for a hella niffty insense burner...lol

I'm quite proud of the mummy. My ceremics instructer has asked me to put him the student art show this spring. I feel all twittery when I think about that. It's not competative, just an chance for people to show their stuff off. Still...twittery.

Lets see,  two weekends  ago saw the opening of Jay's show. He directed "A Talent for Murder" for CLTP. It was enjoyable. I missed out on most of this theatrical adventure though, because while he was busy casting, blocking, set building and arranging for show shirts I was locked in my little art room painting the billboards for The Haunted Atlas. (Has it really been 16 days since Halloween already?!) Being distracted like that was a good thing. Usualy by the time it's opning night I am feeling completly abandoned and resentful and  I want nothing to do with the show. But this time I was so distracted that I came out of a sort of artisit fog and went "Oh! The Show is almost up! Oh, carp, I have another painting to do." Which I did. Opening night it fell three times. I felt sort of both bad and good about that....

I am quite fond this painting's bizzare horribleness. It was supposed to have been painted by an adult woman with a brain injury resulting in the metality of a 15 year old.When I was fifteen I liked horses and bright colors. And skulls. Actually Jay asked me to put that in there. He thought it would be fun to make it "subtle" so that only the cast knew it was there. It's not subtle. That's alright though, people were trying to find meaning in the skull and it seemed to add to the whole experience. lol!

I'm pleased with the eye. It's human-ness adds just a bit more creepy-weirdness to the whole thing.

So this weekend the show ended and we have all our stuff back. (We have wonderful junk aorund the house that always ends up as set dressing, something I'm irrationaly smug about.)

Lets see, on the 12th, Jay, Dawn and I went to Denver to see Wicked. It was really wonderfuly wonderful and I loved it. I have read the book it's based on and, frankly, I like the show a hell of a lot better than the book. (To be fair, the show and the book have very little in common and the book is GOOD, it's just terribly drepresssing.) After we got back to town, Dawn and I hooked up with T and went to Sharis'. We've been doing "Game Night" a lot lately. We play hours and hours of Phase Ten and Uno and eat food that is bad for us but tastes wonderful. I think by skipping the whole child rearing thing I've gone straight to Bingo and Bloody Mary night with my girl friends. :)

I never did make it to the Cemetery to take picutres. But I did finish the book. Everyone I know should read it. I keep promising myself I'll go take cemetery pictures in the snow but I haven't quite brought myself to do it yet. That and the snow keeps melting off....
Well, it's supposed to.
Speaking of snow we got about 6 inches. It started snowing the day after we went to Denver. How is that for timing?

This weekend Cyn and I both had time off. (GASP!!) Since we work the same job and she works my opposit nights we never see each other. Well, we had diner and went to see Jay's show and I had a good time! I miss her. She is someone I can be myself around with out worry that she will think I am too weird. She just tries to out-weird me. :)
Come to think of it all my close friends are like that.

The other day the Dog got into the 'fridge and ate about half a chicken worth of fried chicken. This is the third time she's gotten into the 'fridge. we suspect she's got a thumb hidden some where....Her new nick name is Houdini Hound.

That's about all. Work is work and I am negelcting my house work for art. Oh, yeah the art! I was mutilating barbie dolls yesterday. This is the result.

It is in no way an orginial idea, and to  be honset I sort of get tired of the whole goth/tortured angel thing. But I just had this doll laying around, was feeling creative and , well here she is.

 Maybe someone will find deep significance in it and buy it off me. I have been wanting to try this sort of thing, adding found obejects to flat, painted surfaces. And while this result is....well it is what it is, I AM inspired to do more.

Are you prepared in case of a natural disaster? What do your plan and preparations include?

Not really prepared, so I guess alot of hope and prayer.

What's the longest you've ever waited in line?

I know it was hours.  The sad thing is - right now I can't remember what the hell it was for!!

What was your favorite class in high school? (And no, lunch doesn't count.) 

I'm going to have to say French (although I remember little to none of it) or English Lit.

"Bitch" by Meredith Brooks

I hate the world today
You're so good to me
I know but I can't change
tried to tell you but you look at me like maybe I'm an angel
underneath
innocent and sweet
Yesterday I cried
You must have been relieved to see the softer side
I can understand how you'd be so confused
I don't envy you
I'm a little bit of everything
all rolled into one

Chorus:
I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your health, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way

So take me as I am
This may mean you'll have to be a stronger man
Rest assured that when I start to make you nervous
and I'm going to extremes
tomorrow I will change
and today won't mean a thing

Chorus

Just when you think you've got me figured out
the season's already changing
I think it's cool you do what you do
and don't try to save me

Chorus

I'm a bitch, I'm a tease
I'm a goddess on my knees
when you hurt, when you suffer
I'm your angel undercover
I've been numbed, I'm revived
can't say I'm not alive
You know I wouldn't want it any other way

...I think I will got to the cemetery and take pictures.
I am reading this:

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Halloween's come and gone and you know that that means... Time for holiday decorations! What does your city or town do to decorate each year that you most look forward to?

I really like the decorating done at the depot.