I was just informed that MTV is planning on doing a remark of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Oh please, say it ain't so!
I don't know how they can think that this could possibly be a good idea. Who do they think will go to see it? Certainly not the die hard fans. We know the movie sucks, but we love it because it sucks. The low production and cheesy effects are part of its appeal.
My Page-a-day calendar had this gem for me today.
Not looking forward to that sales conference in Dayton, Ohio? Help is here! Ever tries making towel origami, dental-floss pompoms or soap scrimshaw? How about toilet tennis or in-line tray skating? Hotel Hobbies offers 50 boredom-banishing and completely legal ways to have fun while you're cooped up and far from home."
Far from home? I might have to try some of these AT home.
I've finally getting around to catching up on a lot of blogs and news and whatnot. It seems the recent addition of a RSS reader to my life (I'm using Vienna) has been a good idea.
I was catching up with Inkblurt just now, and he referenced Chris Brogan and his 100 Personal Branding Tactics Using Social Media. This may be old news (it was posted in mid-June, but it's new to me.
Building a personal brand is something that lots of folks are talking about lately. It certainly was a focus of BlogHer this weekend. We've also talked about it a lot at work. It's a subject I've wrestled with with my web properties over the years.
The line between personal and professional brands is also an interesting one to consider. I don't really want future clients reading about what my cats are doing or my latest political rant. It doesn't seem all that professional. And yet, I don't want to stop ranting or talking about The Kids.
I've also been thinking about implications with name changes. Come next summer, I won't really be cfox74 anymore. Do I change everything to cogan74? If I sign up for a new media service these days, which username do I chose? After all, to the New York Times I'm still cberlingo!
I spent most of yesterday putting together a brand new blog. No, don't worry. Chachi In Charge isn't going anywhere. But I decided that I have too much passion and excitement about all the crafty-goodness I've been up to lately. Rather than try to keep that all in, I decided to give it its own space where it can run free.
I introduce: Like I Need Another Project. It's a place for me to document projects that I'm working on. As well as ideas, patterns, books, tools and tips. Come on by and take a look!
Wow! My brain has been firing off ideas non-stop ever since I got home from the BlogHer conference last night. I have so many ideas for posts and projects, as well as big chunky thoughts that deserve sitting with and thinking about for awhile. I hardly know where to begin.
Rather than post a conference review, I thought I'd post some quotes I heard throughout the weekend that stuck with me. I tried to capture who spoke the words where I could.
"The universe bows down to the power of women blogging." Jane Goodwin
"It takes a village not just to raise a child, but to nourish the adult. " - Jane Goodwin
"It's karma. It's linky love."
"Writing is not about the words, it's about connecting brains together." - Amy Gahran
"Writing is enforced reflection"
"How you think about writing is as important as the writing itself. It's about the *process*." - Amy Gahran
"I think better through conversation. I don't have to know the answer up front."
"People are more engaged by conversations than monologue." - Amy Gahran
"Blogging is like the mob. I try to get out and they pull me back in." - Mena Trott
I also want to thank the lovely ladies that I had the pleasure of chatting with during and between sessions and over lunches. Some were new faces. Others are dear friends I love so much. You all helped me have a really great experience this year. Thank you.
Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse.
The Lovers represents intuition and inspiration. Very often a choice needs to be made.
Originally, this card was called just LOVE. And that's actually more apt than "Lovers." Love follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And, coming after the Emperor, who is about control, it is a radical change in perspective. LOVE is a force that makes you choose and decide for reasons you often can't understand; it makes you surrender control to a higher power. And that is what this card is all about. Finding something or someone who is so much a part of yourself, so perfectly attuned to you and you to them, that you cannot, dare not resist. This card indicates that the you have or will come across a person, career, challenge or thing that you will fall in love with. You will know instinctively that you must have this, even if it means diverging from your chosen path. No matter the difficulties, without it you will never be complete.
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