January 3, 2000

So there's Jim and I on New Year's Eve. Didn't Jim do a good job of looking like he doesn't want to kill himself? And I didn't even plan it, but his tie kind of matches my shirt. And I'm wearing lipstick! That never happens. Anyway, I think Jim looks super handsome in that picture. Hands off, ladies (and guys), he's mine! I, on the other hand, have a gigantic forehead and I don't know why I think pulling my hair back will make it look smaller.

Katie pointed out that I named my entry from the 1st "010199.htm". Oops! I fixed it, and tried to fix all the links, but let me know if something is screwy.

I had a pretty lazy weekend, which is the point of New Year's Day, I think. Jim and I watched the entire third season of Oz, which was a little much to take at once. It's a good show, but Jim made a good point about it. He said after watching 8 hours of it, you start expecting all television shows to feature male frontal nudity and people getting shivved. It's disconcerting. While we watched the show, I made some Thank You cards for my holiday gifts. I had bought a pack of green cardstock and envelopes at the craft store before the holidays. So I made up a Thank You graphic and printed a bunch out (with my new printer!), and then glued them to the front of the cards. Then yesterday, I took a silver pen and wrote out the cards, and had Jim sign them with a gold pen. I think they turned out pretty nice. I was hoping to find some nice stickers or something too, but Wal-Mart's selection left a lot to be desired, to say the least. All they had was little smiley faces, which didn't seem appropriate.

As mentioned above, yesterday I went to Wal-Mart to buy one of those gigantic Rubbermaid totes to pack away my Christmas decorations. I found one on sale, and stuffed it into the shopping cart. I also bought one of those picture frames where you can make a collage, but that's not what I'm going to do with it. I'm going to cover it with paper or material, and then criss cross it with ribbons, and then use it to stick pictures and cards in. You always see that in the Martha Stewart magazines, except she uses like linen and shit. I made one to display my Christmas cards, and I used wrapping paper and wire-edged ribbons. It turned out all right. I didn't measure or anything, so it's a bit uneven. But it serves its purpose. Now I'm going to make a non-holiday one.

I spent the rest of the day putting away the Christmas decorations, and Jim and I picked up the holiday deitrus from the living room. Then we watched the final three episodes of "The Sopranos" in preparation for the new season. I am totally digging having HBO.

So the middle picture on this page is Mary and me on New Year's Eve. Then this picture at the bottom is Mary and Terry. Terry had some serious red-eye in this picture, and I tried to fix it. I think it looks okay if you don't look too closely! Thanks to Mary who took all these pictures with her brand new digital camera!

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If you are thinking about a career in web development, CNet has a good article covering a day in the life of various people involved in web building.

How important is a domain name? This Forbes article points out that few of the top domain names are actual words in the dictionary -- most are words like Amazon or Yahoo!

Will today be the real Y2K day as people get back to work? I tried to e-mail Mary, and it bounced.

I agree with this critic's assessment of Andy Kaufman.

The top vaporware of 1999, as decided by Wired.

The 1999 Darwin Award winners have been announced.

Project Cool selects the coolest sites of the year.

So the guy who attacked George Harrison is crazy. Does anyone else find it odd that his mother is talking calmly about how the guy had to wear a Walkman to quiet the voices in his head? Maybe he needed some treatment and/or medication? I found that odd.