Zormasa’s blog

A great songwriter, he had a huge impact on my life when I was in my teens. I used to go see him at the Universal Ampitheatre in L.A. This is a sad day.

"Seldom seen a scarecrow's dream
I hang in the hopes of replacement
Castles tall, I built them all
But I dream that I'm trapped in the basement
And if you ever hear me calling out
And if you've been by paupers crowned
Between the worlds of men and make-believe I can be found."
~Dan Fogelberg - Scarecrows Dream, Netherlands, 1977

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/16/obit.fogelberg.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Today is Vox's first anniversary since the official launch.  What's the best experience you've had on Vox in the past year?

There's not one particular experience that I would call best. It's more the overall warmth of the people I've had the pleasure and the privilege to call my neighbors. Plus, the fun / cool part about it all is the fact that we became neighbors simply because of a comment left here or a comment left there.

That little comment, it's the simplest little gesture, but it makes all the difference...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY...UM, VOXIVERSARY!

Edit: Almost forgot. I also enjoyed having my banner design chosen as one of the 50 winners last year. :-)

Last Friday I went to a memorial service for a friend who had a heart attack and died on July 24th. He was a good friend of my dad's. I knew him as "Chip", but his real name was Murray Riley Smith. He hung out at my parent's house a lot over the last ten years. He didn't have any family, so my parent's would always invite him over whenever we had any type of holiday gathering; Christmas, Thanksgiving, birthdays, etc. He was a really nice guy. But the reason I feel like I want to write a post about him is because, when he died, he had no family. I mean NO family. He was only 60 years old. He was all alone when he had the heart attack and he called 911 himself. When the ambulance arrived at his house, it was too late, he had died.

Chip

Chip's Photos - Cowboys

There were also a ton of older photos. We all sat and looked through them and it was just so sad because none of us knew who the people were in the pictures. We could guess at some of them, but most of them were unknown. They were not marked on the back, etc. I guess it feels so sad because he was the only one who knew who all the people were and he never told anyone. So it's like a whole family history is just "poof". I scanned a couple of them.

Chip's Photos - Girl Dressed Up

Chip's Photos - Swingin' Couple

Neighborhood X 3

I had a few days off work last week. It was exactly seven days, including the weekend. Yeah that sucks for me, but anyway, one thing I did while I was off, was finish a few art cards I had been working on. Inspiration came from our move into a new neighborhood...

What will you remember most about this summer?

The Farmer's Market in our little town is one of the best in our county and we just moved here in June! I love the peaches, tomatoes and BERRIES! I bought a pack of blackberries, raspberries and strawberries and made berry shakes. It's hot here, so these tasted like a dream.

Berry Shake

My posts all sound like commercials. I should write copy or something. Movies, phones, whatever...I can talk 'em up. I don't like it. I should change, maybe. I think it's because I don't want to expose any true feelings or emotions. There's just something about having that personal shit floating out on the interweb that makes me hold back. Yep.

I finally broke down and got a real cell phone. I've had a pay-as-you-go for about 8 months, but since we moved into our house I've been using it way too much for the pay-as-you-go to be cost effective. I decided not to get a land line at all, so a new phone and new contract was the answer. Yes, I lust after the iPhone with every ounce of my Mac loving soul, but alas, the cost is too high. So I scoured the internet for some kind of deal on a phone I could live with. I found this:

Nokia 5300

I know, it looks like a toy, but it really is so much fun. It comes with a USB cable, so I can get music and photos from my computer. It has a radio too. I'm having a great time learning all the cool stuff it does. I also found a website where I can get free games. I can download them to my comp and then put them on my phone via USB. I refuse to go on the internet with it because I know the cost will just skyrocket, but I really want cool pics and games, etc., so I've found ways to get them. This stuff is probably old news to most people, but for me it's all new and exciting. Of course, anything is an improvement over my last phone, it was a Motorola I bought at Target for $14.99. Yep, moving up in the world...only took me 49 years.

Credit where credit is due: I found above photo on Flickr, courtesy of MobileBurn