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New Theme: Iceburgg

I had to scratch the itch to change my theme again, so here it is. The original theme is called Iceburgg (see footer for link). I made a few changes to bring it up to the jillapalooza.com standard that you’ve come to expect by adding tag fields, custom graphics, catchy tag lines, etc. I also had to fix the css because the double enter wasn’t creating the desired line spacing.

It’s got the sidebar on the bottom. I guess that would make it a bottombar. I like it… and I don’t. The clean look of having all that clutter out of the way is nice, but if you’re looking to navigate it’s kind of a pain. But there are only 5 posts per page, and most keyboards today come standard with page down buttons. Besides, I’m really only interested in what two people think of it. Me and Blog Reader Kristen. Who still doesn’t have her own blog. But I guess that’s why she’s called Blog Reader Kristen and not Blog Writer Kristen.

Any how, it’s got a fun wintery theme, which I made kind of Christmas-y. I’m not sure that I like the double header pictures, but if I keep this theme for any length of time I’ll probably create a fun jillapalooza.com logo (with the Gimp of course) to put at the very top, then delete the text heading underneath it.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think. :bobble:

By the way, how many more times do you think I’ll change my theme before Nick posts a blog again?

Why I Hate Shopping…

…from after Thanksgiving until Christmas:

People. People are retarded. Meandering about the store here and there. Maybe it’s because they are entranced by all the normal every day products that are in limited edition sparkley packages. Like bugs to a zapper. Completely oblivious to their surroundings. More realistically though, I think people are always like that. It’s just so much more irritating when the population in the store doubles.

So anyway, today I was at Target. Forced to be there by the need of basic supplies. It wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t the normal happy go lucky Target experience that I’ve come to enjoy. It was busy. People were in my way. Talking on cell phones not realizing how much aisle space they were taking up. Letting their kids push the cart. And if the typical irritating stuff x 3 wasn’t bad enough, I wondered into a fart cloud and couldn’t escape it. It was nasty. Then there was this guy in sweat pants. A heavier guy, but not so heavy he couldn’t find a pair of jeans that fit. And when you hear “heavy” and “sweat pants” in the same sentence, do you get any specific image of an odor in your mind? Need I say more? Then I found a check out line that wasn’t too long. Of course I got behind the lady that memorized the sale prices of everything in her cart. Once I was done with that fiasco I trudged to the back of the lot where I had to park, slowing for a moment to scoff at the car parked in my usual rock star spot. It was windy and cold and my hands were beginning to stick to the metal of the cart handle by the time I found my car. And I didn’t even get to buy anything fun. :(

Then when I got back to work I received an email from Office Depot notifying me that I could take $10 off of a $40 purchase… in store only. Wait, they sent me an electronic coupon that I have to print myself, then bring into the store? That is just ridiculous. Besides, I don’t want to go to their dumb store. I don’t want to go to any store right now. Jerks.

London Pics in Gallery

I’ve put our pictures from London in the gallery. Disappointingly there aren’t very many. Must have had something to do with the 48 hours give or take that we were there. Not to mention a faulty camera battery that was holding it’s charge for about 7.5 minutes, which is what is to blame for the crappy blurry quality of most of the photos. Oh well, better luck next time.

Cheers.

Look at all of the pictures here.

Happy Thanksgiving :D

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! I hope your day is great and filled with family, friends and food. But let’s not forget to give thanks for the things we’re thankful for. ;)

One of the less important things I am thankful for is that my poll is getting such a great turnout… although I think there might be some repeat votes in there somewhere.

Things I learned in London – Updated 11/22

London’s not all that different from home, but there were a few things that seemed to stand out.

  • Portion sizes in restaurants are manageable. I’m told even the largest fast food meal is only equivalent to a medium here.
  • If you ask for water, you’re going to get a bottle of water. A glass bottle.
  • You have to ask for the check. You could sit there all night if you wanted to, you still need to ask for it. Unlike Aruba, they actually bring it in a timely matter after you ask.
  • All the restaurants have wireless hand held scanning devices for your credit card. They scan your card and print the receipt right at your table.
  • When they ask you if you want cream in your coffee, they mean actual cream. Not coffee creamer, half & half or milk. It’s actually quite good, it makes the coffee all frothy.
  • The converter they sell there only converts your electrical plug, not the voltage.
  • People there aren’t fat. The country isn’t built for larger people. I’d imagine it would be difficult to travel there if you are of large stature.
  • The Cinemas have assigned seating.
  • Wear a scarf, you’ll fit in better.
  • London is a very busy place. There are people on the streets at all hours. Except Sundays when the place is a ghost town. Most shops aren’t open either.
  • There are bums in London, but I didn’t see them bothering any one like they do in the US. I only saw them at night too. They also looked normal, no missing body parts or deformities.
  • Not only do they drive on the left and sit on the right, but they can park in either direction on the side of the road, and sometimes on the walk.
  • The television commercial breaks are longer, but in a 30 minute show there is only one of them. In the hour long shows there are a two or three. You can see the spots where the commercial should be, just like watching a DVD. Awesome.

I’m sure there are more things that I’ll think of, and I’ll add them as I deem fit.

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