Carol's random babble

I just learned about the MormonMessages channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/MormonMessages. Mormon Messages is an official channel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I watched Dieter F. Uchtdorf - CREATE and it made me think. One of the screens said, Don't let the voice of critics paralyze you. I am guilty of this - and the voice is my own. I am very self-critical and have been all my life. In kindergarten or first grade, we made (small - you could hold in one hand) clay pots "like the Indians" and painted them. In my mind's eye, I see my effort: misshapen and covered with blotches of paint. Then I see the other kids' works of art: symmetrical and painted with even lines and dots like "real" Indian pottery. I know this is not true - the other kids could not have created what my mind recalls. But at that tender age, I decided that I was not artistic and carried that belief throughout my life. I'm still struggling with it ...

I've added a couple new blogs to my blogroll. First: Olivia . Olivia is mooshinindy's sister-in-law and the post I was directed to (dated Feb. 22, 2009 ) is her response to a troll. I'm kind of sorry I didn't see what the troll said, but her response is great. Second is "Hurley" from Lost: Jorge Garcia. His blog is Dispatches from the Island and he talks about his life and the show. Confession time: I've only seen the first episode of the show - it's on Wednesdays and the girls have church then. But Jorge Garcia kind of looks like my nephew Alex and he has a good sense of humor - definitely a good read. I also added Cake Wrecks . I check this blog from time to time - it's always a good read and often has me laughing until tears run down my face. The motto is "when professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong." Some are simple spelling errors or mistranslation between what the customer says (filtered through the person taking the ord...

I have a set of classes that meets Monday, Wednesday, Friday. I have not attended them yet this week. I went today, only a few minutes late, to discover that the classes had been canceled. I didn't think to check the notices online. D'oh. And I parked way the heck out in the west side of the parking lot, so had a long walk to the building where my classes are, then a long walk back. So I ended up going to drop off Mom's new prescription that she got on Monday that I keep forgetting to drop off. I asked the pharmacists how long, he said 15 minutes, which is what he always says. So I went back to my car and read the Ensign that Mom had given me a few days ago. And I went back in. Her prescription wasn't ready, so I waited. I ended up standing for about 1/2 hour. I went back out to my car and pulled out a book and read some more, then went back in. Still not ready. I tromped down the stairs to their bathroom, which is actually under the stairs and there's nothing to ha...

GeekMommy is one of six bloggers running contests for trips to SeaWorld Orlando. The requirements are: post a comment (for first entry), tweet (for an additional entry) and blog (for an additional entry). So, this is my blog entry. I should go look for those photos from SeaWorld San Diego ... where I went with a school trip years ago. I was filling in for a friend of the family, accompanying her daughter's class. I took lots of pictures and learned that you don't want to sit front and center for some of the shows. Luckily, we dried off quickly. ;-) I remember petting dolphins and being amazed at the colors of the sea creatures in pools where you can just go up and look at them closely. It's educational and fun. This trip for four includes riding the Manta . This kind of freaks me out because I probably can't ride anyway, but I am a little afraid when riding roller coasters. But I've gained a lot of weight since the last time I rode one, and I honestly don't thi...

because of something in Unix? Apparently this Friday (Feb. 13, 2009) the time will read at 1234567890 in Unix . Huh? Will somebody explain this to me - in a way that someone not a programmer can understand? I got the Y2K thing when that was going on - and no, I did not hunker down in my bunker with stored food, water and ammunition. I have no idea what the Unix thing is about. And Mom, if I don't get it, I'm pretty sure you won't - no offense. It's just a goofy thing that Amanda showed me.

My Adobe software should arrive today. I'm getting the student edition of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Dreamweaver. This should help a lot with getting my homework done. And it should be fun. ;-)

Anne Bradshaw at Not Entirely British blog has a contest going to give away a CD of "Thy Healing Hands Songs of Comfort and Peace" by Sara Lyn Baril . I'd like to win this. The winner will be picked at random, but I'll tell why I would like it. I like a variety of music. Sometimes I listen to one type of music or one artist exclusively for awhile. But the variety is the thing. And I don't have much music by LDS artists.