I’m the only person currently awake in the house; Joe and my future father and mother in law are all sitting on the couch fast asleep. That’s what happens when you stuff yourself silly at Red Lobster. Oh my god, that coconut shrimp is the best! They give you a pina colada dipping sauce to go with it. Mmmm ….
Month: October 2005
Joe’s Parents & The White Sox
Joe’s parents are staying with us for the next few days which means lots of fun, and definitely lots of food. We had spaghetti last night and I’m still recovering from breakfast.
At the restaurant this morning, every guy that walked by our table exclaimed, “Go Sox!” when they spotted Joe’s son’s Sox jersey. It was pretty cute, but not as cute as this.
Happy Anniversary
Today is our 1 year anniversary in the new house. I can’t believe a year has gone by, but it has, so I guess it’s not the “new” house anymore. There’s still more work to be done on it too, but it looks so much better than it did when we moved in. I love it here, especially on a day like today where the temperature is in the 70’s and it’s sunny out because it’s so comfortable inside and very bright.
Photoshop tip
Photoshop’s Fit Image command is a great little tool I discovered today. It’s used when creating actions to be used later in the Automate -> Batch option.
When you are recording your Action, go to the File menu and choose Automate/Fit Image instead of opting to use the usual Image Size command.
If you want each image to be no bigger than 500 pixels on the long end, for example, type “500” into the width field and “500” into the height field. This will ensure that each image you process is no larger than 500 pixels wide or high, regardless of whether it is a vertical or horizontal image.
I use the automate option when creating thumbnails for my site, so this will save even more time now that I don’t have to open the vertical and horizontal photos separately and use different actions on them.
Trainspotting
Last night I made a bonehead move and forgot to wash a shirt I wanted to wear today. I had forgotten all about the shirt until I got upstairs at 11 pm which is late for me to begin with, so I was mad. I ran downstairs and quickly started a load of laundry to get it washed, cursing along the way (big surprise there).
The wash cycle didn’t take very long, but it took forever and a day for the shirt to dry. I kept changing settings hoping to speed up the process. I ended up watching an episode of Will & Grace and then stumbled on one of my favorite movies, Trainspotting.
The first time I saw this movie was at the 3 Penny on Chicago’s northside. The music in this movie is awesome, particularly Underworld’s “Dark Train” (played during Renton’s hallucinations in his bedroom). I think that was the first time I ever heard of Underworld, but it was certainly not the last.