Upgrading to Wordpress 2.5
This entry was posted on March 29, 2008
I’ve just upgraded to the newest version of Wordpress. It’s all part of my master plan to improve my site. Actually, it’s because I’m trying to keep up to date. I never upgraded to the previous version of Wordpress, and seeing as 2.5 is a big change (at least in the back end) I thought I should do the upgrade now.
Nothing major seems to have broken yet, an I’m optimistic that things will stay that way. The one plugin I was using that doesn’t work is the Livejournal Crossposter. This causes something called a “fatal error” which probably isn’t as scary as it sounds.
One thing I don’t like though is the new admin panel. In fact, right now I’d go so far as to say I’d hate it. Whilst I am open-minded and am normally okay with change, this time I don’t like it. I miss all the Georgia from the old admin panel, and I don’t like all the pale colours in the new one.
However, I have found a solution! With the help of netdestroyer, I have flooded my admin panel. All is well now, so I’m off to bed before I break anything, and hopefully my site will still be in one piece in the morning.
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If I ravished your mind
This entry was posted on March 27, 2008
Today Amanda blogged about singing whilst driving, and how it can lead to a momentary bond with a stranger. Not ten minutes before reading her blog entry, did I have the exact same experience of my own.
Unlike Amanda, I wasn’t listening to Justin Timberlake / Madonna. I was listening to Avenged Sevenfold. I wasn’t listening to Beast and the Harlot this time (for once!) I was listening to “Scream”. This is a rather loud, stomping song (hence why I love it) with heavy connotations in the lyrics.
I was driving through my high street with my music thumping in my car (and yes, I did feel like a chav) and it was hot so I had the windows open slightly. I pulled up at some traffic lights as a group of school children crossed. I was completely lost in the music and didn’t realise that they could hear me.
When I noticed that the group of teenagers were looking at me and smiling, I realised that they could in fact hear the song that I was listening to. I smiled back and for the few seconds it took for them to cross the road (and for Avenged Sevenfold to belt out “Scream, scream, scream, like you would if I ravished your body. Scream, scream, scream, like you would if I ravished your mind.”) we were friends.
Oh how I love my town sometimes.
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Free self-esteem giveaway
This entry was posted on March 26, 2008
When I feel down, I turn to my brain and to my friends for a little “pick me up”. I’m fortunate enough to have friends who usually think I’m awesome, even if I don’t always agree. I’m also quite good at making other people feel better when they’re in a bit of a negative mood, and that’s the purpose of this blog entry.
You are more amazing than you think you are.
You are amazing for several reasons (and not just because you’re one of my visitors, though that does automatically make you pretty darn cool). It’s not possible for me to list every single reason why you are awesome, because I don’t know everything about you. I can, however, remind you of some possible reasons of why you might be awesome. Feeling good about yourself has to come from the inside.
If you have your own website / blog / whatever, then you’re definitely doing something you should be proud of. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a million visitors a day, or if people tell you that you suck. It doesn’t matter if you get involved in e-drama or if people write a negative unrequested review about you. If you have your own website, you’re doing something constructive. Constructivity (or whatever the word is) is good! You could be doing a lot worse. You could be out on the streets causing trouble, but you’re not.
You’re most likely also more intelligent than you think you are. You don’t need to be a super genius like Einstein to be clever. You have talents you probably don’t give yourself enough credit for. If you play a musical instrument, you are the envy of people the world over who wish they could do what you do. If you have a job, there’ll be people jealous of you. Some people find it really hard to find a job, and here you are working.
I also think that you’re a lot stronger on the inside than you give yourself credit for. Life might seem hard, and I’m not going to sit here and preach at you and tell you that people have things way worse than you do. Sure, it’s most likely true (people being executed for their sexuality / dying of starvation / living in poverty, etc.) but that doesn’t automatically invalidate your feelings. I think low self-esteem is a very relative thing. What might hurt you might seem trivial to someone else. However, if it matters enough to you to make you feel down, then it’s definitely important.
If you’re going through a dark time right now, you might think that the light at the end of a tunnel is an oncoming freight train, but I can assure you that it’s not. With time, and patience, things will definitely start to improve. I know it’s easier said than done, but don’t hate yourself. You’re awesome, just like everybody else.
