Got a lot done today, considering housework and posting tutorials in . Got Avery’s 1 year old pictures taken at Olan Mills, then went to pick Cole up a few things he needed. Went to lunch at Cici’s Pizza where I gorged myself on salad and garlic & spinach pizza. We took the Ballistic Princess by My Gym to see about getting her enrolled in classes and playtimes. I saw a guy there that looked familiar to me, and told the girl we were talking to that he looked a lot like my friend Bill Elwood. She said “That IS Bill Elwood!” He saw me and came over to say hello, all smiles and happy like he always is. I know Bill & his family from my Springer days, they’re great people. Turns out he and his wife Deni have moved to Pensacola where they have built a house after he retired, she’s still doing the consultant thing. (She used to be a VP at Blue Cross Blue Shield.) Their son Chris is now an actor in LA and was Heather Locklear’s latest love interest on Spin City. Their daughter Heather is now all grown and married with a 2 year old daughter, and she’s the owner of the My Gym franchise here in Columbus. We were looking at each other like ““Holy SHIT! You’re a lot different than I remember!”

It’s true, I know people everywhere I go.

I made a kick ass down home country dinner and it rocked balls. A bunch of turnip greens, a mess of blackeyed peas, a cut up Vidalia onion, the best tomato I have had all summer long, and my cast iron skillet cornbread that Cole claimed was “…the bestest cornbread in the whole planet Earth!” Man, it was so good I even took a picture of my plate, no foolin’!

I have about 5 or so tutorials posted in , more to come as I get the time. Speaking of, those bitches are time consuming to post! Thank Dog I have Semagic to update with, it makes it a lot easier. It’s a lot of fun for me, though. I feel a responsibility to share what I’ve learned with others, I think it’s only fair.

Still waiting to hear from & to find out if they are going to join and contribute, I hope they can! I have 5 more spaces open for anyone interested in making &/or posting tutorials and such. All in all, I feel very accomplished from the work I’ve gotten done so far.

I’m tired, I’m about to finish linking the userinfo list to the appropriate memories page and call it a day. Y’all be good until I see you next, then raise all kinds of hell. You know how WE do it…

First tutorial is posted! Check it out!

Our community is up and running, and we will begin posting as soon as I have the tutorials tested. Bear in mind that this community is not open for membership to anyone that doesn’t get an invitation, so if you wish to contribute tutorials, tips, and how to use different tools then reply to this post and I’ll see what I can do for you. Moderator/Contributing writer access will not be granted for beginning Photoshop users, as this community will be only for viewing by the general public and more experienced users are really the only ones capable of writing these tutorials. Whenever possible, we will post images that correspond with the different steps listed in each tutorial. This way we can keep tabs on all content and it will run more smoothly. I’m pretty absentminded today, so fellow community members/Moderators/Contributors please email me if I forget to send you passwords or anything else.

I’ve been busy as hell today working on graphics and gearing up for my newest community, which will be a shared journal of tips, how-to’s, and tutorials for Photoshop users. I have gotten numerous emails about my website asking how I do a lot of the things I do, and a good 40% of the emails come from LJ users so I thought it would be a good idea. I’m doing this in conjunction with and as contributors and fellow moderators. I sent them my graphics for their approval, will move forward on this community as soon as I have more things in place. I already have close to 50 tutorials to post, and they will all be indexed through the memories page of the journal. This way users can find what they are looking for more easily and we can manage everything by category and subcategory. Although posting access will be limited to moderators and contributors, anyone can comment to journal posts and we will answer them that way.

I’m beat, I’m about to head off to bed in just a minute. Y’all have a good nght and sleep well, will post more tomorrow!

• Danny from New Orleans

• Kelly from New Orleans
• Cynthia from Miami
• Lindsay from Seattle
• Pedro from San Francisco
• Mike from the second New York season
• Coral from the second New York season
• Ace from Paris
• Ruthie from Hawaii
• Janet from Seattle

The Incredible Shrinking Bladder woke me up this morning. I fire up my friends list while pondering breakfast, and I see a picture has posted of a Deep Fried Twinkies stand at some state fair - or what appears to be some state fair - and I literally hear and feel my arteries hardening. I decide on the blueberry granola we got from the vegeterian store and some soy milk. I love this stuff. I don’t even drink regular milk anymore now that we’ve made the switch to soy, it just tastes better to me. I do have a little bit of heartburn, I think it is from the Penné alla Vodka I made for dinner last night but I’m not sure. Even if it was, I love that stuff and will just have to suffer through heartburn from now on. Cole cleaned his plate and Avery had seconds of it, so I have perfected that recipe. Then again, anything with pasta and tomatoes and those kids are all over it! Especially Puttanesca and Pesto with sundried tomatoes and artichokes.

I had the strangest dream last night. I dreamt that Random Acoustic Accident (not a real band, mind you) was playing at The Loft and I went, only there were fewer people than you’d think attending the show. At one point random-yahoo-lead-singer began talking directly to me in the audience, telling me to come up with song titles and he would improvise songs for us to hear. Then he called me a fag so I ordered a shot of 151, finished drinking my scotch, threw the 151 on him, smashed the shotglass in his face and then set him on fire. It was the first time the entire night that the audience clapped for anything. See, if I had attended an all-gay high school and not been subject to the cruelty that is the public school system I wouldn’t have such violent tendencies towards homophobes. On second thought, who am I kidding? ::snickers::

I have a list of Top 10 List topics. Yes, I’m well aware of my insanity - it’s just a hobby of mine I’ve had for years. BTW, I don’t see anyone but posting about the community on their journals, do you guys not love me like I thought? ::closes eyes tightly and hopes I get promotion for this one::

Fundie: CAN I TALK TO U FOR A MINUTE
Me: Sure, I might have a minute to spare - shoot
Fundie: SOME OF THE THINGS U SAID N THERE MADE ME MAD T U
Me: I assume you meant “mad at you”, yes?
Fundie: YES
Me: I see. And being that I don’t know you I should be concerned with your emotional issues WHY?
Fundie: UR GOING 2 GO TO HELL 4 ALL ETERNITEY
Me: I swear, you’d think that being omnipotent and all God would at LEAST be somewhat selective about the typing skills of his minions and representatives.
Fundie: ARNEN’T U SCARED OF HELL - U SHOULD BE
Me: I’m as scared of hell as you are of punctuation, man.
Me: You have a point to make, have you not?
Fundie: WHY DID U TURN FROM GOD
Me: You’re assuming that I ever turned to God in the first place, which I haven’t. There is no such thing, and if there were, I wouldn’t care.
Fundie: PROVE THAT GOD IS NOT REAL
Me: Did I come to a Christian chatroom professing that there was no God?
Fundie: PROVE IT
Me: No - I was in a chatroom for ATHEISTS - you’re the one who believes in this fairytale, I’m not the one with something to prove.
Fundie: WHY SO ANGRY
Me: Who said I was angry?
Fundie: UR BEING VERY NASTY ABOUT THIS DISCUSSON
Me: Because it is boring, man!
Fundie: UR AFRAID OF THE TRUTH
Me: Oh please - you blindly serve a God you’ll never ever see and this makes you the authority on reason?
Fundie: UR AN ASSHOLE
Me: Careful, profanity is not in keeping with good Christiandom.
Fundie: WHAT HAPPENED TO U TO MAKE U TURN FROM GOD
Me: I’m not an asshole, however I have it on good authority that I have asshole tendencies.
Fundie: GOD LOVES U
Me: Well, you tell him I said “Thanks”.
Fundie: MOST EVERY1 DOES BELIEVE THO
Me: That doesn’t make Christianity normal, just commonplace.
Fundie: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN U DIE THEN
Me: The same thing that happens when a lightbulb burns out.
Fundie: UR SICK
Me: Not for long, I’m taking a really strong decongestant.
Fundie: UR NOT FUNNY
Me: You know about this new version of AOL? The 9.0 version?
Fundie: YES I’M EXCITED
Me: WHOA! Is that an actual apostrophe? Clearly you ARE excited!
Fundie: LOL
Me: It’s going to have some great features.
Fundie: I KNOW
Me: Are you on 8.0?
Fundie: YES
Me: Oh, rock on! That version does the coolest trick.
Fundie: WHAT TRICK
Me: Press the Control, Alt, & Delete keys at the same time and AOL will download a really pretty Jesus screensaver onto your computer, but you have to do it twice…

I have started a new community, it’s called and I want EVERYONE on my friends list to join and post about it in your own journal. If you eally loved me, you’d do it.

I haven’t posted there yet, I’m waiting until later to see who takes its virginity.

Top 10 Suggested topics for lists:

• Bands

• Movies
• Cartoons
• Cities
• People
• Actors
• TV Shows
• Websites
• CD’s
• Livejournal Communities

Dear Mr. Hope,

Thank you for your kindnesses, your humor, and most of all your dedication to those of us who needed your gifts the most. Rest in peace, Bob - this world will not be the same without you.

Bob Hope
1903 - 2003