All,

Just a really quick reminder that the live Q&A session with Pauley Perrette & Cote de Pablo (a.k.a. Abby & Ziva) from NCIS is happening in roughly 4 hours! Woohoo!

More info here - plus a great reminder function (as if we need reminding about a live NCIS chat!!)

Hope to see you all there!

Newbie.

Hola All,

Been a while, I haven't been able to come up with a blog, but I need something new on my profile page sooooo, here goes nothing!!

First up, let's address the blog title.

Addiction

Hi, My name is Lindsey [Hi Lindsey] and I'm addicted to...online poker.

Not the real type of online poker you understand...nothing that would actually lose (or win) me some money. The fake kind. The facebook / myspace/ pogo kind. Yep, I keep getting bored and all of a sudden I find myself playing poker. I've got pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, coming out of my ears. Poker chips everywhere. I win some, I lose some. I'm thoroughly enjoying myself!! Single games, weekly tournaments, regular tournaments...I've done 'em all. Must...control...urge....to....play.

Disclaimer: Poker is bad, ya hear me? If you're going to play, play for fake money. Real money = bad. You will lose it all. I will not be responsible for the loss of houses, cars and sheep. No siree. You have been warned.



Other Activites

Soooo, now that my new addiction is out of the way, what else have I been doing with myself?

Baking

I'm going through a 'baked goods' phase. I saw cupcakes in a magazine and since then I have been trying to create something yummy looking. I keep failing. They look ok, but taste boring, or taste great but look boring. I shall succeed, eventually!! I do have some pictures, but they're on my phone which is three feet behind me and I'm too lazy to go get it...I'll upload some later.



(I did make some of these....they were pretty good....but these are not my cupcakes )

TV

After rewatching all five seasons of NCIS when I purchased them on sale, I turned my attention to The Pretender, which I got the four seasons & 2 movies of at a fairly decent price. I'm about a third of the way through season 4 now. I've laughed, I've cried, I've drooled over Jason Brooks. I'm very much enjoying myself!! To break up the seasons a little, I've also watched some Chuck, I'm pretty much up to date and still really enjoying it - I love Adam Baldwin more each week, he's great as Major Casey!! I'm considering starting up with House again. I haven't watched for a looooooong time - since it was just House, Cameron, Chase and Foreman - but Studog keeps talking about it & it's getting my interest up again - we'll see!! I've also rewatched a couple of movies: An Affair to Remember and Hackers - yes, I have a very varied watching schedule!!

Learning

I set up a free site & started teaching myself some PHP. I keep getting distracted by HTML, Databases, CSS, etc, and I haven't done any for a couple of weeks, but I'm quite enjoying having the webspace to just fool around with.

I created my background & set it to repeat on all pages that I create using CSS, I created a registration script with a database behind it & I'm working on the login script - I was running into some problems (mainly that I couldn't log in...!!) so I'm taking a little break & I'll come back to it fresh and try again.

For anyone who is interested in trying to learn a little more HTML or another programming language, I really recommend finding a free webhost & playing around - it's amazing how much you can teach yourself by just fooling around. The site that I have been using is GoFreeserve.com - I chose this one because it allows you to use PHP and provides free MySQL databases. If you're just looking for a place to practice HTML, there are lots more sites out there!

Blogs & Stumbleupon

When I get bored of everything mentioned above, I have a couple of other ways to keep myself entertained.

If you have firefox, you can install an application called StumbleUpon which, based on categories that you choose, randomly "stumbles" you to a website within your set categories. It's a great way to find new sites which interest you, without relying on a search engine. With the click of one button you can be off to faraway lands...definitely worth a try when you're bored!

This leads me onto the "blogs" part of this section. One of my categories for StumbleUpon is Cooking...so I'm often transported to cookery blogs. One, in particular, really stuck out for me and I often return even when I haven't stumbled to the blog. The blog in question is hosted at ThePioneerWoman.com. At first, I visited for the recipes, but now I just visit to read, because the author of the blog is very fun! I have also been known to stop by the Black Heels to Tractor Wheels section - ideal for anyone who likes romances.

Visitor's Input

Congratulations for making it this far. We're almost done, but first, I need your input. I want to revamp my profile again - new banner, avatar, possibly signature. I like things to match, so I only really need one idea as a starting point, but I'm not sure where I want to take my profile this time.

Here is where you come in...by providing ideas for my profile redecoration. The ideas can be absolutely anything - I'll take a look through and try to create something from the ideas you give me! Go wild!

The End

So, that's it for another blog. Thanks for stopping by, take a cookie on your way out!

Rest in Peace, Drea.

I could tell you a witty story, or post up some comedic photos to help remember you, but I'm not going to because all I really want to say is that I miss you lots and I hope you're getting into some fine mischief, wherever you are.

Love to Drea's family and friends, always, but especially today.

~In memory of Drea, 1971-2007~