You may or may not have noticed my web site has been mostly down today. All I am going to say about it for now is that I may or may not be looking for a new web host.

Oh yes … color me aggravated. Aggravated enough to finally sit down and write an actual email to my web host complaining about the situation.

I better hit post now, because I have the feeling my site won’t be responsive again shortly, and I have things to do today other than sit here trying (and failing) to post to my web site and dealing with tech support.

The thought crossed my mind, about two minutes ago, that I had some domain names coming up for renewal soon. I searched my email for the reminders. The last one I remembered seeing was the 30 day one, and as it turns out, I missed the latest one. Eek!

I hadn’t really put any thought at all into whether or not I was going to keep the orbitweaver.com domain name. I have had it for a few years now, and aside from the odd temporary project, I haven’t really used it at all. It was a gift from someone though, and I didn’t really want to let it go … even though I don’t use it. Silly waste of money I suppose.

All the same, when I realized today was the last day to renew it, I made a panic purchase and bought it for another year. Yes, one more year to agonize over whether or not to keep it or to actually come up with something to use it for. Maybe I need to pass it on to someone else? :lol:

And next month I will be renewing orbizart.com, because that one I do have to keep, seeing as it is sort of my business name … you know, if I ever do have a business.

Two of my domains are coming up for renewal again. Oh, the annual anguish about whether or not to keep them! I think this year I will let Orbitweaver go. It was a gift, so I do hate to let it go, but I haven’t used it for much. Seems silly to keep paying for it. I have to keep Orbizart, no matter what. It was also a gift, which isn’t the reason I have to keep it. No, someday it’s going to be used for something. I swear, it will! It actually might be used for something as early as January. I have a project idea, and rather than try to come up with a new domain name (all the ones I have thought of so far are taken), might as well use it. The project is an artsy-fartsy one, so maybe that’s what I have been waiting to use it for all along! :lol:

And what is this project idea? You’ll just have to wait and see! I promise, it will be fun. Well, it’ll be fun for me, but I hope other people find it fun too.

In other non-news, the cats have been out of their minds all night and are even more feisty and frisky this morning. I’m going to blame it on the cold weather and the full moon. I can find no other reason for all the running around and being noisy.

I wish the craft store opened earlier. I’d love to go get my shopping done right now, while I still feel like going. I think I’ll blow off the craft store until next week and just go to the grocery store as soon as the sun comes up. It’s not like this house isn’t full to overflowing with craft and art supplies. I’ll just have to make do with what I have.

After 24 hours of being drugged on cold medicine, I am feeling better, but I am far from feeling great. It’s too cold to be spending too much time fussing around out in the world while having a cold. I have a ton of stuff to get done around the house anyway. I want the house somewhat neat and clean for the weekend, since I plan to do some crafty stuff and won’t want to do any housework.

And so ends another completely useless post…

My web site is seemingly hosed in some way. The server. It’s having some kind of issue (again).

I’m too tired to even pop off an email to support. Maybe it’ll work itself out overnight.

I’m going to bed. I just wiped out Germany, and boy, was that hard work! :lol:

I am issuing a challenge to myself for this week. Starting right after this post and ending next Monday morning, I am only going to allow myself to post images to my web site. If I have something to say, I better be able to say it visually. So either there will be a lot of interesting imagery or there will be no posts at all. Who knows? I will also be keeping a paper journal. I even bought a new 80 page spiral just for the occasion. I bet you it’s at least half full by next Monday. And finally, I will not be visiting my usual daily time-sinks, such as Metafilter and Google News (or any news sites).

These actions are going to serve two purposes: my addiction to posting the most boring and mundane details of my boring and mundane life may be broken, and I might be forced to do some thoughtful photography and graphic design. Additionally, I’ll be forced to use a pen and paper to get something off my chest, and maybe my crappy, crappy handwriting will improve. :lol:

I’d like to just unplug the network cable and disconnect from the online world entirely for a week, but it’s too tightly entwined with my personal life in a number of ways. It is no longer possible for me to just not be online for a week or more. That is what I get for convincing all my friends and family members they needed computers and the internet, and well, some business is just easier to deal with online as well.

Anyway, there’s my challenge to myself. Ought to be interesting … or very, very boring. Guess we’ll have to wait and see what comes of it! Maybe eventually I will get to take an actual unplug-from-the-network type vacation, or perhaps even a vacate-the-house type vacation, but right now, this is the best I can do: change a daily activity in a big way and challenge myself to deal with that daily activity in a new way.

Maybe I’ll regain some energy or even get some artwork done. Or maybe I’ll just lay around the house with my extra free time whining to the cats about my life. At any rate, I won’t be whining here, and I suspect — as this is shaping up to be the second sucky week in a row — it’d just be a week of non-stop whining anyway. I’ll spare us all the drama of a week like that. ;)

So until next Monday morning, my lips — or rather my typing fingers — are sealed. The challenge is now on!

If there’s something you really need to say to me, the email address is on the sidebar of my web site.