My goodness... this is different. Anyway, instead of just doing a little test entry, here is something that I have wanted to vent about for a while. Now, just so everyone is on the same page (figuratively speaking, cause you would all have to be on the same webpage to even read this) it is necessary to let my gentle readers know that my main mode of transportation is a wee little Saturn SC2 (2002 – no finance charges –sweet irresistible deal) which is fun to drive and can park almost anywhere. I have even managed to improve my parallel parking skills because this thing is so small.
But there is a serious draw back to having such a small car in the (almost) Great White North and that is that everyone else around me drives in HUGE giant sized SUVs. No one drive the little explorers or blazers. No, they all have to drive the gia-normous Expedition or Suburban. Not only are Americans super sizing their food and waistlines but also the vehicles that carry them. And it never ever ever ever freaking fails that no matter what small cars I park next to before going into a store, I am always sandwiched between two SUVs when I come back out. Which means, guess what – I cannot freaking see when I try to back out.
So, here is my small little piece of not so useless advice to anyone who will stop by here: If you ever see a dinky little car backing out between two immense vehicles, please be kind and let them out. Don’t nearly nail them because you can’t be bothered to slow down in a PARKING LOT and then yell at them through your window. Chances are they don’t give a shit what you have to say as they are probably trying to get their heart started again. We can’t seeeeeee yyyyoooooouuuuuu! Idiot.
Posted by Ethne at April 7, 2005 06:04 PMYay!!! Welcome to Munuviana!!!!!
Posted by: Linda at April 7, 2005 06:30 PMOk, so now how do I get things to link and stuff here... I am so confused... which template do I edit... aaaaaaa Movable type hates me!!!
Posted by: Ethne at April 7, 2005 06:40 PMYay for Ethne! Enjoy your new home. I'd change your info on the blogroll, but when I lost all my stuff (thanks, Microsoft!) I lost my login info to Jason's site.
Welcome home :)
Posted by: Greg at April 7, 2005 08:47 PMGreat point about the SUVs. I really dislike them. But I like your new home!!
Posted by: Tony Iovino at April 7, 2005 11:49 PMLink updated. :)
Posted by: Trench at April 7, 2005 11:49 PMWelcome to the new digs, ethne... Good luck with MovableType. I just started going with an actual hosting away from Blogger, and will be setting up Wordpress shortly, so it should be interesting!
Posted by: Brad Warbiany at April 7, 2005 11:59 PMYAY! YAY! YAY!
I had no idea you were moving here! If you need any help at all with the new digs, let me know. I'd be more than happy to help.
Posted by: Gir at April 8, 2005 12:51 AMCongrats!
Posted by: Carpe Bonum at April 8, 2005 03:06 AMEthne,
Lots of helpful Munuvian MT stuff at http://munuviana.mu.nu.
This is all CSS, so edit the stylesheets, and then the Main Template. Give a scream if you need help -- I've hunted and pecked and hacked my template into some semblance of functionality. If we can't figure it out together, we'll email Madfish Willie or Pixy Misa or SOME other Munuvian for help.
Let me know!
Hugs,
Linda
Linda and Gir, Thank you both for your offers of help. You don't even know how much I appreciate it. I was going nuts last night just trying to add the Munu and HCBA javascripts. I figured that I was doing something wrong around the fourth time and gave up until I had some time to kill - this weekend should give me the time I need. Interesting and almost prophetic aside, I signed up two weeks ago for a CSS course through the evil corporate entity, so now I have the barest of understandings. CSS for Dummies, here I come.
edit the style sheet, she says. Why didn't I try that... oh, because that makes sense... sigh.
Posted by: Ethne at April 8, 2005 04:30 PMHola!! You'll get to the point where you LUV your stylesheet(s) the way Bane hates Glocks. (Perhaps you need a nice quiz on stylesheet functionality? Oo, oo, I KNOW - a quiz on What Blogging Service Are You. Mwahahahahahaha. My next mission!) Anyhow, I'm all relinked to you already. Cheers till later!
Posted by: Sheryl at April 8, 2005 08:04 PMYay!
Welcome to Munuviana! I've been here only a week and I'm loving it! And don't worry, I haven't gotten the stylesheet thing down yet either. But I've managed to get my banner up and some of my sidebar stuff done on my own. Just copy and paste the original template onto Notepad in case you mess it up (that way you have an untouched back-up). Then play with it on MT, keep rebuilding until you figure out what does what. That's what I've been doing and the added security of a clean back-up helps.
Good luck!
Posted by: Joan at April 9, 2005 11:08 AMWoo Hoo! Welcome to Munuvia, ethne!
And the SUV thing... It's a vicious cycle. See, people bought Suburbans so's they can see over the Blazers. So what you need to do is get an even bigger truck so's you can see over the Suburbans and Expeditions! Excelsior! ;)
Posted by: Tuning Spork at April 9, 2005 05:48 PMYay!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 9, 2005 08:47 PMYay!! Welcome to our World!
Posted by: Madfish Willie at April 11, 2005 07:45 PM