Almost forgot

Tonight is the first visit to Chuck E Cheese. Nothing like a creepy fake mouse suit to inspire a writer.

My beautiful new bag should be here tomorrow- and it's all I can do to sit still and quit wiggling.

I'm starting to ramp up on the SEO again- planning on attending PubCon again this year. last year was great fun, even though I am not big on the networking- I just don't like people that much. But Vegas is fun, and I learned a ton. But it should be fun again, and a nice break from the normalcy of my job.

waiting, waiting.

It's on the way, so I can calm down now. My poor husband. Little does he realize, once you've gone Chanel, you can never go back.

So, now, let's concentrate on buying Microsoft Office, stopping the snacking, and actually making myself useful at work.

SEO is still a big deal for me, but so are banner ads (thanks Jennie, you've made my life much easier). Writing banner ads is one of the hardest, but most fun types of online writing in my opinion. How do you get someone to respond to a medium that is widely regarded as hated- and better yet, get click-throughs that aren't just the reader going to send your company hate-mail from their website?

And do you really know if a banner ad is successful? Should it be measured in click-throughs? Or brand awareness? How would you even measure brand awareness?

These are questions I'm still trying to find the answer too. I'm inclined to believe banner ads are more useful as brand awareness, especially if you don't have them linked to a landing page (as my company does not). Let me know if you have any thoughts on this.

I see blogger does not like the phrase "click throughs." Tough. I can't really think of a better way to describe it.

Holding patterns...

I'm waiting on confirmation that the insanely expensive purse I am buying has successfully been charged to my credit card.

Why an insanely expensive purse, you ask?

Because it's purple. Because it's a purse that I've dreamed of since I was in high school and first starting to read Cosmo, Sassy, Marie Claire, Glamour, and all the other girlish advice/fashion magazines. Because everyone needs a classic Chanel flap in at least one color (working on the goes-with-anything black flap as well).

Office is still eluding me. I need to order it now, or else I will have a problem when my class starts next week.

The writing is getting closer and closer. I can feel it...maybe it will be inspired by a beautiful purple purse that should arrive on Friday.

So I'm sitting here watching Kai Lan...

With a 2-year old, contemplating the verrrrrrry expensive purse I just bought, and wondering if I'll do anything productive today. Considering I'm also already playing WoW at 9am, I'm guessing this is a lazy day.

Have I bought Office yet? Nope. Need to get off my butt and get a move on.

but, I have been thinking a bit more about what too write. And thinking about it definitely better than NOT thinking about it.

Still no Office 2007

Yes, 2 posts in two days! You are reading correctly! Now go order Office 2007.

Most recent project:

www.postedwithlove.com

Cute- go "post your love" for free!

Hey dumbass...

A little reminder to myself:

If some idiot on a computer game can take a "break" from it to work on her self-published "writing projects" (which suck) then so can you, damnit. You get PAID to write! Write something for yourself! Anything! You've got a brand-new computer, and the fact that you have been too lazy to order Office 2007 is not an excuse. In fact, go order Office now- you need it for your class.

Also,

STOP EATING CRAP AND MAKING EXCUSES
And update this dratted blog more often.
Write your uncle a letter.
And your aunt.

And you really should pull out of Gruul tonight and get some sleep (but I already know that's a lost cause).