Construction Time Again
Day two of "Operation Change My Blog Template" has commenced.
Will today be the day I manage to finally build the blog template I want? Can I make XML bend to my will or will it defeat me?
Stay tuned for the epic battle of:
Clearly I need to call in some reinforcements to deal with that pesky death squad.
Barack Obama is in town so maybe I can ring up his people and see if he has a second to come over and tell me why my widgets won't work on my template. I mean, Barack does want my vote, right?
If he tells me, "No, I have no time for you! I'm getting ready for a debate tonight and besides, I only have time for celebs like George Clooney and Scarlett Johannsen," guess what? I might have to ring up...
Hmm... Thinking. Thinking...
Who else can I call? John Edwards dropped out so I can't call him. That's a shame too since we are a union household and the mailbox has been stuffed with mailers supporting him. He would've felt obligated to come over and help me.
Racking my brain here! Britney Spears is unavailable since she got, uh, put on psychiatric hold this morning. Can't believe the police were referring to her as "The Package"! Unreal!
But yeah, "The Package" is over in the psych ward at UCLA and besides I'm not really sure if she even knows what XML is. She might think it's some sort of cute new form of illegal substance and we said no to drugs back in the days of Nancy Reagan.
I know! I'll call up Depeche Mode and ask them to come over!
Those boys are geniuses! They know how to operate synthesizers and make music on a Mac so clearly they must know about XML! Besides, their third album is called "Construction Time Again" so that has to be a good sign.
I know, I have issues...and I needed a little excuse to talk about Depeche Mode today. In case you didn't know, I'm obsessed. And I need to make myself laugh because I had a pity party last night where I found myself thinking, "How many degrees do I have and I can't fix a stupid blog template!"
But now I'm over it. Sorry to be making changes to the template during the daytime when you are trying to read this, but I fell asleep last night before I could change anything else.
Now let me go don my blog template battle gear!
Will today be the day I manage to finally build the blog template I want? Can I make XML bend to my will or will it defeat me?
Stay tuned for the epic battle of:
Girl With Outrageously Expensive Graduate Degree
From Ivy League Institution
-versus-
The Extensible Markup Language Death Squad
From Ivy League Institution
-versus-
The Extensible Markup Language Death Squad
Clearly I need to call in some reinforcements to deal with that pesky death squad.
Barack Obama is in town so maybe I can ring up his people and see if he has a second to come over and tell me why my widgets won't work on my template. I mean, Barack does want my vote, right?
If he tells me, "No, I have no time for you! I'm getting ready for a debate tonight and besides, I only have time for celebs like George Clooney and Scarlett Johannsen," guess what? I might have to ring up...
Hmm... Thinking. Thinking...
Who else can I call? John Edwards dropped out so I can't call him. That's a shame too since we are a union household and the mailbox has been stuffed with mailers supporting him. He would've felt obligated to come over and help me.
Racking my brain here! Britney Spears is unavailable since she got, uh, put on psychiatric hold this morning. Can't believe the police were referring to her as "The Package"! Unreal!
But yeah, "The Package" is over in the psych ward at UCLA and besides I'm not really sure if she even knows what XML is. She might think it's some sort of cute new form of illegal substance and we said no to drugs back in the days of Nancy Reagan.
I know! I'll call up Depeche Mode and ask them to come over!
Those boys are geniuses! They know how to operate synthesizers and make music on a Mac so clearly they must know about XML! Besides, their third album is called "Construction Time Again" so that has to be a good sign.
I know, I have issues...and I needed a little excuse to talk about Depeche Mode today. In case you didn't know, I'm obsessed. And I need to make myself laugh because I had a pity party last night where I found myself thinking, "How many degrees do I have and I can't fix a stupid blog template!"
But now I'm over it. Sorry to be making changes to the template during the daytime when you are trying to read this, but I fell asleep last night before I could change anything else.
Now let me go don my blog template battle gear!
Comments
Yeah, I'm starting to think maybe I'll just leave this one alone as is. But I'm so stubborn!
Jameil,
I might have to accept that as well! AAGH! One more day of trying though and if it doesn't work out, I am done with it!
But of course, I know you wouldn't do that. I do. I know it.
You wouldn't, would you?
I stopped by to let you know I left you something at Small Reflections on January 29th because I find your blog to be a treasure and wanted to let others know about it while expressing my appreciation.
Hugs and blessings,
from one depeche mode fan to another: never be ashamed of a shameless plug;-p
I was in Barnes & Noble the other day and passed one of those manuals on coding. For a moment I was tempted. Visions of finally having a three-column blog danced in my head. I dreamed about finally understanding why quoted material in my blog always breaks funny.Then...I chickened out.
It looks good!
Oh, I'd never do that. Never ever.
Malik,
That's what I need to do... even with this template I have the cloud tag and the post date and title floating up in the header.
Storyteller,
It was definitely a leap of faith to change templates. Like losing a security blanket that's just overstayed it's welcome. But, I didn't build this template. I got frustrated with the one I was trying to make and in the midst of searching for help, I came across a site called BlogU that had this template -- which is so different from what I've had in the past -- but I really like it. And you're so nice to leave something for me there. I appreciate it!
Ingrid,
Ha ha! And love the Facebook dedication song. That one's in my top 10 DM songs.
Tami,
Thanks! I need one of those manuals myself! I'd like to be able to do more than I currently do! But on the other hand, it's been so time consuming, I now know why people hire folks to do this!
LOL! I've tried to refrain from losing it over this but I tend to just get bummed out and mope a bit!
I hope it all goes perfectly!
I've thought about breaking up with blogger too, but I think I might have to get someone to hold my hand for moral support if I go that route. Plus, for most stuff I want to do, blogger works alright.
Gyamfua,
I liked butterfly too but butterfly was just jacked up. It wasn't working the way I'd wanted it too and I'd spent TWO days on it. I couldn't take it anymore. I'm a writer not a tech person. I just had to suck it up and admit I didn't have the skill. I could get it to work in my test blog, but not here. Bummer.
I really like this look as well. It feels fresh to me. I came across a couple of folks who seem like they do this more for the enjoyment than anything and might only charge $50-70. I think down the road I might investigate that a bit.