Domestic Geek

It's getting light outside. I've actually made it a third of the way through. You regular scheduled blogathoners only have an hour to go. You can do it!

Besides the obvious reason of raising money for charities, I love the blogathon for a couple of other reasons.

First, I find some new reads to add to my link list. It's difficult to find new reading material and my list gets a little stale from time to time (nothing against anyone on my list—I know my site gets boring after awhile).

Second, I get to learn of technologies or services out there that I normally wouldn't bother with. The cam feed though stickam.com, for instance. If I hadn't seen it in use on both Yoshi's and Weblog Design Studios, I never would've tried it out.

OK, I'm going to confess something and I hope you all don't think less of me for it. One of my guilty pleasures is reading H@rry P0tter smut. Once in a while, I read stuff over at Adult Fanfiction. I'm partial to Hermione/Snape or Hermione/Draco pairings, probably because they're such unlikely pairings in the "real HP world". I mean, a Gryffindor with a Slytherin? LOL

On a serious HP note, I'm am in total withdrawl. Book six just made it into paperback this last week. J.K. Rowling hasn't listed any kind of timeline yet for the release of book 7. There are rumors it will be out next summer, but I doubt it. I WANT BOOK 7 NOW, DANG IT!!!

One of my most favorite foods in the whole world is Crab Cheese Wontons. I had some earlier when Marcus and I had dinner with Mike/Nina/Sarah. Good stuff! Does anybody out there know how to make them? The recipes on the web say to use premade wrappers, but how does one make them from scratch. There has to be a way!

frykitty asked everyone to help out Suzi at The Write Coast, so here's my answers:

1. Male or female? Female
2. How long have you been a blogger? Five years and one month
3. How would you categorize your blog, as far as subject matter? Personal
4. What blogging software do you use, and what do you like/dislike about it? I use Expression Engine. I like how versatile and customizeable it is. I wish I could do protected posts with it.
5. What's your preferred time of day to blog? Whenever I can fit it in!
6. If you read other blogs, what types do you prefer? Ones that are informational or humorous.
7. Do you have favorite blogs that you read faithfully? About how many? I read about 30 on a regular basis.
8. How important is "comment love" (i.e., getting lots of comments on your posts) to you? Not very. If it was about comments, I would've quit a long time ago (I don't get very many).
9. Do you tend to estimate readership of your blog by the amount of comments posted? Nope, I look at my stats.
10. How important to you is the style/design of your blog? It used to be more important than it is now. I used to change my design for every season. Now, I just try to make it presentable.

The best part of my life is Marcus—my soulmate, my best friend, my reason for being. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I feel like a piece of me is missing when he is not around. He has faith in me, even when I have none in myself. He's resourceful, he's hard-working, he's smart. He's wise beyond his years, yet still a kid at heart. He's my protector, my confidant, my lover. We've been together for 14 years, yet we never run out of things to talk about. I still get a rush when he comes home. His entering my life was the best thing that ever happened to me.

OK, he's going to be embarrassed by all of that...sapfest over.