TopNotchThemes

Just trying to turn the Drupal theming world on its head. Nothing major ;)

We were stopped at a stoplight a few blocks from our place, when suddenly a weird pickup tow truck like thing on the opposite side pulled out into the opposing lane from behind, and moved up beside the car second from the front. The passenger of said truck jumped out, attempted to yank open the other car's driver door (which was locked), and then jumped out of the way as this pickup truck with a forklift type prong on the front moved perpendicular to the car and tried to wedge it under. The car floored it and screeched around the other stopped cars, over the curb, and managed to drive away.

Tinted windows, no plates, nothing I could see except a couple of young dudes with touques in the truck. So freaky. It's true what they say that when a crime or something dramatic like that happens right in front of you, it seems to happen in a split second...

*locks car door*

But a forklift?? Geez. Seems a little elaborate...

Not that I've ever been one to talk about politics, but figured I'd share this so people know how I'd run my own country ;)

92% Mike Gravel
90% Dennis Kucinich
75% Chris Dodd
74% John Edwards
73% Bill Richardson
72% Joe Biden
71% Barack Obama
69% Hillary Clinton
34% Ron Paul
27% Rudy Giuliani
25% John McCain
22% Mike Huckabee
16% Mitt Romney
16% Tom Tancredo
11% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

Other than smashing my right hand with a car door yesterday, I'm feeling very proud right now. We did a full choir recording session yesterday (promo material for getting us hired for gigs, especially weddings), and our conductor picked two of us from each section to stay and record for the octet group, including me from the sopranos! I'm honoured. And hoping I can get a copy :)

And I'm just sitting here doing some web work for Amnesty, and realizing in awe how cool it is to be this close to launch and while sitting on a page, switch it to Arabic, change the window size to 800x600, increase the font in the browser... and have it not break anything. How many freaking sites can do that, eh??

We're going to Chicago on Wednesday until Monday to hang out with the boys for Thanksgiving. Hurrah for a direct flight out of the Oakland airport. Gonna hit some museums, eat some good food, and generally just have fun hanging out for a few days... and get a bit of a breather from coding.

Did I mention we're starting a new business too? I think we need professional help. I mean... we rock. I'm so glad I've found someone so much like me yet complementary.

I've recently started up bellydance classes again, doing two back-to-back on Wednesday nights, and trying to do more at-home practice. I can feel the difference in my overall energy already. And I'm amazed how much of the moves I remember, despite having done absolutely zero exercise in like two and a half years. My endurance and flexibility are crap, and I keep aggravating my right hip, but it still feels like jumping back in the saddle. Our instructor said I'd probably be fine in her advanced choreography class on the weekend... we'll see ;)

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Say hello to one of the two web projects that has engulfed the last six months of our life, now public: http://hub.witness.org/

We're very proud :D Truly a bar-raising achievement in Drupal. A couple of our web team members were at their big birthday bash/launch gala the other night.

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Anyone got any leads on lawyers who have experience with open source/GPL issues?