Onward and Upward

I made the decision yesterday that i’m going to leave my current job as soon as i find a suitable new one, for reasons i probably shouldn’t disclose here. I feel relieved to have decided at least that much, as i’ve been trying to decide what to do with all these open doors since around January when our landlord started to pressure us to renew our lease for August. Hm, i could stay, or i could also leave…

So now i’ll be applying for jobs like mad, and i figure whatever offers i get will help me narrow down the next decision, which is where i want to go when this lease is up. I’m looking at:

Yeah, i always swore i’d never live in Cali, but life here where there are seasons is just miserable anymore. Besides, it would make my grandparents really happy to be close enough to feed me lots of good Italian food, since i’m morbidly skinny in their eyes and need guidance.

Moving far away would mean sacrificing relationships though, which would suck. It’s probably not going to happen, because even though i’ve always had dreams of striking out on my own and magically turning into an admirable person by mere proximity to tall buildings and bright lights, being near the people i love is a lot more important to me. Portland would put me closer to some other people i love a lot, though, so it’s not a black-and-white issue by any means.

In regards to the new blog, thanks so much for your feedback. I put a button illusion up on the header in response to popular demand, and i think you were right. It looks nice. Now if only i could get a pretty rollover effect to happen without having to slice up that image…

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 7:32 pm • location, jobs, web design, weather, life
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  1. Tyler says:

    April 29th, 2008 at 9:31 pm

    Hey Steph –
    You found a serious html geek in this new reader, and in keeping with that status, I have a suggestion for your rollover effect –

    http://www.ofthemonks.com/files/header.htm

    It’s a simple highlighter that degrades well for users without Javascript enabled. I know this doesn’t really help you decide on the broader question of what to do with your life, but I help where I can ;-)

  2. Steph says:

    April 30th, 2008 at 9:28 am

    Wow, thanks Tyler! I’ll find a better place than this to give you credit for that, since i’m no Javascript wizard. Maybe some day i will be.

  3. Tyler says:

    April 30th, 2008 at 2:41 pm

    Glad you like it! I definitely tried finding a way to do it CSS-only without Javascript, but for some dumb reason there’s no support for the :hover pseudo-class on map area elements in most CSS implementations. Did I mention html geek?

  4. Niki Brown says:

    May 1st, 2008 at 3:05 pm

    yay for twitter!

    James and ashley are on twitter as well.

    And i vote for portland!

  5. Niki Brown says:

    May 1st, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    and on another note - maybe make the birdy background for the twitter area a bit lighter - its kinda hard to read

  6. claire says:

    May 1st, 2008 at 10:23 pm

    ok, 2nd comment: I can completely relate to your list of possible future plans. I’m also considering CA, which I swore to never do, because yeah - Iowa weather is so darn dreary. Hope the job search lands you happy in all realms.

  7. Ashley Rippke says:

    May 3rd, 2008 at 9:41 pm

    you know, there aren’t really seasons in texas either….it’s nice and warm all year. screw winter and ice and driving in the snow. we’re looking for a web person/designer just so ya know.

  8. Neen says:

    May 5th, 2008 at 7:42 am

    Whisper::: Chi-caaa-go!:::

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