August 21, 2004

Typo Generation, or what else can we do with Google?

typogenerator image MWBS2 

I saw this on Mela's blog diaphaneity.com where she had posted an unusual photo, its a computer generated piece of art, made on the typo Generator I played with this thing for an hour, made some great cards with some of the images...( you dont know how it makes me feel to be able to make something with my given name on it, even a card like this that is unique, after having spent much of my life looking in vain for my name on those personalized things kids always want.) Ive not out grown this little pain in my heart of feeling left out.

This program uses Google to create the images. I plugged in My Wide Blue Seas, and got some wacky stuff then it pulled up the background, that is a maritime map of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, I said "Ah...little program, now we are getting somewhere and see where we are going!..." and you thought that Google was for site mongering and making a few quid on the stock market. Now you can make art too. Original art at that! It made a lovely thank you card for Kathy Hammes in her favorite colors too, just like it knew what to do.

I didnt keep this one but I though that it was interesting. I put in the word "Friendship" and for the background it came up with a series of maps of tornado shelters in Nebraska. How odd, yet that is true friendship, opening the door of your storm cellar as the big one is hitting you, to let in the stranger.

Well the week seems to be ending on a dismal note at the store. We have had the lowest sales this week than we have ever had since we opened. The town is deserted. Scary scary scary and yet I know that things will get better. I did take in my first repair for the store and that will start to flow in more and more, bringing us much needed revenue.

Woody is at home hopefully doing the lawns as they are so overgrown that our house looks like it has been abandoned, which is very unsafe for me being alone. Squatters often take over a untenanted house in our neck of the woods, and I dont need house guests of that sort to greet me when I come home at night. Our neighbors accross the street have allowed their side yard to overgrow and the Kahili Ginger there is blooming like crazy. I am allergic to it but want to plant it in the lot next to us for its incredible frgrance. This is an invasive species and we are asked not to plant it. But at least it only smells and doesnt croak or eat things like other invaders!

I am working on a writing project and have a ton of stuff pending on my desk that I have little desire to get to. I was thinking that I would like to sew up some new things as I brought over 1000 lbs of fabrics with me and there is little reason for me to buy anything. When I think of the amount of stuff that I bought and all the shopping I did on the mainland prior to moving here I cant believe it. I can say that I must have been a spendaholic for now I buy nothing and a trip to the market is a treat and I cannot remember for the life of me the last time I went casually shopping. I think when Monica was here in November... I am glad of this change though, and Woody said the same thing. He said he can see how much money that he wasted and its a sin...

Makoa has fully repented of his bad manners a few days ago and went to smell my wrist last night, where he had bitten me, and cringed, poor thing... I think his little soul was more wounded than my wrist which is healing nicely.

Thanks again to all of you that read MWBS and send me emails. you have really encouraged me to keep fighting and not to give up. Especially about yesterday and the singular challenge that was. I live in a most unique circumstance, and that was an attack at a very weak place in my life. Would to God that wasnt so, but it is.