It’s a Blooooooobbbbbbb!
Posted on | April 26, 2007 |
Well clearly, the histrionics below have passed or you wouldn’t be looking at a finished site. But on the morning this post was written, not only was the WordPress Classic default theme (Blue Blob) not there — no theme was there. Alas, things are now changed…
For two days now, I’ve had memories of all the times in my life that I just wanted to quit. You know. Those stress-filled, “What was I thinking?” or “Oh my gawd, I can’t do this — let me out!” kind of things, like going off the high dive when you’re 12 and everyone at the pool is staring at you. Or when that boy you thought was really cute is standing in front of you now getting ready to kiss you, or is kissing you, and you’re thinking you’d rather just hold hands, because kissing is kind of gross when you’re 15. Well, I thought it was. Maybe that boy was just gross.
Or, other terrifyingly stressful events such as getting on that roller coaster that’s even bigger than the last one, or giving birth, or studying for seven final exams my last semester in college as a single mom with two kids, or trying to figure out and submit a viable school budget of several million dollars. But I survived all those things — and with flying colors. So why? Why if I was able to do those things, can I not get this GD Stoopid SOB MF-ing website to do what I want?
I less than love the blue blob at the top of the page. Morgan, if you’re reading right now, you were correct. It’s a blob, not a blog. It’s official folks, and you heard it here first. Yes, I’ve valliantly read and reread, and questioned, and forum-ed myself to death — well almost. Over and over. To no avail. Held a nice on-line chat with Azir, who pretty much said something I hadn’t thought about. That I need an FTP client. Huh? You know. In addition to my hosting service. This is the part where I sigh, with absolutely no exasperation at all an put up another stick and a plate to spin in the air. This is the part where I pull up the WordPress directions again and question the syntax of their sentence that says, “There are two ways of getting files onto your site, and once there, changing them.
- By using your cPanel, or whatever file manager is provided by your host.
- By using a FTP client. This guide whill show you how to use FileZilla.”
The directions imply — no — state that this is an either/or situation. So I’m safe with number 1, I’m thinking. Besides, number 2 is a problem because I use a Mac (which I expect to be cremated with) and so I’m SOL about these directions even if I want to use them. And if I use one of the other FTP clients recommended for a Mac, I’ll have to use their directions, if I can find them. More downloads, more fees. Wah-wah-wah.
So my pathetic point here is that this technological debacle is way easier — relatively speaking — than any of the events I’ve experienced and mentioned above. Way way. I have slotted this experience appropriately, have smacked down my whining self, and am going to approach “it” with a different plan of attack today which includes maybe starting over.
The real problem here is that I completely lack patience. I didn’t get in that line when I was getting my parts. So I have to spend my life getting in the rental line every time I do something challenging to get myself a bit of patience. And I stand in that line patiently. (For those of you who have either stopped reading, or are scratching their heads and muttering, Huh? just skip this part and know that I love you anyway for tolerating my blathering.) I stand in that line — you know — the patience line? Patiently because others are watching. I can’t throw anything, or lay on the floor and kick and scream and thrash back and forth. But it’s a great image, isn’t it. Can you even imagine seeing that? My animals aren’t even up here with me today. They know when to duck and cover. 
But as I was saying, I’m a Martha through and through. Sorry, but it’s very true. I love things to be Just. So. Like. That. But not in lines. Elegantly organized in their artful chaos. Really. Picture something like decorated disaster. That’s me. And I want this site to look simply marvelous. Then I can just write. Maybe about purposeful things instead of this ridiculous ranting kind of thing I’m engaged in today. Even my doggo is not her usual self about this. She’s downstairs somewhere, howling in one of her dreams about fire engines.
Have you stopped reading yet? Don’t worry. I’ll find myself again. But right now, I feel like I’m trying to learn to read, write, and speak some Chinese dialect and use the information I’m gaining to decorate my house. Huh? I know. Can you imagine what it’s like being in this brain?
Things are never, ever dull or boring. Well, to me they aren’t.
So, I’m off to the salt mines to check out the download of Captain FTP this morning. Which is better than what I did yesterday morning spending two hours on line and then on the phone trying to purchase health insurance. No wonder everyone goes to the ER when they get sick. Two hours to fill out the paper work on line and then it wouldn’t process. I’ll spare you that story. But the lady next door working on her patio sprucing it up before her gardener arrived got to hear the whole thing. I guess now we’re even. At least she wasn’t throwing snails at the cars. But I do know she was really sprucing up her patio because mine looks better than hers. Snort. 
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April 26th, 2007 @ 7:44 pm
Sorry about your technology woes. I knew better than to even try to do my own. I would have been on the floor kicking, screaming, and thrashing about almost instantly. There is a patience rental line? I never knew. All of this time I have been ranting and raving through life completely patience free! Good luch getting your site up and running again.
April 26th, 2007 @ 8:58 pm
Poor sweets, stick to it and as the fortune cookie says “Keep up the good work and big things will be headed in your direction”. And you know what goes after that.
April 26th, 2007 @ 9:11 pm
I appreciate your humor and tolerance, Mel. Yah, the patience line. Sigh. But my food blog looks swell right now. But I’m featuring a burger today. Sorry — I have carnivores. But bear with me, because I’ll get by with a lot of help from my BlogLog friend. I wonder if he rides a white horse?
April 26th, 2007 @ 9:38 pm
Not to add to your problems, but for some reason when I click the link to come to your site a window pops up saying that I need a password. It does the same thing for the comment link. I can just hit cancel and the page still loads, but that’s weird eh?
April 26th, 2007 @ 10:45 pm
Yah, it’s pretty stoopid, but you’re in good company, b/c it does it to me, too. I’ve been trying to fix it in between writing and stuff. If I could handle being on hold better than I do (patience?) then it would be fixed already. Ugh.
April 27th, 2007 @ 1:02 am
Wow, you are really working hard at this. I admire your determination. Sounds like you have a lot more patience than I do. I’m just sitting here hoping Letterman or Leno will call me about my youtube video.
April 27th, 2007 @ 5:41 am
Loripea — you gess wait, girl. You’ll be the feature of my post tomorrow. Hah! And have you checked lately, or have you not noticed that you have many views of your video logged. And no — I didn’t sit there and watch it tons of times. Maybe you’re famous already and we don’t know it. The problem is I caught a typo in my comments on your video. Bummer.
April 27th, 2007 @ 5:43 am
And Phil (AKA MoH) I’m really sorry I didn’t approve your response so that it seemed as if you didn’t get a reply from me. And yes, I know the the part that goes after the fortune cookie thing is …”beneath the sheets.” Way nasty.
April 27th, 2007 @ 3:04 pm
Wow! The whole famdamily showed up today. As your mom I must caution you about your effing language. You lost me on the first sentence. That is why I am reluctant to even begin my blog complaining about getting old, I mean gold. Don’t give up! You have too many peeps counting on you (again).
April 27th, 2007 @ 3:18 pm
Hey Gramster — That’s what I’m for. Aim to please and draggin’ everyone along for the ride. Giddeyup! and Yippe-eye-oh-ky-ah! or something like that.
April 27th, 2007 @ 5:42 pm
Way to go Kelly!! Congrats on your new site, your awards and exercising your patience! Shouldn’t that count for, like, 350 calories and hour or something?
If only, huh?
PS - I like your face shots- Andy Warholesque look! Makes me laugh - totally you after a loooong day and in need of some fine wine!
April 27th, 2007 @ 7:16 pm
Hey Ritzy — just finished looking at your pictures of gorgeous babies (loved the bath shots and the mohawk) and cats. The black one looks almost exactly like Blaxter. Wine? I’m guzzling coffee and SlimFast right now. Mmmmm…..Thanks for finding me again and patting my back over all this nonsense! Hugs…