i am ryanarrowsmith

I wrote a while back about Pink’s new song, Dear Mr. President, and how important I thought it was.  Well, Laura found a terrific live performance of the song on YouTube, so I had to share.  Watch and enjoy.

I’ve been in kind of a rut lately. You ever feel that way? There are a lot of changes going on around me and I feel like I’ve sort of been at a stand still for awhile now. Granted, we’ve had some big things going on in the past 5 years (2 [...]

For those of you not in Oklahoma, we had some pretty nasty weather here yesterday — 4 times.
It started in the wee hours of the morning when we were thoroughly doused with precipitation (which is okay ’cause we’re in a record making drought and have wild fires everywhere).  By the time we got up and [...]

We lost another team member at work yesterday and there’s no replacement in the near future.  Going into our busiest time of the year, we’re pretty durn short-handed.  So I will be learning a new skillset and we’ll muddle through the best we can.
I am sleepy, though. It’s funny how, even though my job isn’t physically [...]

Here’s what’s going on in my life right now:

I’m currently reading ”Two Little Girls in Blue” by Mary Higgins-Clark.
I’m currently listening to “Hips Don’t Lie” by Shakira over and over.
For lunch, I’m having a Strawberry Slim Fast and an apple or banana.
I am playing Grand Theft Auto San Andreas on my 360.
I’m enjoying delivering facts about myself [...]

Last week I was out in the front yard picking up construction debris from the two homes going in across the street from us when I noticed the flower bed in front of my home was in sad shape.  Much of the mulch had vanished and some weeds had begun popping up here and there.  [...]

One of my favorite designers and web divas, Kitty Mead, has completed a redesign on her site Ink2art.com.  Can’t say enough about it, I think she absolutely hit this one out of the park.  It’s the work of other artist’s that really get me thinking and feeling creative. 
Kitty managed to incorporate illustrations by the loverly [...]

One of my compadres sent me this little survey and I hadn’t posted anything in a bit, so here ya go.  I’m feeling saucey today.
If I don’t see you before, Happy Easter guys.
1. My uncle once: gave me a bottle of tequila at the age of 8 (okay, so it was a bottle of cologne [...]

If ya can’t tell, my design ADD has kicked in again so I’ve reskinned the site.  I’m using Derek Punsalan’s “Foliage” theme as the base for my own design.  I am still in the process of learning Wordpress’s tagging structure — much more complex than Textpattern.  Like I said before, it’s basically true PHP instead [...]

Brian and I had a relaxed, at-home weekend.  I was on call for work so I kept pretty busy on Saturday.  Other than that, we watched movies (Capote, Prime, Jeepers Creepers 2, Jurassic Park), cleaned the house and chilled out.
We also got a Tassimo, the hot beverage system from Braun that makes single servings of [...]

I’m feeling good. I’ve lost 6 pounds this week.  I really wanted to be under 200 by the end of this week but, I have to say, I am happy with 6 pounds.  That’s more than a pound a day.
Oh and I made a new category for my dieting progress.  Click on the category that [...]

After yesterday, it’s good to see the style sheets reappearing.  It was a fun expirement but, let’s face it, Times New Roman in large doses and default blue hyperlinks suck.

Okay, I have to share this song with you. Pink is one of my favorite singers; I have bought each of her CDs the day of their release. Today her new one, I’m Not Dead, dropped and I was there to pick it up like always.
I was expecting great vocals and some catchy music. I [...]

 
If you can’t tell, the site looks a bit different. I’m participating in The Annual CSS Naked Day 2006. Why? Because it really shows how much we use CSS in our designs.
For those who are unfamiliar with design or how a website works, CSS stands for a Cascading Style Sheet. Websites use HTML for the [...]

We weighed in today for the big diet contest.
Once upon a time, I was young and skinny.  I was 5′ 11″, 153 pounds, a 29″ waist and wore small shirts.
Fast forward 5 years.  I am older and much more…umm…rounded.  I am still 5′ 11″ but now weigh 209 pounds, wear 34″ waist and large shirts.
That’s [...]