What I focus on..

Okay. So I was reading some of my older entries and realized what I was only focusing on. I wasn't giving you an update in my life, or anything like that. I was more spitting out all my anger at my Blogspot Followers who are nice enough to read my blog entries. o.o;; Whoops. I get out of hand a lot with my emotions really.

This entry is going to focus on the positive stuff in my life that's happening right now. Here's a simple list of some positive things that have happened in the last few days.

My mom may let my get Photoshop Elements ^^;; Which I'm planning on asking her soon about. Owning Photoshop is pretty much my dream; and it's going to be a must when I get into real website designing. How do I know my mom may let me get it? She's used the word photoshop about 5 times in the past month. I didn't even know that she knew what Photoshop was, so I'm going to ask her permission to let me get it. So that's really positive news.

I'm getting my inspiration back! Wahoo! I actually made 6 premade layouts over the course of 2 days. Talk about obsessed right? Anywho, I've had userbar inspiration so I'm going to be adding those and premades and stuff soon, YAY! =)

My cat; Dewy is healthy and happy, his biting habits have improved and he's not attacking our feet and hands as much anymore xD He's a real sweetie, he just gets hyped up, but don't all kittens sometimes? :)

I'm moving into a new room. which means I get more privacy and can make more graphics and stuff with that privacy <3 Isn't that great? I love the idea =) In fact I'm moving my stuff over to that room little by little.

And last but certainly not least; my dad's abusing habits have gotten better. My mum told him he'd have to shape up or move out. He's stopped hitting my younger brother and has cut down to yelling at us only maybe once a day (it was numerous times; so thus it's getting better). Hopefully once again we can get back to being the family we were; instead of the group of people that lived with a monster all day.

So those are just some of the positive things going on in my life, feel free to comment below.

-Herb

Wow.

Okay....first of all I know we've all had thoughts of closing our sites, but not like this before. I'm sure your reasons for thinking about closing your site(s) weren't like the one I'm about to present to you right now.

Strap yourself in, here is something you'll be blown away by.

-claps hands- Here we go!

So I was looking on Serenity Warriors and clicked one of the peoples' names in her Guestbook. I looked at the person's newest update. You wouldn't believe what the person said in her update, and within moments of reading I knew this person was talking about me. She was talking about graphics and how some people (meaning ME) were abusing the quanity over quality thing. You see I knew that the person was talking about me too when she mentioned 'little graphics', you see I've had a thing for avatars lately, thus I knew she was attacking me.

Anyways, long rageful story short I thought about closing my site. In fact leaving webs. This webmaster-who has no talent at all in my book and who is a thief had no right to attack me, not at all. This webmaster and me have a constant past of fighting and yelling at each other and she's finally taken a stab at my site, through hers. This was unexceptable and vulgar to be honest. You don't go bad-mouthing another site through an update. You don't be a coward, voicing your opinion through the 'security' of your site's little virtual walls. If your gonna bad-mouth someone, do it to their face.

-Herb

Revamped

So....if you hadn't noticed I changed the layout a bit. It'd be nice if someone actually commented on my blog -coughDEWLIGHTYcough-. :)

I made some avatars and stuff for Herbal Essence and HG-I would show you a preview but Blogspot isn't doing image uploading right now. Anywho...

I caught a thief and stuck her on my infamous blacklist. I hope she enjoys rotting there for a while.

-hums- My brothers have a half day so I'm gonna go update HG real quick before mommy dearest (dear :P Yeah right-read last blog entry) get's home.

-Herb

How long before I get in?
Before it starts, before I begin?
How long before you decide?
Before I know what it feels like?
Where To, where do I go?
If you never try, then you'll never know.
How long do I have to climb,
Up on the side of this mountain of mine?
-Speed of Sound, by Coldplay

I'm Me-Deal with it

Over the last few days I've been feeling quite depressed. Let me tell you a little story. My mom took me out to get some stuff. On the drive back home we started talking. She asked me what I wanted to do for a job and I told her I really hadn't thought about it-I was lying, because I wasn't about to tell her that I wanted to be a graphic maker/website designer and actually make money doing that-not just the free cutesy warriors stuff I do now. Anyways...back to the story.

My mom then started talking about a very sensitive subject with me. My writing. I love, love, love to write but I never show my really good writing to my parents. It's kind of private and it's fragile. My mom said something like this to me-"Herb, you can't write for a living. It can only be a side project, no matter how good a writer you may be it may not work out." I was literally crying in the car. Tears trickling down my face once she said that. And she didn't even know. I had to hide my tears. How self-fish. She smashed my dream. I have barely wrote a page since then. Everything feels hollow.

Then, during the same car ride she starts talking about the SAT's. By now I'm thinking, "Are you even my mother? You smash my writing and now move on to state testing for high school and talking about careers." I pretty much just nodded and tried to dry my tears through the rest of the ride. I didn't want to talk to her. At all.

Then later on (today-a few days later) she asks me to run outside and do something. But right as I'm about to go outside and do it she starts talking to me, "You know Herb you should really get your face cleared up. Back when I was a kid there weren't any products to clear up your face like there are now."

HOLD IT.

I'm not going to admit I have the most lovely face in the world. I'm not Miley Cyrus, Demi or whatever their names are. I'm not some preppy princess that's gonna have a totally clear face. But you wanna know what I am?

I'm me. And if my mom can't handle it she needs to shut up. I'm not perfect but she doesn't need to smash my writing dream or criticize how I look. I.am.me. Deal with it.

-Herb

Image Based Layouts

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Okay-well I'm starting to like the whole "your layout is one big image" thing and that you just align the divs and stuff. I think it's really cool. That's why Herbalfoot Graphics next layout is gonna have just a big ole' background image for my viewers to look at-so there are no problems with DIVS like in the past (-sniffle-).

As I sit here writing this blog entry I'm starting to make the image for Herbal Essence's new layout-which is gonna be called 'Electric Life' :) Just wanted to let you know.

Would you like to see a preview of my layout for Herbalfoot Graphics?

Here it is. (click for full view)


Other than that-nothing much except Dewy went to the vet today (not Dewy from Dewy graphics-my cat.)

See you later.

-Herb

SSI

Server.Side.Includes.

That's what I'm using. HG's next layout will have them (97% sure). I learned some more about SSI yesterday and am so convinced to try it. Like OMG SSI freakin' rocks. I love it. It's so much better than i-frames. It's the bestest :) Loverizzeit.

As you can see my blog has been renamed to Absent Mind for certain reasons. :) You'll find out those reasons soon. Just wanted to let you know. I also redid HG's splash page pic so it looks FREAKIN" FANTASTIC! :D

See ya later :D :D :D

(I'm so excited about SSI right now!!!)

-Herbeh!