No News is Good News?

I wonder if no news is really still good news.  Because I have no news on he Job front.  That does not mean I have not been looking and appling left, right and center.  It does mean I have heard nothing at all.

Job searching turns very tedious after a few months with so few results.  I have reached that lovely point where I am utterly disgruntled.  We have decided to keep the plans of moving next month,  So once back in teh Chattanooga, I will talk to temp agencies and more offices.  Maybe even try finding some networking events once I get back.  I am trying my best not think too much on the detais right now.

iPhone is new

Well, I have my iPhone and it is different from my droid.  I still miss my droid and how easy it was.  Yet, I am finding things that I just enjoy about the iPhone.  So I am going to do a top 5 list.




Favorite things about my new iPhone:

1. The silence switch on the side of the phone.
2. The easy music syncing.
3. The podcast app, yep that app is awesome.
4. It is colorful.
5. The special vibration options.  I can use Morse code!

Least Favorite things about my new iPhone:

1. The iMap.  It was missing an entire cemetery.
2. Lack of shortcuts/widgets for settings
3. The weight, it feels so fragile.
4. Not seeing a way to link more Google info, i.e. my calendar.
5. No Dr Who ringtone app.  Yes, this does bother me.

What is also making me happy are the accessories I got for my iPhone.  At first I was just going to make a phone carrier but I found a cute thing on line for far less than the leather cost so it won.  I also got a clip on case just to make it feel more sturdy.

So proud or I was

I was so pleased with myself yesterday.  I am out of shape and working on getting better.  After work I have been trying to do a simple yoga routine.  Very simple.  I have not been nearly as active since moving to Florida as I was when I lived in Tennessee.  So I was very happy when I did all six sets of "Bunny yoga" (see below), which I have shown on here before.  But I only hold the first round for 10 seconds to warm up and the next 5 I change the pose on the exhale.  I actually did it! No breaking it up one solid flow!  I finished up with bridge and tried to do spinal twist.  My husband wanted to be sweet, so while I am in my last twist he comes in and stands over me to kiss me.  Now keep in my mind my eyes are closed and I have a Ragas blaring in my earphones.  I open my eyes, scream bloody murder, my whole body leaves the mat, I hyperventilate and cry all in the matter of 10 seconds.  I was proud up until that.   I love my husband.  We have a new house rule "No sneaking during yoga time."


I should be very clear that Jason was not trying to scare me, he was wanting to be sweet and surprise me with a kiss.

Podcast love

I am a radio nerd.  I utterly adore speech based radio which is, sadly, are fading away.  NPR is, to my knowledge, the largest broadcaster in the United States for speech programing.  There is of course the BBC and the multitude of programs from them.  Since I now live in the States in not in England I get my BBC fix in the form of podcasts.  I do not only get BBC but NPR, PRI and independent podcasts. Majority of which I listen to at my desk will working on whatever project is around. 

 

I defiantly have my favorite shows, and today I will share some of those.  Hopefully, this will become a monthly article.

 

First on the list and on my daily playlist is The Archers.  This is a 15 minute radio drama that has been airing on the BBC since the 1950s.  The show follows life in the village of Ambridge.  Wait, Ambridge life but the show is called The Archers.  Well, there is a family named Archer and they own/run one of the major farms in the village.  The program does not center on just one family but the whole community and the issues of the day.  It really makes me feel I am back in my flat in Bournemouth for about 15 minutes every day.

 

Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR is not daily but weekly program that is just amazing.  I am not sure how to describe this show.  It is such a blend of all my geek-dom.  They make me giggle and think.  Beware this show is addictive and distracting!! Listen only when doing projects that are done on autopilot.  Per the NPR site this show is described as:

NPR's entertainment and pop culture round-table podcast features spirited discussions of movies, books, television, nostalgia, and — every time — what's making us happy this week.

I would say give this podcast a try for about a month.  You will be hooked on the conversations.

 

My last share for today is StarTalk.  This is podcast hosted by Neil DeGeasse Tyson.  You know him; he is the one currently teaching us about the Cosmos.  The way I see this program is as an eclectic look at science.  He goes everywhere and anywhere in the name of science.  The interviews always have a great conversational tone to them and make it very easy to follow what the subject matter being presented.

 

Now to how I find and listen to podcasts.  I use the podcasts app for iPhone/iPod/iPad this is my favorite app by far.  So easy to find and listen to all my podcasts.   I just add a show to "my shows" and the app will automatically download new content when it is uploaded.  So nice!  It is like TiVo for podcasts!

  

 

 

wow reading update overdue

I usually like to post monthly reading updates but I have been really bad!  I have been reading.  Just not as much until this month

I am going to try and hit most of the books I have enjoyed.


Lets start off with a series I have devoured in the past 2 months or so.  Here is a surprise, no not really, it is another by Charlaine Harris.  The Harper Connelly series just got under my skin totally.  I love the characters, I love the settings, and I love the storyline.  The story does have few elements that will make some people uncomfortable but if you keep an open mind you should be just fine.Truly just enjoyable reads!

The next book to talk about is a young adult book that I found I really like.  I was actually surprised that I liked this book.  I have put it on my queue a few times over the past few month.  Throne of Glass turned out to be very entertaining.  It at times annoyed me because I expected something to happen and it didn't because then it would not be YA.  But that will happen when going from Harris books to anything.


Again I fell into the world of Isaac Bell with The Spy.  Fast pace with twists and turns to keep the pages turning.  I love this series and look forward to reading even more in the future!


Feeding my adult side again is the Anita Blake series.  I have read 2 more books and they just get better and better.  Now yes, they are a bit graphic with violence and sex but that does not make them bad books.  I am still enjoying reading the struggles that Anita Blake is processing.  Both books progress the overall storyline in a very enjoyable manner.  I can say this, I noticed that the reader for the audiobooks changed and not for the better.  I am now hunting the next book at the second hand shop.