Thursdaily with food and art things

[ellenmillion]

No writing yet today, but I did jam on the big cover painting I'm tackling; I need to do scary perspective things next, and otherwise, it's nearly ready for paint. Which is a problem, because I am out of (or never had to begin with) several key colors. I am thinking about doing some crowdfunding with this one to help raise paint money - and maybe even fund a few new brushes. I would do it here, not through Kickstarter, because there's not a specific goal - I could not at all hope to fund the actual value of this painting, but any little bit would help defray the paint order. I'm going to do it, regardless; it would just be nice to not actively lose money on it, even if I don't get paid for it.

(On that note, all the paintings from the last fundraiser are mailed except ones I'm waiting to hear back on! I didn't not expect it to take so long, but have decidedly learned a great deal and streamlined my methods for the next one...)

So, Facebook has made major changes that people are complaining about, and they're all going to Google Plus. I chuckle. This happens with every social media at some point. Several points, often. And as is often the case, I actually think their changes are good - I LIKE being able to see which pieces they put in top news as opposed to recent, and being able to say 'no, this is not top news to me' is SUPER valuable. I thought that the sneaky way they showed me top news pretending it was recent and relevant, whether I thought it was, was much worse. The little stalker-y side-ticker? Meh. Not a fan of that.

However, if you are part of the migration, I am on Google Plus. Ellen Million, just like I am everywhere.

This morning, I have made bread, wrapped and frozen meat (Safeway had buy one, get one free, so we stocked up), eaten a little, cleaned a little, and drawn.

In factory news, still have little baby wiggles, and also had some heartburn last night after a big meal, which is apparently common, but not terribly pleasant. Ginger tea took care of it, when I finally thought to have some. Have had some horrendous, horrible, awful pregnancy dreams. Definitely showing in some outfits now, but still fit into almost everything.

Grr! Email is down.

Some coding now, some writing this afternoon, and more consideration about crowdfunding my painting.

Happy Thursday, all!

Comments

[pers1stence.livejournal.com]

random note to remember, re: heartburn cures -- bicarbonate of soda (i.e., baking soda) is the old school heartburn remedy -- tastes like ass but does work sometimes, if you're desperate and haven't got anything stronger on hand.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Just a spoonful? Or do I dissolve it in something? Thanks for the tip!

[pers1stence.livejournal.com]

dissolved in water. you'd have to google for proportions. it doesn't work great, just okay. but if you're at a restaurant or a friend's house or something and you're lacking tums or ginger tea -- well, it's better than nothing. I've used it in the past too but i had to look up the ratio....

[pers1stence.livejournal.com]

a quick google says: teaspoon of baking soda in 8 ounces of water

it also cautions about using it too frequently. it can make you burp, bringing up more of the burn, and it's apparently high in sodium.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Thank you! Hopefully I won't need it often (or even again!) - this is the first time it's really struck.

[lepi.livejournal.com]

My paintings arrived in the mail yesterday, they are wonderful!

[jenny heidewald (from livejournal.com)]

I haven't seen this side ticker thing I keep reading about, is it because I have the chat thing turned off? I turn it off because I am not a fan of suddenly getting messages from people in real time, unless I am expecting it, it is like a phone call...I'll be poking along and all of a suddenly *BINGLEDINGLEDINGLE* "Yo-yo-yo! Wazzup!" :D

Not that I don't like the folks I have on my list, it is just hard to break it off and go do something else, and hard to do anything else on the computer while I am chatting.

I haven't been on Google plus in a month or two now. I also have a hard time checking both of my e-mails these days, sometimes I forget one during the morning, and the other at night!

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

YAY! I'm so glad they got there safely! Thank you for letting me know! :)

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

I am perpetually 'offline' for chat, for that reason. The ticker thingy is on the right, and it's just a list of all - and I mean ALL - recent activity. Like if a friend makes a comment on someone else, it shows up. If a a friend updates a status, it tells you they have (with just a few words of it), or uploads a photo (no thumbnail). It seems to bounce around - sometimes it's above the ads, sometimes below, sometimes above the pokes and event notifications, sometimes below.

Google-plus hasn't really won me over. It doesn't feel as comfortable as LJ. But maybe I'm just set in my ways.

YOYOYO-WAzzzzUUppppp?

[jenny heidewald (from livejournal.com)]

I still don't see the ticker thing, I am glad because it sounds annoying with all the bouncing around you say it does! <:) It is hard to switch to anything different once you get used to something. I think I like LJ better too, though I only use it to see your stuff, never got into posting stuff myself, there aren't ads all over the place.