Melody Watson on living creatively, and taking advantage of a short attention span.

Serious Communication Lesson: She helped me want to better explain my Squarespace Love

Melody — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:01:50 +0000

If you:

Are considering using Squarespace as your website hosting provider but haven't made a decision yet,
Have ever been frustrated with my ranting about this company when I haven't successfully

Dork much? W'll YEA!!!

Melody — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:55:06 +0000

Happy Thursday To You, Internet!

After an emotionally draining few days, during which I couldn't completely extract myself from my own over-analytical head, I find myself feeling like Melody. Which is kind of extra-nice, in a familiar kind of way. Although if you were here you'd prolly be

Not the most useful thing you'll read today

Melody — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:28:24 +0000

This is for all you readers who have checked in to ask "Whassup? Why's the blog so sparse?" Five lessons, in no particular order, that I've learned, relearned, or just recalled on this particular Tuesday okay, fine, Wednesday morning:

New Squarespace Happiness

Melody — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:19:37 +0000

We got new Squarespace! Weeeee got new SQUARESPACE!!... (You're supposed to sing this along with me, to the tune of that kid on the playground who taunted you over what he got and you, presumably, didn't.)

Background music of a power sander: work eupohoria?

Melody — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:58:25 +0000

Having moved my laptop and cell phone into my bedroom for the afternoon's work session, I just realized I have the best groove going! Emailing and talking to clients, making rigid notes about who gets this block of time... it's a serious to-do list at my side. There's a need for severity in my note-taking and time-logging to keep up with when I hung up the phone with this client, and when I finished drafting this set of graphics for another. These are exactly the rhythms I craved after a morning spent with my parents, nephew, and nephew's parents - I actually needed the familiarity of my geeky work processes, once we all said our goodbyes.

Not only is the work going well, but I think all the background noise that floods my home is

The sound of delirious laughter...

Melody — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:55:37 +0000

Want to see what makes me happier than any other announcement in the history of ever?

Squarespace, the company about which I talk to

Keepin' it interesting: ceiling hasn't fallen yet!

Melody — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:52:32 +0000

Not sure if I'm going to blog the gloriously-amusing details of one household-related issue that has peppered my activities for the last few days or not, but when it's all done I might. Let's just say, for the purposes of expeditious Monday late-morning amusement and blogging credits (feelin' the need to blog; not able to really focus on one more thing right now, long enough to find an alternative topic,) that there is such an issue! Let's say that the people who will be handling said household issue weren't too pressed to get over here on Friday afternoon when the whole

There's a lot going on over there

Melody — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:06:40 +0000

On the phone with my sister this morning, listening to a play-by-play of her Decidedly More Lively Than My Own morning. Then this:

"So I'm sitting on my couch in the living room. Across the counter in the kitchen, I see the fridge door open. Then a huge bottle

Force of habit

Melody — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:00:58 +0000

From a little snippet of conversation that occurred in my living room just now as a friend was about to walk out the door:

That deer in the headlights is me

Melody — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:58:22 +0000

For days and days I've been going full-speed-ahead, happily juggling the development and maintenance of more unique website projects than ever before. Have been having a seriously cool time. Working at this pace coordinates nicely with my approach to the world. Multi-taskers-r-us. Yea, that's me.

Only now?