Grace's Place

Real Housewives of Orange County = my guilty pleasure

2010-01-25T19:50:00.000-08:00

It's a matter of opinion but I love these women for many reasons mainly cause the show is an entertaining escape. I love the hair and makeup and the clothes are beautiful. Somehow their lives are perfectly imperfect which makes them relatable.

Sharon Tate 1943-1969

2009-08-06T20:54:00.000-07:00

Sharon Tate • Walking in wood ~ 1968
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TRUE BLOOD THE REST OF SEASON TWO PREVIEW

2009-07-25T19:42:00.000-07:00

My new crush Alexander Skarsgard on my favorite show True Blood!

2009-07-16T19:23:00.000-07:00

R.I.P. June 25, 2009

2009-06-28T14:11:00.000-07:00

American icons. Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. The way I'd like to remember them.

Charlie's Angels: The originals

2009-04-11T21:21:00.000-07:00

Flawless! Seventies glamor at it's best. Watch them again for inspiration, you won't be disappointed. The makeup was stunning. Not overdone seventies clown makeup. Dewy skin, healthy cheek color, most of the time lovely light colored eyeshadow with little to no liner, and the lips where always natural looking glossy bronzes or light peaches. It was understated and can be easily translated for the present. I wish I knew who the makeup artist was.

2009-04-11T21:18:00.001-07:00

Do you like True Blood???

2008-11-20T14:34:00.000-08:00

The Official True Blood WikiTrue Blood
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New favorite scent!

2008-06-24T17:37:00.000-07:00

I'd like to introduce you to my current favorite scent. L'Heure Bleue by Guerlain. It is the most hypnotic, melancholy, comforting scent I have yet to discover.
It is in my humble opinion, poetry in a bottle. Like a good poem, I seem to read something new into it every time I wear it.
Simply put, it touches my soul and I have a feeling it will remain with me forever.

Sharon Tate: January 24, 1943-August 9, 1969

2008-06-03T18:04:00.001-07:00

I love "Valley of the Dolls" and especially enjoyed Sharon's performance. I hope as the 40th anniversary of her death approaches, we can pay tribute to her life.

One of my favorite shows!

2008-04-28T19:45:00.001-07:00

2008-02-05T09:33:00.001-08:00

Well, maybe not.

Thing 23!

2008-02-02T10:46:00.000-08:00

I'm really happy I made the decision to take part in this learning 2.0 program. It has been a great way to learn different things that are available on the internet. You can go at your own pace and learn through trial and error how to use the various things. Now I know what people are talking about when they use terms like wikis and podcasts! I'm really happy about learning how to use Flickr and del.icio.us and plan on exploring them even more in the future. Thanks for the chance you gave us to become more tech savvy!

Thing 22: Teaching someone one of the 23 things

2008-02-02T10:42:00.000-08:00

Helen and I have collaborated throughout this project. I find it helpful to show someone else what I've learned because I feel it reinforces my own knowledge. I do plan on showing my father and possibly others how to create their own blogs.

Thing 21: Podcasts

2008-02-01T11:59:00.000-08:00

I'm already VERY familiar with itunes which I find to be easy to use. I also had the pleasure of doing a radio talk show with Roxann, Sharon S., and Devin. This is located on the right hand side of my blog. The topic of our show was the death of John Lennon. It was a very cool experience and probably the only time I'll do radio!

Thing 20: Rita Hayworth as Gilda (music by Pink Martini)

2008-02-01T11:45:00.000-08:00

Thing 20 : YouTube Comment

2008-02-01T11:38:00.000-08:00

I love YouTube! I can spend hours just looking at different videos. I choose to post a video my brother made of his daughter. That video is just beneath this post. The one above this post is from one of my favorite movies "Gilda". The music is by a band called "Pink Martini" and I just love them! Whoever put this video together did a great job! I have a couple more I posted earlier since I'm already familiar with this site.

Thing 20: My niece Lydia.

2008-02-01T11:37:00.001-08:00

Symphony in Black | AT THE THEATRE SUITE | Erte

2008-02-01T05:54:00.001-08:00

Symphony in Black | AT THE THEATRE SUITE | Erte
Originally uploaded by agent lee

Erte's work is sheer glamour. What more can I say!

Thing 19

2008-01-27T11:12:00.000-08:00

Well now, I wanted to test out something fun so I went for Cocktail Builder. This is so cool! It is especially handy for people who entertain frequently. You can find many cocktail recipes by using this tool. Also, you can create a "favorites" list. Now I don't know how this could relate to libraries. Unless library cocktail lounges become a new trend?!

Thing 18

2008-01-27T10:57:00.001-08:00

Below is the test document from ZOHO Writer. I played around with a spreadsheet too. I really enjoyed this exercise. I already have a Google account and use the Google calender so I choose to play with ZOHO. The only drawback to these online tools is that they are not as "secure" as Word documents. What I mean is that as long as the information isn't "top secret" one can feel fine about using these tools.

Thing 18: ZOHO Test document

2008-01-27T10:55:00.001-08:00

This is a test document for Web 2.0.

Thing 17 :Part 2

2008-01-22T09:51:00.000-08:00

I kind of fixed my mistake. If nothing else this "Thing" has taught me the importance of "spaces" when typing URLs.

Thing 17

2008-01-22T08:49:00.000-08:00

PBWiki. Well that was interesting. I'm sure I messed up somewhere! I know for a fact I added my blog to the FAVORITE BLOGS page twice and they are probably both in the wrong place. Anyway, I did add my two cents to the FAVORITE BOOKS section and the FAVORITE MOVIE section. I can safely say this was my least favorite "thing" so far! Sorry for such a negative post.

Thing 16

2008-01-18T12:10:00.000-08:00

Wikis. Having been familiar with Wikipedia and the concept behind it, I had an idea of what they were. I didn't know there were so many!! I checked out the wiki examples and found a couple I really liked. I enjoyed BOOK LOVERS WIKI very much. This could be very handy in the future when searching for a review or a synopsis of a book. I also liked the SAINT JOSEPH'S COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY subject guides. The ease of use was terrific and I like how you can click on a subject and it will bring up a definition page as well as some examples of titles the library owns.

Thing 15

2008-01-13T11:55:00.000-08:00

I read a few of the perspectives on library 2.0 and found the most interesting one to be "To a Temporary Place in Time" by Dr. Wendy Schultz. Her thoughts and how libraries will evolve were exciting and positive. I am anxious to see how libraries will evolve in the next 10-20 years.

Thing 14

2008-01-13T11:51:00.000-08:00

Technorati is quite fun! It is such a cool way to find out what the "hot topics" are out there in the blogosphere. I did a little searching for topics I like and found many of the blogs I read regularly in addition to others.

Thing 13

2008-01-13T11:24:00.000-08:00

I already have a del.icio.us account so for me this step was good to find out different ways people use it. I have to be honest here, I really don't find myself using it all that much but I can see how it would be useful to others.

Thing 12

2008-01-08T09:52:00.000-08:00

I can definitely see myself using Rollyo again. It is an easy way of locating and sharing websites on a number of topics.
Here is a Searchbox containing my Searchroll "Fashion & Stars":

Thing 11

2008-01-08T09:07:00.000-08:00

Here is my Library Thing bookshelf:

Thing 10

2008-01-08T08:53:00.000-08:00

Here is the link.I chose FD Toys to create a jigsaw puzzle. This was actually quite fun to do!

Things 8 & 9

2007-12-18T12:22:00.000-08:00

Bloglines...What a challenge! Definitely the hardest step to conquer as of yet. Especially Blogrolling! Yeesh, I'm glad I was finally able to do it the right way! O.K., enough complaining, once I set up my Blogline account I was pleasantly surprised to see that I am able to scale back on the amount of bookmarks I have and subscribe to sites while not having to worry about clogging up my e-mail account.

Thing 8

2007-12-18T12:19:00.001-08:00

Rudolph Valentino-Tango

2007-12-10T20:32:00.000-08:00

Thing 7

2007-12-10T09:39:00.000-08:00

Well, we are now supposed to post a blog on anything related to technology so I guess I will focus on the Internet and blogging. First I'd like to say that doing this exercise with the 23 things is incredible. Most of us aren't aware of what is available on the Internet and this is a great way to find out more about just some of the things we can do with it. I use the Internet on a daily basis at home so I am very comfortable with it. I didn't know much about blogging. I have read blogs before but I never knew how to create one. I think it is a fantastic way of communicating with others I plan on passing along what I have learned to a couple of people I know.

Things 5 & 6

2007-12-10T09:27:00.000-08:00

Flickr is fun! I uploaded the Starry Night and Valentino images through Flickr. It is amazing what you can find on there. I also checked out Montagr which was very cool. This tool creates mosaics with Flickr photos. I checked out some cat mosaics. I may at some point upload photos to Flickr myself!

You Tube

2007-12-07T17:57:00.000-08:00

Yes, I know I'm jumping ahead. I am already familiar with You Tube so for me the main challenge here was to post it to my blog. I'll post another video later on when I'm supposed to. I just couldn't resist throwing a Chris Isaak video on my blog!!!

Chris Isaak - Let Me Down Easy

2007-12-07T17:26:00.000-08:00

Rudolph Valentino

2007-12-07T10:55:00.001-08:00

Just because ...

Rudolph Valentino
Originally uploaded by rodridge119

Vincent Van Gogh - Starry Night

2007-12-04T20:00:00.001-08:00

Vincent Van Gogh - Starry Night
Originally uploaded by leestephenprall

This is one of my favorites. I love Van Gogh! I found this while exploring Flickr. It was fun to see what people will share with each other. You can find almost anything!

Lifelong Learning

2007-12-04T08:15:00.000-08:00

Habit #6: Use Technology to Your Advantage

This is where I would like to focus my attention to expand my technological abilities. For me this blog that I am creating is a personal challenge and a fun one at that! I'd like to come away from this exercise with a greater sense of the web 2.0 technology that is available to me.