For the past few days I’ve been imitating an iguana, laying outside on a hammock. I got my share of Vitamin D, but no tan whatsoever. I’ll work on that some more this week.

Why not today, you ask? It’s cloudy and rainy and feels like I’m swimming when I go outside. It’s like the clouds lowered themselves to the ground invisibly, and the air has turned to water.

I’ve been mozying on Bunny Parfait BBS recently. Everyone there is so nice and it’s a really close community. And it’s super-cute! If you join, it’d be nice to say thedeannamarie sent you.

Also, I found someone who’d do a summer header for me on there! She’s very talented at pixelling. She’s selling sale bag packages of very cute pixels for 6.30 USD, so if you need some layout sized pixels…check this out.

And now, around lunch time, the rain stopped and it’s sunny out, so I’m going to go roast.

Yesterday I donned my sunglasses, slathered on some SPF 45 and migrated outside to take my place as resident iguana. I commandeered the hammock, kicked my neon-hued flip flops off, and roasted. Amazingly I’m still as white as when I started. I intend to do a repeat performance today. I like the sun. =D

Some people just don’t tan safely. Unfortunately I’m one of them.

What is your view on tanning?

Is there any safe way to tan?

Should pale people try to tan?

When is a person too tan?

I must admit, summer is a truly wonderful, awe-inspiring, breathtaking time of year. It’s so pleasant and warm outside, sunny, and very picturesque.

Imagine this:

It’s around 3:00 post-meridium, you go outside with a tall glass of icy cold lemonade made fresh, still with a slice of lemon on the top, a cutesy little green umbrella, and a clear bendy straw. You waltz over to your front yard, where the grass was freshly cut and the clippings raked away. You pause for a moment, enjoying the scent of the garden, the light fragrance wafting up from a gentle breeze. Spreading a brightly-colored beach towel out on the grass, you sit, and cautiously set your lemonade on a small nearby table. You reach to your side, and grab your beach umbrella, sticking it firmly into the grass, and open it. Adjusting your sunglasses, you gaze at the gorgeous pastels and vivid hues of the flowers in the garden. A giant goofy-looking sunflower catches your eye. How absurdly yellow. You laugh at the sunflower for no apparent reason, then continue laughing at yourself just for laughing. Eventually, you calm down and kick your shoes off, watching them soar into the grass, to be found at some later time. You grab your lemonade from the table and sip, as condensation drips down the side of the glass. You set it down again, and lay back, gazing at the sky from under your umbrella. A deep indigo that fades into a lovely pastel baby blue is plastered over the sky, dotted with a few cotton ball clouds. You rest your arms behind your head. The breeze comes by softly, moving your hair. Sounds of birds chirping, the wind moving the trees, and the warm sun begin to make you drowsy. You try to stay awake, by sitting up for one last sip of frosty lemonade, but are unsuccessful. You drift off into a lazy afternoon nap.

Guess what I’m doing tomorrow. =D I absolutely adore summer.

The only thing I don’t like are the bugs. But my Venus flytrap, which I have nicknamed Chompy, has taken care of the ants in my room.

What’s your favorite thing to do in the summer?

Misstuned has had all pages in the nav created and properly linked, yet most content is still not up. Expect this domain to be completely uploaded by Tuesday 20 June 2006.

The largest accomplishment is BLUE BIRD, Misstuned’s Jpop mp3 rotation. It is fully up and operational, save the request form.

Does anyone know of a good contact form that doesn’t use php include_once? I need one with just a good old php include.

Misery, Radio, and Hate-Culture are still waiting for any sort of upload, and they should be completed sooner than Misstuned.

Misstuned recently received a message via the contact form expressing concern for the similarity between the current layout of misstuned.com and that of Josephine of Lalaith.org.

As was evident on the now retired diary.ohayou-morning.net (and in upcoming WordPress Themes available for download) knows this type of layout has been used before in sites by the same owner, the only difference being the navigation was contained in the sidebar. Misstuned would like to publicly state that Josephine is credited for the navigation idea here.

Readers! Do you have a pet peeve on the Internet? Tell Misstuned!

Coming home , I heard the worst news ever. Ben Roethlisberger, the Steelers’ Superbowl quarterback was in a motorcycle accident today at the intersection of Second Avenue and the Tenth Street Bridge. Big Ben, on his Suzuki Hayabusa supposedly had a green light, when a woman in a Chrysler New Yorker made a left turn in front of him. Ben’s head hit the windshield of the car. He was not wearing a helmet, according to eyewitness report.

He was taken to Mercy Hospital, where surgery began this afternoon. Supposedly the injuries include lacerations on his head, a broken jaw, and sprained knees. The sprains are reportedly not that bad.

This is his bike after the accident:

Please pray for Ben. All of Pittsburgh’s thoughts and prayers are with him.

Information via KDKA.