All I Want Is More [Reel Big Fish}

Recently, the sushi place we go to closed down. i know, you're thinking PREGNANT WOMEN CANT HAVE SUSHI!!!!!! well, they can, but only certain things. that's not the point. we've been going to this place since we moved out here, and we love it, and we love the little owner lady, and we love the rest of the staff, and we're sad.

It's not their fault - the guy who owned the property they were in decided that defaulting on his loan was awesome, and so the bank foreclosed. they were "working" with the tenants to try to find them new storefronts, secure loans, etc. but those quotation marks were included for sarcasm, because they were doing sh*t all to help the business that were there. Then CVS, in it's infinite wisdom, decided that the grocery store on the opposite corner and the Walgreen's 1 block away didn't have enough competition, so they bought the property on the cheap and decided that any and all deals the businesses had made with the bank were null and void (which is their right) and they gave the tenants 2 weeks to move out.

So, our sushi place has been on the lookout for new digs, but they haven't had any luck. they took the names and email addresses of any customers who wanted to stay in the loop, and they've also started a facebook page. i hope they find something, cause they were awesome. I offered my design services once they find a place, to try and get some deals on materials, etc. and certainly to help lay the new space out. not sure if they'll take me up on it - they've done fine for 25 years (not always sushi, but still the same family) so i think they'll be okay, but i hope they ask me to help, cause that would be awesome, and something sweet for my portfolio. and, they're really nice people. since there is a near moratorium on going out to sushi right now, it was really the best time, but they better get something figured out, because KTO has requested sushi as her first meal post-baby.



ps - this marks my 100th post. who knew.

working for the man [roy orbison]

Last week I sat through a lovely (not) info session about social media, and how it pertains to me & my job.  I called it Facebook Training.  I don't think the lady who was giving the session found that very cute.

They went through this whole deal about keeping our place of business detached from our profiles, etc.  The options were to either remove any affiliation, or to keep the affiliation and then have to go through a whole disclaimer - every time you post something.  I don't know about you, but the last thing I want to type or read every time is "I am a full time faculty member at XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.  The opinions expressed herein are entirely my own and do not necessarily reflect the positions of the my employer or it's parent company."

Basically, the whole point of the thing was don't mix business and pleasure.  Don't be facebook friends with the students, don't go around posting crazy political views or other things if you want to keep the school's info in your profile, etc.  Since I don't believe in facebook, the only impact this has on me is regarding this blog.  So instead of naming it something that would make it easier to tie to the school, I went with This Is Not Made Up - I figured that would be a versatile title that I can use down the road, as well, and it avoids any link to my current job.  I suppose that if <i>you</i> know where I work and someone finds you and tortures you they could get that information from you, and maybe use it against me, but I don't really plan to go all cult-crazy with my thoughts and opinions, so you should be fine.