crazy busy

 "I love deadlines.  I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

~ Douglas Adams

The last couple of days I've been playing a serious game of catch-up -- in turns out that a hard drive crash followed by a sick kid followed by a quick trip out of town can cause serious havoc with one's schedule.  As such, I'm heartbreakingly behind, so forgive me while I catch up today.

In the meantime, however:

1.  My playlist for March is live.  Enjoy.  I got funky with it this month.

2.  Every month, on the first of the month, I send out a newsletter -- it's very short, but in addition to news about appearances and such, it also contains some cool things I find out and about on the web -- articles, videos that sort of thing.  I am, of course, late in sending it out, but if you'd like to get on the email list, click here.

3.  As of this writing, the new desktop image download isn't live yet -- also hoping to get to that today.  When it's live, it will be here. (Update:  it's up!)

4.  And finally, some cool news:  the Own Your Beauty initiative I've been doing on The Beauty of Different blog and on BlogHer.com has just been picked up by USA TODAY.  How awesome is that?  Starting this month, you'll also be able to read the posts here.  So exciting.

And with that, I'm going to get my nose back to the grindstone.  Have a great day folks.  More soon.

Image:  Shot with my Nikon D300 and 60mm micro lens.  I was trying for something in the style of Robert Mapplethorpe's orchids.  I need to practice more, methinks.  Photographed in mid-afternoon on my kitchen table, aperture 3.2, shutter speed 1/125, ISO 640.

Song: Love of my life worldwide, by Erykah Badu featuring Angie Stone, Bahamadia, Erykah Badu & Queen Latifah