I found a couple of programs that create online (or offline) photo albums very easily. JAlbum and web album generator. They are not online album hosting services. they are just software. Both of them are pretty cool. JAlbum has a feature that let you create your own "skin" just like antville. making a web page with many thumbnails were a pain, but with those programs, it would be easier. well, I can just use antville to make an photo album. maybe I will really do that.... no one is reading my antville page anyway... But I made a lot of effort to create my own design. I like it a lot. but this design is not for photos. I want a photo journal about my cat (he is on my lap now. so cute!). I wonder if I should borrow another antville page. I would feel kind of bad for people who are managing antville because I would be wasting their web space. but... I dont have knowledge to run helma on another server. also I like my page to be listed on the top page of antville. hmm.. maybe I will really change this design so it would be like a photo album, or get another antville page. hmmm I guess that's a good idea ...!
I was surprised to see how my list of "recently modified" was aligned to left. I changed it so it is aligned to right. it happed because of the major update of antville. also... "image pool" is now "images" and "goodie pool" is "files." it seems like there are many more changes that I havent found out yet. I liked the words "image pool" and "goodie pool." well I guess I can still change the names back to them. hmm antville is evolving constantly... so exciting!! people who are making this project is so talented. I have been very impressed!
I bought this vacuum today. but doesn't it look like I bought it 30 years ago? haha, I was not yet born 30 years ago. but I really love stuff from around that time, like I wrote yesterday. this vacuum has very cute 70's style! it was $5 at "thrift town," a thrift store near my apartment. today, "all 30% off" sale was going on there. it was really cool. I also got an ansewering machine for $2.99. it works very well! I was dissapointed that food in albuquerque is more expensive than in portland, but used stuff is much cheaper here! the same used answering machine would cost about 7 or 8 dollars in portland.
One of the things I like about Albuquerque is that there are many old signs and buildings, particularly, things built in the 70’s (some of them might be from the 60‘s). I took these photos today, but don’t they look like they were taken 30 years ago?? I really love 60’s and 70’s designs. Many people think 70’s design is tacky, but they look very cute and groovy to me! The first photo is a sign of a liquor store which was apparently drive-in liquor store before. Of course it is not a drive-in liquor store anymore. I think it would be illegal now. It is cool that they don’t even care (I guess) to update their sign! It has such a cool style. In Albuquerque, there are old signs like this everywhere. The other photos were taken in a grocery store. This store is so cute! There are cool flower patterns on the walls and even music they play is from the 60’s ~ 70’s.
hmm... many new things are happning in my life right now, but I dont know what to write .... perhaps I try too hard to be interesting. and I dont have very interesting things to write about. anyway. hmm. I am thinking about getting DSL. yes, I am still dialing up. and it is not even 56k. it is 28.8kbps. I created my websites at such a slooooow connection. isnt it impressive? I have never paid for internet (except for internet cafe a few times) . I have always used internet connection provided by my schools. right now I am using a dial up connection of University of New Mexico. I am pretty stingy and I was thinking I would rather have a very slow connection than paying money.... but....recently, I started to be intorelant. I want to listen to radio and watch videos and look at big beautiful photos and flash sites without waiting forever and ... just do things quickly on the net!
however... it is true that I DO have an internet connection already. if I have to pay for dial up, I would rather pay for DSL, yet I already have free dial up. I might do internet too much if my computer is always connected. even worse, I might feel obrigated to use internet because I am paying for it. mmmm. decisions decisions....
so far, the cheapest DSL I found is $39.95/month (ISP plus phone company fee). it is 256 Kbps. I wonder if it is fast enough. 640 Kbps connection is $49.95/month.
ki-san is so cute!! I think his coat is getting thicker. he is still pretty thin though.
tomorrow is the first day of classes at my new school, university of new mexico. I know, it is not even september and the school is starting! my previous school in portland oregon had about 1500 students and UNM has ... i have no idea, mmm.. about 30,000? or more? I heard some classes have 500 students. wow! at my former school, 75 students was maximum, and average was 15~20. what a difference.
my classes are...
beginning portuguese
linguistics 101
modern philosophy
environmental science 101
I bought this vacuum today. but doesn't it look like I bought it 30 years ago? haha, I was not yet born 30 years ago. but I really love stuff from around that time, like I wrote 
