Wednesday, January 18, 2012

SOPA & PIPA: Please Tell Congress Not to Censor the Web

As much as I wanted and tried to darken Musings and Nonsense in support of SOPA and PIPA, I could not figure out how to make it work for the Blogger platform. (On that note, I am going to be switching from Blogger, my home for quite some time, to Wordpress in the next few months.)

Instead, I'll still support it (I did darken my personal portfolio website, www.courtneyallisonbrown.com), just by providing you access to sign the petition against SOPA and PIPA as well as by sharing the clever Google Homepage for today.

So, in short but sweet terms, please tell congress not to censor the web.

Click here to sign the petition.


PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.



Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Resolutions for 2012

I typically don't make resolutions. The concept of making a laundry list of things that, most of the time, I won't actually accomplish (ie. I have a tendency to go a bit overboard with delusions of grandeur) is counter-productive to me.

That being said, I do have a list of goals I'd like to accomplish or at least make a good deal of headway with. I'm not going to pressure myself in saying any are final resolutions that MUST be accomplished, but instead, call my resolution list more of a personal improvement project.

  • Take time for myself. I have the most trouble with this, which is why it's first on my list. I have to really focus in order to not let time completely slip by without taking a moment for myself on occasion.
  • When taking time for myself, make it quality time. Instead of just taking a moment or doing something for myself, I want to make it count - I want to enjoy it and make it worthwhile.
  • Learn more, read more, & write more. First order of business, which will help with the next item on my list, is to re-learn French. (Also on this note, anyone have any book suggestions?)
  • Travel. I need to actively set out to travel more. We started out the new year travelling for a short weekend to Jekyll Island, GA and I'm hoping to make a trip to the mountains sometime soon. We also have our first international trip planned in June to visit Lille & Paris, France.
  • Slow down and enjoy life.
  • Take more photos.
  • Simplify. 
  • Redesign Musings and Nonsense.
  • Learn to play a new musical instrument.

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and rang in the new year with enjoyment. Here is a little Instagram photo-recap of our New Year's beach trip.