On a totally different note…the site has a TON of updates. Two new Layouts can be found here and some new photographs and artwork can be found here! the layouts are pretty simple coding, and I whipped them up really quickly. give me a week or two and I’ll have you a better, more complex layout to solve all of your design qualms.

and now, to follow with tradition, I present to you some more interesting quotes!

How well he’s read, to reason against reading!-William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Berowne, ACT 1 scene 1

I simply love this play, my summer program performed it.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.-Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou is such an interesting woman, and a great poet too.

OHANDWAITIMNOTDONE… quick poll: if you had to be sucked into ANY of the Harry Potter books, which one would you want to be in and why? answer in the comments.

-Hayley

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.- Issac Asimov

The other day I stumbled across this quote and it got me thinking. Now, I’ve never really been a religious person, but my family sort of is. My Mom’s side is Roman Catholic (on account of being Italian) and My Dad’s side is some sort of southern christian (I don’t know the terms). I guess lately I’ve been feeling a little guilty about my faith. Everyone is so…devoted and I’m just questioning. I honestly would LOVE to believe in God. But, I can’t bring myself to believe in something I can’t understand. I respect those who can, but it just baffles me. I guess it’s the scientist in me, constantly questioning and reasoning, but whether it’s indifference or intelligence, I don’t know yet. I do get a lot of flack for being an agnostic (not necessarily believing in God but not denying he/she/it exists), be it from family members or friends or random people I just meet. But at the end of the day, I’m the one who has to live with my decision, am I right? And while on the topic of religion, I just find so many holes in it. I don’t mean to offend anyone, but many of the rules and stuff in the holy books are ridiculous. Killing non-virginal brides? Rejecting homosexuality? Suppressing women and their rights? Primitive, at best, and reminiscent of ancient hierarchies that cater to a different, more simplistic time. I should probably shut up now, because this blog will most definitely turn into a rant on feminism (which, if you know me, I tend to break into quite quickly and without warning). My point is, is that Religion is so freaking complicated. Wow, I managed to sum a 500 word post up in 5 words. Don’t you wish I realized that earlier?

Before I go, I just wanted to take a quick poll of sorts. I’ve recently been exploring baking…okay not recently. I have a history of stress baking, and an even longer history of boredom baking. But I’ve been doing it a lot recently, and was wondering if an interesting addition to the site would be a corner dedicated to recipes and projects I’ve done. Likes, dislikes? Post your opinion in the comments, and don’t be shy!

cheerios,

Hayley

I’m back, but with no commitments and hopefully a second/third/upteenth lease on the whole site ownership thing. Let’s face it, I’ve never been a good webmaster what with the recent malware plagues, site crashes, and creativity homicides, but I’m going to give it another go. This will be my no-guilt zone: I’m not going to beat myself up if I don’t put up any interesting content, but I do solemnly pledge that I’ll be up to no good with my blogging. AND, if you’re new to caught-in-a.net, I’d like to say welcome. Feel free to post a comment or shoot me an email, or just check out the about page in the navigation. AND AND AND, check out the links. Granted, I’m at a loss for linkage, but all of the people on there have been very good online friends (and offline friends) for some time now. Anwho, stroll about, enjoy yourself, and have some fun.

sincerely,

your somewhat absent-minded webmaster

ps-the quote in the post title is by Jan Denise, though it is only the first piece. this is the rest:

I am here again, in a familiar place feeling something I’ve felt before, wondering why it’s still here, why I didn’t deal with it more fully before. But I’m glad I have a second chance at it … and I know that if I need a third chance, I’ll get it. I also know that if it comes up again, I’ll recognize it sooner and deal with it more readily. This is growth. And, I am happy to be alive.