Has your motivation changed over time?
Not really. My inspirations change of course....with the changing of events. As of today, I feel somewhat stuck. I can't think of what to create for a 7th page, and it's very frustrating for me. Perhaps I need to back off a bit and focus on other things, but it's difficult for me to do that considering the state of the union. If I could, I would really like to disappear right about now... go to Catalina Island for a week to clear my head. Alas, I am a starving artist...oWELL!
How has it changed your life?
Hmm...I spose it has given me a certain amount of confidence, which I needed, by the way. Someone important to me pointed this out, and told me I should no longer feel such hopelessness. I do, of course... hahahaha HOWEVER, not quite as much.
;)
Do your friends and family know you keep this site/read it? If so have you had any really negative experiences as a result? If not why?
Yes, they all know and are quite proud, I think. I have a large and wonderful family who are, for the most part, all on the internet. Most of them have signed my guestbook, although I have a difficult time getting the men to sign!! Grrr...
How has your Web site benefited you? Your friends? Or total strangers?
I HOPE it has benefited in SOME way... all who view it. That is my wish.
:)
If you had to do it over again from the beginning, what would you change?
The event that inspired me. I would wipe that from the map of history... in a New York minute.
What are your favorite things on your site?
Yikes. Hmm....tough question. I suppose one of my favorite things would be the animations I use and the graphics I link to them, but you will just have to go to the site to experience it! :)~
ALL PAGES ARE LINKED TO EACH OTHER AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH PAGE. PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THESE PAGES ARE AUDIO AND GRAPHIC INTENSIVE~
When looking at other people's Web sites what do you look for as a viewer?
I look for creativity and clarity. I like a page that is... neat and easy to navigate. And I like a page that grabs me. I hate incorrect spelling, really bothers me. I myself have a periodic problem with punctuation, and I LOVE it when someone emails me to point out a mistake!!!
What is "one word" that would describe your site?
Unique?
:)
Because of your site do you consider yourself a Web celebrity, an exhibitionist, a public figure, a writer, an innovator, or something different?
No... but there are those who do.
LMAO
ok... I'll accept innovator.
:)
How do you tackle the mechanics of Web design and how do you deal with your frustrations when you can't do what you envision.
omg...heh...now THERE'S a loaded question! I tackle the mechanics by doing what I know, and if I need to learn how to apply something I have no knowledge of, I call my Guru, Stuart! He has been invaluable to me. He has taught me web design by phone and over the computer from Santa Barbara and San Diego, which is where he now lives. He is someone who befriended me on aol a few years ago and was somewhat impressed by the wavs I was creating (recorded using my voice). He became my teacher, so to speak. He gives so much, and asks for nothing in return other than I learn it all using the MOST DIFFICULT DAMN PROGRAMS KNOWN TO MAN (there, I said it.) hehe... he is always right, too. Well, almost. ;) What is so unusual here is this. We have never met! But he is like a brother to me, and we know each other so very well. He has been a godsend to me, and I will always be indebted to him. As for the second question...If I grow frustrated because I am un!
able to do something I envision...well...I slam the keyboard, curse at my monitor, and then pour a glass of merlot. It all works out in the end. ;)
Why do you think people are interested in your interest or hobby and what you have to say about it?
Instinct.....female intuition. I am, after all, a sorceress.
;)
What compels you to design beautiful pages and to write from the heart (beyond just the usual question of "why do you write a Web site?")
Many things compel me...joy, sadness, desperation, lonliness, love... everything inspires me. I have a ratherlarge site with probably 50 pages of things I have written (poetry/short stories/erotica/humor). Most of them were inspired by someone I fell in love with on the internet, probably unrequited at this point...LMAO...but ya know... he inspires me still. He is one of the rarities online, a man with a conscience, and he will always be a part of me... always.
