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Where did June go? Happy Fourth of July to you all. This is my favorite month of the year so i’m excited. I’m afraid I won’t be doing anything exciting this month though. What a shame.

Got a bandwidth bill today. What that means is more people have been visiting my website than GoDaddy.com (the owner of the server this website is stored on) allows at the rate i’m paying. It wasn’t expensive or anything it’s just kind of strange, and I was curious what’s getting so much attention at this website. Well, apparently it’s Google’s fault. I gave GoDaddy a call and they checked out my stats with me and Google has been directing a lot of hits here. Before you’d have to type in a very specific search to make it to this website, or go a lot of pages through before reaching it, but miraculously I seem to have a pretty good listing now. And where are all the hits going? The Top 40 music page. Yikes, that’s not what this website is all about people. But i’ve had increased graphic design-related hits as well which is good. GoDaddy was good enough to help me upgrade my plan, I have to pay a couple extra dollars a month but I shouldn’t have to worry about the bandwidth bill as it shouldn’t get much worse. On the other side of things, though, i’ve been getting a lot of inquiries about my design work lately. It seems as though a lot of it is spam, software companies trying to sell me their website management products and stuff. It’s hard to determine what’s a legitimate interest in my services and what is a bulk mail sales pitch. However, there have been a few legitimate project inquiries that unfortunately i’ve had to turn down because of my current situation in my personal life. For another couple months i’m going to be a little too swamped to take on any projects, but keep me in mind if you were someone that was interested. I could always use extra money, it’s just that freelance is so inconsistent, I have to obligate myself to other things right now to make it. I’m better off staying on track so that I can get my degree and end up with an agency where things will be a little better managed. I’ve been taking on projects, it’s just that it’s getting overwhelming. I have to go to school full time and work full time and then I come home to more and more design until I end up having a nervous breakdown. I love design but I need a break. Badly. Not because I am lazy but because I seriously have some issues to resolve.

I spent a little time this morning getting some minor things updated on the website. The top 40 page is updated, the car album is finished on the pics page, and i’ve started to expand the CD collection to something more informational and interesting. Good way to get more useless hits right? Oh well. Hits are hits I guess. The more the merrier. Otherwise like I said i’ve been swamped, so I haven’t done anything extravagant to the website lately.

It’s been hot and humid around here which is getting to me a little. It’ll be that way when I have a break from things and then i’m too tired from the heat and humidity to do anything. I’ve had the A/C cranked in the apartment for the last several days, it’s so cold in here you can see your breath, but it’s still so sticky that it makes me feel like hell. I’ve been sick too though, as you may have heard. Think I may have the beginning stages of pneumonia. Bad news. Decided it was time to see a Doctor after coughing painfully for three weeks straight.

So my table is pretty full right now. Other things are going on that are a little too personal to talk about on here, but just so you know everything should be okay. If I haven’t seemed like myself lately it’s because things are just really stressful and i’ve been battling some hurdles. Plus it seems that a lot is being asked of me from several different places in my life right now. And I just wish I could go out and be irresponsible for a day or two. Sometimes I think I grew up too fast. I’m sure it’ll all come together positively some day.

See you next time.

Today I’m Listening To:
(hed) P.E., Other Side

Weather
Conditions

84 Degrees
Hot & Humid

My Mood Today

Indifferent

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