Matt Stratton's LiveJournal

April 2009

Love me some Sarah Vaughn

Current Music: reats Your Daughter Mean - S

Apologies if you're seeing this on your Friends list; I just wanted a post at the top of my LJ explaining and redirecting.

I have moved my blog off of LiveJournal, and it can now be found at http://mattstratton.com.

If you would like to add it to your LJ Friends list, please add

mstrattonblog.

You can also subscribe to it by adding http://mattstratton.com/feed to the feed reader of your choice.

So the feed is working and won't shouldn't flood your Friends list if you start following it now.

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Remember - if you comment on the feed posts that show up on your Friends list, though, I'll never see those comments. You gots to comment on the blog itself :)

So, I'd been thinking about porting my blog from LJ to a "main" site for a while, and I finally got around to doing it. The catalyst for this was the rumors of the Russians shutting down LJ, which appears to not be a concern now, but the point is, I did it anyway.

You can add it to your friends list by adding

mstrattonblog . However, I recommend waiting a few days to add it, since as soon as the syndication picks up, that feed is going to FLOOD (since I ported all of my LJ entries to the blog). I'll post an LJ reminding you about it in a few days just in case. But please, don't add it now or you will regret it :)

I won't be posting here anymore, but I will still be reading, so please don't take me off your f-lists, as I'll still use this account to read all your super private thoughts :)

Week 2/52
Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton.

This is my self-portrait for Week 2. I kind of like how it turned out, despite the fact that the portrait-within-the-portrait is not a very flattering picture of me. But then again, if I am doing this to show flattering photos of myself, there's no way I can pull off 52 weeks :)

22:57 @croppold @eliii It's "le gushka!" #
23:00 twitpic.com/zij2 - Fun photography tonight with the dogs! #
09:39 @lenoxlyn I like the look and layout...but I cannot find an RSS feed for it.I highly recommend enabling RSS + making it easy to find. #

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Lily
Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton.

This is my sister-in-law's dog, Lily. She's a 14 week old Border Collie/Black Lab mix that Becky adopted six weeks ago.

She's friggin' adorable. Scout loves her. It's going to be a lot of fun when she's full grown and bigger than he is!

21:52 I have decided to grow a beard. It's not due to the Year of the Lumberjack, but it does mesh nicely with it. #
09:25 twitpic.com/z9q7 - Week 1 of the 52 Weeks Project #

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Week 1/52
Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton.

Inspired by the glamorous

swifty0682, I have decided to take on the 52 Weeks Project. Similar to the 365 Days Project, but with far less committment, this is a photography "assignment", so to speak, which results in one self-portrait a week for a year...ultimately, 52 portraits.

You can watch my progress on Flickr, but I think I'll be posting each week's portrait here as well.

Tags: 52 weeks

11:11 @brianburch I just hit 100 followers myself the other day. We rock. #

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15:16 You stay classy, Kathy Griffin. #

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14:09 Happy Trails, DeRo...we'll miss ya! #

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22:14 Rocking TGI Friday's in the suburbs with @lilieblue and @ryanswift #
07:29 I swear I will LJ it up today while at work. It's been a very long time since I've updated, and both my wife and Kim have commented :) #
19:43 Didn't get a chance to update LJ today since work was crazygonuts. And I don't want to do it tonight. Maybe tomorrow! #

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09:55 @ryanswift If you guys are in the burbs now, you're actually pretty close to our new house. Let us know what you're up to! #
15:21 Anyone else in Chicago burbs experiencing terrible AT&T service right now? #
15:22 @ryanswift and @lilieblue - we are going to see Marley and Me at 3:50. Hopefully AT&T phones will be working again by the time we are done! #
18:23 @ryanswift Apparently, At&T had some major system outage this morning that's knocked out service in a lot of Midwestern states. #
20:00 waiting to bowl it up with @ryanswift and @lilieblue #

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17:26 Congratulations to Dallas and Devon!! #

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12:51 Watching xmas home movies of my wife's family from Christmas 93 #
12:53 @EllieG - nice glasses in 1993 :) #
17:37 @lilieblue When are you guys going to be in the burbs? #
17:37 @snora88 Is that going to keep Hedda from Marie's?? #

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22:16 Made it back to Chicago, but our plane has no gate to go to, so we're stuck for now #
22:28 @ryanswift It's too cold for that, yo. #
22:32 At least another 30 minutes until we get our gate... #
22:34 Now it is going to be an hour and a half at least due to stupid de-icing...just let me off! #
23:48 Still on the runway. No eta from pilot - airport is not providing them any updates #
23:49 At least I don't have to work tomorrow! #
23:54 "Operations does not know why the other plane has not left the gate yet" - well, go ask!! #
23:57 2 hours waiting on the runway with no end in sight #
00:10 Finally heading to the gate. I'll believe it when I am on the jetway. #
00:17 OFF THE PLANE!!! #
07:06 @lenoxlyn Good luck getting here...I somehow squeaked in last night, but ORD is a hot mess right now! #
07:52 twitpic.com/vw0i - Testing twitpic...disregard this image :) #

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06:38 Heading to O'Hare for a one-day trip for work. Fingers crossed I don't get stranded! #
17:19 Probably going to be stranded here since doesn't look like any flights are getting into O'Hare. :( #
19:02 boarding..fingers crossed #

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10:44 @acmaurer That link for the winter storm warning seems to be from last week... #
14:17 @acmaurer Very strange. When I clicked on it the first time, it was the alert from the 18th...but it is right now. Crazy internets! #

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08:56 @limorama Welcome back! #
19:12 @Schmeesy Step 1 - cut a hole in the bacon... #

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Name: Matt Stratton

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