• Worked on a mini-renovation for Alpine Subdreams
• Made a business site for hmanderson consulting
• Drooled over images for Ms. Zusa
• Added new projects to my regular pro site
• Created an all-new vanilla professional site for clients who might be squeamish about some of my work. (Thank you to Randi Buckman for suggesting this!)

Thank you to all my lovely clients who are helping me keep food on the table and the lights on.

*smooch*

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This post, What I’ve Been Doing…, originally appeared on aag on Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Tweet This Post!

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1. Integrating a website with a shopping cart with a payment system.
2. Supervising a slumber party which threatens to stretch over 21 hours.
3. Cleaning 5,000 crayons out from under a very large cabinet. Really. I counted them.
4. Continuing to be amazed and revolted by the lies coming from EdenFallacies.
5. Getting help from someone fuzzy.
6. Showering. I hope.

God help me.

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This post, Things I’m Doing Today, originally appeared on aag on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Tweet This Post!

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I’m completely locked out; I cannot access my profile, my wishlist, my past orders, anything.

But don’t worry — the forums [link removed by aag; I will not link to EF] have an explanation!

‘We at Eden work really hard for the community — making it a safe, fun, and informative place to visit and to be enjoyed by any person. This is a 24/7 job, which requires all of our passion, attention and collective efforts.

However, there is a member of our community, Epiphora, that is having an adverse effect on the positive culture at EF — we get continuous complaints about her drama, rudeness, and overall negativity.

Today we collectively decided to ban her from the community. The decision is final and supported by the owner.’

For anyone considering associating themselves with this company, let me make clear to you what you should expect. Your progress will go through seven distinct stages:

1. Romance: “We love your work so much. Come work with us. You’ll be awesome! In fact you’ll be so much better than everyone else.”

2. Honeymoon: “You are amazing. Your predecessor never did this kind of work. We want you with us forever and ever and ever and you’ll make so much money and have so much responsibility.”

3. Danger: “We have some problems with your work. This is not what we expected from you. You must do more, and better, and faster.”

4. Threats: “If you can’t do better we will cut your payment rate/ban you.”

5. Divorce: “You’ve not lived up to our expectations. You’re fired/banned. This is final. We will not discuss it with you.”

6. Condemnation: “That person was awful for the community because of  this issue which we will explain in painful, humiliating (and largely fictitious) detail, as well as whole bunch of stuff you couldn’t possibly understand. But we wanted to tell everyone all about it because we are transparent! And we love everyone! Except for the increasingly long list of people we’ve banned/fired/not paid. Everyone! Really!”

7. Repeat: “Come work with us! It will be awesome.”

Every organization has a culture; unfortunately EF has demonstrated time and time again that theirs is anything but “positive.” Epiphora, I’m sorry you had this experience. I’m sorry that they chose to write ridiculous things on their site. I’m sorry that they closed your affiliate account with money still in it. None of these things should have happened.

Regardless of how many other wonderful things EF might have done, it has a long history of treating its employees and contributors poorly. Is this the kind of company to whom you want to give your money, your time, or your work? Are you comfortable having your name attached to them?

Do you think there is something so special about you that EF will not treat you the same way it has treated many others before?

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For More Information:

from Epiphora: What the fuck, EdenFantasys?
from Britni: Bad Move, Eden Fantasys
from Essin’ Em: My Take on the EdenFantasys Drama
from That Toy Chick: A Tale of Intriguing Timing
from aag: Problems with EF and Update on EdenFantasys.com Problems
from Ask Garnet:  A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
from Sarah Sloane: Money, ethics, and real sex-positivity

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This post, Problems with EdenFantasys, Take Nine-Thousand, originally appeared on aag on Friday, May 14, 2010. Tweet This Post!

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But look! I’m working on a pretty:

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This post, Oh man…, originally appeared on aag on Thursday, May 13, 2010. Tweet This Post!

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I mean really. How hard is that?

Because I’ve lost all sense of proportion in this project, I’d love to have some feedback. Have a look if you would be so kind and leave constructive criticism in the comments below.

Thank you!

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This post, Loss of Objectivity, originally appeared on aag on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Tweet This Post!

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That would be really neat.

PS–If you’re interested in what I’ve been doing this week other than sleeping and worrying about losing my epidermis, check this out.

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This post, It’s Nearly 10pm…, originally appeared on aag on Friday, April 16, 2010. Tweet This Post!

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Please be blunt yet gentle.

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This post, FIFY, originally appeared on aag on Monday, April 12, 2010. Tweet This Post!

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That time is now:

Ziztur.com — A friend of The Beautiful Kind, Ziztur writes about science, atheism, science, sex, science, feminism, science, religion and science. Check her out for logic, rationality and lots of smarts.

Good Girls Don’t — or DO They? — This former good girl writes about her experiences in morphing into a very very bad girl during her fifth decade of life. Read it for the inspiration and sexy fun.

SheThought.com — Intelligent talk about science. Want to develop a healthy sense of skepticism? Exercise it here.

Exploring Intimacy.com — Dr. Ruthie Neustifter offers classes, workshops and personal coaching in all areas related to human sexuality. She also writes a blog.

KellyEddington.com — My brilliant artist friend who is taking a year’s sabbatical from teaching to concentrate on Making Art. You must have a look at her incredibly detailed portraits. You’ll be inspired and awe-struck.

My hope is that you will enjoy their contributions as much as I’ve enjoyed working for (and with) them.

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This post, Do You Know My Friends?, originally appeared on aag on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Tweet This Post!

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After nearly two years of blogging…I’ve made the leap to a self-hosted blog that is smoothly integrated with my professional site.  You’re warmly invited to explore the entire site where you can learn more about me and my services, in addition to reading my blog.

The switch to my new professional site and blog would not have been possible without the services of my amazing web designer, AAG of AAGBlog.  Over the past year I have attempted to contract with quite a few designers, none of which were able provide me with a prompt, attractive and highly functional design (especially for a reasonable price).  I started asking around with others in my field and discovered that this is a common problem.  Therefore, I was all the more overjoyed when a friend and fellow blogger suggested AAG.  Right from the start she invested her time in speaking with me about my needs and goals for this project, and consistently checked in to answer questions and respond to my requests throughout.  AAG has a great way of making her clients feel valued, and always uses a clear and concise style of communication.  For all this great service, she also cost far less than any other designers I have spoken with and I can even update my own pages easily now that it’s done! YAY!  If you’re looking to give your site a facelift or even a brand new site,  I strongly encourage you to check out AAG and please say hi for me!

Thank you Dr. Ruthie. It was a pleasure to help you out.

Go check out the whole site here: ExploringIntimacy.com

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This post, People Say the Nicest Things, originally appeared on aag on Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Tweet This Post!

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Also, dealing with barfy kids.

Which has made my own tummy go “bleaaaaawwwwrrrrp.”

Oh, and did I mention that it’s Spring Break?

On a positive note, my skin is still firmly attached. That’s something, right?

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This post, This is What I’ve Been Up To, originally appeared on aag on Thursday, March 25, 2010. Tweet This Post!

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