The Divine Secrets of a Southern Diva

Right now, my co-worker Neal is laying behind my chair asking me not to roll back to fast so that we don’t have an emergency room incident on our hands. Cuz that would blow a little bit.

It’s 12:34 AM. I’ve been here since a little after 8. AM. He was here earlier than me.

People have been asking about my where-a-bouts. I’ve pretty much fallen off the internet. Aside from an occassional tweet or post on some of the boards I’m on, I’ve been completely ignoring my internet life. Sort of. I mean, I work in the internet biz so it’s not like I’m ever unplugged. I’ve just not been socializin’ too much. And y’all know that ain’t like me.

What have I been doing, you ask?

Rebranding our company, launching a new line of business along with three websites and a brand spankin’ new shopping cart. That’s what.  Not by myself, of course. I can’t code shit. I feel like I’ve done some act of God when I add a link to a graphic in an html email.

But, my team has pulled out all the stops over the last couple of months and been working our asses off. There were lots and lots of late nights and ordered in food and coolers of beer in my cube and fuckin’ EH I think I’ve gained 20 lbs. Maybe 30. Not even shitting you. All I’ve been doing is working, eating and drinking.

But it’s pretty much done. We are on our last leg of the launch. All code is live and we are tweaking now. By we, I mean they while I sit here and write this and listen in on this conference call. I’m waiting for the all clear so I can send out emails. And I’m here for moral support.

Go to our site and tell me what you think. If you look hard enough, you might find pics of my fat ass. And all video work you’ll find is courtesy of my very own Mikey-poo. Who stayed up and tested links for us tonight and made a shit-ton of graphics and took pics and did all sorts of stuff to help us out.

I have managed to squeeze in some fun, too. I had a birthday. Mike was voted the Biggest Yankees Fan from The Buzz and got tickets to all three games. I got drunk with my co-workers a few times. I shopped online till I dropped for my Cabo trip. (2 weeks! OMG.) We snuck a quick trip to Jersey. We saw the awesome Houston 4th of July firework display in our back yard. And I played with my cuter than cute chunky-monkey niece.

So, that’s been what’s up. We have an awesome launch party scheduled for Friday (planned by moi!) and hopefully I’ll have some great pics from it. We are talking private room, open bar, food and Rock Band on the big screen. Ho-lla.

-Delirious from lack of sleep.
Ali