The Google Experiment Part II

So, now when I sign on,all my ads are about fortune cookies.  I can buy them in bulk or design my own.  By the way, I have always wanted to design my own.  Of course then everyone would have fortunes that say "you love Chinese food" and "you didn't really need those last three bites...did you???"  But I digress, this was about google ads.  Well, I came home from the pharmacy and went online for a top secret shopping mission.  I saw something in a magazine while waiting that I wanted to look up.  We shall call it "research."  So I looked it up and then deleted my browsing history.  Well, don't you know that when I looked at the blog, they showed me an advertisement for that item?  I was like, 'what?  Google!  You are so wise but you cannot keep a secret!'  I think Google just wanted to put it out there that it knows what I am up to....and it wants me to know, that it knows.  To confuse me though, it also puts up items related to my blog such as restaurants, craft fair sites and of course, ice cream and fortune cookie ads.  Every once in a while it says something about pull-ups which holds no interest to me and sometimes it asks me if I need to lose weight.  I haven't posted about that (nor will I) but I can see how the Google Man is making this inference.  Anyway, so Part II (is the amoxicillin affecting my ability to stay on topic?) is I want YOU the reader to post some keywords/topics as comments and see what that does to the Google ads.  It will help if you do not post about the above mentioned topics.  Have fun!

where is my brain?

Don't think I have nothing to say.  Just know that I have a bad cold and my brain is in a fog.  Why does this happen?  I mean seriously, where does your brain go when you have a cold?  I have spent so much time staring into space this weekend or I would have something to say but not have the energy to bother.  I would think the same thought repeatedly and then think, ok, I guess I need to just say this one.  On Friday, Scott was nice enough to get me wonton/egg drop soup (don't worry, he got me matzo ball on Saturday).  He even got extra fortune cookies. I opened up the cookie and at the last second realized I was staring at, but not really seeing, the cookie and was raising the fortune to my mouth.  uh....what?  Granted, I didn't complete this action but what's the deal?  Worst part, the fortune was not at all interesting and the Chinese place now gets fortune cookies that are English on one side and Spanish on the other.  Now I don't know what my lucky numbers are and can't learn a new Chinese word.  Also, I don't know how to say "in bed" in Spanish.  Anyway, my cold is going away and I will continue my life long quest of getting a fortune that says "you love Chinese food."  I got that once in high school and am totally pissed I didn't keep it.  Hopefully when I get it, I won't have a cold and accidentally ingest it.  achoo...

google experiment

You see how there are google ads on my page?  They are chosen by keywords in the blog.  When I kept writing about Cold Stone Creamery, all the ads were for ice cream companies.  I also noticed many ads for coupons to restaurants.  FYI, when you click on them, I get paid (not much but its something and besides, I find it exciting to stalk this aspect of my blog).  So my experiment:  if I put in a bunch of random words, will the coupons reflect this?  I also want to know if the comments count toward the keywords but we will have to figure that out another day.  On your mark, get set go:  um, Cuby, Oafie, rabbits and bunnies, rhinestones and necklaces, um, make-up, Betsey Johnson, arts and crafts, robotkid, um, why can't I think of anything, Shmoopie, Avon, I have Dr. Jean music stuck in my head, Rachel Roy jewelry, chan luu, the Office, Jerseylicious....this is surprisingly difficult.  Scott said to add:  Nike Shox, K-Swiss Tubes.  GO!!!!!

the almost art fair

Scott and I went to an art festival yesterday...an art festival that was today.  Oops, I didn't really notice the date and for some reason was sure it was yesterday.  When we got there....no arts, no crafts, just a lady who didn't know what I was talking about.  There was a film festival going on but we didn't stay.  So, that was the bad news.  The good news is, first of all, I have such a nice boyfriend that he wasn't mad at me and secondly, I came home and starting doing some crafts that I was meaning to start.  Can I just start my own craft fair?  I have the distinct feeling that I should be doing art or making crafts but I am not sure what it is I am supposed to focus on.  You read it here first though.  One day when I am a famous ___ designer, you will remember this post! :-)

bunny stuff!

So now the birthday is past, now what?  I mean honestly, I have more coupons that haven't expired yet but it just seems wrong to write about them at this point.  My birthday is so far away....and wow I consumed a lot of calories last week.  Besides, I am on a budget and saving money was really expensive!
Different people keep asking me to write about different topics.  Sneakers, beauty products and of course, the infamous rabbits, Cuby and Oafie.  I can get to all of that but really, I am doing the bunny fans an injustice if I don't get to the bunnies.  Do you know that Cuby has over 2,000 facebook fans?  His fame spans every continent.  Besides that, he and Oafie (and Noname and Daisy, the loves of his life) have been the subject of many lesson plans and activities here in Florida and in my sister's classes in New York.  A little known fact, I am trying to write a children's book about the story of his life.  I don't mean his current story: nap, eat, poop, repeat.  I mean how he came to be my pet.  He was a rescue who was not treated kindly in his former home.  He came here with a serious attitude and he continues to be a bit...temperamental.  It literally took years to tame Cuby.  Years and a whole lot of craisins.  I couldn't get him to bond with me until after Noname died and he got a new cage.  There was a lot of his instinct involved and I had to spend a lot of time speaking softly, sitting on the floor with him and being patient.  So, he is very cute and furry and all but also the children that learn about him are always really interested in his transformation.  They really root for the underdog (underbunny?  it had to be said).  So Cuby has taught me a lot, not only about bunnies but also about children and their natural interest kindness to animals and in fixing a wrong.  Oafie has taught me a lot too.  Mostly about how fascinating it is to watch a rabbit repeatedly groom her ears and her weird mohawk.