Alison Young

This is just a quick post to make the transition all official. Such a small and otherwise unremarkable post as this is actually the first post I’m making from http://alison-young.com which is exciting for me.

For the meantime you’ll be seeing the WP Classic theme while I get things finetuned in the Ali theme. I’d prefer to have a potentially aesthetically unpleasing theme that’s complete over my aesthetically pleasing but fragmented theme. Please be patient, I’m working quite hard on this currently and using a combination of current self-taught and years ago university-taught skills to get things done. This may not be the most efficient method but certainly the most educational and interesting.

Update: following a couple more hours at tweaking the CSS I’m more satisfied with how things look now overall. Still puzzling over why the header seems to be approximately 2px to the right of everything else and also wish to adjust content order in right column in addition to applying text colour scheme from plan. To keep things rolling I’m switching focus from format to content for a while to give my mind a break after a day of deciphering and interpreting CSS.

After reading these posts from Fifikins and Lu I’ve been inspired to compile my own list of 100 things that you may or may not know about me. I’ve tried to come up with things that majority of readers probably don’t know already and also things that I’m relatively comfortable with everybody knowing given that this is a very public medium.

Here we go!

1. I love to write and sometimes feel I can express myself better in writing. I’m a verbose writer, this isn’t going to be a short read.
2. I’ve never liked beer and only this year have started to develop a tolerance/taste for wine. Despite all claims to the contrary, you can do a uni degree without becoming a beer drinker. My preferred alcoholic drinks are spirits and liqueurs.
3. I’m quite competitive. It’s usually all in the spirit of healthy competition, not necessarily a bad thing if used carefully. My old Personal Trainer was particularly gifted at using this compulsion of mine to progressively improve my performance against my past achievements.
4. If you’re making coffee I’ll have a skim milk latte with no sugar. I haven’t had instant coffee since the late 1990’s and will opt for tea or nothing before instant. Having said that, I love tea and the T2 Monk Pear blend is my current favourite.
5. I am most motivated and inspired when surrounded by people that I believe are smarter than I am.
6. I like my natural lip colour and rarely wear lipstick. This is also because I like to wear colourful eye makeup while still keeping my overall look fairly neutral.
7. I enjoy my own company as much as that of others. If I’ve had an overly social week I crave some time in solitude. I am happiest when I can strike a balance between time alone and time spent around others.
8. I’m a Virgo who was born on the cusp of Leo. Belief in astrology or not, it does sum up my personality. Easy-going, perfectionist and friendly most of the time but get me fired up about something and you’ll certainly hear about it.
9. I love to drive. This inspired my love of taking road trips both by myself and with excellent company. Living close to the CBD of Sydney has meant I drive little and I get cravings to jump in my car and take off somewhere. I usually indulge these cravings when I have days off and a yearning to go and explore somewhere.
10. I will do almost anything for my friends, I’ve been known to put their wants and needs before my own. Fortunately, I also have friends that do the same for me. (more…)