MT Geek
It seems I'm not geek enough (only 18.54%), but I'm doing quite well with MT. Getting there...
2. Dan Black Belt
The path that lies behind you is now longer than the path that lies ahead. But, the path ahead as a MT-Ka is a narrower road, one that is harder to walk. By now, you are probably aware of your limitations, and you strive daily to become better.
MT and RSS
Like I said yesterday: Movable Type 2.64 has been released. I'll be upgrading later today or tomorrow after I get the courage to do it, since my blog is now running on MySQL and I'm with a new host; but I have the feeling things will go smoothly, especially now that I'm not using any hacks in the MT installation. That means I won't have to go through any complicated code and change things, he he!.
Christine posted an entry asking who is reading her blog via RSS and I want to ask people who come here the same thing. Alors, how many people read this blog through RSS feeds instead of online? Leave a comment. I still have to go back to reading blogs online more often because I've been neglecting the non-RSS ones. Shame on me! 
Emeril, kiss my…!
I have developed an obsession to the Food Network. It has come to the point that when we were going to choose which channels we would actually see on Illico (we were paying for all of them! insane!) I told Patrice "Food Network or I'll leave", ha ha! -- Well, not exactly, but I love it. My favorite shows? Emeril Live, Canadian Living Cooks, 30-Minute Meals and Sugar (the last one is just for eye pleasure, since I'm diabetic, LOL!).
The good thing is that watching all those shows has kind of made me want to cook more, even if I don't prepare the recipes they show. These days I want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen making stuff that makes me feel as if I were in Colombia. Lots of grains, lots of soups, food for the soul. I'm now making lentils with my mom's recipe for "ogao" -- a sauce with tomatoes, onions and other goodies you put in oil and cook and then add it to your food, for cooking or just for accompanying. It smells... mmmm!
This cooking spree is a great thing because I can make things in advance, put them in the freezer and then I won't have to complain that we eat too much microwaveable or junk. I even got myself corn flour for homemade arepas! A respectable Colombian who doesn't like arepas is probably out of his/her mind, at least in my opinion.
Later I'm going to make some chicken salad and I asked Patrice to stop at the charcuterie around the corner to get some good bread for sandwiches. There's a lady from Slovenia who has wonderful things in that place and we have become kind of regular customers, plus she's absolutely nice. Oh! I will ask him to bring me some Spanish Chorizo to make my "Garbanzos" (chick peas) -- Mmmm... Tapas!
So, you see... I'm unstoppable. Anyone wanna come for dinner? Or actually, does anyone want the recipes to be posted? Let me know. I signed up for the Red Kitchen (don't know if my account still exists -- yes it does!), but I'm awful at sharing recipes. I need to be asked, but I'll try to post more often. I'm really not too bad in the kitchen (feeling proud... I also have a green thumb!).
Important Blog Stuff
First: Movable Type 2.64 has been released, with fixes in the CSS, XML-RPC, Creative Commons and improved RSS templates, among other things. I'll be upgrading tomorrow. Yay! After I made the switch to Jaya's server things run so smoothly here, that I feel like using MT to the fullest.
Second: I'm just passing news here about the blogs hosted with Blogomania; they are having a little trouble, but might be back soon. I was wondering why my newsreader was giving me so many errors and then I realized the blogs with those failed RSS feeds were at Blogomania. You can read all about it here -- But as of 7:45 p.m. they're back!
Third (and personal): We have AC! We have AC! 
Ahhh... bye bye sucky humid summers.
10 Layers of Bea
I found this at Martie's Blog 
10 Layers of Bea.
LAYER ONE:
-- Name: Beatriz E. Domínguez C., sir!
-- Birth date: December 5th, 1974
-- Birthplace: Santiago de Cali, Colombia
-- Current Location: Some suburb near Montreal, Canada
-- Eye Colour: Brown, light brown. Depends on the light.
-- Hair Colour: Brown with reddish and light streaks
-- Height: 5'5" or 1.65 m.
-- Righty or Lefty: Righty most of the time. Use knife with left one.
-- Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius, doesn't it show?
LAYER TWO:
-- Your heritage: Apart from Colombian -- Spanish and a little bit of Jewish.
-- The shoes you wore today: Smiley flip-flops
-- Your weakness: Books, CDs, DVDs, clothes and shoes.
-- Your fears: Losing my loved ones, heights, spiders, crowds.
-- Your perfect pizza: Anything from Karen's Pizza in Cali.
-- Goal you'd like to achieve: Be a good mother. Or just a mother, heck!
LAYER THREE:
-- Your most overused phrase on IM: LOL? I don't know... Maybe "Okies".
-- Your thoughts first waking up: "My AC will be installed today, yay!"
-- Your best physical feature: My eyes, so they say.
-- Your most missed memory: My childhood in Ingenio Providencia, with my friends.
LAYER FOUR:
-- Pepsi or Coke: Diet Pepsi.
-- McDonald's or Burger King: None. Harvey's.
-- Single or group dates: Single dates.
-- Adidas or Nike: Adidas
-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Nestea
-- Chocolate or vanilla: Can I have both?
-- Cappuccino or coffee: Cappuccino glacé!
LAYER FIVE:
-- Smoke: Used to, but not anymore.
-- Cuss: Yes, to my mother's misery. Just not on this blog.
-- Sing: Yes, to Patrice ;) And in the car.
-- Take a shower everyday: Yes, I do!
-- Do you think you've been in love: I AM in love! 
-- Want to go to college: College? No, back to University, yes!
-- Like(d) high school: It was fine.
-- Want to get married: I am happily married.
-- Believe in yourself: I have to learn to do that.
-- Get motion sickness: Nope. Top shape!
-- Think you're attractive: Oh boy, don't get me started with self-esteem issues.
-- Think you're a health freak: I'm not a healthy person, so...
-- Get along with your parent(s): Yes, I do. I miss my daddy :(
-- Like thunderstorms: Yes and no. Depends on where I am.
-- Play an instrument: The door-bell? LOL! No.
LAYER SIX: In the past month...
-- Drank alcohol: Yes, wine mostly
-- Smoked: Nope, I quit, told ya!
-- Done a drug: Like illegal? Ha ha! Nope.
-- Made Out: Duh! Layer 5?
-- Gone on a date: If you want to call it like that, yes.
-- Gone to the mall?: More times than I'm supposed to.
-- Eaten an entire box of Oreos?: No! Gross!
-- Eaten sushi: I'm afraid not.
-- Been on stage: What? Me? God no!
-- Been dumped: No, thank God!
-- Gone skating: Awww... no :(
-- Made homemade cookies: Yeppers, and muffins and so on...
-- Gone skinny dipping: What is the obsession with S.D.??
-- Dyed your hair: Not by myself, but yes.
-- Stolen anything: Yes, a marker from the office ;)
-- You sound boring: Yes, that's my middle name
LAYER SEVEN: Ever...
-- Played a game that required removal of clothing: No, but kissing, yes. Ha ha!
-- If so, was it mixed company: Of course... kissing?
-- Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: A few of times, yes.
-- Been caught "doing something": I guess I was.
-- Been called a tease: Never. Not called anyway.
-- Gotten beaten up: Oh God... No!
-- Shoplifted: Once, shame on me! A card, a stupid greeting card. Challenge.
-- Changed who you were to fit in: No, I preferred to get in trouble being myself.
LAYER EIGHT:
-- Age you hope to be married: I got married at 24, just perfect!
-- Numbers and Names of Children: Don't have any, but I want three.
-- Describe your Dream Wedding: Just like mine, simple!
-- How do you want to die: As peacefully as possible.
-- Where you want to go to college: Again? No college, no college.
-- What do you want to be when you grow up: Myself and happier.
-- What country would you most like to visit: Great Britain :)
LAYER NINE:
-- Opposite sex or the same? Opposite.
-- Best eye colour? Blue, like my hubby's!
-- Best hair colour? Dark
-- Short or long hair: Short. I don't like long-haired boys.
-- Best Height? Taller than me.
-- Best weight: Just like Patrice!
-- Best articles of clothing: Simple. Jeans/Kakis and shirts.
-- Best first date location: Nice coffee place :)
-- Best first kiss location: Cheek. I'm a traditional girl.
LAYER TEN:
-- Number of drugs taken illegally: I once took a bite of a marijuana cake. Does that count?
-- Number of people I could trust with my life: Patrice and my mom (2).
-- Number of CDs that I own: You really want to know? Ok, about 235!
-- Number of piercings: 2 on each earlobe
-- Number of tattoos: None, forever none!
-- Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper?: 2, all good!
-- Number of scars on my body: Big ones? None. Tiny? Many!
-- Number of things in my past that I regret: Hurting those who love or have loved me. Many!
