Just as a person's bookshelf will tell a lot about a person, the sites frequented by a person as she surfs the net is also a good snapshot into her inner life. If you look closely, you can find my internet footprints in the February snow.
1 - Art Renewal Center
This is where I find many of the art pieces which appear on my Sidebar Art Gallery - but not all.
2 - Ballet.co
This site salvaged my sanity when my husband and I first moved to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from Toronto, Ontario ten years ago. I could read reviews of current ballet productions from companies all over the world. And it has a sizeable article archive, too. 
3 - Convicts to Australia
This site is one example of web research I love to do for my various works in progress.
4 - Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com
I refer to both of these sites more times than you might suspect...
5 - Empire Theatres
A great site to find out what's on the screens, where and at what times they're playing.
6 - Facebook
This is my Facebook page. Just love Facebook. It keeps me in regular contact with so many of my friends and family members who aren't in hugging distance. Come and find me! I'm listed as Julia Smith. 
7 - Internet Movie Database
What would I do without this site? I shudder to think. Although I have a somewhat photographic memory when it comes to remembering actors and where I saw them last, I rely on IMDB constantly when I want to check out an actor, director, etc. and what else they've done.
My favorite part of IMDB is the User Comments section attached to each film. Just love reading other viewers' reactions to films.
8 - Life Paths Animal Totems and Earth Medicine
This isn't the only animal totem site I go to, but it certainly is a comprehensive resource, as long as your totem is covered by this site. Otherwise, I simply Google search the animal in question and go where the results take me.
9 - The National Ballet of Canada
This one's a no-brainer...
10 - Poetry Forms and Terminology
A site I go to when I feel a poem coming on, and need to find a form to give it structure.
11 - The Quote Garden
I love including quotes in my cards to people. This is where I find many of them.
12 - Richard Armitage Online
My favorite fangirl site. I hit GB.net pretty regularly, too.
13 - YouTube
I'm listening to my YouTube playlist right now. Take My Hand, Precious Lord by Elvis, actually.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Thursday Thoughts - 6 - My Internet Footprints
Posted by Julia Phillips Smith at 10:17 PM
Labels: animal totem, Art, Convicts to Australia, Empire Theatres, Facebook, Internet, National Ballet of Canada, Poetry forms, Quote Garden, Richard Armitage, Thesaurus, Thursday Thoughts, YouTube
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Very cool sites, Julia. I'm a regular on IMDB (love that I can figure out where I saw 'that actor' and 'when') and spend way too much time on research sites. My latest obsession is Urban Dictionary.
Quite an array of useful sites. Some look familiar. Thx!
Wylie - I've headed over to Urban Dictionary when I needed to find out what the heck 'props' meant. And other sundry bons mots.
Gel - No problemo!
I frequent IMDB as well.
I'm ashamed to admit I spend waaaaay too much time researching LOST - how is that damn Island moving through time and space??
I am envious. I rarely get to escape my Google Reader to visit actual websites!
How true...our surfng IS like a window to our personality. I'd never thought about it that way. Before the internet, what were windows into our personalities?
What a great post. I really enjoyed reading it and seeing the various sites you spend time on. I may just steal the idea! And I am off to facebook to look for you.
1. I've never seen that particular painting of Toulouse Latrec's before. What a nice change from all those bar scenes!
2. I'm going straight to quote garden, since I always need great ones for my chapter epigraphs!
You know Richard Armitage was named by some Romance Authors as the sexiest of 2009.
I have to agree.
Very interesting sites. I enjoy internet research because I don't have to get up and move to get what I need. Although I have to remind myself often not to get lazy and make sure I confirm any facts with alternate sources.
I hate to get something wrong when it's important.
Cool sites. I you like reading mysteries, try
www.stopyourekillingme.com.
That's supposed to say, IF you like reading mysteries. Oy. :)
Hi!
This is a great post! It's amazing the places people go to on the web. Have a great day!!
Sherrie
I like the term 'internet footprint'. I did learn a lot about you in this interesting post. I, too, am almost totally consumed by blog-hopping from my reader... but, I do go to imdb.com all the time. (and I don't know anything abt Richard Armitage, so I need to chase that link...)
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