Up the Tree

  • This website is an example of a soft launch. A “soft launch”:https://www.upthetree.com/wp-uploads/030618_web_design.html is a public design, or redesign of a website. It is a upgrading the look and feel of a website, by updating as you go. It is, unfortunately, not favored by many graphic designers for good reason; it’s not good for their clients. But it is, however, great for the graphic designer who can never commit himself to a design.

    *Enter Me.*

    I’ve redesigned this site six times. Mostly updating the HTML or CSS back-end, but still I had to start from scratch and fix problems, other times I actually rewrote the look of the site to appear how I had intended it. I refer to Up the Tree is a soft launch, because if you were to poke your head around, you might notice that there are inconsistencies in the look of the site that are simply because I haven’t gotten to them yet.

    What I’m trying to say is that I just noticed what my _Archives and Individual Entries_ look like and I realize I need to fix a few holes in my graphic user interface. They will all be fixed. Don’t you worry your pretty little head over it.

  • This may seem slightly esoteric, but let me assure you it isn’t. Every toilet, one of the most fantastic and innovative modern inventions, has a roll of toilet paper sitting next to it. I don’t care if you’re an avid baday user, there is always a need to… “freshen up” with a fist full of these perfectly designed paper sheets. Toilet paper is the unsung hero of many a bathroom, although never talked about, it is one item you always have on hand or dire consequences shall be suffered.

    Everybody has to put a new roll of toilet paper every once and a while.

    But there are no instructions for installing a new roll of toilet paper on the toilet paper spool in your bathroom. The toilet paper industry, along with the toilet paper spool industry, assume that you know how to put this thing on correctly. But do you? Which direction is the correct direction? Is there a correct Direction?

    If you install toilet paper onto the spool, you fall into two camps:

    An Innie
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    An Outie
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    So, my question is, which are you? Do you care? Is there a reason you string your TP a certain direction? I would love to know.

  • We’ve put on a new face, a new perspective, and a new view of the world. We hope you like what you see. If you would like to see something that isn’t here, just ask and I’m sure we can come to an arrangement.

    *A new website with a new purpose.*

    _Fun Time Tree House_ was an endeavor I stumbled into. I created a blog, because I thought they were _cool._ I have since discovered how they can reach out and bring people together. I hope to make this new iteration of my website more fulfilling for myself and you, anybody willing to read it. I will try to make this weblog more than just a piece of electronic scrap paper. I want to make a statement… or two.

    *That being said,*

    We are still remodeling and will be adding features day to day, so please don’t hold it against us if buttons don’t work. They will… eventually.

  • I’m a big fat sucker for deals on the web. I surf, an act categorized by small movements of my wrist and up and down movements of my index finger, the web with a purpose. My particular purpose today is to look for online camping bargains. I look for online camping bargains every few months in preparation of a camping trip which as is just so happens, hasn’t happened in 2 years. I’ve been quietly amazing a stockpile of backpacks, water containers, swiss army knives, tents, sleeping bags, water proof watches, fleeces, jackets, sweatshirts, shoes over the last few years for an imaginary trip I might never take.

    *You can’t be too ready!*

    My camping preparatory work has led me to great sites that not only have fantastic deals, but also instill in the buyer a true sense of adventure… it’s like camping without the *roughing it* part. Instead of trails nobody has ever discovered, I instead look for sales nobody has ever hiked across. I am a serial deal shopper who buys things because they are on sale, not because I need them.

    *It’s like impulse buying “Indiana Jones”:http://www.theraider.net/ style.*

    So, please don’t look down on me if I just bought a new “Adidas Running Jacket”:http://www.sierratradingpost.com/xq/asp/base_no.26666/str_base_no.26633,26637,26665,26666,26679,26705,27034,27036,27163,27168,27212,27296,27340,27350,27439,27827,31123,31778,31842,31852,/header_title./page_name.prod_list_display_special.asp/search_type.L0%7E154/size1./size2./gender.0/ShowImages.yes/sq.0/cont.1/sqlSearchStr./intPgNo.1/special_type.sale/qx/product.asp for $12.56 or a spanking new “Freestyle watch”:http://www.sierratradingpost.com/xq/asp/base_no.99189/str_base_no.99187,99189,26438,26439,24368,/header_title./page_name.search/keyword_results.asp/search_type.freestyle/size1./size2./gender.0/ShowImages.yes/sq.0/cont.1/sqlSearchStr.freestyle/intPgNo.1/special_type./qx/product.asp for $29.95.

    _I have a problem._

    WEBSITES:
    “Sierra Trading Post”:http://www.sierratradingpost.com/
    “Campmor”:http://www.campmor.com/

  • It’s Tuesday and all rainy out in the Manhattan streets. There are puddles of mirky liquid in between sidewalk and street. New York is pretty gross in the rain. All I’m wishing for right now is a patch of sun, a warming breeze, maybe even a bird call that isn’t a pigeon.

    _Am I allowed to wear white socks after labor-day?_