Hello my dear readers, and many apologies for my serious blog neglect as of late. Some may already know this, but back at the end of June, I decided to make a change. I left my position at Gazelle to pursue an opportunity at a little startup called Punchbowl. Leaving Gazelle was hard to do - but it was the right time for me and I wish them the absolute best. I was actually a customer of Punchbowl before I became an employee, and that's been a fun perspective and an interesting transition for me. I've really enjoyed getting back into a true startup environment, and my new 20 minute commute (as opposed to an hour!) is doing wonders for my psyche.

With the holiday season upon us, you may be interested to know what Punchbowl does. The site offers a comprehensive party planning tool - from getting your friends to help decide on a date, to sending invites and allowing them to choose items from the potluck list. We also recently released our brand-spankin-new free ecards: Digital Greeting Cards with the look and feel of paper cards. There's even a special section for business christmas cards for all you classy professionals. It's all the rage, kids, so go send some good cheer, plan that holiday gathering, and party on!

Oh hey there... it's been a while, eh? I've been just a teensy bit busy saying goodbye to New Zealand, traveling around Australia, flying back to the US, emptying my storage unit in AZ, packing my life into 2 small vehicles, driving across the country, catching up with fam & friends, and finding a place to live in Boston. But enough with the excuses, I'm back now!

For those that didn't know, I'm going back to school this fall at Northeastern University. I'm super psyched about getting a master's but a little nervous at the same time. It's weird to be doing the school thing again. Anyways, I'm moving to an apartment in Boston in a couple weeks, so I have a new community to infiltrate! If you're in town, let's hang. :)

P.S. I'm also looking for part-time rails work in the city (or I'm willing to work remotely) while I'm in school, so if you know anyone with an opening, I'm all ears!

So I have been tagged in "The 6th Meme" by this clown. I have been instructed to post the 6th photo on the 6th page of my flickr stream, so here it is:

Fiji

This photo was taken on the last day of my Fiji trip, in the Garden of the Sleeping Giant, just outside Nadi. This pond with all the lily pads was my favorite part of the garden.

I hereby tag the following people to post their 6th photo and pass it on:

Ready, set, go!

Last week I celebrated my twenty-fourth birthday, and my crossover into my 'mid-twenties.' Ahhhh I'm such an old fart! :) It got me to thinking about whether or not I'm happy with what I've done in the last 24 years, and I must say that overall, I'm pretty proud of myself.

I wanted to say thanks to everyone who celebrated my birthday with me and made it amazing. I must say I felt more appreciated than I have in a long time. The day was full of lovely birthday treats, just look at this stuff!!

Birthday Cake! Birthday Fruit! Birthday Cake! Birthday Cake! Birthday Cookie!

Thanks to Heidmo&Aeree, Gist, Dan, Mom, Steph and Jenna for all the goodies, and everyone else for all the birthday wishes!!

Here's to the 25th year!

I mentioned before that I was still working on my six-word memoir. It's really hard to convey your life in only six words. After much thought, I came up with something that I think suits me pretty well. I can't explain it, because then it would be a 100-word memoir, so use your imagination. :)

"Well that was fun. What now?"

What's yours?

Lindsay Ucci (aka Ooochie!)

Lindsay Ucci

Ruby/Rails developer and wannabe pastry chef. :)

Welcome to ooochie.com! I'm Lindsay Ucci, and I'm a web developer in Boston, MA. If you're in the area, please get in touch!

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