When I first knew I was going to make a blog, 'Tomato Lemonade' was not on my mind as a title choice. 'Sweet Zebra Shades' or 'Chicken Nuggets' were at the forefront of my thoughts, or maybe something including NASCAR, the only sport I am even relatively interested in (it IS a sport, don't start with me). I thought about a name a lot, talked with my boyfriend, my mom, my sister, and couldn't really decide on something that was 'me' enough. The past few summers, I worked at Camp Hanover, a residential summer camp run by the Presbytery of the James. Camp Hanover has been a part of my life since I was six years old, and I love it. The summer camp director has a son who is about six years old. Last summer, he was obsessed with 'Tomato Lemonade.' Of course, no one really knew what tomato lemonade was, and it also doesn't sound particularly appetizing. But, he is such an adorable kid that everyone just went along with it. I have always remembered 'tomato lemonade' and loved the creativity and fun with which this little boy came up with it. So when I was trying to come up with a name for this blog, 'Tomato Lemonade' was thrown out, somewhat as a joke. But, I liked it. It was unique, it was rememberable, and it had a good story. Thus, Tomato Lemonade was born.When I started looking through the themes for TL, I focused on yellow and red ones. I went through several, attempted customizing, but couldn't really find any that I liked much. I started looking at places other than wordpress and found one or two I really liked, but had a lot of trouble getting it to work. After much researching and many attempts, I just gave up and started looking back on wordpress again. I finally found the one I have now (TAKTEEK01 1.4.4) and through a little customization with the header and color choices, I have something I think I can work with. However, if anyone has figured out how to upload a new theme, I would be eternally grateful for some help! =D
As for plugins, I have also gone through MANY to figure out what I want and what looks good. I have a few saved for when I start posting non-assignment type posts (like a random image one) and a few that seem to work well. The RSS feed with my twitter and a tag cloud are pretty much the extent of what I have added, but I have looked at a lot and may add more. I tried a few with last.fm but I couldn't get them to work properly. Maybe it's my theme or maybe I am doing it wrong? Who knows. Wordpress is a new environment for me, and as someone used to LiveJournal, I miss a lot of what they have to offer sometimes. But, with every experience comes more knowledge and I look forward to seeing what this blog has to offer me and what I have to offer to the world.
