It’s been a week of technical difficulties at I want – I got. So much so it’s getting me pissed. My site had some downtime earlier this week and I apologize to my readers for my host’s screwup. Anyone who is trying to email me at geekigirl@iwantigot.geekigirl.com right now is getting a bounce message. I’m trying to get this resolved right now and hope that will be fixed quickly. Just a reminder to you folks that receive I want – I got via email. If you got this message in your inbox, then you have nothing to worry about you are on the correct service. If you are wondering why you haven’t received I want – I got emails in a week then you are on the discontinued service and need to re-subscribe using the Subscribe by Email link at the top right of the page. I’ll update this post when my email returns to normal. Until then please email me at geekigirl@gmail.com

You’ve been warned and now I’m shutting down the Feedblitz email service for I want – I got posts. I wrote previously: For those of you that subscribe via email, I’m slowly going to move away from Feedblitz to Feedburner Email. I can’t switch all the subscribers over myself, so if you are currently receiving I want – I got by email. Please sign up for the new service and unsubscribe your Feedblitz based subscription. I will be maintaining both for now, but I will be dumping Feedblitz in the near future. So Subscribe to I want – I got via Feedburner Email so you don’t miss any updates. The near future is NOW. As soon as this last email warning to everyone goes out via Feedblitz I will be shutting down the account. If you wish to receive emails for I want – I got, please re-sign up using the handy submission form at the top of the page.

UPDATE: I’ve tweaked things again. So I’ve changed up the site theme once again. I’m hoping to showcase the photos much better with this site and have improved lightboxish display of the images. The theme I was using before was very wonky in this respects. I’ve scaled down the sidebars to one and they have less information than before. You will still have access to the Event Calender, search features, subscription options and the small Toronto blogroll The top of the page now display the page listings and select categories. After talking to friends, offering all category options added too much clutter. I’ve chosen the categories that I think are most relevant and useful for my readers. To see the complete list of categories please use the Archives page. The Archives page is listed by Date and by Category. I’ve also switched over to Google Search for my blog which I hope will benefit people better when searching the blog. The built in WordPress search functionality wouldn’t search all attributes and sometimes results were left …

Things will be wonky for a bit.

Here are the noteworthy moments on I want – I got in 2008 according to me, your humble Editor, Anita. Chloe and I played in the changeroom of Holts. Vogue Patterns by Steven Meisel blew me away Blogging Whistler. Day to day updates with photos. Hoping to do it again in 2009. blog.mode the MET’s blog I saw some Spice Girls in Holt Renfrew Sasha in French Vogue Prada Spring 2008 James Jean Lookbook I scanned. I grabbed the lookbook from the Prada store on Bloor Street L’Oreal Fashion Week Fall 2008 and Spring 2009. I stepped up the coverage on I want – I got for the Spring 2009 shows. The Buy Design Ad Campaign and party. I was in Fashion Magazine, pretty cool. Italian Vogue – I wrote a few posts or three on the subject FAT 2008 Media days at the ROM.. The ROM loves me and I love it. Seeing Eleven Minutes with Final Fashion OMG, freaking VEGAS! DOUBLE OMG!!! Mille Femmes. I’m one of the Top 10 Toronto Style Cliques. …

It’s been a crazy year at I want – I got. I plan on doing a 2008 roundup post but that is for later. I want – I got had over 500,000 visitors this year and it really blows my mind. Boxing Day traffic beat last years record. I especially want to thank my loyal repeat readers. I see you in my stats. I meet you in the street, at a party or the gym. I read your emails. Thank you so much for your support. Happy New Year Anita

Hi folks. It’s time to upgrade. You might even see a new theme since I have no idea if this current one is compatible. Things might be wonky for a bit and I’ll update this post once I’m done. EDIT: Upgrade went fine. Looks like my theme still works too. Time to get the plugins working now.

I think I’m winning the battle. Some of you regular readers have probably seen my occasional outbursts about hotlinking. It really burns me as I pay for this site to be up and running and they are basically thieves. The latest ones were going after my Heidi Klum pics. It was the last straw and I decided to do something about it. So now they served up an image that could have been a lot worse. I’m being very freaking polite about it, when I just want to serve up a Goatse image for them. Assholes. You can see it in action on this poor saps site. Loser, host your own image! If any of you feed readers out there don’t see images, please let me know by commenting in this post.

I’m taking a little sanity break from blogging so I can get a couple good night’s sleep for my 9-5. Thanks readers.

Sorry folks. I forgot my camera cable and can’t get at any of my pictures from Montreal. I’ll return to regularly scheduled posting on Friday when I’m back in T.O. Highlights of the Montreal Trip so far 1. YSL at The Montreal Museum of Fine Art 2. Notre-Dame Basilica 3. Reborn clothing shop in Old Montreal 4. Chatting about fashion with Adrian 1 and 2 brought me to tears today. If you haven’t seen the YSL exhibit and you have the ability to, get off the computer and head there now. It closes on Sept 28, 2008. There was no photography allowed so I didn’t get any pictures. I’ll also return with commentary on New York Fashion Week which hasn’t been very interesting so far. I caught a glimpse of Jeremy Laing and it looks pretty cool. He’s playing with cutouts this season.