2003-04-30 
 

maids and masters

No time to write much since I really ought to be working, but I'm kinda keyed up about the possible raise/promotion thing which STILL hasn't been decided upon. Position becomes vacant as of next Tuesday, so they really need to make a decision soon, but HR is moving veeeeeeeery slowly. I hate being at the mercy of that mysterious department.

In other news: Manor House is fantastic. Find it on your local PBS and watch watch watch. Also, the website is one of the most comprehensive that I've had the pleasure of visiting lately, and I highly recommend both show and site to anyone who's ever read a Victorian/Edwardian novel and longed for the romance of an era gone by.

Labels: linkage, random review, sharketing

* posted by me at 1:42 PM

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2003-04-28 
 

upswing

I'm in a super funky good mood today for some reason. Funny how watching Steel Magnolias has that effect on me. It helps that I got to channel surf during it. Some great one liners, but too many times watching it in college left me magnoliad out.

Then there was the talk with the director today...also very good. May soon have some financially happiness happening as well. Yay!

Labels: dose of mikey

* posted by me at 9:24 PM

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lament

It's not my time to cry yet.
You think it's maudlin, what I do-
imagining a future that has not come, that may not ever be...
but I know that within me I have the strength
and that I shall be asked to bear the burden
some sun dappled day not yet come.

I stand strong now
like I will then
waiting for the day when i must
stand alone.

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* posted by me at 2:56 AM

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2003-04-24 
 

random

Some of the people in our neighborhood:

Zany Leather Rabbi
Struvelpeter
Stompy Boot Girl
Cute Hybernating Boy

The feel good quote of the day:
"You know, I've been desperate in my time, but I've never had to buy used porn from the street!"

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* posted by me at 1:40 AM

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2003-04-23 
 

drip drip drip

G and I just got back from camping in Big Basin. Squelch. We managed to have a pretty good time in spite of - well, to be honest, partially because of - the rain. Would've been nice to wake up to dry boots, but there's something rather cozy about sitting around a campfire underneath a hastily thrown together tarp and listening to our windup radio play the oldies. Of course I'm not going to pretend that I'd turn down a hotel room if someone had offered it to us for the actual sleeping part of the trip...the rain made it extra cold and a bit spooky since it was coming down heavy enough to sound like footsteps now and again. (Odd, the potential sound of human footsteps around my tent freaked me out, but not the thought of coyotees.)

Nonetheless, still a very good trip. It's nice to get away with G every once in a while and renew the love. Not that it was flagging, but I'm on a bit of a high right now and it feels goooooood! Going now to sit in front of the DVD player and snuggle up in front of a different sort of fire than last nights. (Tamer, but just as cozy.)

Labels: dose of mikey, g, local getaway

* posted by me at 1:22 AM

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2003-04-18 
 

summer in massachusetts

Dad just passed this along...wish I could give somebody credit, as it's a good giggle.

Labels: 1000 words

* posted by me at 1:00 PM

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2003-04-17 
 

rising

This article on empire is a bit of what I was talking about right here.

It's actually something that I've thought about quite a bit. Shortly after college, I had a whole story treatment developed. It was going to be a series of three books under the grand title of The Rise and Fall of the American Empire. The first book was called Empire Rising and started off with a nationwide group of GenXers taking over the government. (by using their powerful positions as assistants and temps of course) I was rather excited about it for a while, but got a bit overwhelmed by the Tolstoyesque scope I was planning and ended up having to talk it all over one night with a friend and too much beer. Since then I've recognized the fact that talking about an idea stops it from developing inside myself...once it's out in the open, I lose the need to get it down on paper. Ah, what might've been.

Labels: dose of mikey, linkage, writing

* posted by me at 12:56 AM

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2003-04-13 
 

drums

Volunteered at the San Francisco Cherry Blossom Festival today at the Burger Booth. Proceeds from the sales go to the senior community. I got there about 20 minutes before my shift started and ended up watching the San Francisco Taiko Dojo perform for a little while. A combination of the rhythm and the sun that had managed to break through at that point left me feeling warm and strong. I also felt very lonely. Sometimes it's hard to experience something powerful when you're surrounded with other humans, yet have no one to share it all with.

Labels: dose of mikey, san francisco, spirit

* posted by me at 10:47 PM

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2003-04-11 
 

happy day

Well, work was crazybusy this week. My boss was away so I ended up having to take over for him for the first three days and still do my own job. On Thursday morning when he returned, I went into his office and let him know that as of that point I'd already put in a good 40 hours so I would be taking Friday off. Being a pretty cool bean, he had no problems with it so I've been home today, sleeping in late, making some chicken stew and sending birthday cards off to M. HAPPY 33!

In other news, taxes are due on Tuesday and I still haven't done mine. Ugh. It's because last year I ended up owing a little bit and I'm scared of finding out that this year will be the same. Tomorrow, I plan on getting it over with. Today is about taking a little break. G and I are heading over to Cole Valley for a nice cafe au lait and tartines at the appropriately named Boulange de Cole Valley. Yum!

Labels: dose of mikey, g, linkage, sharketing, shout out

* posted by me at 7:41 PM

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2003-04-06 
 

seasons of san francisco

Some people claim that San Francisco doesn't have seasons. I say that isn't true. What seems to some to be a lack of seasonality is, in fact, more than the average city has to offer. For instance, we are currently experiencing our first autumn. This generally occurs, appropriately enough, around tax time. It was preceded, as always, by our first spring which starts around President's day, is known as True Spring and is usually topped of with a week of early summer.

So, this first autumn we are now experiencing will be followed by a second spring and then our second summer, which takes us through to Gay Pride (at the end of June) at which point we enter into San Francisco's second winter...albeit a winter in which the only precipitation will be a very heavy fog. This goes through to Labor day at which point we have a week or two of spring before plunging into our third summer. (also known as True Summer) Around Halloween we sync up with the rest of the country and enter into True Autumn and then True Winter.

By this count we have two winters, two autumns, three springs and three summers. None too shabby for a city with no seasons.

Labels: dose of mikey, san francisco

* posted by me at 4:48 AM

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2003-04-05 
 

big round head

I'm not fat...a little pudgier than I used to be maybe...but not huge. However, looking at the picture below I see a big round head. Looking back at pictures of me when I was skinny...big round head. Where did it come from? Mom and Dad don't have big round heads. Dude doesn't have a big round head. I fear a Chandleresque moment. I'll be minding my own business when suddenly someone close by will freak out and start shouting,"Big Head! Big Head! Big Head!"

In other, less self obsessed news: spoke to Bun today and it made me a little nostalgic. I'm happy that we've both figured out different ways of finding happiness, but I do miss the days when it was the two of us vs. the world (and we always seemed to be winning.) I was a bit sad too, because trying to talk to G about my feelings afterward is hard. They had a bad meeting way back when and never had another one to really figure each other out. She was in a place where her viewpoint was very important to her and he's pretty set in his viewpoints, so BOOM. Me? I just sat back and watched it happen because I couldn't bear to get in-between two people I loved so much. I've learned not to have regrets, but that was a big lesson for me. Sometimes you have to step in and get your hands dirty.

I have hopes that someday we'll all meet and realize what good friends are, but I have a feeling that isn't going to be. While it's putting thoughts into their heads that they may not be having, I think that G's not as open minded as I am about her particular situation...and I feel that she's probably not as open minded about his. C'est la vie. If we all agreed all the time, this world would be a very boring place. But it all makes me a little sad nonetheless.

Oops...guess this has been pretty self obsessed as well, but that's what you get for reading my blog.

Labels: dose of mikey, g, memory lane, shout out

* posted by me at 6:41 PM

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2003-04-03 
 

cogs

I'm feeling extra tired and old this week. A cog in the machine, just grinding away until I eventually snap and get replaced with a newer, fresh faced cog. The sad thing is I guess I'm ok with this. Why? Because of days like this one...


...it's from last weekend we went to Kelly's Mission Rock and had brunch with Hugs. (His treat! Thanks!) It was a very nice day. This weekend we'll do something else that'll make it all worthwhile again. I wouldn't get days like that unless I cogged away now and again. I probably wouldn't appreciate them as much either.

Labels: dose of mikey, g, san francisco, sharketing

* posted by me at 3:20 AM

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