2005-07-31 
 

writing off line

I've been spending some time writing off line these days. Thoughts and memories that might distress some of my loyal readers. Good to get it all out though. Writing is good therapy...especially for reexamining demons from the past in the light of the present.

As for the present, I have nothing more than happiness to report. Dinner with KW and crew went swimmingly, with lots of laughter and fun times remembered. The only downside being that G wasn't feeling too well and spent the evening at home in bed. I really did hope he'd get a chance to meet KW as I've always seen her as a positive force in the universe.

On the upside, I now get to go back to Andalu with G at a later date. Too good to keep to myself.

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* posted by me at 5:08 PM

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2005-07-28 
 

fly by

Had free passes to a screening of Stealth last night. Didn't have any big desire to see the movie, but free tickets! Ended up being pleasantly surprised. Pretty good action flick...considering it was free. Not sure how happy I would've been if I'd payed to see it.

In other news: Wally is coming in this weekend and we're all going out for dinner. Should be interesting since it's been about 10 years since we've last seen each other. Lots of catching up to do!

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* posted by me at 11:57 AM

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2005-07-27 
 

teleporter or a time machine

Reading my post from yesterday, I have to admit that it sounds as if I'd had some awful day. Granted, I did have to wake up a full two and a half hours earlier than normal.

I love sleeping in the morning. I love slowly waking up and crawling back under the covers when the room's a little too cold to face quite yet. Getting out of bed too early certainly starts the day off a bit harshly, but it wasn't like I had to go out and dig ditches. Just a normal work day with minimal stress.

Had nice conversations with both Dad and Dude in the evening. G made a tasty dinner. Tivo entertained.

So why was I such a grump at 10:30 last night? Tiredness surely played a role, but I also feel like I'm frazzled lately. Trying too hard to satisfy too many different priorities and allowing too many of them to be given only cursory attention. I had to call Dad while walking to the Muni because I worked too late and didn't want to keep G waiting any longer. Then Dude and G had to share me for an hour while I tried to spend time with both of them at once. (Hard to do when one's on the phone and there's no speaker function.) I just want to get everyone in the same room for tea and crumpets...or scones, because not everyone likes crumpets...and maybe some of those little cucumber sandwhiches because they sound yummy and some others with jam because those really are yummy so we can eat them while contempling the cucumber ones... Oops, getting tired again.

But I have realzied that one of the only times I don't have people sharing my attention is the time I spend at work. It seems a bit odd that the people I care about most have to lose out to a corporate entity.

I need a teleporter or a time machine or something.

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* posted by me at 1:45 AM

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2005-07-26 
 

i don't like mondays

That's all. 'Nuff said.

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* posted by me at 1:43 AM

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2005-07-21 
 

fantastic


I've always thought Chris Evans was a cute guy, but he's achieved new levels of hotness in F4.

Oh, good movie too, if you like the sci-fi/action adventure/tounge-in-cheek comic book retread sort of thing...which I do. Think X-Men meets The Incredibles meets Chris Evans with his shirt off...okay, maybe I'm giving the movie too much credit because of the latter, but yum!

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* posted by me at 1:49 AM

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2005-07-20 
 

cover closed

Finished the book. No spoilers here. Just gotta say, so many questions answered, but so many new questions created.

Best of the lot so far, but a little much for the under 12 set. (Or at least the under 12 set as I imagine them to be. Lord only knows what growing up with 24 hour media has prepped these kids for.)

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* posted by me at 12:56 AM

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2005-07-17 
 

from windy city to hot red woods

Spent most of the week in Chicago for work. Came home and left the following morning to go camping down Big Basin.

That's where I've been in a nutshell. If you care about some random particulars, read on.

I guess I could whine about the Chicago trip and how I had to share my unrequested center seat with the arm of the large man to the left of me and the odor of the man to my right....but then, that's a tired tale that too many have told before me. Suffice it to say that United is no substitute for Jet Blue.

Did have some great food in Chicago at Vermilion. Also had great margarittas and mexican food at a restaurant who's name escapes me because I had too many margaritas. We had a nice time, but regretted the next morning when we had to wake up at 5...again. Sometimes I really do miss being 25.

Camping was, as usual, a nice break from the world though a bit hotter than we usually deal with. Upside is that sitting still reading kept the heat bearable, so I had a chance to finish up a few books in order to prepare myself for HP and the HBP. Picked it up today on the way back from camping. I should see you all again after the back cover closes.

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* posted by me at 11:41 PM

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2005-07-10 
 

moment

There are few things in this world that make me happier than curling up with a good book and a nice cup of tea...or a fine glass of wine.

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* posted by me at 7:20 PM

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2005-07-09 
 

wrapped up

Finally saw the latest Star Wars. It left me feeling pretty satisfied, but only because the circle was truly complete and I'm a sucker for a tidy red bow. I really feel that they could've told the whole story using just two movies instead of dragging it out to three.

My only other comment is directed to the owners of the Century Cinemas down in Daly City. Why invest in the technology to run a movie digitally and then leave up the old screen? There was an obvious hole in the middle that showed up like a pimple every time the scene shifted to lighter hues. It was a bit like listening to a favorite song while the neighbor's television seeps quietly through the walls just on the edge of hearing.

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* posted by me at 2:11 AM

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2005-07-07 
 

signs

I remember Carlos telling me that he noticed leaves falling during magor transitions in his life.

Lately, I've been noticing small dead animals all over the city. Baby birds and mice that've fallen victim to the automotive dinosaurs that currently rule our streets.

Not quite the same imagery, but for some reason my mind makes a connection. I think it may be that I'm afraid of losing an important part of myself.

I just wish I knew what it was...

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* posted by me at 11:41 PM

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2005-07-06 
 

exchanging vowels

I give U my E and A and accept your O and sometimes Y.

What do you want? When you let someone write his own vowels, you're bound to get something that's incomprehensible to most other folks.

Then again, if anyone from Sesame Street ever stumbles in here this might make for a fun skit idea and is free for the stealing. Though I would ask that you make it an exchange by monsters of indeterminate gender....or Ernie and Bert.

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* posted by me at 8:55 PM

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2005-07-05 
 

come again

Sorry, fresh out of witty ramblings today. Check back later this week. We're expecting a delivery.

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* posted by me at 9:38 PM

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2005-07-02 
 

81:01

We have a projection clock. Because of the recent shuffling of furniture in the bedroom, the numbers are upside down for me when I look up at them from my comfy hollow in the pillow. This morning I awoke at 81:01

It got me thinking, wouldn't it be great if we lived in a world with days that were 82 hours long? That is, wouldn't it be great if we still had an average 8 hours a day to work, but got all that extra time to do whatever else we wanted?

Then it occurred to me that there would be more jobs created, which would be great for the economy. The service sector would need to stay open longer to meet the needs of all those people. Multiple swing shifts. In fact, many middle managers, like myself, would have to switch to jobs in the service sector just to keep things running for those of us who were off of work. Then I thought that we'd probably all have to get extra jobs IN the service sector on top of our normal jobs in order to have money to spend and keep our households running during those extra 58 hours each day. Suddenly 82 hours seemed like an awful lot of time.

What about 26 hours? I think I could manage that.

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* posted by me at 1:35 PM

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