2006-04-25 
 

yet another meme about me

Been doing quite a bit of thinking the past few days. Saw this over at TNTP and wanted to see where it led me.

I AM: trying to live a truthful life

I WANT: more gumption

I WISH: i had three more wishes

I HATE: injustice and intolerance

I MISS: thinking i had the universe figured out

I HEAR: the hum of the computer and the click of the keys as i type

I WONDER: about everything

I REGRET: i'm too happy with where i am and who i am with to regret decisions made in the distant past, though i sometimes wonder what it would've been like to spend a semester in germany instead of just visiting during the summer of my junior year

I AM NOT: afraid of feeling

I DANCE: by myself in the living room while listening to old songs, at night on the beach, in the kitchen with G, and sometimes spontaneously on the street...as if my life were suddenly a musical

I SING: in the car, in the kitchen with G, and sometimes spontaneously on the street...as if my life were suddenly a musical

I CRY: when i'm very happy or very sad

I AM NOT ALWAYS: sure that i'm on the right path career-wise

I MAKE WITH MY HANDS: cookies, presents and stories

I WRITE: to make myself feel better and to share what little wisdom i've gained with others (which also makes me feel good) i'm a rather selfish person

I CONFUSE: the trees by talking about the forest and vice versa

I NEED: occasional solitude

I SHOULD: eat less and exercise more

I START: at the very beginning (it's a very good place to start)

I FINISH: leftovers

I TAG: anyone who wants to be tagged

Labels: memes

* posted by me at 1:10 AM

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2006-04-23 
 

v for very good

Saw V For Vendetta last night on IMAX. Liked it a lot.

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

'Nuff said.

In other news, went shopping downtown with G and Michael today. A brief review:

H&M is a dangerous and very popular store.
Cupcakes are still trendy. (and always delicious!)
Cupcakes being eaten by gym buffed bodies give me the giggles.
European tourists are beginning to look rather East Coast preppie. Especially the men.
Union Square is not as unpleasant on a Sunday afternoon as I remembered.
Cuter men on the KLM lines vs. the N and J. (Not that I haven't seen hotties on the N or J, but in general I find this to be true.)

Yes, eye candy was plentiful today on the streets of San Francisco and we enjoyed every lick.

Labels: dose of mikey, g, random review

* posted by me at 10:40 PM

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2006-04-22 
 

detour

Life's been leading me around by the nose lately. Every time I think I've got myself on the right path, I bump into another detour sign. Now I've always been one to enjoy the journey vs. strive for the destination, but I've begun to wonder whether my originally planned destination makes much sense.

In fact, I'm beginning to wonder if I ever really had a firm grasp on what that destination was.

Take a step back. What's important to me?

People (Greg, Family, Friends, Friends I haven't met yet)
Books
Writing
Moving Forward
Respecting the Past
Fun with Technology
Not being a Schmuck
Occasional Solitude
Occasional Craziness
oh...um...and a healthy dose of Pop Culture now and again

Where's this all lead? I really don't know, but NYC keeps coming into my head. I had a dream long ago of walking those streets and feeling like I was home.

Not sure if G wants to go there though and he's top of my list. Not sure I'm ready to leave the home SF has become....and if I don't what my next steps need to be.

I've got some thinking to do.

Labels: dose of mikey, looking eastward

* posted by me at 8:03 PM

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2006-04-18 
 

dawn

It's 6:10 a.m. and I'm already at work. (Shock and disbelief from my 10s of readers, I know.)

You see, 100 years ago this morning, my adopted city shook and then burned due to something they still refer to as the Great Quake.

Every year there's a ceremony at Lotta's Fountain on Kearny and Market where survivors of the quake gather and a wreath is placed in memoriam of all those who lost their lives. We humans have an odd habit of attaching special significance to numbers that end in "0" which made today's event extra special with streets baricaded, special speeches and a funny MC who obviously hadn't slept all night and seemed to still be under the influence of her last gin and tonic from late last night/early this morning. Being the heart of technology that we are, the huge screens had closed captioning based on voice recognition technology. Made for some funny reading. (Winston Churchill became "win some church hill") The enunciation of some participants, like the aforementioned MC, left quite a bit to be desired and had the computer putting up lines much like the following:

For thirty years I bang an a gone today. Plzt...Please jam me on well coming may your gave on new some.

And yes, while I'm on the subject, San Francisco does have the hottest mayor in the country. The man is chock full of charisma, and if he doesn't end up as president some day in the future, I'll be very surprised. (and disappointed)

Anyway, the whole point is that the festivities started shortly after 4:30 which is an hour I usually have solid footing in dreamville, but G really wanted to go and convinced me it was worth a 3:30 wake up call. He was so right. I do love that man.

Labels: dose of mikey, g, san francisco

* posted by me at 9:15 AM

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2006-04-17 
 

damp

Back from camping. Weekend bookended with rain, but Saturday gave us a few hours to be outside the tent and indulge our pyromaniac tendencies in the firepit.

A bit damp, but fun nonetheless.

Labels: dose of mikey, local getaway

* posted by me at 2:50 PM

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2006-04-14 
 

blue monday

Had one of the worst weeks of work ever. Super busy time of the year for us, and the cherry on top was discovering that a small error I made back in January has multiplied into a monetary error of significant proportions.

I know that this is par for the course for anyone spending time in Corporate America and that it's all fixed now, but I'm so tired of being stressed by work. I'm due for more than just an ulcer if I don't make a change soon.

Since I'm holding true to the promise of keeping actual details about work as much out of this blog as possible, I'll leave you with this cryptic curse: Stupid R!

Labels: dose of mikey, sharketing

* posted by me at 4:13 PM

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2006-04-09 
 

make your own: here

Labels: 1000 words, blogging

* posted by me at 9:33 PM

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2006-04-07 
 

noah, is that you?

We've had an insane amount of rain this year. Well, an insane amount for the Bay Area.

Grant you, it would be a below average yearly fall for Portland, but I don't live in Portland so I'll kvetch if I want to.

Truly, it doesn't bother me too much, but the cliff across the street from my office window has already had one partial slide earlier this year and I'm a bit nervous about returning to work on Monday and finding a boulder occupying my office chair.

Labels: dose of mikey

* posted by me at 10:26 PM

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lovely

Received a postcard in the mail today. Calming picture of a Colorado mountain on the front with a beautiful stream and trees in the foreground. Bob Ross couldn't have painted happier little trees.

On the reverse:

Because we care about your continued good health, we'd like to remind you that it's time for your colonoscopy.

Lovely.

Labels: dose of mikey, medical mystery

* posted by me at 12:21 AM

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2006-04-01 
 

your attention please

In a surprise announcement today, the Bush administration admitted that the past six years have been all about pushing personal agendas and not at all about the will of the American people. George W. Bush is ceding the remaining years of his presidency to Al Gore who he says, "...really ought to have been in the office in the first place. I was just too caught up in the power of it all...and you know, they made me do it!"

Jeb Bush has promised that he will never seek a higher office, and Dick Cheney is resigning to spend more time with his daughter whom he feels he has sadly neglected for quite some time now. John Kerry will step in to take over the VP role.


Sadly...April Fools.

Labels: rant

* posted by me at 3:11 PM

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