11 Aug 07
A relaxing day today. I decided to take a real Sabbath today, so I spent the morning snapping pictures of flowers at a nearby plantation, then drove out to see a friend who’s just returned from a trip to the Ukraine. Then back home to make dinner, read, and call Saalon to talk about plans […]
10 Aug 07
There’s a great, short blog post over at My Two Dollars entitled There Will Be No Flashing Green Light, OK? It excellently explains something I’ve found to be true: we all have big plans, but often we put them on hold because now’s not the right time. But for many things there is no right […]
9 Aug 07
A respite from Thor’s Hammer of Heat: a storm blew in and dropped the temperature by twenty degrees or so around lunchtime. It’s positively beautiful outside, except for the gray skies and occasional portly drops of rain. A good day at work, spent mostly listening to and commenting on discussions about processes moving forward. It’s […]
8 Aug 07
Four hours of sleep last night means no long post today. A good day. Got my truck back from a local auto place, getting its air conditioner repaired. With the hundred-degree heat we’ve had, I really wanted that fixed. ‘Twas more expensive than I would have liked, but eh, I can afford it. Now, I’ll […]
7 Aug 07
A good, full day at work, followed by a good dinner with my parents, good conversation with them afterwards (marred only by a random phone call from someone in Maryland, whose number I didn’t recognize so I didn’t pick up), followed by a wonderfully cheesy movie (The Sword and the Sorcerer) and a bit of […]
6 Aug 07
Today begins a week of on-site training at work. I’m sequestered with a dozen co-workers in a classroom all week. We’re running through a bunch of test scenarios with our new SAP system. My co-workers are all good people, but the experience itself is a frustrating interruption to my other work. I’m still a little […]
5 Aug 07
Was in Giant yesterday buying a few random odds and ends, and swept by the seasonal aisle. And stopped. Shocked. They have Halloween stuff in there. On August 4th. Well…oh well. So I stocked up on a few things, since they had some “Fun size” candy for $1 per pack. And full-size candy bars at […]
4 Aug 07
Saturday. My Media Fast is finished, so I spent much of the day catching up on anime: Mushi-shi, Pani Poni Dash, Infinite Ryvius, and Gundam Seed Destiny. They were all excellent, in different ways. Mushi-shi is a set of Twilight Zone-style dramatic episodes, but with positive endings. Pani Poni Dash is a spastic, fast-paced comedy […]
3 Aug 07
Another hot day. It’s been in the upper 90’s all week, and it’s slated to stay that way. Which is summer. Feels silly to complain about normal seasonal weather. This is the last day of my Media Fast, and I’m glad of it. I actually broke the Fast today; watched a bit of anime over […]
2 Aug 07
I’ve discovered a downside to this week’s media fast: as a single guy who lives alone, it’s lonely. I come home from work, and I’m tired, and all I have are my projects. Oh, I could go for a walk. But even that’s lonely. Not that I’m complaining; just commenting. I was a little depressed […]