3 Jun 07
11:15 P.M. Driving home from the movies. Back country roads. The driver’s side window is cranked all the way down, and the cool country night air tousles my hair. The comforting, sweet back-woods smell of evergreens and a thousand nights of decayed leaves is punctuated by sickly sweet honeysuckle and the acrid twang of skunk. […]
2 Jun 07
You don’t get credit for the small stuff. Mowing the lawn. Cleaning up. Replying to emails. Balancing your budget. Nobody’s going to come up and thank you for doing the small stuff. I’m thirty years old, and I’ve just realized this. Internalizing it has changed me, for the better. I don’t resent the small stuff. […]
30 May 07
I really don’t like pressure.
19 May 07
Woke up this morning. Ran down to the nature trail and back. Showered. Drank some orange juice while my oatmeal cooked, then ate that. Saalon called and we talked excitedly about the giant robot idea we’re working on. Ate some melon and a slice of bread for lunch. Went shopping. Came home, unpacked, started some […]
12 May 07
One of the most popular anime shows in Japan this season is Lucky Star, a screwball comedy about a couple of rather dense high school girls. The opening theme song always makes me smile. You can ignore the nonsense lyrics and just enjoy the over-the-top, fun, completely celebrational animation.
10 May 07
Yesterday was the last day of my web design class. It was a test of my teaching skills, and of my willingneess to teach regularly again. Teaching can drain you incredibly fast. I enjoyed myself. It was challenging, but I had plenty to say every night we met. Each week was different, which is almost […]
9 May 07
You may have noticed that the “recently photographed” image on this site rotated amongst a few recent photos. That’s because the battery door on my camera broke several weeks ago. I haven’t had the money to buy a replacement, thanks my job hop. So, I’ve removed the photo from the sidebar, until I can take […]
8 May 07
Another BFO (Blinding Flash of the Obvious) today: When I come home tired, cook a meal, and realize that I don’t feel like I have any energy to write… …I can choose to write anyway.
7 May 07
As I re-read the first chapter of Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People today, I experienced another blinding flash of the obvious. Covey wrote about the “P/PC Balance.” “P” stands for Productivity, and “PC” for Productive Capacity. He encourages finding time for both work and your capacity to work. I realized that I […]
6 May 07
I seem to be mostly recovered now. I’ve noticed a fair amount of extended blog activity about the Law of Attraction. If you haven’t heard of it, to quote Wikipedia, “‘Our thinking creates our reality.’ In short, if one’s consciousness is in tune with the ‘whole,’ creation becomes a resource from which we can manifest […]