Thursday, September 15, 2005
Okay. Okay, okay, okay. I’m not dead. I didn’t come down with the Mexican Whooping Grippe. I was not abducted by cute, big-eyed alien girls and whisked away on a wild interstellar adventure. I did not travel to a distant land to avenge the death of my master. I did not stumble into a giant robot fight and get caught up in a war. I did not lose myself, and I did not find myself. I’ve just […]
Friday, September 9, 2005
Wow. Summer continues to impress with warm beauty every day. Fabulous. Meanwhile, quite a bit’s been hapenning. I’ve been hunting around for a renter on Craig’s List, and got a phone call on Thursday from a woman, asking if she could look at the place. She seemed reasonable enough, so she arranged to come over that evening. Turned out to be a very nice woman who liked the place, and wanted […]
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Brainstormed a novel. Chatted with friends. Proceessed everything in my inbox. Made hard-cooked eggs for breakfast tomorrow, so I can start the day with some protein as well as my usual orange juice and Clif Bar. Did a load of laundry. Ran for forty minutes, and as I jogged down my neighborhood’s sidewalk, I gulped in the fresh air and gazed at the star-studded curtain of the night sky. Perfect.
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
From June through August, summer’s been a crotchety old man. Not villainous, just a general obstruction to good times. It’s been too hot, or too muggy, or constantly raining, or some combination of the three (occasionally all of them). Never to such an extreme that anyone can seriously complain; no heat waves or typhoons. Just generally unpleasant. Then this past week it made up for its past sins. […]
Sunday, September 4, 2005
Just finished watching Ong-Bak, and what an enjoyable movie that is. Harsh, painful, serious…but there’s lots of amazing action and stunt scenes. A good, good film. Sadly, my pounding headache insists that I write no further. Perhaps more tomorrow, as I’ll have the day off. Briefly, I’ve had a pretty uneventful weekend. Did a bunch of chores Saturday morning, had a very long Otherspace meeting Saturday afternoong, mostly […]
Friday, September 2, 2005
Gah. Got back from running, which is good, except it’s made me very tired, which is bad. I think I’m just not used to running, and I’m certainly not used to running for 45 minutes at a time. But I’ve been listening to EarthCore and The Three Musketeers. EarthCore is decently written but wonderfully performed by the author, while The Three Musketeers is brilliantly performed by an Englishman. The 45 minutes […]
Thursday, September 1, 2005
Well, that was most remarkable. I bought myself an iPod Shuffle today, primarily because of an article in Runner’s World in which the author enthused over his times spent running while listening to audiobooks on his iPod. I’ve been thinking about running again after getting no exercise for the past few months, so I figured that $100 was a reasonable investment. I left the house at 10:00, recognizing that I can usually […]
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Today, summer felt autumn breathing down its neck, so it gave us a classic summer day to remind us that it’s still August: hot and sunny, but breezy enough to keep the heat from turning oppressive. The cicadas called loud and desperately to each other. If you like summer, this would have been your day. I spent much of the workday fighting small fires; apps that […]
Monday, August 29, 2005
Ahhhh, I love Mondays. I really do. I’m usually rested thanks to the weekend, and I charge headlong through the workday, getting all sorts of things done, to come home tired but fulfilled. So I did. I spent a fair chunk of the morning reviewing my projects and tasks and laying out a Next Actions list. Then I spent the rest of the day powering through it. Incredibly satisfying. Odd that I don’t do it more often. Then […]
Sunday, August 28, 2005
A good, quiet couple of days. Though it’s interesting I should say that; I’m sure others would describe a “quiet couple of days” as hell. Such things are on my mind because I’ve been looking for romance on eHarmony. Funny how this process of looking for someone else makes you think more about yourself. Well, I want to make a good impression on any girl I’d meet. I have little love for the eHarmony […]