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April
2002 Archive
Wednesday, April 24, 2002Today is a day of loveWhat a good day today! I emailed my sister, Burgundy, about a couple ideas I had for her 2003 wedding - intending to be helpful, not pushy. Not only did she appreciate the ideas, she liked them and she very sweetly said, "Did anyone ever tell you are the best, because you are." I
feed on praise and that one kept me satiated all day. :) Makes
me wiggle with happiness remembering it. Not
to mention getting good work accomplished and having a good rapport
with one of my clients. Plus
I went to a new networking event and representing myself pretty
well. I'm a good networker, but those events are always hit or
miss. Sometimes you click with folks and you're succinct and engaging.
Other times you meet people and just feel like aliens to each
other. Tonight was the Fast Company Company of Friends meeting.
Interesting combination of personalities. I look forward to returning. And
I saw two good friends today who I can laugh with and we can enjoy
the warmth and comfort of mutual respect. Can't beat that either. As
I nice epilogue, I returned home and had a very appreciative and
complimentary email from a new colleague I've begun working with
out of the blue. I adore being appreciated and recognized (who
doesn't, really), and it speaks volumes of this person that he
took to time to write. Perfectly
lovely. I am especially happy.
Tuesday, April 23, 2002Finally!Today I actually dressed right for the weather. Much rejoicing! I
am continually amazed at my site's stats. People all over the
planet have seen my site. Not teeming millions (yet) but
still visits from every corner. Pretty remarkable. Thus, my remarking.
Sunday, April 21, 2002Mother Nature's Sense of HumorFour days ago I posted that it was too warm too think. The next day I install my AC. Today it's 40 cold, windy, rainy degrees. One window practically wide open with AC in it. Although it is such a drafty old window (compared to the new efficient ones in all the other windows), that I doubt the AC propping the window open made much difference. No radiator heat since it was 80 a few days ago. Spent the day getting that definite "up at the cabin" feeling with the brisk temp inside. Tried to work on the computer, but fingers were so cold that typing was difficult. Purple fingernails. Space heater behind me and two big blankets around me. Long underwear, coveralls, cardigans hat. Made due. Very happy when the radiator kicked in. Now
I'm all coooooooozy.
Wednesday, April 17, 2002Too warm to thinkI have an Umberto Eco audio tape (Sign, Symbnol and Code) playing. Between the warm, incubator-like temperature in my apartment and the verbal waterfall in the background - "gestaltedly elegant" - I want a nap. I
am not a warm weather person. I hibernate in the summer, not the
winter. I am nonplussed by the prospect of needing to heave the
mammoth AC into the window mid-April.
Monday, April 15, 2002InstaSummerHow much do I want to play hooky today? Very much. Last Thursday and Friday I was running a workshop with cohorts. Saturday, I was a participating in a workshop. Yesterday I was just a ninny in all day recouping after the 3 day think/work/stand fest. Today, I've got to get back in the grind. So
for now, I've got the blinds up and windows open. Would love more
of a breeze, but am enjoying the taste of warm weather and smell
of growing things wafting in slowly. And happily, I'm not getting
any direct sunlight. I like to think of it as having a twelth
floor cabana with a computer in it. Now I just need some leeeeemoooooooonaaaade. Lake
Michigan is a gorgeous blue today.
Wednesday, April 10, 2002I'm at a loss for words but I desire to replace my last gross post, so here's two Piet Hein Grooks for you. Today's topic: toast.TIMING
TOAST O
TOAST!
Saturday, April 06, 2002Ok, another gross post.The
bathroom drain was draining very slowly, so I bought a bottle
of drain opener. I poured half the bottle in the drain, as directed.
A few minutes later I think I was lured back into the bathroom
by the smell. I sat on the toilet transfixed by the clog-gunk
rising out of the drain. I couldn't turn away from it. The same
lulling movement of a lava lamp, just much groddier.
WARNING
- Gross post I
find this under the heading "Stronium" a bit past the description
for the Nose, "Female.-- Menses: Delayed, at first like meat juice,
then passed in clots." GOOD GOD HOW GROSS. Whatever they
are talking about, I don't want it. Why
can't I search for booger on WebMD? Yeah, I know why, but
it would make my life easier if I could. Let's
hope I replace this post soon.
Friday, April 05, 2002Today's one of those days I with I had one of those sunlamps that they prescribe to folks with Seasonal Affective Disorder. Need more sun. Too much snow. Too much sleep last night. Hungover from crazyass dreams.Posted on 4/5/2002 03:55:00 PM
Wednesday, April 03, 2002Technology badAll of a sudden my Visor freezes when I try to sync it. My computer is cranky and crashing. And my printer ate and choked on five 4x6" cards at once. A true ass-pain to retrieve the cards from the depths of the printer. It's alarming how difficult the design of the machine made it. Sort of like trying to remove a playmobil from a cat's throat with your fist. Gross, yes, but illustrated the difficulty. After scrapped knuckles and adapting a long surgical instrument with rubber stamps and the tips of rubber gloves to yank at the jammed cards, problem solved. Makes me weary of 4x6 cards. *gasp* There's a big stack right here on my desk! *gulp* Poetry
good Piet
Hein rocks an not nearly enough is written about this mathematician/poet/inventor.
How are their no books on him? Here's
two of his Grooks to balance out the technogrumblings. The
Wisdom of Spring Black
earth turned into The
Road to Wisdom
Tuesday, April 02, 2002Once and Again and GoneOne of the top five shows on tv, quality-wise, will be ending soon. Just two more episodes left of ABC's Once and Again. I'll be sorry to see it go. Six Feet Under, Once and Again, and the triumvirate of Law and Order shows are the only tv I make a special point to see. Although
it occasionally lapses into melodrama, Once and Again's strength
is on it's acting and the subtle moments between characters. The
standouts are Julia
Whelan as Grace and Evan
Rachel Wood as Jessie. I look forward to seeing them rock
in other roles. It was a brilliant that while everyone was preoccupied
by Grace joining the Gay-Straight Alliance at school, Jessie was
falling in love with her best friend, Katie. And last night's
episode, about a topic prone to oversimplification (a relationship
between teacher and student), was handled beautifully. I'll be
sorry to see it go, but I look forward to the last two episodes.
It's
been fascinating to see the delusion campaign waged by fans. Don't
get me wrong, this series deserves a longer run. Last season it
made sense to fight for the show, but it was made clear that the
costs were too high and rating too low to survive ABC's cut. Yep,
ABC shouldn't have given it a series suicide timeslot. Yep, critics
love it. Yep, the people watching are ardent fans. But it eked
out one season it wasn't going to have, so it's sad to see the
ABC message boards and fans wanting to keep the show running on
fumes. It'll go into the record books beside My So-Called Life
as incredible, short-lived series. I'll
miss it.
Holy
Poop.
Monday, April 01, 2002April Fools!I'm back from a great weekend in Champaign-Urbana. I went down for Shea and Kathleen's April Fools Eve dinner which comprised of foods that didn't appear to be what they seemed. A Crab Rangoon cheesecake, Fruit Sushi, Pork/Apple and Beef/Cherry "Fruit" Pies (fruit on top, meat underneath), a Chocolate Pate, Cheddar and Apple Enchiladas. I was enlisted to help with the Fruit Sushi and was happy to do so. Also had my first Passover foods while staying with Dan and Gwen. And strangely, Shea and Kathleen served me Halloween Peeps on Easter Day. Basically eating and talking all weekend - can't beat that. I
got back this morning. I was sitting at my computer talking to
my good friend Billy watching the 3-D Pipes screensaver on my
PC do it's thing. All of a sudden, there was a teapot at the end
of one of the pipes! I couldn't stop staring at it. Never saw
it before. Wish I had hit "Print Screen" before the screen cleared
and reset. Described it to Billy who was sure I was still asleep
from my earlier nap. No dice. Really it was there. Turns
out it's an "Easter
Eggs" and although I didn't have it one these settings, you
can replicate the trick with these
instructions. I'm hoping it was not just a coincidence that
the teapot appeared 04.01. It
snowed all day, although it was too warm to accumulate on the
street. Mother Nature's joke on Chicago, or at least my corner
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