So far I had a leftover taco for breakfast, and leftover ham and bean casserole for lunch. Leftovers are neat, if I can convince myself to leave some of the food over. Had some decaf coffee this morning and cherry lemonade for lunch. Spent a few more hours on wanking with Veritas, giving myself a crash course in freeing up tapes and all. Looks like backups are working again, and a second crisis has been averted. ...
Thursday: I went to work, things were slow but there were still some loose ends to tie up. I brought home food from By Th’ Bucket, a nice Italian place near my house. Not sure what else I did this day. Friday: Work again, even slower. I left early so I could go by the Humane Society (see separate entry). I didn’t really want to get restaurant food again, so I made green bean casserole (french-cut green beans, cream of chicken soup, French’s fried onions, milk and pepper) and served this with honey ham (which is already cooked, so I whacked off some slices and nuked them).
Got up and went for a walk, about an hour long, went to Walgreens and picked up a snack. I enjoy a nice walk, especially with headphones and CD player, though the headphones are nicer if I’m walking on back streets with fewer fast/noisy cars. D called to ask if we want to go to a movie. I said no - M wasn’t up yet and I didn’t want to go by myself. I still want to see LOTR, so hopefully I can do so soon. ...
Pyramids! by Terry Pratchett (This is the 7th in the series. This means I have read books 3, 8, 1, 2, and 7. 4, 5, and 6 are on the way to me.) The Assassins’ Guild and its associated Academy (in Ahnk-Morpork) are the setting for the first part of this story. It looks like the Assassins’ Guild is the most fun and stylish of the Guilds, and its Academy is a bit like boot camp. So, into this environment we throw Teppic, a spoiled young adult from a royal family from a far-off River Kingdom with lots of pyramids and not much else but sand. You have a nice coming-of-age story mixed with a nice view of the “colorful night life” of our familiar but smelly city. ...
This year, Michelle and I decided to give to charity this year, instead of our normal gift-giving of the season. We selected the Humane Society of Santa Clara as our preferred charity this year. Today I went there to give them a check. It’s probably better if I don’t say how much, here on the Internet, but let’s just say the guy at the Humane Society said “Wow” and had to shake my hand twice. ...
I haven’t done a lot of reading since the convention trip, but here are some reviews for the stuff that I did read during the trip: Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett Terry Pratchett is an extremely witty writer, and his work is a pleasure to read. The Discworld is about a magical world quite different from our own – it is in fact pizza-shaped and floats through space on the back of a giant tortoise. Despite the “unlikely” nature of the world, it is in fact quite well-imagined and it has its own set of natural laws. Sort of like “Xanth for grown-ups”. ...
I haven’t written in a long time, probably because I have been tired and lethargic for the past month or so. I haven’t really done much of anything exciting. I’ve mostly been filling in the time with watching TV more than usual, staying up late, downloading stuff from the Internet. I’m not feeling very creative or even productive lately. Oh, here’s one thing I did do: Michelle and I went to Shane Company to get new wedding rings. My old ring is nice, but I can’t really wear it much because it’s a bit too small and the style of it makes my finger irritated after a bit. So we both got new ones, in preparation for our 10th anniversary (coming up next June). Mine is a white gold band with some diamonds channel-set, and Michelle’s is a mix of diamonds and rubies with a ruby center stone. Nice!
Yes, these are very silly. I’m A Cow: http://www.pacland.cc/imacow.swf Weeeeee! http://www.threebrain.com/weeeeee.html Enjoy!
Posting this mostly for myself… contains some personal info. (If you’re reading this, it’s because you’re a close friend and I trust you to respect my privacy and Michelle’s) Kethry2 (11:10:11 PM): What else you been doing lately? Nekodojo (11:12:58 PM): Had an argument with miche about how I would like her to clean up after herself more and not leave trash lying around Kethry2 (11:13:16 PM): Oh? How did it go? Nekodojo (11:13:17 PM): There is more to it than that, but that’s the short version Kethry2 (11:13:39 PM): Yeah, Did you feel good, getting it out like that? Nekodojo (11:14:14 PM): Eh, she was pissed off at me because I was a bit patronizing, but I think she will be more aware of it (and that it annoys me) after this… Kethry2 (11:14:58 PM): Think it will help? Nekodojo (11:17:45 PM): We had another argument a week or two ago (right before we came to visit you) that was related a bit… I said that I feel like our chores are divided into “things Greg does” and “things we both do together”… I said that I feel like her asking me to help with something she said she would do makes me feel like she doesn’t recognize and understand the things that I do on my own every day without prompting. Kethry2 (11:19:00 PM): Maybe you could make a list? Greg Chores, Miche chores Together chores? ...
I have too many instant messenger services and not enough contacts to talk to. If you know me (or even if you don’t, I guess) and you use any of these services, send me a message so I know who you are. AOL/Netscape messenger: Nekodojo MSN Messenger: gconnor@nekodojo.org ICQ: 18362803 I will probably ditch one or more of these services, because right now I only have two contacts in each. It looks like MSN Messenger is the best for voice, but they’re all about the same for text messaging. Your comments welcome…