Walk into a small room at a church for a gig. Sit down, then leave. Talk to someone about the place and she knows it, but images the larger auditorium.
August 13th, 2018
At a boxing match? with Chris M. There’s a bunch of mobsters with the boss and he’s messing with people. They leave, and we’re supposed to go with them, but Chris says no and we sneak out another way, through an amphitheater.
At someone’s house, there’s a party and we’re near the end to leave. Talk to Gina L about stuff as more people come.
August 9th, 2018
Talking with Tam about a book. We go to a bookstore to find it. I look around and can’t. Tam goes to the counter and the person says we have to order it. I talk to her about how I find Finnegan’s Wake hard and need help. She says the same, and I say I started a few times and never got very far, and that it needs to be read aloud to make it comprehensible.
August 7th, 2018
Walking to our apartment through a park, see Delynda in the Mercedes. Go talk to her. Walk back home.
Getting ready to go on a trip. One guy wants money for food, I show him the dollar in my wallet and say that’s all I have, and my bank account is in the negative.
Listen to a band with Paul S. They finish, take out some gear and ask Paul how they were. Go to the bar, some guy is paying, but he can’t because no drinking and driving, so I get the card and pay because I’m the driver.
We’re doomed, or are we?
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I want to say that the long nightmare is over, but it’s really just beginning. I read several pessimistic articles this morning on the way in. I’m not going to link them here-there’s just too much bad news to bother spreading more. Suffice it to say, we need to find ways to undo our impact on climate and the ecosystem, and reverse the divisive nature of our politics. Maybe that’s what I should be working on rather then Anthrodev. Or maybe anthrodev is the solution…or Thanos snapping his fingers.
Tuesday morning-last night was better-I woke up once, maybe twice. No pain while going to sleep. We are out of $$$, and in negative land. Hard to get motivated. I’m hurting now. W/o-no arms again, S came and did cardio and I showed her how to lift on really light weights and stretching. No t’ai chi for her. My shoulder’s getting better, but not there yet. Finally got my technical issue resolved. That’s a relief.
It’s Friday, going to be a tight month. The raise nets to something, but a big bill to pay. Didn’t sleep well at all last night-so tired.
Now, Monday. Was so tired this morning. Actually slept a little on the train. Not much else of note: usual weekend-tidy, laundry, vacuum, shopping. Got a new bed for S. Delicious pot pie last night, my wife is a binz maven. W/o Friday and last night-I did a full 30 mins running, but slow-will be increasing pace over the next week. My shoulder still hurts-tough to sleep, skipping arm lifts.
Thursday-trying to get a final production release out-and hopefully it’s done with this QA push. I’m tired. Tue. w/o was 28 mins at 5 mph-just about my limit, and legs only. If I can keep to this, cut down on sugar in coffee & after dinner, I might lose some weight. My shoulder is improved, and I think I’ll go back to arms tomorrow. Now Friday-getting last-minute changes in-luckily nothing big. So far-it’s only 11. And it ended with a few minor things. Hopefully the deployment will go OK.
It’s Monday-didn’t sleep so well last night. The air quality is in the orange-the sun was a fine shade of orange this morning. Weekend was ok-deployment went fine, except a glitch with an external service being down. Tidied Sat., the usual-the vacuum had a huge clog. Watched Avengers infinity war. M can see Thanos’ point, I debated it, because we live in an energy-rich and resource rich Universe-local shortages and Universe-wide limits are really only important over Galactic scales. We also watched the new “In search of” and talked about time travel. Picked up C & J from school, went to the bins and drove them to her house.
Church Sun., go to Woodstock Farmer’s Market to stand around the Micha’el booth-got sunburned. Home, lazy, just the basics-kitchen, laundry, tidy. W/o Fri. and Sun.-I ran 2.5 miles in a half hour! That’s a milestone-it means my shape is improving-I started out last October with light cycling, moved to walking Thanksgiving, running April. I had been doing walk/run intervals, and moved to a full 30 mins run last week. I think I’ll cycle between full run, intervals and elliptical/stairs. No idea whether to move to multiple lifting routines-with a limited quantity of machines my options are limited. I think I’ll revise the cards to accommodate what I have.
Links. brighter side: I got nuttin’-I could post cute pictures of kittens, otters and puppies, or uplifting stories of people helping each other and the natural world…but not feeling it today. Not so bright: everything else.
Page 23, Sentence 5: “Once the cocoon solidifies, it’s practically impenetrable, but what’s more is that it is equipped with razor-sharp, whip-like tendrils that lash out against any perceived threats.”, Best American Comics 2017; “Fig. D: Everything’s in order, officer.”, This Book Will Change Your Life; “For a rose to bloom, the root, stem, and leaf have first to develop.”, The Human Life; “Led by three young Black Minorca pullets, the hens made a determined effort to thwart Napoleon’s wishes.”, Animal Farm
August 4th, 2018
Climb up to the top of a building with a big gun and bullets. We’re going to do something. Load up things and shoot at a building to test. The bullet moves slowly and hits, breaking off a huge chunk of concrete.
Dog days, forever.
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57th birthday coming up. I hope my family didn’t get me anything. S is at camp and misses us at bedtime-I’ve been giving her long-distance hugs-hope it helps. It seems to-she didn’t have to call yesterday. W/o last night-I worked hard and was tired afterwards. Got news of a pay raise today-that helps some! Maybe I can get a house sometime soon. Pretty quiet otherwise without S around. And it’s Friday. Pretty quiet, but traffic is supposed to be bad, so I don’t know what to do yet. Missed my bus last night, E picked me up, went to the bins, found a pair of jeans and a tripod.
Sat. night, hanging out, w/o last night, picked up S this morning, after breakfast in Molalla. Shop, pool party, tidy, dinner.
This.
Sunday, time to work out. Church, blackberries, home, tidy, vacuum, folding. It’s hot. Playing a lot of hole.io-addicting… In bed early, woke up a few times, up and to work on my birthday. A number of happy birthday wishes on FB, including Becky H, who I had a huge crush on Freshman year at Miami. Her and Katy K, Frosh comp. Then there was Susan B. and that other girl whose name I never found out. And the one Sophomore in my Fortran class-who sat next to me on the first day with short short shorts on. I could go on…I did find out later, after I started going out with Kris, that Becky and Katy had a bet on who would kiss me first. lol. Actually, ack! I was so oblivious. Same thing happened in London with Valerie & Stacia & Cat. Plus all the chasing after women who weren’t interested…Marie, Diane, Sue B., Meg, Leslie, etc., etc. Then there’s Susan S. I dunno-glad I found E, tho’ I sometimes daydream about what would’ve happened if I hadn’t…
My right shoulder is killing me-hard to sleep, and I can’t reach it to massage the muscle that’s complaining. E tried, but I may need PT if it doesn’t resolve. I’m reluctant to go to a massage parlor, as I’m not sure they’ll be able to treat that particular problem. Thurs. afternoon, still hurting, though less. Still hard to sleep, but less.
E got me clothes. W/o Tue., walk and jog, dropped the weights-don’t want to overexert, as it’s 74 in the room-did perfect lifts rather than max weight. M swam, then t’ai chi. Quiet Weds., out of $$$…
Now Friday, production deployment this weekend. E is selling some stuff to raise $$$. W/o, cooler, shoulder still hurts.
Monday, deployment went, but not perfect. Halfway there. Sat., tidy, the usual. Church Sun., shop, out of $$$. W/o, skipped arms. Hard to sleep, finally was able to, but hard to get going this morning.
Links. brighter side: baby elephant. goats visit otters, ninja pets, tasty treats. Not so bright: everything else.
Page 23, Sentence 5: “Galileo’s observations produced other surprises as well.”, The Copernicus Complex; “When it comes to determining what a baby is predicting, though, psychologists have an app for that.”, The Upright Thinkers, “And we say “his” advisedly.”, Hypercapitalism
August 3rd, 2018
Wake up suddenly to my name being spoken very clearly.
Driving S to something across town. It starts to snow, and the roads are getting slippery. I turn a corner, and run into a snowbank. I push the car out, back up, turn around, and start down the hill and around that way.
August 1st, 2018
Wake up, see a bunch of rectangles coming at me, some of them have faces with big teeth.
July 29th, 2018
Playing with an odd baby alligator with a huge mouth. It snaps shut, them opens again.
At US, making copies for the Mabian year-end addendum. Walk through the office to get them, they’re all fuzzy. The secretary mentions it and I go to reprint them-much better.
In a field, a bunch of people start flying Revs. They’re beginners/intermediates. I walk over to ask if I can borrow one for a minute. It starts raining and we all get under the trees. I get under one and find a wood stairway to a hidden treehouse. It stops and we go out. One guy has his lines all tangled with another kite. He yells to find out whose it is, then he realizes it’s his own. I go over to help him out.
July 28th, 2018
Orbiting the Moon, fairly low-going to land soon. The surface is coming up fast. I’m standing just behind the pilot, looking out the front, he’s sitting low, or I’m on a raised deck. He says one of the landing checklist items is wrong, and starts dictating revisions to me. I’m writing, but have him repeat a lot. I go back and look at the fish tank.
July 25th, 2018
Talking to someone about how to draw a good looking ellipse around a planet..
July 23rd, 2018
Getting ready to go out hiking with Leslie B? I’m fiddling around putting stuff in small pockets. Get my shoes on-they’re odd rubber-like and thin. Re-put things in the pack. Get it on and start walking-talking about my odd shoes-they’re like those finger shoes with clear rubber. We walk along the road and into a creek, splashing through shallow water-the shoes are great for this. The water gets deeper then fills the entire area-we have to turn back.
Sitting in our living room, going through bank documents. Some guy (Paul Krugman?)is there going over them, and talking about how managed gas bills and the like are a rip-off. He asks about the overseas accounts I have in Grand Cayman.
Inevitable change is coming.
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Don’t have many deep thoughts this time-trying to stay afloat, and it’s not easy. I have no idea what’s happening with our country-the news and social media shows it fracturing, but when I walk outside and travel back and forth from work, it’s not. Like I said at the end of my electronic senior page, I feel despair at the mess, but true, deep change is messy, and the old order is highly resistant to change that strikes at the core of their worldview. Unfortunately, they’re good at indoctrination, and a good third of the people in the US are highly indoctrinated and have no way of thinking through it. More mess to come-100 million people is a lot, and demographic change is inexorable. But then again, so is climate change, and this is going to be a big squeeze. I’ve tried really hard not to drag specific, political issues into this blog, because it would swamp everything and just make me agitated. I’ve said that before…onward.
It’s Sunday. Back to work tomorrow. At the libe on the tablet. I’ve been contemplating using a tablet fulltime. It comes down to the storage unit, as I can do most of the rest from here-Orion is the key-I need to be able to do development on a tab.
Not much else, it’s super hot in L.A.-called my mom to check in. Saw S’s play, cleaned the house, failed to grill (need a key), watched TV. Got shelves at the bins, S rode her bike to the dollar tree. Played Let It Be at church-we were going to do the ending and the pianist didn’t, so I did a lame quiet version…
Monday-hard to sleep last night. M and I played pool yesterday-too hot to work out, libe, Mike’s for ice cream. I need more sleep. Didn’t get it, in bed at 11:30, up at 2ish, and when E got up for her Dr’s. app’t. Plus also I missed a call from work at 4:30-sorta not sad about that. Weds.-no gamelan over the summer. M is in Salem for FBI camp, E & S have to drive him back & forth-aargh.
And it’s Friday morning, and I had to drive M to Salem and come back-at least I’m working from home and E is going to do the afternoon drive unless M gets a ride. Tough being in a car for 2 hours without a break. I’m tired, coffee only helped for a little bit, and it’s going to be 94 out. E got a new window A/C unit, and I had to put it in last night-so unpleasant, and now a ton of cleaning needs to be done. Watching the Tour on and off.
Monday afternoon-been quite hot-we have A/C, so it’s not bad. Very tired, though. The house is mostly clean-vacuumed and tidied and did laundry yesterday, hard time sleeping. Worked out last night for the first time in a few weeks-the broken A/C in the gym is fixed. Not much else-grilled burgers, it was cooler, E gave me a sleep aid. It worked, but I felt slow when I woke up.
A weekend has passed, back to work. S went to church camp, not much else-it’s hard for her to be away from us, hopefully she’ll be OK. Spent some time getting the house clean, per usual. Got a nice old sewing machine for S for $20 at a yard sale. Yummy blackberries from church. Going to be hot, but not as bad as last year.
Links. brighter side: Saint Jimmy, haka!. Not so bright: everything else.
Page 23, Sentence 5: “Did the economy stall because tax rates were too high-or were the real villains all those Chinese exports and a spike in oil prices?”, Think Like a Freak; “In stone, where only upper-case letters are used, this is rendered SAVANT (or ST. if the stonecarver is running out of space).”, Anathem; “Without meaning to, Torrance had done something else.”, How to Fly a Horse
July 22nd, 2018
Walking through a train station in a foreign land. They’re checking id’s. I show them my U.S. driver’s license, and they ask for my passport. I tell them I don’t have it, and run. They chase me out of the station, and I run around a building and find a place to hide. They don’t find me, and I sneak out, across a street, and into a market. I walk around, keeping an eye out for police-I hear sirens and a helicopter, but they’re not close.
July 18th, 2018
Helping Teresa J address a letter to Ireland. We’re unsure of the proper street address, so I go to Google Maps and dive down to the actual house. We talk about whether it’s the up or down number. Jump there, and we’re in a drawing room, going through piles of paper to get to our stuff.
Alongside a track, talk about skiing and how good Mikaela Schiffrin is.
July 13th, 2018
Sitting in a room with the Kuceras. Trying to smoke some pot. J takes one of my cigarettes and shotguns the whole thing, making a square column of smoke that stays together and drifts past the window.
July 12th, 2018
Walking along a country road, trying to get somewhere. We go down towards a bridge, and Robert Plant comes past in a mini and offers us a ride. We squeeze in-I’m lying on the floor crossways, another guy is squeezed in the back. We talk about playing tennis, and Robert says he’s pretty good. We talk about him vs me and the other 2 guys wherever.
July 11th, 2018
Throwing handfuls of bullets and stuff into the lake. I’m thinking this is a bad thing to do. A dolphin? orca? comes by. We wave, and it stops and lets us pet it, then goes out the inlet.
At gamelan, playing a new piece. I don’t know where to sit, so I sit and wait while they’re playing.
July 10th, 2018
At school, settling into a room of bunks. Go outside for a mixer, walk around nervously, afraid to talk to anyone. Back in the dorm after blacking out. Look through a bunch of posters, get my sweater from lost & found.