In Long Beach, talk to some French girls in French-they want directions to a store. I tell them, but they want me to go with them. I go, and it’s a drug store. I look at the stuff, and what the girls brought, and get ready to leave.
May 29th, 2018
Trying to put a cover on a table/bed for the loft folks, but it’s in a park. It’s slippery, and slides everywhere. I try, give up, and stuff the cover into the back of the car with the other stuff. They come over and help me put things in, but it’s hard. We can’t close the back, and I need to get through Lander Circle. We stop at the church, and try to get it all back in.
In a bathroom, going to the urinal, there’s poop on the floor. Try to avoid it.
May 27th, 2018
Hanging out with Prince, we’re wearing matching sweaters. It’s the thing to do. A truck crashes through a wall, and we run the other way, into my room. We change into regular clothes. I look out the window at the street.
May 26th, 2018
Trying to put together a fish tank. The water pipes are square and have to be put together. We put them together and seal it with goop.
A holiday? Nice. Whatever.
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Usually I whine here about something, but because E is in and out of medical care, I don’t have much to whine about. We’re working through post-op, and I’m trying to keep things on an even keel. Not easy. I did get my paper boxes purged, which is a major accomplishment, and a big check off my “stuff to do” list. Only 16 more things to go.
Drove to work today-waiting to drive back-M doesn’t want to take the train in to visit E… Found a new way through downtown, home, back to visit E for 10 mins, then Mexican dinner, then sleep. Had to pick up C at 12:30-I woke up suddenly to his text. He got a bunch of ps2 games from a teacher.
Up, lazy, then cleaning, then shopping. House is in pretty decent shape. Church, then back home for S’s interview for Princess and the Pauper. No tram on Sun., so libe, hospital, pick up M, home. Purged a TON of paper, some from 2012, need to go through my filing box, and file the paper I kept. I don’t have S’s birth certificate.
Up today, S out the door, drive to work-I backtracked the way home Fri., not bad-avoided the majority of traffic except for a knot right at the Ross Is. Going home was another story-E wanted stuff from Freddy’s, but they didn’t have it, so I took the Friday route, which wasn’t bad. We were going to get dinner delivered, but no show, so I had to hurry to the store and we ate late. Busy packing S’s stuff for potlatch.
Visited E today and brought her stuff-she might come home today or tomorrow. At the hospital-coming home tonight. It took awhile, but it’s Thurs. and everything is OK-E’s still in pain, but home. Working from home, gamelan went well, S is at potlatch. Sat. AM-didn’t watch the wedding, So, S came home, E’s Dr’s visit, shopping, no w/o-just too tired. Lazy Sat., most everything is tidy, need to vacuum and that’s it. Dinner from S’s teacher.
And it’s Weds., at the ER, E had pain-bruised ribs? So, Church Sun., played OK, so much food from everyone for dinners. WFH Mon., go Tues., away early, shop at Target with E. Tough w/o because I didn’t eat lunch. Some kids watched us do t’ai chi by the pool.
They changed a bit of the app I’m doing, but the change was hidden in a Powerpoint so I didn’t see it. So not the right place for it. I was pissed off all day. Prime rule of UI design: don’t let business analysts or end users design UIs… Still in the ER, E has fluid pressing on the diaphragm. Looks like no gamelan for me tonight.
Friday of a long weekend. E is getting better, except for the thing. Finishing up stuff, but slacking on other stuff.
this. Like Agent Smith in the Matrix said, we are a virus.
Links. brighter side: goats, bee friend, rock balancing, comedy wildlife photo awards. Not so bright: everything else-blame boomers, still the 1 percent, The Hidden Meaning of American Decline.
Page 27, Sentence 5: “They meet the work deadline, and they keep the New Year’s resolution, without much fuss.”, The Four Tendencies
May 24th, 2018
At school, packing up for a trip. A guy brings 2 big grocery bags full of food. I take them, and start putting it into a fridge. There are several boxes of assorted soda-I start sorting them and putting them in the fridge together.
In a race, we’re on horses. Go around the back, lose my horse. Go around to pick it up, lead it away. Walk over to a building and a big room that has a big model of DC, talk about Washington and look at the docs on the wall.
At work, sitting at my computer. Look around and a bunch of people are talking about mainframe stuff. I beg off and one guy’s is impressed by my savvy. I tell him I’ve been at it for a long time. He hopes I wasn’t using a Radio Shack, and I say “all Apples”. Think about the Sinclair.
May 23rd, 2018
Looking at Geddy Lee’s basses. I ask if I can play one, and he says no. I walk over to my rig, and he offers to look at it and help me. He starts unplugging stuff and pulling stuff off as I explain it. I get on thing folded back, and I’m confused as to where things go. I explain that I had it so it was fast to set up.
At work, go to my cube, arrange things. Go downstairs and they’re cleaning. I wrap a cloth around my waist, badly, and go back to my cube.
May 21st, 2018
In a factory that process trash. Go on the floor-all the workers are busy moving things, operating machines, etc. We have a plan to steal jewels and replace them. We get the jewels and hide them. I go to my computer and fumble a few stones. Someone comes over and says there’s a meeting and where was I. I hide everything, then walk out to the parking lot.
May 18th, 2018
Walk into my parent’s apt-it’s ours now. Kris is having a horse thing. I sit on the couch with some folks. Mom comes in and starts making nasty comments. I get mad and tell her off.
Walk into some guy’s apt-he’s auditioning a drummer with a toy kit. The guy sets up and starts playing. The guy joins in on piano and I look for the bass. We leave, jump down a wall into a square in Paris. Sit at a table, some girls come over then leave. Go to some guy’s stall, sit and pick up nails and put them in a bowl.
E is going to sell lululemon? with Dr. Barnum. He shows her the order process. We drive through Hunting Valley? to where the tights are stored. I start arranging, and worry about stealing and insurance, because the shelves are open and right by the road.
Playing tennis at a park with someone.
May 17th, 2018
Hanging out with the gang, a girl wants to ride with us as equals. We say no, and one of the other girls questions her. She walks along with us. I want to get food, and walk back to the apartment. We look for the Korean BBQ cart, but he’s not there. We walk up to the plaza and I munch on an old bone. Spit the fat into a garbage can as we make our way through the crowd.
May 12th, 2018
Somewhere, the choir director is telling me I’m not good enough to play with them. I say whatever and leave.
Not bad, not bad at all.
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It’s Tuesday, and my work computer is still slooooow. 4 hours to start up Websphere, which usually takes 10-20 mins. Did a hibernate, so it’s better today, but the CPU is pegged. Better now, but page refresh is glacial. Correction: slow, at least for ajax calls and publishing. Gamelan tonight-Puspawarna is getting better, everything else is fine.
It’s Friday, May 4th. No choir last night-got some laundry and dishes done. That seems to be the way of things now for me-I thought about practicing piano…I cleaned up and bounced my laptop, now I’m sitting at a “Configuring Windows Updates” screen-took a half-hour to clear…WAS is still slow, but better-2 1/2 hours. W/o late, M is getting better at t’ai chi. Yummy BLT for dinner.
Saturday, Cinco de Mayo. We’re having French toast for dinner. Ironic, seeing as the French lost the battle celebrated by Cinco de Mayo. My work laptop is performing fine here at home, so there’s something going on with my network connection at work. I’ve gotten more work done in an hour than I got done all last week. Cleaned, dinner, watching Harry Potter. Sun., church, market, shop, home. And now, Tues. W/o Sun.-M hurt his shoulder, but seems to be healing OK. Figured out what’s wrong with the slow laptop-it’s the docking station. Pulled everything out, working fine, but with 2 fewer screens.
Weds., E’s surgery tomorrow-we have to be there at 5:30. Correction: 10:30-not so bad. W/o last night-M is still hurt. Upped my running by 3 minutes-another few months and I’ll be running the whole time. Up late-hard to get to sleep.
Thursday morning, computing at the dinner table (which is never used for dinner). Leaving soon. And it’s 2, computing in the surgical waiting room-E is in the OR. Hopefully everything will go well. There was a fire alarm. I have to go to S’s play at 5:30-leave here at 4:45? Left at 4:30 and barely made it-picked up M and got there just as it started. S is a fine actress. At work on Fri., visited E-she’s doing as well as can be expected after having your gallbladder out. Rev. Jeanne visited her last night, we’re planning to visit tonight too.
This is pretty cool. And this.
Links. brighter side: ballerina, funny pets, homeless piano player, snow monkeys, the power of treating people with respect. Not so bright: everything else.
Page 23, Sentence 5: “And whether we deem the galaxies to be moving or the space between there and here to be growing, the result is the same.”, Zoom: How Everything Moves
May 10th, 2018
At a kite store, someone is showing off their gigantic inflatable. It fills the entire store. There’s a rev next to it, and I want to fly it. We get the lines out, and start putting black stuff on them to make them slippery. We lay out 2 sets of lines and race to get it done.
Coming home from a road trip. Sara from work calls and we talk about coming in to look at something. I go, and work is a restaurant that’s closing for the night. They have a problem with their time punch system. I say to restart it, but they’re locking up and we leave. I walk across the gravel parking lot.
May 9th, 2018
At a friends’, I bought a Ferrari for a song. I leave to go to a conference, walk back and they’ve driven it. I’m mad and take away the keys. I go outside to move some stuff, come back and the car is gone. Panic, then see it’s a trick. Go and talk about the car and how awesome it is. Talk about where to drive it. A rainstorm comes-walk around and climb up a hill and back down.
May 8th, 2018
On the beach, they’re doing a promo with fruit as baseball. We want to throw it, but they’re not. I walk over to the tent, wanting to fly the power kite. He throws me the ball and it’s a pear, very hard. I throw it back to him and walk away.
May 7th, 2018
At school, I have to go to detention. Walk to the room, sign the sheet, go in and they’re going to play dodgeball. A bunch of people are standing around, and they don’t want to play. I crawl around lightly tapping them with the ball so they can be out-they go sit in the bleachers. The rest want to play, and we get set up.
May 4th, 2018
Go into a big bathroom stall. There’s someone’s toothbrush and stuff in there. A girl rushes in and says it’s her’s-she had to go do something. I tell her that girls aren’t really allowed in a men’s bathroom.
May 3rd, 2018
Playing bass with a jazz trio-thinking about how to improvise. Sitting with a guitar, trying to find a good tone.
May 2nd, 2018
At a concert, waiting for the show to start-it’s 80’s nostalgia acts. There’s not many people there, we walk around. We’re at another venue, and the place where the stage is is being used. The band (The Tubes!) sets up on the other side, and it’s a big rig. They want to move it to the expected place. I look at the rig, and they have huge processor screens.
Showers and flowers?
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Here it is May. The old adage about April and May bringing showers and flowers is ringing less true as climate change pushes those dates earlier and earlier. We’ve been having lovely blooms here for a few weeks now…Too bad about everything else-politics is just a nightmare, I’m just trying to keep moving forward. I have a huge list of things to do, but am lacking the focus and energy. Everything seems OK-kids are fine-C is changing his look, M is working hard, S is spending too much time on her phone. E has surgery in a week-that’s the real big thing, hopefully it goes well and she gets better.
Friday! Lots to do. It’s 4/20, and students are walking out, but not to smoke pot. Home, w/o late, up Sat., very sore throat, lazy-laundry and bathroom and vacuum. Sun.-church, Sat. market, shop-got a PS2, calculator, socks-so much fun. w/o-I have a cold, so it’s hard. Tues.-better today, yesterday was tough. Called my Dad for his birthday. Today just flew by. W/o-pretty good, t’ai chi outside. Thurs.-it’s going to be hot. No jacket, super comfy out with just a shirt. Gamelan was OK-still not 100% on Puspawarna. C is going with white hair. Odd dream-at my childhood house, pooping freely, then floating and everything went black-forced myself out and called out loud. Was up for awhile-don’t remember any of the other dreams, though I remembered them when I woke up. I need to scribble them down right then.
Another Friday. Supposed to be a cool rainy day. Choir last night-decent. Not motivated to clean the kitchen afterwards. Same on Fri, and got busted for it. I was so tired, just couldn’t do it. W/o was good, though. Sat. was cleaning, quick shop for food, laze after that. Sun. church, libe, shop, w/o, dinner, bed. I’m pretty tired right now.
Links. brighter side: Girl surprises her nurse, Texas man made a sign, feeds homeless with allowance. Not so bright: everything else.
Page 23, Sentence 5: “So if philosophy has as little substance as Krauss claims, if there is no way to make progress in philosophical knowledge, then this is as serious a problem for a physicist like Krauss as it is for those who call themselves philosophers.”, Plato at the Googleplex