Year: 2019

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No sleep ’til…

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So, the weekend is here, and I’m not going to get any rest until Sunday afternoon. Then the cleaning starts. So no rest until Sunday night. And then the week is me as single dad.

Late Tues. PM at work. Feel better, but I’m under the gun. It’s not that big a deal, but still. I feel OK, but still.

Weds. afternoon, we may have a long-standing issue solved. Up late working last night-running on lack of sleep. This will mean billed hours against Friday. Good w/o, but no negs without Matt to help me-dinner, work, picked him up, shop, home, work. Forgot a move in t’ai chi-remembered it and redid everything to that point. No gamelan tonight.

Thursday May 2nd-so, it’s been at least a week-just too busy to bother doing this, even though there are bits of time throughout my day. Been playing a lot of Golf Battle. E have a huge vertigo episode yesterday, cured by the Epley Maneuver. I’m working at home to help out with whatever. Not much else-M is busy working, S and C are much the same. Not really motivated to clean up , but got a lot done today. Started back on the treadmill Tues., and now my knees ache going upstairs. Bleh. Went to the Dr.’s last Monday-haven’t lost any weight, everything else is OK. Huge server issue last week, not our fault, except for increased traffic. E got me a Creative Zen at the binz-need to load it up-better than a phone for workouts.

Monday afternoon, almost time to go home.

Wednesday afternoon, need to eat. E had a bad vertigo thing last week, she’s going to see her sister next week. Went to Uwajimaya Sat. with C & gf-he’s now 18… Not much else, M got his hair cut, I need to cut mine, having more apnea. Workouts are going well.

Thursday, trying to get stuff pushed out. Death by a thousand cuts, and some technical problems to iron out. Gamelan was fine, Earl showed up! S’s Olympiad is this weekend, and it’s going to be hot. She has new running shoes-hopefully that will help some.

Friday, noon. Not delivering this weekend-too many issues. I’m calling it.

Links. brighter side: been here before, got nothin’. Not so bright: everything else.

Page 22, sentence 5.“Make a list.”, What Color is Your Parachute 2018.

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May 8th, 2019

At 30700, there are rubber pipes coming out of the closet in my parent’s second room. They’re dripping/running into a jagged hole in the floor. I try to close them with binder clips. Dad comes up and starts messing with them.

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May 6th, 2019

Talking with Mindy outside her house. She’s complaining about someone messing with her cats.

Working on troubleshooting a network issue. Digging into the network driver code.

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May 5th, 2019

Walking into my parent’s house. I walk around a corner, and find some guy living in my parent’s closet. I’m shocked. I start beating him up. The cops come.

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May 4th, 2019

At a party/concert. Someone is talking about how there is an area set up that can read your position and make music out of it. Walk over and look at it, then sit there and watch him set it up. There are lots of colored lights. Think about how to play with it.

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May 2nd, 2019

Drive up to a road closure, try to get through-the hole in the road is getting bigger. Drive back and up to the next street, park. Someone is trying to sell something to the contractor, gets chased by the foreman. I go to the office and talk to the site manager about needing special tubs.

Walk to some party, talk to Diane about getting dead drunk. I sober up very quickly and get ready to go.

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April 30th, 2019

Standing on a table, some girl is below. I pull her jacket and top off. Suddenly I’m on the ground and she’s on hands and knees. I lick her.

In the kitchen, it’s a mess. I walk out then back, Jim Carrey jumps into the sink, then throws a plate against the wall. I yell at him to stop. Tom Fullmer breaks a few and I lose it. Him and E say I should see a therapist for my problem. I yell that for the stress to go away, just remove the stressor, so STOP BREAKING DISHES!!!

Walk past some people talking about music, one says something about Matt Seligman, and it’s him! I say that I know who he is, from Thomas Dolby. He says yeah, that.

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April 27th, 2019

At 30700, on the side, looking at some pipes. I have to climb up, and it’s wet. Dad is calling up to me and I can’t hear him. Start to climb back down.

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April 19th, 2019

Waiting by the side of the tracks to hop on a train. One passes and we hide in some bushes. I see the conductor. We get on another and pass the earlier one. We arrive and go up and down to another track. They’re checking tickets and I go through my wallet trying to find it. I do and chat with the ticket taker.

In a house looking at an old book full of coins. I stole it from a guy who stole it from a museum. We talk about how much some of them are worth. I pull some of them out of the book.

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April 17th, 2019

Hanging out in someone’s living room. Smoke a nice big glass bong. Get ready to leave, Jerry J and Anita come in and I talk about the new bong that’s the same as the Toker II but better.

Getting ready to go to the Lennon Claypool show. Look over the fence and Sean is talking about how Tomorrow Never Knows isn’t about acid-I say “if you think that, you need more acid”. I walk away and hear an announcement about kids in trouble and I hear my name. Go back to the car and get in to wait for the doors to open. Gaby is there, and 2 girls get in. S says the one is really drunk-she does look it.

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April 16th, 2019

On a field with a rugby team-I switched teams. At the back of a scrum, waiting for the ball. It gets kicked out then put back in. A hole opens up and the ball is there, and as big as a beach ball. I grab it and run for a try. I go back to the scrum and I’m like: this is my team, I want to switch from the other one.

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Taxes were a kick in the nuts.

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Should I just call this one “title tbd”? That’s how I feel…Don’t really want to anything. Not a thing. Everything is a mess, and I daydream before I go to sleep. On the bright side, my oldest son has a part-time job, and our t’ai chi practice is going well. But money is short, and I’m tired of cleaning our apartment over and over. So, narrative only…

Thursday, almost time to go.

Friday, on the train. Up early, hopefully leave early. Won’t know until it happens. Not much new going on-there were alpacas at work yesterday. Not many people at gamelan. Hard to get motivated to clean the house this week. Finished the book I was reading-that was a slog…

Monday-2 meetings I thought were today are tomorrow. Got hit with a blast of stuff. Pretty quiet weekend-tidy, run around, church-no E, but M, w/o-knee and hip improving. We are through the long Yang t’ai chi form! 113 moves-we’re still a little fuzzy on the last bit, but we got through it yesterday.

This is pretty cool…

On the train, Weds. morning. Tired-woke up early dehydrated-E says I was snoring. Good w/o, S did the treadmill and elliptical-she needs to improve her running for the Olympiad-she did well-heart rate up around 137 for a good while, almost 60 minutes walking, a little running, elliptical. I tweaked my shoulder doing chin-ups-I’ve never been able to do them, but I can get 4-5 now, except for the shoulder thing. We forgot one of the last moves in t’ai chi-I think it will go like that for awhile. But it took us 3 months to learn it, so there’s that.

Monday morning. Very tired, with a dry mouth-that means I probably snored, but E didn’t say anything. I’m going to go in for a checkup-we’ll see. My hip seems better today-3 weeks of no running… Weekend was OK-house is tidied Saturday. M got a job at Wunderland. Church Sun. & shop. A thing Weds. W/o’s were fine, S declined Sun., we got all the way through t’ai chi with only a couple of hiccups. It’s 4 and I’m still tired.

Thursday afternoon-very busy day. Same ‘ol, short of $$$, trying to keep the house tidy-E did a thing with new chest of drawers, etc. She also did a cute thing with curtains. My stuff is the same, except I put the Kronos on a bench rather than the stand, so the bench has a home. It’s not bad-using a paint bucket for a stool. I like my storage arrangements. But the Stick and tabla need to be fixed, and the rest of my old gear needs to be sold, and the outside closet needs tidying. Anyways, w/o Tue., no M-he worked out in the morning, no S-she did twice and that’s it-she needs to up her fitness, but I can’t order her to do it. Got through the whole t’ai chi with only a few pauses. Saw M at work-it’s sweet to see your kid all grown up and such. Gamelan last night-the same-we have a 1 piece gig next Sun.

Here we are, Tues., noonish. Pretty busy juggling a number of tasks. Usual weekend. M is working a lot of hours.

And now Weds., so tired. My workout clothing wasn’t dried so I had to wait until it was out-9:20 start, 10:35 end-M texted me. I did a faster t’ai chi-12 mins vs. 20. I have the last problematic move figured out. Started eating at 11, shower and bed at 12:30. ack. Gamelan tonight.

Gonna call it. It’s the next Tuesday. I did my taxes-that was a kick in the nuts. Gamelan gig Sun., had to work all weekend, got some stuff done, had to pick up C from NE, I was seriously dribbling by the time I got home-no W/O, bed early, E gave me a sleep aid and I promptly snored all night long. Notre Dame burned the roof off and the spire fell. Construction accident-gonna take years to rebuild. S has spring break.

Links. brighter side: videos below. Not so bright: everything else.

https://twitter.com/slendersherbet/status/1108811533952393217?s=21
Meerkats in a ball pool

Page 22, sentence 5.“Inside a method, execution proceeds from one statement to the next, top to bottom.”, Java: A Beginner’s Guide.

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April 10th, 2019

In a room, 2 girls are talking. I’m sitting there with a filmy black thing up to my face so they don’t see me.

On top of a hill, someone is talking about how you can tell a person by how they hold in their farts. I laugh and start down the hill, making ski turns. Get to the bottom, there’s a skinny stray dog there. He comes up to me and I lift him up the first part of the hill.

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April 6th, 2019

At gamelan, Mike is eating chocolate and it’s all over the saron. I reach over and get my hand covered. Walk out to the kitchen and there’s a lot of people there. Go over by the sink and talk to people.

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April 2nd, 2019

In a group, watching a rocket take off, go along with it until it reaches space, then fall back. Try to get back up to space.

Going through the parking lot at 1023, M has some news and will be in trouble with mom. We try to sneak through a crowd in the courtyard. Get in the house, look down on stuff going on in the street. I say I like having a catbird seat on it all out there. Someone is fixing things on the wall.

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April 1st, 2019

Driving around Cleveland Heights, come upon Ed Sourial’s old place. Walk up, admire the huge house and adorable gatehouse. An old lady greets me, and I tell her who I am and why I’m there. She remembers a little, and I come in and look around. We talk, and she leads me to the entry hall, which is very light and has a huge bed in it. I walk around, and the person wakes up and I ask him about Ed. He says he changed his name to Ed Ryan, and is living in New York. He writes the info on a card-his name is Philip Papadoupoulous or something Greek like that. I thank him and walk back to the kitchen. There are kids running around the hallway. I say goodbye to the old lady and leave.

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March 31, 2019

Trying to sell a bunch of pedals. Have them lined up with prices and stuff. Someone comes to look at them-I rearrange things and get ready to take a picture of them.

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March 27th, 2019

Hanging out outside the house. Look up, a group of alien craft come by, then turn back. One comes above us and I know it’s going to take us. The beam comes down to get S, and I reach in so I go too. Come to in a Mexican themed restaurant. Walk out and across the street to a market. Walk around a bit.