Pick up a plastic bag from the trashcan. It’s full of water. Struggle to hold it and it spills everywhere. Get started cleaning it up. and get out the carpet cleaner. salem is picking up all the other stuff on the floor. Erika wants to use the vacuum, and I say the carpet cleaner will work better, so I go and start. It only picks up a little, and Erika does the rest. She’s like HA! and I ask why she’s all competitive about it. She says it’s because of another thing where I said one way was better. I was like you’re overreacting.
Getting pulled up from the bottom of the sea, something is chasing me. It’s going after my feet. It grabs onto my hand-just a big fish. Come up, it’s a nice trout and still attached to my hand. Drive through the streets, look at it close. Its eyes are all wonky, and I say, “you’re regretting this now, right?” Get home, it’s Trump’s, he doesn’t want to see the fish, and a servant puts it on a plate. Go upstairs and climb onto a ledge.
Walk into a shop, it’s new agey junk. There’s a guy sitting at a table making ornaments. He sees me and shows me what he’s making-it’s got a ton of stuff on it. Something about “Orlando Guzman”.
Getting to run around a tiny track. Look for some blocks that are reasonable, and I hear voices making fun of me. Get a horrible start, but the track is so small I make up ground quickly. I’m at the back of the pack, but running faster.
Tring to find a place to poop. The bathroom is very crowded. Slide into a luxy stall, and some guy says that’s his and tries to get in. I can’t get it latched, and a girl sneaks in then goes out again. I leave and look for another one, The only open one is a double, and there’s a girl in there already. I continue looking.
In a military convoy, driving to the front. Under fire. Go through some rough roads, and get stuck. Get unstuck, and a bunch of civilian cars pass us. Keep going, through a narrow road that closes off and the truck falls apart. Try to get the pieces together.
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As I call this, what’s the title? I always leave it as tbd until the end. I’ve been busy, so descriptive I go. No real way to summarize this or talk about anything. Time flies, and I need to read more and start working on things. And as usual the wider world does its thing. Luckily it doesn’t impact me much. Need to vote, but a lot of of the races are incumbent only…
Thursday (4/11) lunchtime! Got stuff done, made bread, but OneDrive is a PITA. It’s not downloading things. Not much else-gamelan, did all of 2 pieces, worked on my suling, lots of others were trying new stuff, I was back in my usual place. Probably a good thing, that. Onward-thinking about the Crowley interpretation of that reading from Sunday. Chatted with Claire about daydreaming while I drove them to a show. Picked them up afterwards.
Tuesday (4/16). In the office, tomorrow too. Up early, didn’t feel well, but came in with Salem. Had Schmizza for lunch, Chinese for dinner. Pretty quiet weekend, made bagels, cut the grass, drive to Keiser to drop off a Stanley mug, work outFridayandSunday-ran outside both days! One PR-almost to the 10 minute mile. Thought more about what to do next-I think I have to come up with a plan. I need to grab my journals.
Wednesday morning. Fair dinner, went to bed early, still woke up tired. It was frosty this morning! Using the stand-up desk a bit. Need to put it back down from time to time. It’s the same one Erika got for me!
Thursday noon. I’ve been watching Adam Savage videos. Nice gamelan last night. Not a ton of us. Got some fresh eggs, maybe goose eggs next week, made an omelette bagel sandwich for dinner. Yum. Accidentally put my glasses in the wash…they’re a bit scratched now.
Friday afternoon. Another lovely sunny day. Ate outside. Got a couple of Nest cams from our neighbor who’s moving. They’re not unregistered yet, but work fine. Need to figure out where to put them. Need to fix our kitchen drain-it’s leaking bad. Just need to unscrew everything and reputty it, I think. Not much else-have a job I’m trying to run.
Wednesday afternoon (4/24). Slammed-one of the apps I work on has a data source that changed date formats without letting us know. So everything they send us is getting rejected. Fun. Working on a fix to go in tomorrow. Pretty busy otherwise, the other job got deployed last night. Fine workoutsFridayandSunday, lastnight, though I had to do a fast tai chi in running shoes-not quite used to the change in balance and slipperiness. Trying to think what else-driving around, shopping, painting supplies for Salem. Gamelan tonight.
Thursday afternoon. Got the fix in and the spice is flowing again. Got another fix in and what was broken is now working. Registered the Nest cams, set them outside-will put them up this weekend. The gutters were clogged, cleaned them out and snaked the drain in the back. Need to add a screen to the back gutter. No gamelan last night-forgot that there was a concert-drove there, saw the sign, and went to Winco to get food instead.
Friday noon. Time for lunch. Salem has had performances this week, and a trip next week. They’re tired. Improvised dinner last night. Robot vacuum was stuck under Salem’s bed last night.
Wednesday (5/1). Got one thing done, another almost. Had plumbers out to try to snake out my gutter drain. They found a bunch of roots, but the guy didn’t get it all the way out, so the camera couldn’t go all the way in to find the break. Hopefully they’ll come out again and get it so I can repipe the break. Not much else-Erika and Salem are going to SoCal for a choir trip. Bagged workouts on Sunday and last night. Erika has done a lot to clean up the bedroom. We have opossums and a hummingbird. Not much else-the usual over the weekend, a work disaster yesterday that I caused.
Saturday afternoon. Finally put my standing desk thing in. The keyboard is a little high. More to do today. Up late, made bagels, picked up Claire from a show. Workedouta little late, my left calf is really sore-could only get 5 mins run, then rowed. Absolutely couldn’t do the leg curl, but everything else was doable, but not great. Made curry chicken Thursday, skipped gamelan Wednesday, was delivering Erika and Salem to a hotel for their early departure Thursday.
Monday (5/6), noonish. Trying to get work done. Erika and Salem got home safe last night, had a very busy trip. Got a lot of done over the weekend, Salem’s bed is in, got most of the sink done-the bottom connection leaks-the o-ring is cracked. The plumbing guy came and pulled out the root ball this morning. Made sweet and sour pork and took Claire and friends to their club Sat. night, gave them their present-a recorder. They were happy and blown away. Worked outlate-ish, my calf is still sore-did elliptical, and didn’t bother with the leg curl. Our room is super clean-everything is in the little nook, running the robovac.
Wednesday, waiting to start the early meeting. Lunchtime. Afternoon. Thursday morning. Noon. Lunch. Time to be done with work.
And it’s Tuesday noon. (5/14) Been busy. Got workouts in FridayandSunday. Did lots over the weekend-finished up our sink, put up the Nest cams, put in a new toilet seat, got the a/c units out of storage, put up Salem’s, breakfast with Erika on Mom’s Day, forgot to call my mom-talked to her yesterday-she’s obsessed with the Trump trial-I so don’t care… No gamelan last week, but this week, and not next week. Erika arranged our trip to SoCal in July, put in all my vacation requests. I think I’ll call this-looks like I’m on a monthly cadence.
Driving on the freeway. Going up to a bridge, and someone sideswipes me. I pull over-there are a lot of cars. Girl pulls next to me and says she’s very attracted to me and that’s why she sideswiped me.
In an office, my computer needs replacement. I walk back to another desk and there’s a bird in a cage talking. It has a hole in the cage. The lady comes, I say hi and go back to my desk. The guys around me are talking. I look for the ethernet plug.
At gamelan, we’re trying to figure out when to rehearse on the side. I get into Mindy’s car to move it. She comes back and I get out. Erika has found my phone. It was under an escalator and is crushed. It turns on, but the screen is wonky. I think about how to transfer the data to another phone, and go to some lady to help her with software I know. She has a hole under her chair. The screen is covered by plants.
Going to visit Fida, it’s down a dirt road, then a very steep hill, we finally get there, hang out, and leave the other way.
In a big room, playing with a little dragon spinner toy. It folds up and opens out. Some women come over and are shocked that were playing with it like that,
Sitting the the backyard here. Trying to clean my bong, but it has ridges that are tough to clean. I finally get it better. Some other people arrive, with a sack full of pot from the trash. We’re worried that Erika will come out. I start to go inside to bed and it’s morning and everyone is still here, but asleep.
Hanging out along a river, guy has a bunch of cellular kites in the air. There’s another guy flying a fish, and one flying a red. I ask who it is, but it’s La so he said there are s lot of pilots. A girl comes up and we hang out, start kissing and she gets on top of me. We’re on the bus back home. A doll falls off the seat and I pick it up.
At a tai chi class, start the form but have to wait. There’s no room so I go out in the hall. Start, but walk outside. Go back in and they’re done. Try to get up onto a platform
Sitting on the floor in a chapel? with Kris and Erika. They’re talking about moving to Arizona. Some woman comes up and starts saying this book is wrong and needs to be changed. It’s a new edition and it’s missing the “expert” section. The cover is torn. I kick the book back to her and say they put those parts into the main text because they’re not expert anymore.
Leave some school, turn around and everyone else is leaving through the side door to avoid me. It starts to rain and I go back inside. Get upstairs and pack my backpack. I’m trying to put shoes in and finally get everything to fit. Leslie? is there and sorry that everyone left without me. Some guy comes up and boasts that he saw Glen Campbell in the front row.
Go to the conference center and walk down the corridor and see the Glen Campbell stage and they’re starting to warm up. Walk to the next room and put my stuff down.
At home-there’s a flood in the basement. We’re trying to figure out what to do, and I say I have a pump. Dad says great and I go get it. Trouble pulling out the hoses. Line it up, and we need a longer hose-go get a flat one form the reel and the fire guys are amazed. I go to hook everything up, then walk back to get a cup to prime. Dad asks when I got the pump. I say, “After you died.” Go back and the pump is running and very hot! I get mad at the fire guy who started it. He splutters and I stop it. Set it up and start it, the hoses are tiny but straighten out and get bigger. I move the pump and realize I don’t need the long hose. It starts filling with dirt and I realize that it’s the wrong way. Stop it and switch, only to find that the basement is dry.
Running through an arch. Get to the end and push through the door just as a girl runs past me. Go sit on the side and watch the people go past, and mom says the basement is flooded again.
Sitting in a big room celebrating something. I’m sitting in the corner with a few friends, taking pictures of everyone. There’s some sort of chasm in the middle of the room and everything else is far away.
On a submarine. Going to a secret harbor for some evaluation of a new thing. Go in and there are rotating vanes coming out of the water that we have to pass through. The skipper is inspecting and one crewman has their uniform out of sorts. She adjusts it by pulling up the zipper to the top.
Hanging out in an school apartment. Look out and there are big columns of stone coming up out of the ground. Get out and try to get away, but it’s everywhere. Go back and get up just as the building gets pushed up. Jump from one floor to the next down as they slide off. It finally stops, and there are a group of us looking at each other. One guy is filling containers with water. I’m like stop, but realize it’s a great idea. Think about how we’re going to get food, and what’s next.
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…and another month has passed. I was having a chat with Matt about time flies faster as you age. Yeah, it does. And there’s not much happening, even though there was an eclipse. It’s a celestial event, fer chrissake, not the end of the world! That’s not for a couple of billion years. And eclipses will stop happening in about 600 million years (or so). I just don’t understand the science denial. There are several Facebook forums I’m on that get flat-earthers trolling. There’s no shortage of trolling in other forums, of course…and no shortage of science denial everywhere else. Our culture is decaying, as are other parts of our civilized world. The natural world doesn’t care, it’s been through changes before. Life is resilient and change is constant. We’re just not as resilient as we should be. That might be something to look into.
Thursday morning (3/14)-all hands meeting in a couple-make that right now. Afternoon-had to do a manual run thing right during lunch. Erika’s super sick so I’ll probably need to go shopping after work. Need to get a pie, because, well, Pi Day.
Friday afternoon-it’s a beautiful day! Sunny, mild. Walked around the yard a couple of times, more debugging. Curry chicken leftovers for lunch. Not much else, made the car payment. Did a bunch of shopping last night, replenished my oatmeal supplies, just in time to start doing bagels. Maybe I’ll try to make them by hand.
Tuesday morning (3/19). Pretty quiet-start of sprint. Got through everything. Fine workouts bothFridayandSunday. Mowed the lawn, drove around Saturday, got cheap blueberries, Indian spices, jiaogulan, soy sauce, sweet chili sauce-want to make more curry on the regular. Got a bread machine at the binz! Already made 2 loaves, want to try making bagels for the summer weekend breakfasts. Sunday, drove Salem to a rock climbing party, went to a cute little occult bookstore on Burnside. Lots of cool artwork on the walls, a shrine, hardcore music, nice staff person, and the books! Stuff you just don’t see at the usual occult bookstore. Put plumber’s tape in the spa fitting, blew out the leaves on the front and back porches. Need to break out the hedge trimmer.
Wednesday afternoon. Big payday tomorrow. Niceworkout last night. Forgot to wash my w/o clothes, washed regular clothes late.
Thursday morning. Our high priority job failed with a database error-the db is in “recovery”-they have no idea how long it will take. Big payday was not as big as last year. Noon, db is back, job is rerun. No gamelan last night, a thing, shopping, made curry chicken with the real ingredients from the Indian market. Much stronger-Erika was blown away by the smell-didn’t have any, had to keep the bedroom door closed. Not quite as hot as I’d like, more hot curry mix in next time.
Friday morning. Pretty quiet, but it’s always pretty quiet. One thing about living in the suburbs-quiet. All I’m hearing is a leaf blower/chainsaw motor. I do hear loud cars and sirens from time to time, especially on weekend nights. Erika’s having one of her migraine things-had to bow out of meeting. I get to do stuff over the weekend, and I need to get the tire/alignment fixed, buy a shed, trim the branches. Friday evening. Had to get Claire from lower Sandy, Salem from school, Claire got the car stuck and ran to help them, but they got it solved before I got there. Washed my gym clothes. Erika is better–just laid in bed all day.
Sunday noon. Online because there’s a firewall update that I need to check out-which looks fine. They delayed it from 10…The other weekend thing got postponed. Abbreviatedworkout on Friday-just died on cardio-only got 15 mins, dropped all the weights and went for perfection instead-not bad, but no tai chi. Bleh. Took Salem to their Friday gathering. Took Claire and friend to the Coffin Club, but that might’ve been Thursday… Got up early Sat., took car to get new tires and alignment. After that, drove to Salem to pick up a recorder for Claire-it was a bust. Drove around, went to some stores, walked around downtown Salem, got a burrito, drove back, stopped at the outlets, got a Nike running shirt with my Nike gift card that I got for filling out a survey. Home, took Claire to a rave at a warehouse at Milwaukie and the 99.
Wednesday afternoon (3/27). Pretty quiet, working-performance review, raise and promotion! That gives me a little breathing room… Not much else-fine workouts on Sunday and lastnight. Lunch yesterday with Matt’s old teacher.
Friday morning. Quiet as always-working on waivers. Going to pick up a birthday present for Claire tomorrow in McMinnville-hopefully this one isn’t a bust. A surprise of Whole Bowl for dinner last night, and lunch today! 20 mins to go, got everything done. Laundry is done-need to fold some. Gym, but not sure when-Erika is taking me.
Monday noon. My waivers got declined-back to the drawing board. Busy weekend, fine workouts bothFridayandSunday-got to run outside both days. I was fast on both the regular and intervals-I go faster outdoors than indoors. I can easily run 5.5 mph for a half hour outdoors, and struggle to get to 20 mins indoors. I think part of it is the enforced steady pace doesn’t work for me, but improves my fitness so I can run faster outdoors. Anyways. Went to McMinnville Saturday-bought a 8-track digital recorder for Claire’s birthday. Stopped at Barnes & Noble on the way, walked around downtown McMinnville afterwards, ate at McMenamins. Picked up Claire from work, delivered them to a party later. Quiet Sunday-lazed around, mowed the grass, ate breakfast late, so lunch was a protein shake… Monday-time to be done. Got through ethics training-woo-hoo! Set up for figuring out what to do with waivers.
Wednesday noon. Afternoon. Night. A thing is running very long. Meetings, picked up Erika from the binz and got food. Claire got thwacked in the nose at a hardcore show last night and it may or may not be broken-getting a ct in Friday. It bled but not unstoppably, and it’s swollen and sore, but no breathing issues. No gamelan, fineworkout last night, though I felt off, and started with the wrong negative workout. Only got one machine in before thinking, “Wait, didn’t I do this last week???” My tai chi is slowly improving-though I tend to lose focus from time to time and either blow a move or lose my balance.
Thursday noon. Robot vacuum just showed up. It’s such an odd piece of software, like a blind child, just running into things to figure where to go. It does find its way home most times. I run it a few times a day and it picks up a bit every time, so I know it’s working. Not much else, a little rainy, cold. Another long-running batch process, more password changes.
Sunday afternoon, sitting in the Walmart parking lot. Lots of running around, up late both nights, sleeping in. Decent workout Friday, rainy so running inside. Salem came with us to the binz, got a dresser for Matt, had to come back today to get it, got a pair of LL Beans clone boots. Ate at Bertie Lou’s. Erika did a layout with her cool deck-7 cups, 8 cups, Page disks. The nice interpretation is: “You’ve been dreaming, Things are changing, Be a student”. The Crowley interpretation is: “The invariable weakness arising from lack of balance, Indolence-calm, dead, stagnant water-the German Measles of Christian Mysticism, Work slowly and steadfastly on getting earth raised to plant.” Ouch. Made bagels after working out Friday-they turned out fine.
Yummy bagels, fresh from the oven
Tuesday noon (4/9). Mellow-sunny and nice outside. Pedestrian fatality in downtown Milw-traffic is a nightmare on 99e and around. Quiet yesterday, Erika has been busy, Matt swam for the first time in years, and is dead today. Fine workouton Sunday. Looked at sheds again-need to pull the trigger. Had a nice deep dish pizza for lunch.
Wednesday afternoon. Lovely sunny day. Nice workoutlast night. Not much else. Got the recycling out early. Trying to get my first suling riff clean, and I’m in the wrong register. Aargh-back to the drawing board.
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