Wrote this Sunday (aka yesterday) & forgot to post. I write a lot of stuff like this and then look over it and say, whoa, that's a lot of wittering and then I delete it all. Mostly it goes unmourned.

Weather: It rained a lot overnight in the SF Bay Area last night. Parts of San Francisco got a little soggy. The storm drain system overall gets a ( Read more... )

Today's not my birthday, nor is it penwiper26's, no matter what LJ is telling you. What an odd bug to have, after all these years. Today would be a terrible birthday if it were my birthday. It might yet be a terrible birthday. Mostly I don't actually care about my birthday or note it in any way other than reminding myself that I'm a year older, but this year ( Read more... )

Today I have a dentist appointment in Sunnyvale (the real Californian city, unlike the with-a-d Sunnydale, which is fake). So I am taking the day off from my job in downtown San Francisco. The commute would be a waste of 2 hours in the middle of the day. I have so far taken the opportunity to sleep in to the glorious hour of 7am. I did this with ( Read more... )

Wrenched my shoulder good today doing something I've done a million times before at a warmup weight. I have no idea how. A moment's inattention, perhaps. Anyway, freaking awesome timing, because earlier in the morning I'd mailed off my registration form & entry fee for the weightlfting meet in February. I might yet be able to go & lift, but this ( Read more... )

Happy belated shared birthday to penwiper26!

I spent my birthday in my pajamas playing Skyrim, which is exactly the sort of thing one should do with the first birthday that’s closer to 50 than to 40 omgwtfbbq I can see 50 from here how the hell did this happen? Well, Mr P’s about to turn 49, so I suppose my angst is mild compared to his.

( Blithering... )

Things I could do right now ( Read more... )

Too tired after 12 hours of convention-going.


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I have now had enough of LA freeways to last me another year or two, and I haven't even done any driving on them this time. California freeways are their own thing, and driving on them is unlike driving on lesser highways. I have always felt like a shark among minnows when I drive in rush hours in cities elsewhere in the country. LA takes that ( Read more... )

I am now in lovely Anaheim, California, with friends, about to attend a gaming convention because I am an ubernerd. Alas, Mr P is not with me. He is home caring for the animals. Fortunately because of personal computing devices, it's just like he's in the other room at home sending me links & tweeting alarming things like asking how long it takes ( Read more... )

Ran around like a mad person today. Gym, where I failed to run as much as I ought to have. Lunch with a young friend who's a Stanford undergraduate, at an Indian place that's his favorite and was a regular lunch spot of mine when I worked in downtown Palo Alto, lo! these ten years ago now. Errands. Packing for the trip I'm going on tomorrow, with nemaihne ( Read more... )