• 08:34 Really need to make up sleep deficit, but have calculated the earliest I can sleep in is a week from Friday.
• 22:44 Realized today that a significant portion of my communication is in sound effects, not words. But people understand!
• 23:01 Full workday, 2 hours of martial arts, laundry, and getting taxes ready to mail. It's not much to show for ( Read more... )

• 11:20 Ah, the bleak, wet, gray days of Spring. Welcome back! I missed you.
• 13:21 Filing 3 Schedule Cs = I <3 my expense spreadsheets. Now to make sure all receipts are entered!
• 22:24 ++ Finished all the crits I needed to get a "skip to the head of the queue" pass. Wiktory!

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• 10:11 Science fiction tells me that deliberately creating an evil AI is a *bad* idea! ping.fm/3Wnts
• 11:26 Conclusion: MN "Taxpayers" League are assholes.
• 11:29 Since when is <$5/month/family a "massive" tax increase?
• 12:18 PostSecret Exhibit at Mpls public library through Nov. 30: ping.fm/Bsu3E
• 21:31 Successfully acquired Halloween costume! Now ( Read more... )

Ah, I finally get around to writing up the Bush Artist retreat highlights, from the perspective of the fly on the wall. The 2008 Bush Artist Fellows are an impressive (and photogenic) bunch. Follow that link to learn more about them and their award-winning art. As I said in my earlier post, everybody was witty and charming and talented, the ( Read more... )

* Edited several more pages of Vicesteed, hoping that the patchwork I have left behind will hang more cohesively than the crazy quilt it was before. (<- That there, that's a metaphor. See, I'm being all writerly. ) I'm thinking it will probably be best for me to also make the changes in the digital draft as I go along, instead of just building up a ( Read more... )

It definitely makes the day better when you discover that you won't be totally screwed* by paying taxes this year. Still paying, but it's not so bad. And I still have to figure out the complicated acrobatics necessary due to a) writing, and b) mystery shopping income/deductions. Ick. Should be even more fun if/when I eventually start pursuing ( Read more... )