I am at work clandestinely listening to "Will You Be There" (yeah, that Michael Jackson song from "Free Willy") on my iPod and attempting to focus my brain on mind-numbing work and I don't care. But now I really want to watch "Free Willy." I think I watched part of it on VHS two years ago when I first got back from that distant land. Or maybe I ( Read more... )

"Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything happen." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Twin Peaks still plagues my brain, even a week since the last images of the film flickered through our eyes. I want more. It is an affliction. It's like a great book that you delay finishing because you don't want it to be over, you don't ( Read more... )

I keep forgetting to prepare my pictures. Someday is always a day other than today. I would set my sights on tonight, but I'm in the middle of 'Twin Peaks,' and that surely must take precedence ("This above all: to thine own self be true; and then, 'Twin Peaks' shall rank higher than all else." - William Shakespeare).

For the uninitiated, 'Twin ( Read more... )

So good: http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/03/usa-shopping-malls-summer-1990/.

I had another brilliant weekend. A couple of down moments, but remembering: all things shall pass.

It was gorgeous Saturday. Ryan, Ellison, and I went for a hike and then to the beach where we flew a kite and played in the sand. Friday night we made sushi and tempura ( Read more... )

Had an amazing weekend. Two full days and then nothing but relaxation yesterday. Saturday was gorgeous and I can't wait for the heat to really set in. After the mildness of last summer, I'm expecting this one to be fierce. In my race to be sunscreened, I forgot about my legs and now they're red-patchy and a little burned, and what a difference two ( Read more... )

Got our newsletter out on time, with two whole hours to spare. That was Tuesday. Three hours of overtime and some wine. I think it was a success.

Feeling good about things. The job's not perfect, far from it, but it's a job and it's experience and it's money in my pocket. Not that I care about that last thing much anyway, but it's nice not having to ( Read more... )

This is both awesome and incredibly sad:

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I feel ya, dude.

Aussome news of the day: You wish you were this cool.

And for some more Aussie fun:

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"Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?"

So my sister has finally seen the holy trinity of the Brat Pack movies (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink). Turns out she's not a fan. I insisted she needs to watch them again. I think she was disappointed because she was expecting something different than what they ended up ( Read more... )

This is the best thing ever: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10130346.stm
This, on the other hand, is both amazing and unsettling: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10132762.stm

"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at ( Read more... )