Burning Man, plus some random stuff
Yes, I am going to Burning Man. In case you're also going and want to meet up, the camp is "Mad Science" and is at 9:00 Plaza and 4:00 (Tokyo). But I won't get there until Thursday night. Haven't yet bought my ticket, but I did head to REI to pick up a tent, along with a wide-brimmed hat. Yeah, I know I need a lot more than that. I'm going with some Burning Man veterans (including one who's gone for seven straight years), so I'm in good hands.
I've finally finished processing and uploading all the photos from the Austrian Economics seminar at FEE. But of course, one of the other attendees has sent me a CD with a bunch of his pictures, so I still need to go through and upload those. But it's kind of a relief to be finally done going through mine. Still in the process of adding titles and descriptions. I guess this is a real labor of love for me.
Yesterday, I drove up to the city to... um... do a delivery for my cousin Jeanne and pick up a bike rack for Burning Man that she'd been borrowing from Rich or somebody. She wasn't free until the evening, so I met up with Rich for lunch, and he gave me a nice goody bag full of Burning Man stuff. Both things that I would need and things that would make for good barter items (just having been through a lecture on how money forms naturally due to people clustering upon the more popular barter commodities, I don't get the ban on money transactions, but maybe it'll make more sense after I've been through it).
Jeanne talked a lot about her boyfriend who's going through a divorce. Guess there are time and space issues, but this is all nothing nothing compared to that one asshole of a boyfriend who treated her like shit. She does enjoy her new job at the Asia Foundation. She's been bouncing around a lot, so I'm glad for her. Coincidentally, when I came home, I chatted online with Danielle, and she also talks a lot about a guy she's been obsessing over. I wonder what is it about me that gets women to talk about their love life problems? Guess I'm a good listener, or maybe that I also tend to be obsessive. I guess it's kind of a good thing that both of these women are off limits to me, cuz I might otherwise be really frustrated. Also quite coincidentally, it was Danielle's first day at her new job shooting for the Pinnacle News, and it sounds like she's pretty happy so far.
Me, I'm not sure I really enjoy my job. Been thinking about quitting, but Erika keeps telling me that it's too sweet a deal to walk away from (which it is). But maybe in the fall, when my graduate studies start? Or maybe things will get better when I get into the coding phase. We'll see.
I've finally finished processing and uploading all the photos from the Austrian Economics seminar at FEE. But of course, one of the other attendees has sent me a CD with a bunch of his pictures, so I still need to go through and upload those. But it's kind of a relief to be finally done going through mine. Still in the process of adding titles and descriptions. I guess this is a real labor of love for me.
Yesterday, I drove up to the city to... um... do a delivery for my cousin Jeanne and pick up a bike rack for Burning Man that she'd been borrowing from Rich or somebody. She wasn't free until the evening, so I met up with Rich for lunch, and he gave me a nice goody bag full of Burning Man stuff. Both things that I would need and things that would make for good barter items (just having been through a lecture on how money forms naturally due to people clustering upon the more popular barter commodities, I don't get the ban on money transactions, but maybe it'll make more sense after I've been through it).
Jeanne talked a lot about her boyfriend who's going through a divorce. Guess there are time and space issues, but this is all nothing nothing compared to that one asshole of a boyfriend who treated her like shit. She does enjoy her new job at the Asia Foundation. She's been bouncing around a lot, so I'm glad for her. Coincidentally, when I came home, I chatted online with Danielle, and she also talks a lot about a guy she's been obsessing over. I wonder what is it about me that gets women to talk about their love life problems? Guess I'm a good listener, or maybe that I also tend to be obsessive. I guess it's kind of a good thing that both of these women are off limits to me, cuz I might otherwise be really frustrated. Also quite coincidentally, it was Danielle's first day at her new job shooting for the Pinnacle News, and it sounds like she's pretty happy so far.
Me, I'm not sure I really enjoy my job. Been thinking about quitting, but Erika keeps telling me that it's too sweet a deal to walk away from (which it is). But maybe in the fall, when my graduate studies start? Or maybe things will get better when I get into the coding phase. We'll see.