I was just saying to someone the other day that I had forgotten to start using my light box this year until sometime last week but that the SAD wasn't seeming particularly bad this time around. And then today I realized that Christmas is less than a week away and I haven't pulled out the decorations, put up the tree, or even done more than the ( Read more... )

I've dyed my hair purple, I'm planning on getting some new ink as soon as finances allow and maybe getting my long-lost nostril piercing redone. I went for a drive Sunday afternoon out to the far side of the Shenandoah Valley, and the temptation to just keep going over the mountains and towards the Pacific was very, very strong. A few weeks ( Read more... )

If I had to represent my mood over the last, oh, five days or so in pictures, it would probably look something like this. Yeesh. Not enough sleep, wonky brain chemicals, boingy boingy boingy boingy.

I don't really have anything to say, so here's a picture of a bunny with a pancake on its head some links:
* A new 15-minute Spinal Tap film ( Read more... )

I have a real problem with guilt. By that I mean that I take on rather too much of it, even for things that aren't particularly my fault. Example: a mistake was made a few weeks ago, and all documentation leads to the conclusion that the mistake wasn't mine (and the other party said at the time the mistake was pointed out that the fault might've ( Read more... )

Today is so very fired. Meh.

This pretty well sums up Friday afternoon and this morning:
So despite following the published advice on how to configure Apache to let you use a directory outside of the normal hierarchy, and despite applying your hard-earned Unix skills, Fedora is yanking the rug out from under you when your back is turned, and then arranging to have Apache blame ( Read more... )

Today is Prickle-Prickle, day 62 in the season of The Aftermath, 3271.Normally I really enjoy the end-of-year holiday season, starting with Thanksgiving and going through to New Year's. This year though, I seem to be pretty underwhelmed by the whole thing. Normally I'd be ready to put up the tree and decorate the first few days of December, but ( Read more... )

Today is Prickle-Prickle, day 65 in the season of Bureaucracy, 3271.The great thing about the supplement adjusting yesterday was that it led to a state of definite hyperactivity and an unusually productive morning. It actually felt pretty good. The not-so-great thing is that even though I felt it had worn off, the effects stuck around until ( Read more... )

Did you ever have one of those days where what you want most in the world is to be able to selectively erase the contents of your brain? I'm not sure why, but today has been spent -- when not throwing myself into something that requires all my concentration in order to avoid letting my mind wander -- recalling in exquisite detail all manner of ( Read more... )