Sunday was mostly errands -- replacing the lost rice cooker (In the rush to clear things out of the old apartment, I walked into the kitchen 3 or 4 times to grab or check things, saw a box sitting in an open cabinet, thought "I need to grab that on the next trip," and promptly forgot about it each time), getting stakes to train the morning glories ( Read more... )

It's amazing how the human mind can hold contradictory ideas in its head at the same time. For instance, I somehow got it into my head this morning that today was Microsoft Patch Tuesday. Despite it being Thursday. Despite me knowing it was Thursday, and planning things accordingly. Eventually I got to the point where I thought, "Hey, wait a ( Read more... )

Last weekend I spent a lot of time reading on the balcony after things cooled off enough that outside was better, with the slight breeze, than the inside. I finished rereading A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan, and started on The Farthest Shore.

Monday alenxa and I tried to run out to the local second-run theater and see Pirates 3 again, but ( Read more... )

The theme of the day, at least for me, has been trying to keep cool. I went to see Transformers (and I have some things to say about it at K²R) in part because I was curious, in part because I found a Regal movie pass I'd forgotten, but in part because movie theaters are air conditioned better than our apartment isCame back mid-afternoon. ( Read more... )

alenxa dubbed yesterday the Day of Mechanical Failure, though, come to think of it, it was more the day of following up on mechanical failure. The car is beginning to seriously show its age, and we're starting to think about replacing it. Then there was my mom's flight home from Chicago, which turned around and landed in Denver because they were losing ( Read more... )

Got out to Santa Monica last week to meet up with my brother and his coworkers as they returned from a conference in Taiwan via LAX. Must remember to post pictures of dinosaur topiary and sundry oddness. (Edit: I finally got around to it.)

Speaking of photos, alenxa and I managed to get some really interesting cloud & sunset pictures yesterday.

Saw ( Read more... )

Finished The Bard's Tale this weekend. While I liked the attitude and metatextual humor -- the main character gets into arguments with the narrator, and points out odd coincidences that only make sense in video game logic... and there are a number of references to The Princess Bride in a game in which Cary Elwes voices the main character -- it was ( Read more... )

Since I came into work on Sunday afternoon, I've been feeling one day off all week. Monday felt like Tuesday, Tuesday felt like Wednesday, and Wednesday felt like Thursday ( Read more... )

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