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I know I'm a mess
my iPhone played Fiona Apple's Paper Bag for me this morning.
"crisis" of the day: I got to work and found that somewhere between home and w98, I'd dropped part of my lunch. My backpack, stuffed with rain gear, had opened slightly, and I took inventory to find one item missing.
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thrown scraps to feast upon
my iPhone played Alanis for me this morning. That's not so unusual; I have a great deal of Alanis loaded (1,300 songs, of which 38 are Alanis. The only artist with more songs is the Beatles, at 77).
Fear of Bliss comes from Alanis' album "Feast on Scraps", which were songs that didn't make the cut for "Under Rug Swept". The whole song seems to be ( Read more... ) -
and I will keep it as a treasure
While I was killing time yesterday ( I opened the pages of one of my old journals ) -
milestone
after syncing my iPod & iPhone on Friday 2008-05-16, my "mix up" playlist was below 300 songs. That's the first time I remember that happening in quite a while. Years? -
what I did on my November vacation (er, long weekend)
parental visit highs:- apple pie my mother made
- lots of toby time. he is sitting by my feet right now.
- afternoon naps
- watched the deal, on HBO. I don't get HBO at home, so this was a nice treat (and good show!).
- hot chocolate along with my BLT at lunch today
parental visit challenges:- went with parents to a community theatre play on ( Read more... )
- apple pie my mother made
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Saturday's accomplishments
So far today I have:- gone shopping to Trader Joe's, ahead of the nasty weather. It only just began to rain on my way back. The weather forecast had said rain, mainly after 9am, and it began to drip at about 0915.
- had a hot chocolate for morning snack, rather than the yogurt I had planned (and purchased). It was nice and warm.
- went out for ( Read more... )
- gone shopping to Trader Joe's, ahead of the nasty weather. It only just began to rain on my way back. The weather forecast had said rain, mainly after 9am, and it began to drip at about 0915.
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bad omen
I went to pack my lunch for today and the bread was growing "friends", even though it's dated as fresh through August 31.
I now have to figure out how to get some bread to have hummus on (since that's what my lunch was going to be). Grrr. -
why cannot I live in the moment?
In a few weeks, ckd and I are due to travel to Washington, DC to meet his parents (who will be visiting there from overseas). I like going to DC; the museums are awesome (although some of them are just über busy and overwhelming). Favourite stops: the museum shop at SI/NASM, National Building MuseumOn a trip a couple of years ago we stayed at a hotel ( Read more... )