- Everybody wants to get into the act, even RealPlayer. My rotation has turned up, as I type this:
- Toto: "99"
- Bread: "It Don't Matter to Me"
- Badfinger: "Baby Blue"
- Stone Temple Pilots: "Lady Picture Show"
- Barenaked Ladies: "Leave"
- Jim Croce: "Operator"
- I've been working like a dog. There's a piece of software at work that has been driving me crazy. The more problems I hammer out of it, the more we find in testing and revising our testing.
- I've been chasing McGuffin pretty hard these past two or three weeks. We're getting close to being able to file (so says our patent lawyer) and Robert has identified a McGuffin subsystem which is an innovation in itself which we may be able to profitably patent, which is great, but I've been working on documenting that one with him as well, and not getting back in from work in the evenings until ten or so at night.
- Mr.
prolixfootle took a bunch of pictures of our beautiful common ancestral home state, Ohio, and it made me a bit homesick. What? Yup. - I called my daughters tonight. They have had colds lately, and Shannon has extra-curriculars at her school (she's in color guard) so they won't be coming down to visit me this weekend. I miss them. They were talking to me about their week and what they were doing and about being sick and Shannon blowing chunks in the bathroom sink and I felt so out-of-the-loop and disconnected from their day to day lives. Baggy, one of their mischievous cats, has been missing for two weeks, and they've hardly made any effort to find or recover him.
- The ex's brother wasn't able to get out of Europe to come to her wedding, and I actually felt sorry for her, because I know that she would have wanted him to be there.
- Pop Secret Cheddar Flavored popcorn is a blasphemy upon the concept of popcorn, and the grocery where I shop is out of the Kettle Corn I like.
- There is a conspiracy of circumstance to pee all over my good vibe this evening. I don't know from whence it comes. Actually, things have been going rather well: McGuffin is nearing the point where the patent can be filed, and we've identified another subsystem which is very likely to be profitably patented itself. I've got a pile of about 20 fresh movies I haven't seen. I don't get it. I'm just feeling vaguely disgruntled this evening. Ah well, it happens once in a blue moon. I'll deal. It must be something in the air. It is damp and drizzly this evening. I feel damp and drizzly. Bleah.
Wait, take your time, think it through
November 3rd, 2005
Heh. I know where that is.
Re: Heh. I know where that is.
As for being homesick, don't you people have trees in California?! I'm clueless, of course, so I always thought New England was the only place to see fall colors like that. I'm kidding of course, but I truly don't know about California.
Hugs 'n Slugz - here's a little umbrella for the next time it rains. Of course, it's the little pink kind you find in a fruity concoction but who's really paying attention? ;)
There are trees in California. There are, in fact, lots of them. Nevertheless, when I first came here, I was struck by how baren it looked. You have to live here awhile to appreciate the green and trees that are here. This is only due to the nature of Ohio though, which biased my expectations. Appalachia is like America's Black Forest. The first time I went back to Ohio after moving to California it felt like I'd gone to visit Rivendell. There are scads and scads and scads of trees everywhere in Ohio. See for yourself.
Thanks for the cocktail umbrella. That would have worked perfect for the foggy drizzle we had here last night. I love a good stout rain, but that stuff was pathetic and dispiriting. Thanks also for the Hugz 'n Slugz. I've got my groove back, after an outlandish movie and a good night's sleep. Like tiggers, I bounce. Heh!
I had seen those photos, that's what made me wonder about California. I imagine with all that population it would be quite scarce to see such vast expanses of woodland. I liked the Rivendell imagery as well - I'm such a visual person, I see what people are writing and I imagined elves in Ohio.
As for the ice cream, I am sooooo jealous. Even that waffle cone on their homepage looks good on the screen!!!
Oh, you don't know the half of it
Re: Oh, you don't know the half of it
Re: Oh, you don't know the half of it
There are plenty of trees in California
oooh good move!
I added you btw. Strangely enough, I had not done so yet.
Something was DEFINITELY in the air to kill several good vibes last night. Hope it worked out for you though.
Thank you, E.
Re: Thank you, E.