Done yesterday (20091118 We)

[mdlbear]

1118 We
  & 2:30 awake.  Grump.
  * back to bed 4:30ish; up 5ish; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee
  @ ljupdate - a LiveJournal client for Emacs -- now on GitHub
  @ Tom Digby: profound whimsy
  & 4:30 still awake.
  @ An Argument for Friendship (from haikujaguar)
    @ Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban (ordered)
  & Aha: insight inspired by a recent IM with N; I just realized that I've
    been defining "social life" in a way that excludes simply hanging out with
    friends, going to cons, etc.  Roughly speaking, I defined it as "dating
    and events where the objective was to have or find a romantic partner".
    So of course I thought I didn't have one.  And didn't find what I did have
    very satisfying, no matter what I called it.
  & Powells order:  Turtle Diary and Ridley Walker by Russell Hoban
    The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden 
    The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron 
    Self-Esteem: A Family Affair by Jean Illsley Clarke (ISTR that I'd
      concluded that this one may not be all that relevant, but I wanted to
      get free shipping and didn't remember before I placed the order.  In any
      case it was recommended, so it may be useful after all.)
  * Water day
  * git clone git://github.com/hober/ljupdate.git
  * walk; call to Callie
    ! cheerful
  @ Photos from Robolamp
    (from gizmodo)
  | 3ish; very sleepy.  A couple of micro-naps.  15min mini-nap helped lots.
  * figmo needs link for Colleen's scooter
  * ask how serious Colleen and Marty are about getting me out of the house
    every month or so.  Figure out how to afford it.  ($300/trip from HSX)
    -> Colleen says she's pretty serious (1112)
    -> Marty says it'll be very good for me (1118)
  * bed ~11pm

It was a good day; basically in a good mood. I'm not going to try to characterize it beyond that -- I may not be completely alexithymic, but I come close.

I've already posted about the day's "aha" insight into my limited definition of "social life".

I had a good, if geographically-limited, walk. That's because I was on the phone with cflute, so I kept to the top of the hill behind work, where there's a good signal and very little traffic noise. Both of us were pretty cheerful, so that's good too.

Placed a book order with Powells, almost equally divided between self-help and fiction.

The day's link sausage includes An Argument for Friendship (in fiction; from haikujaguar), more profound whimsy from Tom Digby, and speaking of whimsy, Photos from Robolamp (from from gizmodo)