Done yesterday (20110218 Fr)

[mdlbear]

0218 Fr
  * up 6:38; W=197.8; drugs, nose, teeth, light; dishes, laundry, coffee
  @ haikujaguar: Illumination of Life
    A List Apart: Articles: The Miseducation of the Doodle via haikujaguar 
  * even a totally unproductive trip to Fry's counts as a (sort-of, slow) walk.
    Cheapest CD printer I saw was $99 (Epson Artisan 50).  Decided against
    lightscribe; too slow.  So I'll use stick-on labels.
  ~ artisan 50 refurb $60 from Epson; probably not worth it with risk, shipping
  @ Apple vs. publishers: Why the tech firm already won - CNN.com 
  @ Sex Too Soon - LoveToKnow Dating
  @ esr:  The Smartphone Wars: Tightening the OODA Loop
  % reconsidering, I think an Epson Artisan 50 is a reasonable investment.
  @ Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail? | Rolling Stone Politics via wcg
    " Indeed, the shocking pattern of nonenforcement with regard to Wall
      Street is so deeply ingrained in Washington that it raises a profound
      and difficult question about the very nature of our society: whether we
      have created a class of people whose misdeeds are no longer perceived as
      crimes, almost no matter what those misdeeds are.  
    "
  ! 7:25 in a foul mood; bad company; snapping at people for no reason
  @ Eben Moglen Is Reshaping Internet With a Freedom Box - NYTimes.com 
    FreedomBox - Debian Wiki
  @ Wisconsin unions: Anti-union bill in limbo as Democratic lawmakers flee
    state - latimes.com 
  @ Print direct to CD/DVD Epson R200,R300,R310.. « Ubuntu-FS
    Gimp Plugins for making CDs 
    Fast labels and Card layout with Gimplabels (Open Source)
    CD DVD Covers and Labels for Debian 4.0 "Etch" 
    OpenPrinting User Forums :: Printers from Epson :: Epson Stylus Photo
    R220 Problems with printing CD-/DVD-label - make your own template!
  & 15min:  researched CD printing in Linux.  I may be better off with paper.
    OTGH the software exists for Mac, so I can use that.  Also runs on Wine
  : lost re: Ash - he's moving back in.  
    ! distressed, stressed, ashamed of myself.  Sick.  Defeated.
  % It's surprising how much loathing -- and _self_-loathing -- the recent LJ 
    Writer's Block about school PE triggered for me.  Who knew?
  & call from N. at 11:45.  Sang River and Middle-Sized Bear.  She sang Gentle
    Arms of Eden.  I wish we lived closer.
  & had some troble getting to sleep, around 1am

I spent most of the day in a really foul mood, growling and snapping at people I like, for no reason. Several things, some of which I may go into in detail in a later post, but the really surprising one was how much loathing and self-loathing the morning's Writer's Block about school PE triggered for me. Weird? I've been carrying around a lot of baggage. Not to mention the fact that my weight is creeping back up toward 200. :P

I had a rather unproductive trip to Fry's, which I mostly spent dithering over whether to get an Epson Artisan 50, which can print on CDs, or get paper labels. I think I'm going to go for the Epson, after some research into ways of driving it from Linux. If all else fails, I can use my work laptop. (I'll have to go back over the weekend, because I didn't actually buy the printer.)

At least I was on my feet for over an hour; it wasn't much exercise but I'm going to count it as sort of a walk anyway.

Part of the problem was being reassigned to work on the factory diagnostics for our new product, in place of the new contractor whose req was pulled at the last minute for (what I think are) stupid reasons. I've done this kind of thing before, though not recently (like, a quarter century not recently); mostly my problem is with not having been so much as asked before being reassigned. I'll be very glad to be going back to research in June.

The really good thing that happened during the day was the phone call from Naomi, just 15 minutes before midnight. We both needed a friendly voice and a song or two. And there was a nice little comment exchange on rowanf's journal earlier. And a lot of nice snuggle with Colleen. All of which I needed.

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