Done recently (20110413 We - 0415 Fr)

[mdlbear]

0413 We
  * up 5:30ish; W-195.2; drugs, nose, teeth, dishes, coffee, laundry, light
  @ Creating beautiful moments | 17000 Days 
    " Be yourself.  Often the things we're most self-conscious about are the
      very things that are most endearing to the people who love us. Are you
      the kind of person who impulsively decides to learn to play the ukulele,
      or makes up arguments that J. P. Morgan was really a vampire, or brings
      several dozen clown noses to a wedding reception?  Or maybe you think
      you're boring, but actually, you're the one people turn to when they
      can't figure their lives out. 
          Whatever it is, give yourself permission to stop worrying what
      people think.  Find what makes you unique, and be more like that.
    "
    c.f. A Talk With the Middle-Sized Bear
  @ Spend Based on Who You Are, Not Who You Want to Be via haikujaguar
  % definite stomach symptoms after eating a donut; wondering whether one
    donut is enough to account for my usual post-Wednesday weight gain.
  * walk: 15min.  My left foot felt even iffier than the weather.
  * buy: pantsu
  $ ss.svc	$50	0413	amex	1 year premium paid >DreamWidth
  * Clare from the Avoiding group came by.  She seemed to enjoy it.
  * load drugs
  * bed ~11:30

0414 Th
  * up 6:30; W=195.2; drugs, nose, teeth, laundry, dishes, coffee, light
  @ ebonypearl: Health Insurance Needs to Die
  @ YouTube - Memory-a spoof by Pam Peterson via janeg: For filkers having senior moments 
  : Street noise in the office definitely too loud for serious recording
    It's ok for scratch tracks, but anything else will probably have to be
    recorded in the back of the house.
  @ Twitter: Consider This Your Intervention. 
  & feeling accomplished but drained physically.  Stressful day.
  ! drained?? emotionally.  Sorta blank.  Relieved?  tired?
  * Daphne's, TJ's and driving around SJ Greek fast food.  Cheap; tasty.
    most of the TJ haul was for my lunch.  KIND bars are yummy, but pricy.
  @ esr:  The Smartphone Wars: NoWin deal more takeover than deal?
  @ dbcooper: Unscrewing America via admnaismith. 
  * pay bills

0415 Fr
  & awake 5:30, snuggle
  * up 6:30; W=194.6; drugs, nose, teeth, laundry, dishes, coffee, light 
  @ Biopunk: the "great and terrible power" of indie biotech?
  @ Lawsuit: DRM spied on me, gathered my personal info, sent it to copyright
    enforcers who called me with $150,000 legal threat - Boing Boing 
  % pain behind the right knee; I'm going to skip walking today :(
  : battery died on nova's UPS, which is ancient and too small.
    For now, can replace with the one in the back bedroom
  @ The way to happiness: who's right? | 17000 Days
  % continuing behind-knee pain; current suspicion is bursitis 
  * refill Colleen's prescription

OK, so I still suck at getting these out on time. It was another long, tense week at work, and I just barely got my final bug fixes into the last build on Friday. But. It's done. We ship the software on Monday. I ended Thursday, which really had most of the final push, feeling accomplished, I guess, but thoroughly drained. Not a bad feeling, particularly.

Colleen and I went out for cheap but tasty Greek food at Daphne's.

Friday the UPS battery finally died on Nova's BackUPS 420. It was clearly too small (providing roughly an 11-minute uptime) and quite old, on its second (at least!) replacement battery. And I'd hauled it out of the trash at work. So it was clearly time to put a replacement on the to.do list. More about that when I post today's "adventures".

Meanwhile, it seems as though the road noise in the office may be too much for serious recording, though it's ok for scratch tracks. I'll have to try it with a cardioid mic pointed away from the window; that might work.

Another gem from 17000 Days: Creating beautiful moments

Be yourself. Often the things we're most self-conscious about are the very things that are most endearing to the people who love us. Are you the kind of person who impulsively decides to learn to play the ukulele, or makes up arguments that J. P. Morgan was really a vampire, or brings several dozen clown noses to a wedding reception? Or maybe you think you're boring, but actually, you're the one people turn to when they can't figure their lives out.

Whatever it is, give yourself permission to stop worrying what people think. Find what makes you unique, and be more like that.

I couldn't help thinking of A Talk With the Middle-Sized Bear.

Fans of the Middle-Aged Bear, might prefer to check out Memory--a spoof by Pam Peterson (youtube video)