Done yesterday (20110424 Su)

[mdlbear]

0424 Su
  * up 8:30; W=195; drugs, nose, teeth; dishes, light
  @ We're In The Middle Of A Terrible Blubble! 
  * 15min: reboot / reset-to-defaults wap2.  Painless except that the YD was awake.
  * 15min: goo-gone on Colleen's scooter seat.  Clean now, I think.
  * Easter
  @ thnidu - Poor Jane's Almanac
  * 15min:  TGl lyrics work
  @ A Simple Fitness Plan for Travelers | zen habits @jules_stonesoup 
  * 15min: TGl: lyrics
  * 15min: to.do items for Amethyst Rose -> /users/steve/albums/amethyst/To.do
  @ The Lovecraftsman: Happy Easter! Here are half a dozen eggs decorated like Cthulhu
  * shopping:  gin and white wine at BevMo; nice mini-ITX case at Central
  * YD deviled the eggs I hardboiled.
  : John and Scott in the living room.  I agree with them on politics, but
    they're the non-stop-talking kind of extroverts.
  @ Great Minds: Atheist Quotes (found by googling to source a quotation)
  * 6:30 ham due out of the oven
  * desktop powerdown -- should "make push" before suspending.  make a command
    in ~/bin that does the right set of things.  No, should be a make target
    in Private and Dog.  That way the saves are guaranteed to get done.  Make
    sure to check host; should only powerdown desktops.  make off.
  & re-re-attached front doorknob.
  * Call Mom. 
  * Music for Colleen; joined by N later.
    After Rosie, she said that for somebody who claims not to understand love
    at first sight, I nail it pretty well in my songs.  I guess I do
    understand it, at second hand;  I just haven't experienced it.  She says
    it's the small world effect -- it's the cases where instant attraction
    grows into something deeper that we remember it as love at first sight.

Our Easter "feast" was very lightly attended -- a max of three guests. But two of them were extroverts, so I mostly hung out in the office until they left. We usually have rabbit on Easter, but it looked way too expensive this year so Colleen had gotten a spiral-cut ham at Costco. Tasty. I also hard-boiled a dozen eggs, and the YD deviled half of them.

I finally emerged from my cave to sing around 8:30; we were joined by Naomi on speakerphone half an hour or so later.

After I sang The Rambling Silver Rose, Naomi remarked that for someone who claims not to understand love at first sight, I manage to nail it in my songs. So apparently I do understand it pretty well -- from second- and third-hand accounts. N's theory is that it's a case of selective memory; the few times when instant attraction leads to something deeper are the ones that get remembered. I'll buy that.

But it was the IM conversation afterward that really went someplace totally unexpected, when my (stillborn) daughter Amethyst broke in and said something directly to N. It's true that I'm getting better at role-playing in IM, and at listening to the voices in my head and giving them labels, but... It was surprising, but felt entirely natural and appropriate. //silly bear. I told him he needs to come visit my garden more often; it's a peaceful place and he needs that more than he knows.//

Ok, I get the hint.

Links, as usual, up in the raw notes.

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

Your subconscious mind is far wiser than you are. (That's not uncommon, actually.)

[mdlbear]

//he needs to pay more attention to the voices in his head :)//

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's your subconscious telling you it's wiser than you are, so you should shut up and listen! :-D

[judifilksign.livejournal.com]

I think that N is right in many circumstances about selective memory and love at first sight.

My husband decided that I was the girl for him pretty much at first meeting. I was even dating someone else at the time. It was an out-of-character feeling for him, introvert that he is to feel something like this so strongly.

And, twenty years later, happily ever after!

[mdlbear]

My wife first spotted me in 1969 :).

[jilara.livejournal.com]

We had Easter with Andrew's relatives, and it was...interesting. Essentially, think Thanksgiving. Roast Turkey, mashed potatos, green beans with mushrooms, zucchini saute, salad. Great turkey. BTW, it looks like I may become the resident turkey carver--I did it in half the time and neater than other folks had, apparently.

[mdlbear]

My brother, the anatomy professor, is the real carving expert.

[jilara.livejournal.com]

I think I got my own skills from too many bio classes!