Done this week (20120908 Sa - 14 Fr)

[mdlbear]

Another week gone by. Do people prefer the weekly dumps, or daily dribbles? Inquiring minds and all that.

Worrying news on the job front -- $COMPANY, which last I heard was about to hire me as soon as they got through some back-office stuff, has re-organized. There's a new hiring manager, and apparently he has some concerns. AARGH! I have a new set of interviews on Tuesday. If this falls through I'm unlikely to get anything before my severance pay runs out.

In retrospect it's a good thing I couldn't get a Friday slot -- I apparently came down with a 24-hour virus of some sort. With luck I'm over it now, but I was pretty miserable yesterday afternoon and evening. Went to bed 10:30ish and slept for 11 hours.

In other news, I've done a little music with Naomi, and fixed a mysterious problem I'd been having with my mail reader.

I have been realizing more and more how much we'd been relying on Colleen's support network back in San Jose: Liz (and Marty and Alison before her), Safeway.com, ... Housekeeping, shopping, and driving Colleen places are nearly a full-time job. I'll be happy when the YD gets her license.

Speaking of the YD, she's an official AVON Representative now.

I want a Nexus 7 and a pair of Want. Also want Equator D5 Studio Monitors. Grump. When I get a job, damnit...

Since the Hugos were announced, I've been reading Digger by Ursula Vernon, the winner for best graphic story. Go read it -- it's amazing.

Lots of links, as one would expect for a week's worth.

0908 Sa
  * up 9ish; W=194.2; d, n, t; laundry
  * Drop Colleen and YD off at Target/Northgate Mall, and head over to N's for
    laundry, conversation, and possibly music.  (No music, alas)
  @ Nexus 7 (16GB) - Google Play want.
  @ Sandra Fluke at the DNC: Angry reaction from the right-wing is good for Obama. 
  *  Back to N's, but laundry not quite dry.  Good excuse to come back tomorrow
  @ AVON Representative EMERALD SAVITZKY serving the Lk Forest Pk, WA area

0909 Su
  * up 9:15; W=194.2; d, n, t, h; exercise, laundry, dishes
  * farmer's market and Albertson's.  Taking a third person in the Honda leaves
    very little room for purchases.  Also some friction over brand/price choices
  * More laundry
  % I am realizing more and more how much we relied on Colleen's support network:
    Liz, Marty, Safeway,...  Without them, it's a full-time job.
  : managed to seriously screw up gnus by making nnml primary.  WTF?
  * orycon programming questionaire
  * to N's for laundry and music.  Started with some noodling.
    Lord of the Buffalo, LockKeeper, Mary Ellen Carter, Looking-Glass
  * The mysterious trouble with gnus (not remembering what I've read) seems to
    have been fixed by logging in again after having severe connection trouble
    This also fixed the inability to connect to starport.  Growf.  Not
    complaining much, though.

0910 Mo
  * up 7:20; W=194.4; d, n, t; dishes
  : Rained last night.  Finally!
  @ GoDaddy's DNS servers experiencing extended outage - Boing Boing 
    So damned glad I've moved all my DNS to dreamhost.com.  Still have the
    registration at GD, but it's out of the realtime loop 
  @ GoDaddy Is Back Up, Thanks To Rival Verisign? Asana’s Moskovitz Calls It
    The Final Straw | TechCrunch 
  @ GoDaddy Gone: Can the Domain Giant Recover Its Reputation? 
  @ Social Fortress Is A Simple (But Powerful) Skeleton Key/Data Security
    Service For Your Digital Life | TechCrunch 
  * Amy McFiddler's Hazardous Fiddle arrived.  Yay!  Good listening.
  & LgF: listened to Heather Dale's "Fortune", "Fille du Roy", and "Choose"
    with an ear toward learining them
  % A weird nightmares about, of all things, guinea pigs.  Their cage was
    different, and was broken somehow, and they were being attacked by other
    household pets that seemed to be something between ferrets and foxes with
    short, stubby wings.  I was able to chase them down and they seemed eager to
    be picked up and cuddled for reassurance.  The dream ended with me cradling
    a piggie in my right arm while trying to push the other two back into the
    cage and fix the door with my left.  As I said, weird.

0911 Tu
  * up 7:45; W=195.2; d, n, t; laundry
  * 9am call from Ellen at Google -> sorry about not noticing that I'd already
    interviewed there in the last few months.  Try again next year.
  @ jjhunter | Intelligence-Inducing Habits of Mind (ysabetwordsmith) 
  @ Secret sex life of wombats - theage.com.au (Wombat - Wikipedia)
  * (15:00:07) mdlbear: Two file boxes (spices and kitchen stuff) sorted and flattened.
  * 4pm more food and kitchen stuff sorted
  * buy: pantsu, AAA and AA batteries, flax oil (Walgreens)
  * installed Colleen's new projection alarm clock/clock radio
  * moved more boxes; brought in rocking chair
  * cleared enough space to bring the rocker in from the porch

0912 We
  * up 8am; W=195.4; d, n, t; laundry, exercise
  * load drugs
  * humira
  ~ 11am Colleen's driving test - Lynnwood -> skip it -- she'll get an ID
    Like an idiot, I forgot the disability paperwork.  Have to do that tomorrow,
    I guess, along with the car registration.
  * Lunch with N. at Masala (inexpensive brunch buffet)
    followed by visiting two of the three nearby mattress shops.
    The Matrix "casual convertible" at Sleep Country looks like what we want for
    a couch/guest bed, but we decided to wait until we have a place to put it.
  * Back at N's, finally found the "sewing machine drawers" box.  Tagged for
    storage, which is why I'd missed it the first two go-rounds.
  * buy: lunchmeat - corned beef, pastrami
  * buy: real apple cider
  * dinner:  salad, chicken piccata, pasta with pesto, roasted brussels sprouts.
  @ Warren Ellis » How To See The Future
  * pay bills

0813 Th
  * up 7:30; W=198.2; d, n, t; hair, dishes
  @ Tablet Smackdown: Kindle Fire HD and Nexus 7 | Wired.com -> Nexus 7
    Want.  Also want Equator D5 Studio Monitors  Grump.
  : just realized:  If I get the job at $COMPANY in downtown Seattle, I save a
    bundle on gas.  Not to mention parking, though that may come free with the
    job.  Sr. discount on a monthly pass takes the bus down under $1/day. In SJ
    I was driving 20-40 miles/day = 400-800 mi/month (Cupertino/Menlo Park).
    Somewhere in the $50-100 range, basically.  Win.
  @ Dalai Lama tells his Facebook friends that religion "is no longer adequate" 
    "All the world's major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion,
     patience, tolerance, and forgiveness can and do promote inner values. But
     the reality of the world today is that grounding ethics in religion is no
     longer adequate. This is why I am increasingly convinced that the time has
     come to find a way of thinking about spirituality and ethics beyond religion
     altogether."
  @ I am not a Puzzle Box (naamah_darling) 
  : Call from Lisa.  Re-org at $COMPANY; new hiring manager.  AARGH!
    more interviews tomorrow -> Tu 10am
  @ finished Digger by Ursula Vernon
    Go read it.  
  @ NDAA Detention Provisions Struck Down By Obama Appointed Judge +(Kee Hinkley)
  @ How to Interview a Job Candidate: Best Technique You Never Use | Inc.com 
    count to 5 after getting an answer, to give the other person time to expand
    on it or bring something else up.  Probably applies to ordinary
    conversations, too - would counteract my tendency to stop paying attention
    at what _I_ think is a stopping point.
  * Colleen's ORCA card:
    Lynnwood Transit Center 20110 46th Avenue W Lynnwood, WA. 
  * car registration, disabled placard:
    Inside Fred Meyer store 4615 196th SW Ste 150 Lynnwood, WA 98036-5591
  @ Hear, All Ye People; Hearken, O Earth (Part One) - NYTimes.com Fonts
    and believability.  Baskervills> Georgia > Times (solarbird) 
  % fever=100.4 - I think that explains the slight dizziness, weakness, and muscle aches
  * 5:19 3 aspirin.  Next dose, 9:20 or so.
  * re-reading most of Hart's Farm.  Pointed N. at it.

Comments

Feeding out URLs

[dmarti.myopenid.com]

I have a page of interesting things with feed: http://rtwt.aloodo.com/ It gets updated fairly frequently, then I can blog things, mail them to people, use them at work, or whatever. I like finding other linklog feeds that I can pass into it.

[jcfiala.livejournal.com]

Hm. Not sure, entirely, which way I'd go.

On the one hand, getting everything in one go on the weekend does give me more time to look over your notes for the week.

On the other hand, the individiual bits tended to be more up to date. This is more of a summary of the week.

On the third hand, you tended to post 2-3 times a week, not every day. So... *shrug*

Sorry to hear of your frustrations with $COMPANY - hopefully things will take off. Looking for work is the Frustrating.

Oh, and good luck to the YD on the Avon gig. I've got a local friend who does that - sends me monthly emails about new stuff.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

I am always happy to hear from you and don't have a particular preference for daily dribble versus weekly digests.

My sympathies about the job situation. For what it's worth I'm wishing you the best.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see your posts appear on my "friends" page more than once every week or two, because I start to wonder whether everything's okay with you... but it doesn't have to be every day, either. (Not that I'm such a shining example myself.)

[westrider.livejournal.com]

Honestly, the weekly lumps are a bit much for me to get through. I'm more likely to actually pay attention to a bit each day.

And yes, Digger is awesome. I've lost track of how many times I've read through it at this point :)