Done last week (20131101 Fr - 08 Fr)

[mdlbear]

So I came out (last) Friday morning to discover that the van's driver-side side mirror was missing -- apparently somebody had driven by and scraped it off. Growf. Came out this morning to find the battery dead, but that's another blog post.

In spite of that, I discovered that my mood was unexpectedly good on Friday. No idea why. It apparently lasted for a couple of days. I also seem to be bouncing back pretty quickly from back stress; that's a good thing, too.

Saturday we had Rainbow's End's first official party, organized by Emmy. Went very well, though we could have used more people. Fun! Our chili went over pretty well, but I'm thinking that maybe we should do Stone Soup next time.

We decided to drop Orycon this year -- Colleen simply isn't ready for travel.

I started using my phone's exercise app again (CardioTrainer). I *really* need to lose weight. So far it's not working.

... and the big news -- we got the "final" version of Naomi's website (delivered on CDROM -- how 20th Century!), and I put it up: Welcome to Rainbow's End Massage. It needed a few tweaks (and still does), and I had to email her designer to get the (Adobe Illustrator) source for the images. It still doesn't show up on Google (though the designer's test site does :P); I'm hoping that a couple of blog links will help in that regard.

Links in the notes, as usual.

1101 Fr
  * up 6:30; W=204; d, n; shower (messy cleanup); laundry
  ! mood unexpectedly good despite a rather harried and stressful morning.  Lasted at
    least until I got on the bus -- just barely catching it did't hurt.  (Having to stand
    did, but that's not a mood thing.)
  % bounced back rather quickly from early back stress.  Not complaining.
  % sleepy at 11am after 3 cups of coffee.  Must be seriously underslept.
  : GROWF!  Somebody drove past the van and clipped the side mirror.  The holder is there
    and working fine, but the mirror is gone.

1102 Sa
  * awake 5; dozed until 6ish when YD came in and woke us
  * up 6ish; W=205; d, n; shower
  * High wind advisory.  Really blowing.
  * halloween party (organized by Emmy)
    She did a great job rearranging the GR, too, and putting up signs and labels.
  @ 17 Of Your Favorite Books As Shirts f(Mary Anne Mohanraj)
    -> Litographs WANT
  * got re.net and rem.com into git.  No content in re.net, and no deployment hooks yet.
  * Party!  Small, but good.  Manny and the kids, Amy and John, Stephanie and Rich, Rick
    and Tess and friend, Kat and James, Friday and a neighbor, Glenn.  Much yummy food,
    and some reestablished connections.  Two batches of chili (sentient and non-).  Sang
    Sentient Chili, QV.
  * Decided to drop Orycon this year -- Colleen isn't ready for travel.
  @ rfc1135 The Helminthiasis of the Internet - November 2, 1988
    How One Hacker's Mistake Fashioned the Internet You Use Today 
    (osewalrus - Were you online for the Morris Worm)

1103 Su Fall Back
  * up 9:15; d, n; BP=132.73, P=68; bath; dishes.  Lots of dishes.
  * dish cruise in the great room.
  * lots of puttering
  * final copy of REM.com arrived in the mailbox.
  * expedition for supplies -- hit Wallgreens at both 35th Ave SW and 15th Ave NE; 35th
    didn't have anything left, and doesn't usually on Sunday night.
  % 7:30 -- feels later.  Time change, of course, but still...
  @ Are cats intelligent creatures?
  @ Goodnight Dune 
  " Me:  I'm Jewish.  I have Jewish mitochondria.
    YD:  At least they're not midichlorians.
  : Wondering whether Colleen's diarrhea  is due to corn - she's been eating lots of
    tamales lately.  We will try the experiment.

1104 Mo
  * up 5:50; W=207.2; d, n; dishes
  % Weight sucks.  Salad and walkies for lunch.
  * lunch:  salad in The Garage; worked on N's website - deployed using git clone.
  * walk:  :26, d=1.3, s=2.8, c=130; Lake Union Park and the Center for Wooden Boats
    Definitely out of shape -- that was about as far as I could go. 
    I last used the CardioTrainer app  just short of a year ago -- Nov 9, 2012
  @ thnidu | Dancing With The Devil - wow.
  * did some tweaking on rainbowsendmassage.com; wrote deploy script
    The deploy script will eventually become a post-update hook.
  @ Tea with the Squash God » The Sea Witch Sets The Record Straight

1105 Tu Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November
  * up 6:40; W=205.6; d, n;
  @ How to Understand Someone With Chronic Pain: 12 Steps
  * drop off ballot in post office
  * cancel Orycon hotel reservation -> as it turns out, it _hadn't_ gone through.
  ~ check to make sure Orycon reservation got made ok
  % 9pm BP=130/73, P=81

1106 We
  * up 6:20; W=205.6, BP=141/82, P=65; d, n
  * walk:  d=0.88, s=3.0, c=89, t=:17  Westlake and Denny; more of a workout than
    expected because of the hill on Denny from Westlake to Boren.
  * work:  finished up an interesting (but ultimately unnecessary) bit of data analysis
  @ Me, I’m A Part Of Your Circle Of Friends… | the Autographed Cat Usenet nostalgia
  @ The Tao of the Silicon.Shaman - Fermi paradox resolved. well, maybe 
  @ Interview with Hyperbole and a Half's Allie Brosh | Bitch Media 

1107 Th
  * up 6:30; W=205.6, BP=157/82, P=65; d, n
  @ Anatomy of a password disaster – Adobe’s giant-sized cryptographic blunder 
    cf. xkcd: Encryptic in(Mary Branscombe)
  @ Poll Finds Tech-Savvy Users Prefer Smartwatches Over Glass Devices 
    in(Jamey Graham) - most likely reflecting the expected difference in price
  * lunch downstairs - a very good Thai chicken soup with lots of black mushrooms, no carbs
  * walk:  d=.62, t=:10, c=71, s=3.5
  * submit REM.com to google for indexing
  * Family dinner, with added Glenn.

1108 Fr
  * up 6:35; W=206.6, BP=142/80, P=67; d, n
  % Wow. That's boring.
  : YD wrote a couple of songs about family.  Quite good.