Done this week (20150118 Su - 24 Sa)

[mdlbear]

Unlike many previous weeks, this one appears to have gone from bad to good (see mood). This is almost entirely because of yesterday -- I got the pot rack up (finally), found a replacement post for the broken one on the cat tree, had a pleasant conversation with a stranger, and noticed that I was cheerful on the way back from getting dinner.

That's the big one -- I wasn't depressed, and I noticed that I wasn't depressed. At the time. And even had a fairly accurate name for it. I fully expect to go back to dysthymia and alexithymia tomorrow, but for now, I'll take it.

We had two technician visits -- one for the phone (which had become unreliable due to the rat's nest of wires in the garage), and one for Colleen's medical equipment. It looks like Spinlife will make good on the bungled orders and repairs, but it's still taking altogether too long.

I've been fairly productive, even apart from the pot rack, with garage-clearing.

Notable quote from a week ago: "Villain's cat. Because if I can't feel good about myself, I can at least feel *evil* about myself." Which probably sums things up pretty well for the week.

Links in the notes.

0118 Su
  & awake 3am.  read from 4-6ish; laundry; puttering in closet
  * up 4ish; W=214.4; Shower; finally came downstairs 7ish.
    % Wish I could do that more often -- I get a lot done.
  : High wind warning.  It's been pretty wild.
  : Dreamwidth now supports https.  
  @ The golden ratio has spawned a beautiful new curve: the Harriss spiral f(Mary
    Alice Pearce) 
  * 15min:  packed up the last of the wrapping paper into the organizer.
    % unfortunately, this damaged my back, as one could expect from being slightly bent
      over for any length of time.
  % Multiple fails.  I do not feel good about myself.  And I have three more feedbacks to
    write; at least one and preferably two more this weekend.  Meaning today.  Suckage.
  ~ put up pot rack -> fail.  The toggle bolts I got don't work, and I got the holes lined
    up wrong.  One hook is solidly in a beam, so it may be salvagable.
  " The problem is that Republicans are really good at pitching to people who don't
    think. Half of this is by encouraging fear and hatred; the other half is by
    encouraging anti-intellectualism." f(me)
  * (yesterday) did a Thankful post; made a turkey icon for it.
  " Villain's cat.  Because if I can't feel good about myself, I can at least feel *evil*
    about myself.
  @ Leaked US cybersecurity report singles out crypto as essential for security of
    private data - Boing Boing

0119 Mo
  * up 6:30; W= 214.4; MLK day
  * (finally!) finished peer feedback for A -- this is undoubtedly the hardest thing so
    far about working for Amazon.  Two more to go, but one is undated and the other isn't
    due til the end of the month.
  * 10am Jim Hale (Spinlife) - The motor assembly and electronics package were also wrong,
    and he doesn't have the tools to replace inner tubes -- try a bike shop.  Spinlife
    apparently thinks we only had one lift chair to fix.  GOOD GRIEF.
    -> the problem with the scooter is the throttle pot; it works if you don't pull it
       back all the way.
  * verified that the work laptop has to be booted while attached to the dock in order to
    recognize the dock's display.  Grumble.
  @ Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]
  @ Most of you have no idea what Martin Luther King actually did (thnidu)

0120 Tu
  * up 6:05; W=211.0; laundry, dishes
  * Called CenturyLink - apparently our line had gotten re-provisioned for a lower speed.
  * 1pm leave for dentist.  N's scooter, because Colleen's is unusable at the moment.
  * 2pm Colleen dentist
  @ Sounds Like Weird LJ - Some Web Marketing Tips
    How to build the ultimate author website (in 1 hour) | Out:think Author Marketing 
  : YD reconnected with a close friend from a couple of years ago; said friend is now
    living in Portland and has a car, so we'll be seeing more of her.  Happy YD is good.
  % Took a nice long (well, long for standing up and holding) Curio-cuddle -- I probably
    needed it. 
  % 9:30 sleepy.  Drifting.
 
0121 We
  * up 6:35; W=213.2;
  @ How to Choose the Right Platform: Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black? | MAKE +Linux
  : UPS guy came to our door with a return label for Pride parts return.  Shipped
    *everything* back except the inner tubes; if Spinlife wants the tires they can ask
    Pride for them, because nobody fscking TOLD us about this.
  @ What colour is it? (Glenn)
    Cute little javascript hack setting the background color rrggbb from hhmmss.
  % 10ish falling asleep

0122 Th
  * up 6:30; W=213.4
  @ haikujaguar: Habit-Hacking
  @ How secular family values stack up - LA Times
  @ This Man Places His Phone Inside His Guitar And Captures Something Amazing
    f(Elizabeth Degn) Should try that sometime.
  * BunBun made dinner -- chicken/veggie stir fry with rosemary rice.
  * Colleen: humira

0123 Fr
  * up 6:35; W=214.4; 
  * Fried rice using butter and some of the leftover rosemary rice.  Yum.
  % evening -- left foot plantar fasciitis hurting pretty severely.

0124 Sa
  * up 6:30; W=214.4; Shower, laundry
  * 15min:  brought up the white Antec case; no hard drive.  Formerly Harmony, I think.
  * 15min:  changed userid on Cygnus to match Nova, to make it feasible to use the archive
    drive.  Re-added engelbert - less useful now that all home directories are encrypted
    by default, but needed anyway in order to change the userid -- you can't do that if
    the user you want to change has a running process.
  * 15min:  garage puttering.
  * Found and ordered a replacement post for the cat tree.  It ships from the UK.  Petco
    to find the brand, Google to find the item on Amazon UK, cut and paste ASIN.  The item
    name is in French.  There don't appear to be any US sources for Trixie spare parts.
    Trixie's website is just a flash-based copy of their catalog.
  * put up pot rack.  Two molly bolts, and one more wood screw.  Used one of the Spax T20
    screws, because the ones that came with the hooks proved themselves worthless.  Which
    means that there are two slotted screws, a T20. and a crap slotted/phillips.  *sigh*
  & Barbecue for dinner.  Two chickens and a slab of ribs -- could have gotten away with
    half that.  Barely.  Yay for leftovers!
    ! Noticed on the way back that I was *not depressed*!  Cheerful, in fact.  Partly this
      was from having a nice conversation with the young lady at the counter.  But still.
      This is big BOTH because I was _cheerful_, and because I _noticed_.
  * Mounted archive; doing a du on it is  s l o w.
  * 15min:  brought up a box of fabric, and one of books (in two parts, because heavy)

Comments

[amaebi]

I'm glad of any cheer. And I love the quote.

[mdlbear]

Thanks!

[jcbemis.livejournal.com]

Is Conflict in your schedule for next weekend? Tony and will arrive for it late Thursday night.

[mdlbear]

It is - Colleen and I will be arriving sometime Friday afternoon. Probably late Friday afternoon.