Month: July 2001

ahhh, web log. so, what’s log-worthy tonight? I just sent off Matt’s round robin to Barry. I need to write, clean the upstairs room, and empty the dishwasher, probably not in that order.

I’m getting close with Aila – altho I might have jinxed myself by mentioning being “almost done with a sci-fi novel” today. but no, that’s just superstitious silliness. 🙂

actually, I’m going to try working on the exercise Matt gave us – writing dialogue without tag lines – in the hope that it will give me a new perspective. (okay, so mostly I’m still just trying to avoid writing the conversation between Aila and the nara.)

and hey, I can drive myself there!

so Jenny Dixey (digital eve) says she is having problems reading some of the text on this site. I still can’t quite figure out why. I guess I’ll have to troll thru the CSS & see what I can find. maybe it’s an issue of conflicting sizes. I just haven’t had time.

but my mood remains good, even tho I spent most of Mon/Tues in pain – lower back pain, probably from all the housework & lifting I did on Sunday.

I got a new haircut – no picture yet, of course. 🙂 actually…that reminds me…I’ve had pictures at Walgreens for weeks now….

must exercise, then go get pics!

in the background: an old episode of ST:TNG. “everybody’s playing…wanna try?”

okay, I may need to curtail this moment. 🙂 it’s after 11 pm, and I’m actually cleaning out one of my mail.com mailboxes. I’ve been meaning to do this for weeks.

“wireless is catching a big fish & a small fish at the same time”

yeah, sure, uh-huh. whatever you say. if someone from my work called while I was out on a lake, I’d throw the damn phone into the water.

yeah, the st. john’s wort, and the exercise. this last few weeks only really makes sense as a result of bad brain chemicals, because in some ways, things are better in my life than they’ve ever been.

the password validation – even logging out – editing user information, all sorts of “tidyness” things, plus the boatload of suggestions that I got from Ken…it works! still not exactly gorgeous; I may have to take another look at it after everything works.

mmmm…I think the st. john’s wort is kicking in. this afternoon/evening I’ve gotten some amazing work done. all the goofy little problems with the work order database are just unravelling themselves, ever so neatly.

woohoo! I passed my driving test, and I now have a driver’s license!!!!!! (yes, I think that calls for a couple extra exclamation points.)

I was nervous, but not unduly so. the examiner was surprisingly cute – I think I was expecting some middle-aged guy like the one I took driving lessons from a couple of years ago. I got an 84 – 4 points above passing – got knocked down for

• not signaling when I parallel parked (I actually did it – on the second try!)
• poor backing around the corner
• turning my wheels the wrong direction when parking on a hill (damn, I knew I’d get that wrong!)
• briefly going thru a bike lane while making a right-hand turn

Nothing fatal, and all stuff I can improve on my own. Now I just need to figure out freeway driving!

I think I’m done.

what’s left?

1. poetry page
2. photo album
3. standards & accessibility testing
4. reindex search (add meta tags?)
5. reattach archives

of course, I also need to work on my remaining side projects: New DAY, Diversity Hair, and Zografis.

<sigh> a web designer’s work is never done!