in which I write about stuff
woo-hoo! I fixed the sound on our computer! (of course, what that meant was putting in an old sound card that was slated for use in the upcoming (actually, nearly completed) linux box, but hey, now we can listen to cd’s again. and kuow – can’t forget that.)
if I “applied myself” I might actually understand this shit. 😛
and what great stuff is there to write about tonight?
so yeah, a web log is cheep therapy, not good writing. what else is new? it’s the same sort of brain spillage that has always filled my various diaries – I’m just more self-consious…because I do know that it’s public. that’s actually a weird part of the appeal. I’m usually more of a voyeur than an exhibitionist. this is sort of a tease, because it’s not all of me, just these random bits.
feeling like my site sucks – not visually, but the content, and I don’t really know what I want to do with it.
(the hair coloring turned out fairly mediocre, by the way. I’m wishing I’d bought a brighter shade of red, something a little more Willow-like.)
sad & restless. tired of this rut my life is in. which means, of course, that I’ve been trolling thru the personal ads, and I’m pondering breaking out the bottle of hair dye. angst everywhere….
I started rearranging the house again and never quite finished. as usual. and now I’m procrastinating on getting back to it.
what else am I procrastinating on?
so…yeah. I’m sitting here writing, listening to k.d. lang (ingenue). Chad’s over at Keith’s. (things are tense with us…not horribly or impossibly so…but our various anxieties & melancholies are butting heads.)
<sigh>
I ought to go to bed, since, after all, it is nearly 10 pm, and tomorrow is a work day…. yay.
oh, I really want/need to work out the backstory plot. what are the details of the treaty between Alac and Haret? what is the “normal” protocol for the Unitad/Imperium in these cases – and why is that thrown aside in this instance? why are is the Imperium aligned with Noren’s overthrow of Alad? (what do they get out of it and how are they helping?) how well known is Imperium/Unitad involvement among the ordinary population out there?
hrm. in the meantime, I’m gonna listen to “wait wait don’t tell me” on KUOW. that, and make some curry.
via oreillynet.com: “why microsoft hates plaintext”
obsessions for today:
that furniture company? Anthro. insanely expensive, but strong, attractive (in a geeky sort of way), and ergonomic.
Moving stuff around again. We were thinking about making the front bedroom upstairs into more of a den, but I couldn’t get the comfy chairs thru the door, and I don’t feel like fighting with it.
What I really want is a …
damn. I can’t think of the name of that computer furniture company, and Google was no help. grrrr.
but yeah, I want a good desk, a real desk, something made to use with a computer.
I’m home by myself this afternoon – decided not to go to a wedding with Chad. (his friends, not mine, and I’d just as soon not be out in the heat.)
Working on writing some “backstory” stuff for Aila. Thursday I wrote a short journal entry in the voice of Mother Radla, and today I’m writing a anthropological treatise from an Unitad perspective. it’s definitely giving me a better perspective of the book as a whole…especially since I’m trying to work out the ending, which I’ve never quite gotten settled in my own mind.