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when I was a child,

when I was a child, I had a series of fairly spectacular accidents.

nearly whacked off the tip of my finger when I was 2 or so – mom can’t remember which finger, but I do have a faint scar on the ring finger of my right hand. power tools are not our friend, apparently. took a flying leap off of the sofa at about the same time and broke my front tooth in half. had a silver tooth until I was 7.

I often wonder what the hell was going thru my little brain, by the way. was I just testing the bounds of reality? was I trying to fly? did the shiny blade look pretty?

the next biggie I actually know what I was thinking. “wheeee…I love jumping….” as I lept from the toy shelf to the bed. “ow.” as I hit the headboard. “what the….what’s this v8 looking stuff dripping down my face….” as I went to the bathroom to look at my head. “I’m in big trouble.” (1) not supposed to be up that late. (2) not supposed to be jumping on the bed. several stitches later…. I still have a faint scar above my right eyebrow. (something about that non-dominant side of the body.)

unfortunately, not of the accidents I’ve had since the age of 7 have had quite so much elan. and, oddly enough, none of these happened until college, except the first one (you guess what it means, I’ve no idea).

  1. fainted from heat in walmart parking lot in arizona (age 12)
  2. squished foot in exercise bike (age 21)
  3. paper cutter fell on big toe (3 days before 22nd bday)
  4. stress fracture from stubbing toe on stairs (age 23)
  5. concussion…didn’t see that doorway was designed for small children. (age 24?)
  6. “soft tissue” damage to knee while kneeling (age 26)

all of which just goes to say that last night I burnt the tip of the ring finger on my right hand (see power tools, above) while taking tater tots/generic potato rounds out of the oven. very classy. 😛

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I stripped out all of

I stripped out all of my current/old site. I’m definitely in the mood for a total overhaul. but I’m going to take my time. I want this to be done right.

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I’m really enjoying the Linus

I’m really enjoying the Linus Torvalds book. damn, that man is strange, but in a terribly happy way. it just makes me laugh.

(courtesy, of course, of everyone’s favorite library system. libraries rock.)

2 great MeFi posts, which also make life worth living…Wil Wheaton’s website (say that 5 times fast) & the metametameta post. I did get into the Wil discussion (Edith would kill me!), but I just can’t think of anything good enough to add to the metametameta. hmmm.

and for some reason, the cd drive is spinning really loudly again. which just means that I turn up the music louder (again, tunes courtesy of pierce co. library).

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I fear that next week

I fear that next week is going to be more cleaning, organizing, and doing things long put-off than anything else. but hey – I’ve got loads of vacation time, even after taking a week off. the last time I looked, I had something like 13 days – which is 2 1/2 weeks, in workdays. still, I do find the prospect a little daunting…I hate putting things off, and yet I do it all the time.

today’s weird tech ideas:

  1. everything is alive. or so it would seem to Aila.
  2. computers as wall hangings/tapestries. perhaps this would be a high-status thing?
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fall is rolling in with

fall is rolling in with a vengance. rain, rain, rain. I’m crossing my fingers for some nice weather next week (vacation), so I can do stuff outside. at the same time, I’m enjoying the semi-tropical feeling. it’s not yet cold – tho my toes are chilly – but the air is wet, and there’s something exhilarating about walking in a sudden downpour.

yeah, I’m taking a break from the writers’ group. I don’t think it’s forever. I just need a breather, for my own mental health. I’m gonna send the guys an email in the next couple of days, so I won’t post any of my thoughts about it here.

this afternoon’s project: Zografis (Paula’s site) updates. man, that thing is a hopeless bandwidth hog. I really don’t know what to do about it either. all those jpgs…. maybe I’ll back off of the Flash solution again, see if my new-found PHP skills can help. I don’t know. (of course, I’d need to see if her host supports PHP, which means I’d need to remember who the heck her host is.)

a new design is kicking around in my head. something more…professional? I’m thinking of getting back into some kind of freelancing. yeah, yeah, I know, I barely have time to work on the few (unpaid) projects I do have. but if I could get a couple of cash-paying gigs, say $200/month, that would help out a lot with this next year. and maybe I could figure out how to sell some jewelry, too, or a couple of short fantasy/scifi stories or something.