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06 February 2008

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1. My voice-activation software arrived yesterday (which is amazing, I only ordered it on Monday afternoon). I set it up last night, did the tutorial this morning and have today blitzed through the work I brought home with me. But it does not know what to type when a cat meows into the microphone. This means my cunning plan to get the cats to do my work for me must be put on hold for the time being.

2. The upstairs neighbour has an electrician in today installing more outside security lights. He's worried about people hiding near his shed waiting for him. As long as the lights don't shine in my bedroom, I don't mind. It's at his expense and on his electricity bill.

3. Slow-cooker dinner for tonight is on - pork, with tomatoes, courgettes, onions and peppers, which I'll serve with rice.

post by: essexjan at: 07:47 | 39 comments

1. Work has finally gotten busy again- busy enough I'm going to have to come in this weekend.

2. I'm so proud of Georgia AND Alabama (where half my family is from) voting for Obama yesterday.

3. I've had this song stuck in my head all morning, which is weird since I hadn't heard it in YEARS.

posted by BoringPostcards 06 February | 07:57

1. Itchy from a mild allergic reaction to something.

2. Car buried again after I just excavated it yesterday.

3. A little bit tentative after agreeing to a project in September that is far far from ready.

posted by typewriter 06 February | 09:05

1. Sick
2. in
3. Bed

Damn flu viruses. The damn things aren't even really alive but they can make you feel like you want to die. At least I have the cats to keep me company.

posted by octothorpe 06 February | 09:17

1. My boss wants my MSN Messenger ID so that he can chat to me about work whilst he's home-officing. If I was capable of experiencing human emotion I would pity him.

2. Lately I have been attempting to grow a beard. Today I finally came to the realisation that it does not suit me at all. I look like the sort of angry tramp has arguments with bus stops. To all my "friends" who told me I "looke really good" with it: Your death will not be swift.

3. Why didn't I buy chocolate at lunchtime?

posted by oh pollo! 06 February | 09:24

1. Work was exceptionally slow yesterday and I have the feeling that today is going to be the same way. Bonus: boss isn't in for the next two days.

2. I might be able to get some of the film shelved today, which would equal supreme awesomeness.

3. Of course, the boredom factor has the potential to reach excruciating levels. Meh.

posted by sperose 06 February | 09:48

1. It is only 9:45 am and it is 66F here in New Jersey. In February. Bizarre.

2. I don't know what courgettes are.

3. Due to the recommendations in EJ's AskMe, I went to Town Shop on Saturday and I found out that I have been wearing the wrong bra size!

posted by amro 06 February | 09:48

Oh, they're zucchini!

posted by amro 06 February | 09:49

1. I haven't been on MetaChat in SOOOOO long.

2. Where has my camera cable gone to? How can I upload my Outfit of the Day without my camera cable?

3. I wish my hair was a little bluer.

posted by divabat 06 February | 09:58

1. It seems i must declare Bee's bass lessons a bust as her little paws are too weak to pluck the big thick strings. Even though she finally stopped jumping at the sound of the low b and she has grown to have affection for it (girls love the bass) her inability to strum it is only rivaled by the possibility she will be crushed. i can only hope i can get a camera to work so i can at least get few good pictures for "all your bass belongs to us."
The strings are dead, anyway, and we can't easily get to a piano, although she does like the garageband keyboard some.
You win this round, Nora. This round.

2. Flooding or fear of flooding has closed and canceled things. i think people just like calling delays and days off this time of year as they will do it for anything anymore. Someone looks outside and says, "Lots of weather we're having," and they're off.
But there has been lots of weather.

3. Prime missions today involve finally getting a cat leash and some interesting chocolate additions. Maybe even food.

posted by ethylene 06 February | 10:10

1. Due to funding requirements, I have to go to the Arctic and Vietnam for research. I only thought I was going up North - not sure how I feel about research in Vietnam again.

2. Crappy weather outside - but I don't care because a friend sent me these and a hoodie

3. Did I mention I'm *warm*? This never happens!

posted by carabiner 06 February | 10:14

1. I was unimpressed by my fancy-gym-going experience last night, but it was nice to work out, since I've not been very good about doing that. Funny how it makes the anxiety go away.

2. The anxiety was mostly do to my internship, because I thought I was not going to accumulate enough hours there to graduate, but I talked to my supervisor and it looks like they can throw more work my way, so that should be ok. Yay!

3. Wednesdays are my loooooong 13-hour days. Work and class and then another class, with only short breaks in between, and they're emotionally intense classes. I would really rather curl back up in bed and read trashy spy novels.

OK, there's a scrub jay outside giving me a dirty look that I'm going to interpret as, "Don't give up! Go to class! Go to work! Make something of yourself, you lazy bum!" Mostly because it amuses me. Thanks, little scrub jay!

posted by occhiblu 06 February | 10:23

1. daughter's cold turned into an ear infection and a ruptured ear drum.
2. Working from home because I'm sick (and in worse shape than her)
3. big, scary deadline at work

posted by plinth 06 February | 10:39

1. I have to stop procrastinating and get things done.

2. This morning at the river there were four or five big birds, circling way up high. I think they were turkey vultures, but I rarely see turkey vultures here (unlike Maryland, which is their natural happy home and where they amuse themselves by vomiting on expensive McMansion subdivisions, which makes me like them even if they are kinda creepy & disgusting, but, hey, nature) and possibly they were ravens. Anyway I watched them for a long time and it was good.

3. The temperature is supposed to drop more than 40 degrees in the next 8 hours. This should be interesting.

posted by mygothlaundry 06 February | 10:41

1. daughter's cold turned into an ear infection and a ruptured ear drum.

Ugh!! As someone prone to ear infections, this makes me cringe. Hope your girl's feeling better (and you, as well!) ASAP.

posted by BoringPostcards 06 February | 10:41

1. ran around doing errands this morning. feeling productive.
2. now i have to wait and hope that i get approved to take a class that i really need.
3. need to go out and get lunch so that i can get to work on some reading, but i can't decide where i want to go.

posted by YouCanCallMeAl 06 February | 10:57

1. This morning I've been cleaning and getting the house ready. We're picking up our new doggie today! I'm nervous. I hope I will be a good dog parent. I've been reading and shopping for dog supplies and trying to cram in as much information as I can, but she's coming home today and I'm scared! I'll post pics. She is precious!

1a. The Humane Society just called. Our dog has kennel cough. (We have been visiting and have suspected this.) They are sending the dog home with us with meds. We will return in March to have her spayed.

2. It's breezy and mild today. The windows are open. I love it when I can air this hellhole out.

3. I have an urge to sell some stuff on Ebay so I can buy some other stuff I want. (mainly outrageously expensive duvet cover that I don't need)

posted by LoriFLA 06 February | 11:04

1. had chickpea flour pancakes for lunch, which were lovely
2. going out for fajitas for dinner, mmm
3. bemused at prospect of free weekend, can't quite think how to fill it

posted by altolinguistic 06 February | 11:05

1. I'm mopey because there is slush and flooding everywhere outside.

2. I'm amused because this morning I helped a distinguished-looking gentleman find a slush bridge over a big puddle.

3. I need to work on the Web site at work.

4. A bigshot professor is speaking today and I'm going to that!!

posted by halonine 06 February | 11:23

1. There is an obscene amount of snow up here. Dayum.
2. It's Ash Wednesday. I'm fasting. Grumble grumble.
3. Linear algebra makes my heart sad, but at least I managed to get a cover letter for one of the internships I'm applying for (ACLU! Woohoo!) finished...

posted by dismas 06 February | 12:03

1. Working at home today - woo! Got lots done already. Might go to the gym.
2. MD-Boston College tonight.
3. Perplexed at the warm weather. I only just bought a new warm winter coat, too!

posted by gaspode 06 February | 12:12

1. My office is freezing.

2. I may email the crush to tell him he is, well, the crush. I'm too socially akward to handle face to face discussions (aka rejection)

3. I live in a "party district." I listened to Fat Tuesday revelers all last night (Buffalo, strangely enough, has the largest celebration outside of Louisania). I spent the night watching the primary results. I'm lame.

posted by kellydamnit 06 February | 12:20

1. I feel like I have appendicitis only it's on the left side, just above my hip.
1a. It's bad enough I've twice gotten close to throwing up.

2. I'm exhausted but the pain is worse when I lie down.

3. I'm wondering if I should go to the emergency room.
3a. But I don't have a car. And I may be fine and don't want to bother anyone.

posted by deborah 06 February | 12:38

1. Still a bit dizzy and disoriented from last week's flu.
2. Frustrated: there's so much I want to get done, books to read, software to learn, and all I spend my time on is writing silly throw-away comments on Mecha instead.
3. Yogurt with oatmeal tastes good. I picked up a cup from Nordstrom on my way to the office this morning.

posted by pieisexactlythree 06 February | 13:14

4. I have "what what in the butt" by Samwell stuck in my head. This isn't so bad.

posted by pieisexactlythree 06 February | 13:15

(I think you should go the emergency room, deborah)

1. Went to the dentist. Dire.

2. Have control of a £1.7 million budget at work - the largest I've been in control of. Quite daunting.

3. Have options paralysis about dinner - I have lots of leeks, purple spuds, fennel, kohlrabi, cabbage, parsnips, mushrooms and carrots and I don't know what to do with it all.

(Tissues and garlic, chili and ginger broth for all the sick 'uns)

posted by goo 06 February | 13:19

goo: take leek, twirl it around while singing Finnish folk music.

posted by pieisexactlythree 06 February | 13:49

Fun, pie=3, but it DOESN'T FILL MAH BELLAH!

posted by goo 06 February | 14:15

1. Job hunt starts today. Blech. The more I think about it, the more pissed off I am at the way I ended up jobless. But nothing I can do about it, so.

2. It's beautiful outside, so I might go dig in the dirt. And get this -- next week I'll have three times as much dirt to dig in, as we're getting a community garden plot!!! Yay!! It's a 5-minute walk from the house, too, which is very cool.

2a. As I'm typing this, my own little scrub jay landed on the windowsill and is eyeing me. He's not being encouraging, though, like Occhiblu's. He's saying "Give me peanuts, woman. I know you have some." And he's right. I do.

3. My body's sore from Monday night's very long trek through the streets of San Francisco. However, we got to watch Gus Van Sant shoot part of "Milk" in the Castro and it was very cool. It was a night shoot, too. We were about 20 feet away from him. He was sitting on a wine crate. Neat.

posted by mudpuppie 06 February | 14:41

1) My mom canceled one of the landlines at her house. I'm surprised to be mourning it. It had been the family line since about 1982. She kept the number she'd been using for the past 10 years or so for her business. I never learned that number.

2) My new crochet project has begun. It involves plastic grocery bags cut into yarn. The yarn-making process needs to be refined. I may need to look up how to on a website.

3) An appeal to our neighborhood association listserv has resulted in more bagged leaves for compost than I'll (hopefully) ever need. If you'd asked me in 1987 if I'd ever have a compost pile, especially if the question came while I was turning ours, I'd have said "Hell NO!" Now I'm envious remembering the quality of that compost, especially all the wormssssssss.

posted by Stewriffic 06 February | 14:46

1) Didn't get the job I wanted
2) Boy situation not really going anywhere right now.
3) I need a job!

posted by sweetkid 06 February | 14:48

1. Sick as a dog
2. At work but i'm feeling too sick so i'm heading home now
3. I want soup!

posted by ramix 06 February | 14:57

1. Ash Wednesday, service tonight. Did Shrove Tuesday dinner last night. Having plans every night after work makes me crabby. I need unstructured time to goof off and watch Netflix and play with the dog so she doesn't stay up all night.
2. Front teeth feeling sensitive. Must make that (first) dentist appointment (in years) soon.
3. Tonight for dinner- garlic meatloaf. Mmmmmmm.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 February | 15:05

Stewie - I've seen tote bags made out of plastic bags. I don't know if they were crocheted or knitted, but I wish I had bought one.

Thanks for the concern, goo. It seems to be in remission. BUT, if it comes back, I'll be off to the ER STAT. I have a feeling it's a "female thing".

posted by deborah 06 February | 15:37

Deborah: I'm starting with a door mat. It's a very odd feeling to crochet with plastic! But a bag is the next project.

posted by Stewriffic 06 February | 15:42

1. It's freezing in my office.
2. I've got a job interview with my dream company tomorrow.
3. I leave for Argentina in 3 days!

posted by matildaben 06 February | 15:46

1. Chicken quesadillas are back at my favorite grill!

2. I've had sleep, caffeine, and chicken quesadillas! I'm unstoppable today!

3. Feeling kinda bad because I waltzed in and solved a huge problem that a co-worker had spent half the day on. With two clicks of the mouse. Her head kinda imploded.

posted by lysdexic 06 February | 17:06

1. Begrudgingly considering the possibility of going on the job market again. Not a prospect I wholeheartedly embrace, but it's time for an income upgrade.

2. It's nasty, sloppy, cold. SAD got me.

3. I did work at home today, which was better than working at work. Dress is casual, the lunch is better, and the commute is easy.

posted by Miko 06 February | 19:58

1. Worked all day. It was slow, so it was boring. Though I spent a good portion of it goofing off with friends.

2. Came home to a sink full of dishes, no water in the cats' bowl, and four lazy kids. Aaaarrgggghhhh. You want dinner? How's about you making it for a change???

3. Possibly good news about medication for Mr. V.

goo, your comment about DOESN'T FILL MA BELLAH made me bust out. Someone just used that line today at work, and now I've got the giggles again.

posted by redvixen 06 February | 20:44

Note to whomever is still reading down here:

I have a doctor's appointment at 2:30 today. It was pretty bad again last night. No pain this morning tho'. Weird.

posted by deborah 07 February | 12:41

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