Thursday: Up around 8:30, as MB was heading out, some web, shower, morning practices in the dance room. Down basement, collecting the garbage can and recycling bin on the way. Hung a picture for MB over the closet door in the dance room. Breakfast, a little guitar.
Off to work. And continued my integration of one project into the other, via the SCC system. Had a talk with B. We agreed that we'd seen the same thing, and come to different conclusions, and that, although I disagreed, that I would do what they requested. Lunch at my desk. Windy in the morning, and rain in the afternoon, clearing in the evening. The project integration project took the rest of the day, finally committing it around 9, and headed home.
Back there, MB and Christine were out having dinner. I ate the leftover Indian food listening to the radio. Worked on a composition for an hour or two, first on piano, and then learning what I'd written on guitar. Some emailing.
MB and Christine returned from dinner, with tales of Hebrew karaoke at a Middle Eastern restaurant in Newton. Thinking about rowing to Paris for Christmas.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
can't get there from here
Wednesday: Slept in a bit, and up around 10. Brief web. Shower and morning practices. Down basement and said hello to Christine. Cereal and a cup of tea. Bit of guitar. Burned some discs of KTR's talks at Milarepa. Stopped on my way to work to drop these in the mail. Quite a nice day out, cool and clear again.
At work, folding M into D, and working out the associated build kinks. Talked with B, but he couldn't really answer my question. Later on, a meeting with B and Rbt. This was difficult, because I was having to defend my failure on my recent round of work. And a deadline is looming close... much closer than I thought. Working with J to AB the performance differences between D and L. Headed out at 6:43.
At KKC, and another hard to fathom class. Sitting next to Wendy's sister. Had to leave for a couple of coughing fits. After class, stuffed envelopes for a while with Wnd. Her father has taken a turn for the worse. Then, out for some coffee and donuts at a local shop, talking about testing procedures, and how sometimes what seems to be bad luck, is good luck.
Home. MB still out dancing. Took out the recycling, and boiled some noodles. Wrote a note to a friend in the neighborhood that I've been lazy about keeping in touch with. Making a pasta salad as MB returned. We hung out while I seasoned the salad. We both ate a little. Bed soon.
At work, folding M into D, and working out the associated build kinks. Talked with B, but he couldn't really answer my question. Later on, a meeting with B and Rbt. This was difficult, because I was having to defend my failure on my recent round of work. And a deadline is looming close... much closer than I thought. Working with J to AB the performance differences between D and L. Headed out at 6:43.
At KKC, and another hard to fathom class. Sitting next to Wendy's sister. Had to leave for a couple of coughing fits. After class, stuffed envelopes for a while with Wnd. Her father has taken a turn for the worse. Then, out for some coffee and donuts at a local shop, talking about testing procedures, and how sometimes what seems to be bad luck, is good luck.
Home. MB still out dancing. Took out the recycling, and boiled some noodles. Wrote a note to a friend in the neighborhood that I've been lazy about keeping in touch with. Making a pasta salad as MB returned. We hung out while I seasoned the salad. We both ate a little. Bed soon.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
dinner with Christine and MB
Tuesday: Woke around 8:30 as MB headed out. Slept a bit more. Not feeling quite myself today. Checked email with a question about the NST Intro. Spent quite a while formulating a response. Shower. Morning practices. Down basement briefly. Breakfast. A bit of guitar. Wrote some emails to old friends. Walked over to the fire station, and cast my ballot in the special state senate election. They said turnout was low.
Quite a nice day out... clear, but temperatures are getting cooler for sure. Most of the time today at work was spent thinking about design, and doing some reorganization. Help Dv with some tricky file IO code. Lunch at my desk. Consulted with Dnl about the SCC system, and his knowledge of a particular bit of code. Headed home around 8:45.
MB, Christine and I arrived home all at 9 PM. We decided to walk to Union Square for Indian food. A nice meal, and good conversation. Then, all feeling stuffed, we hiked up to the top of the Somerville hill and looked across at the Boston night-time skyline. Back home, and tea, talking about old times, and what's become of us.
Quite a nice day out... clear, but temperatures are getting cooler for sure. Most of the time today at work was spent thinking about design, and doing some reorganization. Help Dv with some tricky file IO code. Lunch at my desk. Consulted with Dnl about the SCC system, and his knowledge of a particular bit of code. Headed home around 8:45.
MB, Christine and I arrived home all at 9 PM. We decided to walk to Union Square for Indian food. A nice meal, and good conversation. Then, all feeling stuffed, we hiked up to the top of the Somerville hill and looked across at the Boston night-time skyline. Back home, and tea, talking about old times, and what's become of us.
Monday, September 26, 2005
scary monster
Monday: Up around 8:30, but went back to bed for a little while. Still feeling a bit ill. Shower and morning practices. Fed cats. Breakfast. Burned some old newspapers in the backyard. A little guitar. Victor called to arrange for dropping off some of the cards that Terry had printed out. Down basement briefly.
Over to KKC for water bowls. H was there with his young daughter. In a playful way, I frowned at her and made my 'cookie monster growl'... something that I used to do with a couple of other very young girls that would make them scream with mock terror, and then giggle with delight. Unfortunately, this little girl took it the wrong way, and just cried and cried... inconsolable. When her father left with her, she were still in tears. Not exactly the response I had hoped for.
In at work, I spent most of the day fixing an issue in a feature that someone else had added. The multi support had never been there. Found a typo in a previous fix. Ate lunch at my desk, and did some design work in the evening.
Headed back home around 9:30. Raining a bit. Stopped for gas. Hung out with MB in the kitchen, eating soup and reading Rolling Stone magazine. A little music. Working on the KKC website.
Over to KKC for water bowls. H was there with his young daughter. In a playful way, I frowned at her and made my 'cookie monster growl'... something that I used to do with a couple of other very young girls that would make them scream with mock terror, and then giggle with delight. Unfortunately, this little girl took it the wrong way, and just cried and cried... inconsolable. When her father left with her, she were still in tears. Not exactly the response I had hoped for.
In at work, I spent most of the day fixing an issue in a feature that someone else had added. The multi support had never been there. Found a typo in a previous fix. Ate lunch at my desk, and did some design work in the evening.
Headed back home around 9:30. Raining a bit. Stopped for gas. Hung out with MB in the kitchen, eating soup and reading Rolling Stone magazine. A little music. Working on the KKC website.
Sunday, September 25, 2005
lazy sunday, no circle
Sunday: MB woke me as she was heading off to church, around 10 AM. I had a very lazy morning. A brief sitting. Some web surfing. Downstairs and made some breakfast (eggs and coffee), listening to the radio. Christine called, and I invited her up. She had some cereal and yerba, and we talked about her upcoming tour, and various band dynamics.
MB returned from attending a OCBC congregational meeting. Amazingly, it was 2:45 PM. Christine headed off. I took a shower. Started working on updating the KKC online calendar. MB needed to use the iMac, so I shifted downstairs. Around 4 we had some tea (cookies and coffee), talking politics. Most of the afternoon was spent on the calendar. I also made a little page with information about Ven. Choden Rinpoche's visit to KKC in November.
We were supposed to have done some busking with the NEGC this evening, but David and Martin were feeling sick. I was too, but not so bad as to keep me from it. MB was having a lesson with Victor, and headed off around 7. She called a bit later to say that since the circle meeting would have just been me, her and Victor, that it might be best for me to stay home, and for it to just be a private lesson for her. That was agreeable to me.
Down basement for daily practices. When I emerged, I began putting a dinner together. MB returned. She made some toast and sat with me while I ate my veggie burger, and leftover chilli and potato. Loaded the dishwasher. Catching up on diarizing. We're going to get to bed on the early side tonight.
MB returned from attending a OCBC congregational meeting. Amazingly, it was 2:45 PM. Christine headed off. I took a shower. Started working on updating the KKC online calendar. MB needed to use the iMac, so I shifted downstairs. Around 4 we had some tea (cookies and coffee), talking politics. Most of the afternoon was spent on the calendar. I also made a little page with information about Ven. Choden Rinpoche's visit to KKC in November.
We were supposed to have done some busking with the NEGC this evening, but David and Martin were feeling sick. I was too, but not so bad as to keep me from it. MB was having a lesson with Victor, and headed off around 7. She called a bit later to say that since the circle meeting would have just been me, her and Victor, that it might be best for me to stay home, and for it to just be a private lesson for her. That was agreeable to me.
Down basement for daily practices. When I emerged, I began putting a dinner together. MB returned. She made some toast and sat with me while I ate my veggie burger, and leftover chilli and potato. Loaded the dishwasher. Catching up on diarizing. We're going to get to bed on the early side tonight.
Saturday, September 24, 2005
HHDL Avelokiteshvara NYC
Saturday (Norwalk CT): My internal alarm woke me at 4:30 AM. Downstairs for a brief sitting. Woke MB at 5 AM, and had a quick shower. Mom was up not long after that. Breakfast. We were on the road by a little after 6 AM. Very little traffic heading into Manhattan. We found a garage and parked by a little after 7 AM.
After getting some coffees and snacks, we went and stood in line. Many folks from Kurukulla wandered past. It was a little chilly out, and I had forgotten to bring any sort of coat. The doors opened around 9 AM, and we were seated by 9:30. Wnd wound up sitting right next to MB, which was a happy coincidence.
The first session with HHDL began at 10, and ran until noon. It was a (action-tantra) Avelokiteshvara empowerment. He spoke in Tibetan, and it was then serially translated into English and then Vietnamese (the NYC Vietnamese Buddhist community was responsible for putting on the event). The dual translation gave quite a slow pace to things, and combined with my early rise, made paying attention quite a struggle. Vietnamese is quite an odd noodly language to my Western ear. English is more verbose than Tibetan, but Vietnamese is even more so.
We had a break between noon and 2 PM, so we walked out and got some pizza slices and coffee in a shop a few blocks down. It was strange walking past the peep shows and through the thronging masses after the experience we had just had. One guy who was begging for change that looked like he was dying from AIDS. When we returned from eating lunch he had given up begging, and was lying propped up against a wall in a puddle of his own urine.
The second session was a commentary on the first. I picked up a few good tidbits, but I was so sleepy it was very difficult to focus. Also, its quite esoteric material, and even in two hours there's only so much detail that can be delivered. Especially when your audience falls asleep.
MB and I had thought about posting some NST Intro flyers while we were in NYC, but at the end of the event, it seemed like the best plan was to just head out as quickly as we could. Picked up the car from the garage. (We got the 'special' rate... $12 more than the normal rate.) Decided to stop at my mom's for a cup of tea. She'd had some good news: the P&S on the Cape house had been signed, and they had put 10% down. And then, a long drive back to Boston. MB and I played the yes/no guessing game. My thing for her was Pepe LePew, and her's for me was Pinecone.
We stopped at the grocery store in Somerville. Then back home, we put things away, and I went down basement for the rest of my daily practices. Christine came in just after I wrapped up. MB and I were watching SNL, and I was eating a potato with veggie chilli and cheese. She came up and hung out with us for a while. Then, some email, and to bed by about 1:30.
After getting some coffees and snacks, we went and stood in line. Many folks from Kurukulla wandered past. It was a little chilly out, and I had forgotten to bring any sort of coat. The doors opened around 9 AM, and we were seated by 9:30. Wnd wound up sitting right next to MB, which was a happy coincidence.
The first session with HHDL began at 10, and ran until noon. It was a (action-tantra) Avelokiteshvara empowerment. He spoke in Tibetan, and it was then serially translated into English and then Vietnamese (the NYC Vietnamese Buddhist community was responsible for putting on the event). The dual translation gave quite a slow pace to things, and combined with my early rise, made paying attention quite a struggle. Vietnamese is quite an odd noodly language to my Western ear. English is more verbose than Tibetan, but Vietnamese is even more so.
We had a break between noon and 2 PM, so we walked out and got some pizza slices and coffee in a shop a few blocks down. It was strange walking past the peep shows and through the thronging masses after the experience we had just had. One guy who was begging for change that looked like he was dying from AIDS. When we returned from eating lunch he had given up begging, and was lying propped up against a wall in a puddle of his own urine.
The second session was a commentary on the first. I picked up a few good tidbits, but I was so sleepy it was very difficult to focus. Also, its quite esoteric material, and even in two hours there's only so much detail that can be delivered. Especially when your audience falls asleep.
MB and I had thought about posting some NST Intro flyers while we were in NYC, but at the end of the event, it seemed like the best plan was to just head out as quickly as we could. Picked up the car from the garage. (We got the 'special' rate... $12 more than the normal rate.) Decided to stop at my mom's for a cup of tea. She'd had some good news: the P&S on the Cape house had been signed, and they had put 10% down. And then, a long drive back to Boston. MB and I played the yes/no guessing game. My thing for her was Pepe LePew, and her's for me was Pinecone.
We stopped at the grocery store in Somerville. Then back home, we put things away, and I went down basement for the rest of my daily practices. Christine came in just after I wrapped up. MB and I were watching SNL, and I was eating a potato with veggie chilli and cheese. She came up and hung out with us for a while. Then, some email, and to bed by about 1:30.
Friday, September 23, 2005
police activity
Friday: Up around 8:30, as MB headed out. Brief web. Shower, packing. Morning practices. Some breakfast and a little guitar. Down basement briefly, no Christine. Noticed that the soft top of my car has three distinct slices in it, that look like they were made with a razor blade. Overcast in the morning, clearing in the afternoon.
Headed to work. A long conversation with B about a new architecture to replace the one I was working on. More emails with add-on makers. A tweak, trying to resolve an add-on's bug (which didn't help). Released a new dev kit internally, adding a small feature we need for our own add-ons. Ate some lasagna at my desk. Left at 6:15.
Back home, some last minute things, and then on the road with MB by about 7:15. Stopped at a rest area near the 84 join. Bits of heavy traffic, but overall OK. Listening to Negativeland's Dispepsia, Primus, and RF String Quintet. On 91 there was some major police activity going on... many vehicles with flashing lights, a helicopter with a search light, German Shepherds, and so on. MB saw a guy lying (possibly handcuffed) in the grass. Stopped at a rest area, on the Merit for coffee. A guy was waiting for his wife, and asked us about what was going on on 91.
Arrived at my mom's about 10:45. Made the bed, and had a good conversation, about the shaky state of the world, and MB's relationship with her brother. We have an early morning tomorrow, so to bed soon.
Headed to work. A long conversation with B about a new architecture to replace the one I was working on. More emails with add-on makers. A tweak, trying to resolve an add-on's bug (which didn't help). Released a new dev kit internally, adding a small feature we need for our own add-ons. Ate some lasagna at my desk. Left at 6:15.
Back home, some last minute things, and then on the road with MB by about 7:15. Stopped at a rest area near the 84 join. Bits of heavy traffic, but overall OK. Listening to Negativeland's Dispepsia, Primus, and RF String Quintet. On 91 there was some major police activity going on... many vehicles with flashing lights, a helicopter with a search light, German Shepherds, and so on. MB saw a guy lying (possibly handcuffed) in the grass. Stopped at a rest area, on the Merit for coffee. A guy was waiting for his wife, and asked us about what was going on on 91.
Arrived at my mom's about 10:45. Made the bed, and had a good conversation, about the shaky state of the world, and MB's relationship with her brother. We have an early morning tomorrow, so to bed soon.
mums rehearsal
Thursday: Up around 9, surprised that MB wasn't already up. Then I remembered it was her day to work at home. I got in the shower before her. Downstairs, made coffee (fru-fru for her and espresso for me) and poured some cereal. Some bits of guitar. We ate breakfast together. Down basement for morning practices, no Christine. Sitting was extra long for some reason. Emerged, loaded the car with my electric rig, a bit of email and then off to work.
Had a long conversation with B today about my bandwidth project. Possibly a serious rethinking in the works, but it seems we have a way forward. Emailing and some wild remote low level debugging. Left a project loading and got a couple of slices of pizza. Lovely weather here. Rita is about to hit TX. Worked through one little enhancement, and then headed off for my practice with Shawn.
Terrible traffic compounded the fast that I didn't leave on time, so I arrived almost a half hour late. A good session, but the challenge of the pieces we are working on is becoming more evident as time goes on, rather than less. I'm having quite a hard time playing my own compositions. I guess that's a good thing. Worked for quite a while on Chrysanthemum. We went for a little walk, I got a espresso-milk drink at Starbucks, then did more work. Shawn has the map, but has to fill in some details. The middle inverted section is still beyond me.
Back home, MB was still out at a BD performance in Lowell. Some more music, working on a bass-line. MB returned not much later. We chatted and had snacks in the kitchen. Our yard-helper M just installed a compost bin for us. Neat.
Our illustrious leader said tonight "To withdraw from Iraq now would be to repeat the mistakes of the past, that led to the attacks on September 11th." My first thought was how wonderful it would be to actually talk about what led to those attacks, and how strange it is that 4 years on, this was the first time I had heard him mention that there might be things that we did that were contributing factors. My second thought was to wonder what mistakes he was talking about. It could well be that this whole Iraq war business is a complicated playing out of 'the son proving the father wrong.' And with that, I give you the smirking chimp.
Had a long conversation with B today about my bandwidth project. Possibly a serious rethinking in the works, but it seems we have a way forward. Emailing and some wild remote low level debugging. Left a project loading and got a couple of slices of pizza. Lovely weather here. Rita is about to hit TX. Worked through one little enhancement, and then headed off for my practice with Shawn.
Terrible traffic compounded the fast that I didn't leave on time, so I arrived almost a half hour late. A good session, but the challenge of the pieces we are working on is becoming more evident as time goes on, rather than less. I'm having quite a hard time playing my own compositions. I guess that's a good thing. Worked for quite a while on Chrysanthemum. We went for a little walk, I got a espresso-milk drink at Starbucks, then did more work. Shawn has the map, but has to fill in some details. The middle inverted section is still beyond me.
Back home, MB was still out at a BD performance in Lowell. Some more music, working on a bass-line. MB returned not much later. We chatted and had snacks in the kitchen. Our yard-helper M just installed a compost bin for us. Neat.
Our illustrious leader said tonight "To withdraw from Iraq now would be to repeat the mistakes of the past, that led to the attacks on September 11th." My first thought was how wonderful it would be to actually talk about what led to those attacks, and how strange it is that 4 years on, this was the first time I had heard him mention that there might be things that we did that were contributing factors. My second thought was to wonder what mistakes he was talking about. It could well be that this whole Iraq war business is a complicated playing out of 'the son proving the father wrong.' And with that, I give you the smirking chimp.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
angry awakening
Wednesday: Woke around 8:00, to MB getting up. After she left I was lazing, when the phone rang. It was the plumber who runs the company that installed our furnace and hot water tank. She said that they had dropped the key in my mailbox, and that was the end of it as far as they were concerned. She also said, in a hostile tone of voice, that she had read my report of her company on the internet site that I had used to contract them in the first place. She hung up on me. Not the best way to start the day. Shower, then morning practices in the dance room. Breakfast and a little guitar. Pulled my stuff together, down basement briefly, and said hello to Christine.
Stopped at the post office and sent off some flyers to TG. In to work. A bug I had fixed bounced back to me from testers. It's actually a slightly different, but related, bug they are complaining about now. Emails to various folks, mostly about add-on issues. Took a walk out (very nice weather) and flyered H Sq, hitting several CD stores, and putting a couple around on the street (though I know they'll get pulled down almost immediately). Pizza. Rita is heading for Texas. Saw Martha Stewart saying how lucky she thinks everyone is, that she was letting us watch her on TV. Ran out of time on the bounced back bug. Left at 6:35.
KKC, and feeling pretty sleepy. Class only ran for an hour tonight, and then it was a ceremony. I sat on a chair in the back and followed along in English. Afterwards, talked to Nick and Rbt briefly. Wendy's sister is in town (from Australia), and it was nice to see her. Said hello briefly to Wnd, and she gave me a little prayer wheel that she'd gotten in AZ.
Stopped at the grocery store on the way home. Talked to my mom about our trip to NYC on Saturday, and staying at her house. Picked up a few essentials. Back home, and talked to MB while I ate a little lasagna. Her friend, who escaped New Orleans after Katrina, is trying to figure out how to go back to get her stuff. We may take a road trip down with her. That could be pretty educational. A little guitar and some email. Soon bed.
Stopped at the post office and sent off some flyers to TG. In to work. A bug I had fixed bounced back to me from testers. It's actually a slightly different, but related, bug they are complaining about now. Emails to various folks, mostly about add-on issues. Took a walk out (very nice weather) and flyered H Sq, hitting several CD stores, and putting a couple around on the street (though I know they'll get pulled down almost immediately). Pizza. Rita is heading for Texas. Saw Martha Stewart saying how lucky she thinks everyone is, that she was letting us watch her on TV. Ran out of time on the bounced back bug. Left at 6:35.
KKC, and feeling pretty sleepy. Class only ran for an hour tonight, and then it was a ceremony. I sat on a chair in the back and followed along in English. Afterwards, talked to Nick and Rbt briefly. Wendy's sister is in town (from Australia), and it was nice to see her. Said hello briefly to Wnd, and she gave me a little prayer wheel that she'd gotten in AZ.
Stopped at the grocery store on the way home. Talked to my mom about our trip to NYC on Saturday, and staying at her house. Picked up a few essentials. Back home, and talked to MB while I ate a little lasagna. Her friend, who escaped New Orleans after Katrina, is trying to figure out how to go back to get her stuff. We may take a road trip down with her. That could be pretty educational. A little guitar and some email. Soon bed.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
flyering squirrels
Tuesday: Up around 9 as MB headed out. Too long on the web. Shower. Morning practices in the dance room. Feeling sleepy. A load of whites. Breakfast. Guitar. Emailing about the Roundhouse course. Lots. Briefly down basement, Christine already gone.
Drove to Davis Square. Flyering. The first shop I put a flyer in was "Rocking Bob's Guitars" a used guitar store. As they say "It's a sign." Also hit a couple of coffee shops, and a CD store. Picked up dietary supplements for the cats at the vet. Tried another music store in Porter Sq (Cambridge Music) but they don't have a bulletin board. Posted one near the Tibet Arts shop. A guy asked me, in an urgent tone of voice, where the nearest place was he could purchase a 6-pack.
A mellow but satisfying day at work. I fixed a couple of small problems, but spent most of the time working out ways to convince the developers of a couple of add-ons, that their software was misbehaving. It's a bit weird how much of my time is spent this way... but since I can't fix their bugs for them, I must convince them that they should give it more effort. It wasn't clear if yoga was happening tonight, so I hadn't brought my stuff. It turned out it was, but I took the opportunity to work late. My body needs some exercise though. Stayed until about 9:30.
Back home, MB showed me a mysterious piece of chocolate (with wrapper nearby) that had appeared on our back porch. We have had problems before with kids and some vandalism, but it seemed pretty odd to think that someone would be hanging around in our backyard eating chocolate. On closer inspection, the tooth marks did not look human. I suspect a squirrel is the culprit.
Speaking of squirrels, I saw some Scientology folks plying their wares in Davis Square today. They had a table set up with a huge stack of copies of Dianetics, and they were giving free "Auditing" sessions, complete with the little galvanometer (or whatever it is). I was feeling good about judging them, when I realized I was there to walk around posting flyers for my own little club. If not squirrels, maybe we're just monkeys.
Some more email. Guitar. And a snack. Soon bed.
Drove to Davis Square. Flyering. The first shop I put a flyer in was "Rocking Bob's Guitars" a used guitar store. As they say "It's a sign." Also hit a couple of coffee shops, and a CD store. Picked up dietary supplements for the cats at the vet. Tried another music store in Porter Sq (Cambridge Music) but they don't have a bulletin board. Posted one near the Tibet Arts shop. A guy asked me, in an urgent tone of voice, where the nearest place was he could purchase a 6-pack.
A mellow but satisfying day at work. I fixed a couple of small problems, but spent most of the time working out ways to convince the developers of a couple of add-ons, that their software was misbehaving. It's a bit weird how much of my time is spent this way... but since I can't fix their bugs for them, I must convince them that they should give it more effort. It wasn't clear if yoga was happening tonight, so I hadn't brought my stuff. It turned out it was, but I took the opportunity to work late. My body needs some exercise though. Stayed until about 9:30.
Back home, MB showed me a mysterious piece of chocolate (with wrapper nearby) that had appeared on our back porch. We have had problems before with kids and some vandalism, but it seemed pretty odd to think that someone would be hanging around in our backyard eating chocolate. On closer inspection, the tooth marks did not look human. I suspect a squirrel is the culprit.
Speaking of squirrels, I saw some Scientology folks plying their wares in Davis Square today. They had a table set up with a huge stack of copies of Dianetics, and they were giving free "Auditing" sessions, complete with the little galvanometer (or whatever it is). I was feeling good about judging them, when I realized I was there to walk around posting flyers for my own little club. If not squirrels, maybe we're just monkeys.
Some more email. Guitar. And a snack. Soon bed.
lonely guys with too much disposable income who are picky about their stereos
Monday: Woke around 9 as MB was heading out. Little sleep. Lazed a bit... took me a bit to gather my faculties. Brief web, shower, bit of guitar, breakfast. Morning practices up in the dance room. Put away laundry. Down basement briefly, Christine had already left. Decided it was too late to run any of the errands I'd been contemplating.
Over at KKC, filled water bowls. Other than the room needing a little sweeping, everything else was in good shape, so it went quickly. Brought garbage cans around back. Lovely weather today.
In at work, fairly productive. Emails to the OS folks about a mysterious crash that is happening on one person's system. Sent in an official application to the Colrain course. Got through the rest of my bug list. Another 'bug' marked 'urgent' wound up being expected behavior. Stayed at work until about 9:30.
Back home, hanging with MB. Made a big eggplant lasagna. Listening to Esquivel and Combustible Edison with MB, in preparation for a Space Age Belly Dance gig. OK! Clean-up. Guitar, with one eye on the lasagna. Working on counting to 15. Soon bed.
Over at KKC, filled water bowls. Other than the room needing a little sweeping, everything else was in good shape, so it went quickly. Brought garbage cans around back. Lovely weather today.
In at work, fairly productive. Emails to the OS folks about a mysterious crash that is happening on one person's system. Sent in an official application to the Colrain course. Got through the rest of my bug list. Another 'bug' marked 'urgent' wound up being expected behavior. Stayed at work until about 9:30.
Back home, hanging with MB. Made a big eggplant lasagna. Listening to Esquivel and Combustible Edison with MB, in preparation for a Space Age Belly Dance gig. OK! Clean-up. Guitar, with one eye on the lasagna. Working on counting to 15. Soon bed.
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Chrysanthemums
Sunday: Up around 9:15. MB already downstairs. Shower. Brief sitting. Had some cereal, then headed to Kurukulla, as MB headed to OCBC. Hln led a puja today, since all of our usual teachers are in AZ. It wrapped up early. I took a drive around, winding up back home.
Had some coffee and cookies. Laundry. Played guitar until about 1:40, making a quick recording of my new piece, which I have dubbed Chrysanthemums. Very difficult. Down basement for daily practices. MB returned during. Popped upstairs and said hello. We had lunch of miso soup, bread and cheese. Then, the plan was to go do some other stuff and rendezvous back at 5 PM.
Down basement to wind microfilm. Things were going well, with the advent of a guide, which gave me a more even wind. But then, one of the spools fell apart, and trying to cram it back together again took the rest of my time. Back upstairs, and watched the rest of "Roger Dodger"... a good film, but I didn't quite buy the ending. Back downstairs for more winding. I repaired the spool that fell apart by cutting it into two chunks, then rewinding the outer chunk around the inner. Wrapped up all I could at this point. Will need to order more. Back upstairs, and practiced guitar for a bit, reviewing some material for this evening's circle. Unloaded the dishwasher with MB. Coffee.
Good circle tonight: Me, MB, Victor, Martin, David. We worked on 'embroidery', pentatonic circulation, fast circulation, marching while Thraking, and Askesis. Some discussion about the upcoming Intro to NST course, and how to promote it, as well as some other things on the horizon.
Back home, I made an omelette, which MB and I ate. Email. Updated the OCBC website.
Had some coffee and cookies. Laundry. Played guitar until about 1:40, making a quick recording of my new piece, which I have dubbed Chrysanthemums. Very difficult. Down basement for daily practices. MB returned during. Popped upstairs and said hello. We had lunch of miso soup, bread and cheese. Then, the plan was to go do some other stuff and rendezvous back at 5 PM.
Down basement to wind microfilm. Things were going well, with the advent of a guide, which gave me a more even wind. But then, one of the spools fell apart, and trying to cram it back together again took the rest of my time. Back upstairs, and watched the rest of "Roger Dodger"... a good film, but I didn't quite buy the ending. Back downstairs for more winding. I repaired the spool that fell apart by cutting it into two chunks, then rewinding the outer chunk around the inner. Wrapped up all I could at this point. Will need to order more. Back upstairs, and practiced guitar for a bit, reviewing some material for this evening's circle. Unloaded the dishwasher with MB. Coffee.
Good circle tonight: Me, MB, Victor, Martin, David. We worked on 'embroidery', pentatonic circulation, fast circulation, marching while Thraking, and Askesis. Some discussion about the upcoming Intro to NST course, and how to promote it, as well as some other things on the horizon.
Back home, I made an omelette, which MB and I ate. Email. Updated the OCBC website.
winding
Saturday: Up around 9 as MB headed out to OCBC for a Deacon's meeting. A lazy morning. Shower. Made some eggs and toast, listening to NPR. Overcast by not raining hard. Guitar. Down basement for morning practices. More guitar. Called a couple of vets but everything was closed on the weekend.
Headed to Kurukulla. All of the mail-inserts had been done, so half my reason for going over evaporated. Said hello to Hln who was making some tea. I found the copper prayer wheel which had been mounted on a spindle. Hln and I talked, and then SDp (from India) came into the kitchen and joined our conversation. Looking at the arcs of the three lives represented there, it was clear to me that often we think we are making decisions with our rational minds, but something else is at work. Took a bit of a drive around, and then home.
MB had a nice time it sounded like, at the meeting, and then during her performance at Third Life. A call from a credit card monitoring agency alerted me to suspicious transactions placed on my debit card. I suspect a fraudulent company, with whom I recently had the misfortune of doing business. MB and I walked over to Assembly Square. No movies that were starting soon that we wanted to see. Walked around Home Depot looking for a "contour gage." Didn't find one. Bought a little drain strainer.
Back home, we made a little repast of bread, cheese, olives, carrots, green peppers, humus and tea. After cleaning up, we watched some of the movie "Roger Dodger." Then more guitar for me (working out the reverse line to my arpeggio piece), and MB upstairs. Talked to my mom about her upcoming sale, and assessing the value of furniture. MB headed off for a night out with her belly dance friends at a club named Baladi. I worked on guitar until about 11 PM, then got down to business with my microfilm winding project. Made good progress, using a rubber wheel attachment for a power drill to spin my old turn table, in conjunction with a ancient tape deck, spooling film from one jury-rigged reel to another. Ate a sandwich. I closed up shop about 1:30 AM. MB returned home not long after. She gave me a report of the club scene, and confirmed that comparing yourself to others is a losing game.
Ophelia passed us by.
Headed to Kurukulla. All of the mail-inserts had been done, so half my reason for going over evaporated. Said hello to Hln who was making some tea. I found the copper prayer wheel which had been mounted on a spindle. Hln and I talked, and then SDp (from India) came into the kitchen and joined our conversation. Looking at the arcs of the three lives represented there, it was clear to me that often we think we are making decisions with our rational minds, but something else is at work. Took a bit of a drive around, and then home.
MB had a nice time it sounded like, at the meeting, and then during her performance at Third Life. A call from a credit card monitoring agency alerted me to suspicious transactions placed on my debit card. I suspect a fraudulent company, with whom I recently had the misfortune of doing business. MB and I walked over to Assembly Square. No movies that were starting soon that we wanted to see. Walked around Home Depot looking for a "contour gage." Didn't find one. Bought a little drain strainer.
Back home, we made a little repast of bread, cheese, olives, carrots, green peppers, humus and tea. After cleaning up, we watched some of the movie "Roger Dodger." Then more guitar for me (working out the reverse line to my arpeggio piece), and MB upstairs. Talked to my mom about her upcoming sale, and assessing the value of furniture. MB headed off for a night out with her belly dance friends at a club named Baladi. I worked on guitar until about 11 PM, then got down to business with my microfilm winding project. Made good progress, using a rubber wheel attachment for a power drill to spin my old turn table, in conjunction with a ancient tape deck, spooling film from one jury-rigged reel to another. Ate a sandwich. I closed up shop about 1:30 AM. MB returned home not long after. She gave me a report of the club scene, and confirmed that comparing yourself to others is a losing game.
Ophelia passed us by.
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Ophelia's Skirt
Friday: Up with MB around 8. Another overcast day with bouts of rain. Ophelia's skirt, I believe. Quick email check. Fed the cats as MB headed off to work. Shower. Breakfast. A little guitar, then downstairs for morning practice. During my sitting, I heard the street cleaner drive past. I knew this meant that I had just received a parking ticket. How did it get to be the third Friday of the month? Also heard M arrive to clean. When I came back up, chatted with her for awhile, giving computer advice and showing her some settings in the software that I work on. Headed out.
Drove across town to work. A solid day in the office. Looked into a very puzzling bug with an add-on, where one variant when loaded trashes the OS in a way that we hang trying to receive user input. The same add-on's synchronization feature is now functioning well. But the real work of the day was hunting down a subtle and long standing bug, where the function of provisional tailoring elements would sometimes be foiled by elements being inserted beyond the bounds of the working segment. I seem to have come to some sort of truce with the SCC system. Stayed late and submitted my changes. MB called from a restaurant, eating with her friend C, who was living near New Orleans when Katrina hit. Mid-day I took a walk out and picked up some posters for the NST Intro course. Wandered through Tower Records, thinking about the transitive nature of self.
Stopped at the grocery store. They are selling Christmas items, and we're still a month off from Halloween.
Back home I unloaded the groceries. MB and Christine were chatting. I ate some leftover Thai food from MB while we all sat around having a conversation about the state of the world, and the US budget. Cleaned up. More guitar.
Drove across town to work. A solid day in the office. Looked into a very puzzling bug with an add-on, where one variant when loaded trashes the OS in a way that we hang trying to receive user input. The same add-on's synchronization feature is now functioning well. But the real work of the day was hunting down a subtle and long standing bug, where the function of provisional tailoring elements would sometimes be foiled by elements being inserted beyond the bounds of the working segment. I seem to have come to some sort of truce with the SCC system. Stayed late and submitted my changes. MB called from a restaurant, eating with her friend C, who was living near New Orleans when Katrina hit. Mid-day I took a walk out and picked up some posters for the NST Intro course. Wandered through Tower Records, thinking about the transitive nature of self.
Stopped at the grocery store. They are selling Christmas items, and we're still a month off from Halloween.
Back home I unloaded the groceries. MB and Christine were chatting. I ate some leftover Thai food from MB while we all sat around having a conversation about the state of the world, and the US budget. Cleaned up. More guitar.
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