GlimpsesWell, I've slacked off writing in this again. I haven't had anything to write about that I thought would be more than a couple paragraphs, so I stayed quiet. But anyway, here's an entry of little things, just so you know this isn't quite dead yet. Little glimpses of what's on my mind. :-) For some reason, the name Modigliani Hernandez has been in my head for the past couple of days. No idea why, I think it's the rhythm of the name. About two weeks ago, when Liz and I went to the grocery store, we got a bag of onions. About three days later, one of the onions started sprouting. I told Liz that I'd either throw it out or plant it in an inconspicuous spot so it could grow. Last night, I went out and planted it in the mulch that surrounds the bushes outside our apartment window. I'll keep an eye on it, and see how it does. I figure if it was flourishing in a plastic bag on top of our refrigerator, it couldn't do too badly outside, planted in mulch, right? What are good conditions for onions to grow? The project I'm on got redesigned, just as we were about to finish it. This is the major sucking chest wound of a flaw in having a project that doesn't really have any customers yet. The TL hears someone say "SSL3", and suddenly they can't wait to scrap months of work. :-P A year or so ago, I got this great idea on how I'd start writing again. I found someone's website where they had committed themselves to writing 500 words a day. You get used to the process of writing, and it starts to come a little easier the more you do it. I got really psyched about this. I sat down at the computer, created a folder for the writings I'd to (titled, 500 Words, appropriately), opened the word processor and... the computer crashed. I rebooted, and all the little preparatory work I'd done was gone. I took it as a sign and gave up on the idea. Maybe I'll start it back up again. I doubt it, though. I'm still fretting over money. Got the sneakers. Did the dentist appointment (No cavities. Yay!). Still have to get new glasses and go to the doctor for my first routine physical in years. Still wanna buy massive amounts of crap. Bleah. It seems no matter how much I'm making, it's never really enough. I always get comfortable living at the level I am, and want more. Granted, Liz and I are shoving a fair percentage of our paychecks into our savings accounts in preparation for buying/moving into the house, and I'm still paying off student loans, but I feel like I should be more financially settled than I do. Hmph. My MP3s of the Bladerunner soundtrack stopped working. As in Winamp won't play them anymore at all. I wonder if it's a bug in the new version that I downloaded this morning. I started up Winamp, and it said there was a new version available with plenty o' bugfixes, and did I want to go download it? Sure! I hope they didn't send a broken version out the door. Wouldn't be the first time it happened, either... Well, that's all for now. Thanks for reading! I'll come back with something more substantial next time... |