Author: cheerfulchaotic

So, I focus all too little on the good parts of my personality. I have a stunning eloquence on my flaws, and a great hesitation, and terrible ineloquence when discussing my virtues. I think I’m going to have to sit down and make myself write an entry on why I’m cool, just to balance this out at some point. But for now, I want to chronicle the thoughts I was having. [This seemed so clear on the plane, but it feels like it’s falling apart into incoherence now, ah well]

Civil Rights & Vietnam

Probably heavily influenced by RotK, and definitely influenced by D2

And so it was, as the day wore on, we gave chase to the sun as she sped away, ever faster than our wings did carry us. And when at last we lost sight of our quarry, we sank to Earth, to rest, knowing she would find us on the morrow.

means I’m clearly still on central time. =)

Supershuttle to airport, with a very talkative driver. Wait an hour and a half at airport, because supershuttle insists on picking passengers up too bloody early for small airports. Fly to dallas. Notice a flight taking off an hour earlier that will also get me back to sf, so I only have to wait an hour and a half. Heh. I asked, and they seated me, no fuss. Good stuff. Maybe I should have checked in with the flight that was boarding as I landed. Ah well, perhaps next time. It was amusing some of the looks I got from my “save a horse, ride a cowboy” tshirt in Dallas. =) Got Apache working on my laptop. Listened to mp3s while playing adom, and grooved in my own little world most of the way back to the bay area, and railed transport, and density, and moisture in the air. It’s good to be back home.

Took a little break in my trek home at an indian restaurant I haven’t eaten at before. Came home to find the heater going full steam, and the house a toasty 80 degrees. Thermostat didn’t do anything, so I had to turn the furnace off completely. The house is only now getting back to it’s usual “tolerably chilly” self, and I would have sworn it had no insulation 😉

If you want to hire unix geeks, try to make sure your web pages won’t crash their browsers. Oh yeah, and Merry Christmas. 😉

One christmas, many moons ago, when I was but a wee geek, I was such a cheeky little monkey

I’m glad I came to Austin and I’m kinda sad to be leaving the good people here. I’m glad I got a chance to see people again, albeit briefly, including , , , and . Special thanks to my hosts for hooking me (and ) up with for RotK goodness, as well as transportational happiness, and good conversation, wish we’d had more time, and for tasty indian dinners (including some of the best chapati I’ve had), introducing me to lord of the rings: confrontation and two-player puerto rico (and repeatedly kicking my ass in it), and playing super smash bros melee. Also many thanks to for guiding me around and showing me the downtown parts of Austin, exposing me to some new music, and just generally adding a little expansion to my horizons, while still providing a feeling of comfortable security. It was a pleasure to have met you.

I applied to the uc berkeley help desk job. Yay. =) I also learned more perl dbi stuff (at something of a snail’s pace, though).

Unproductively, I played a fair amount of super smash melee. =) And slept alot.

Started off today feeling not so good. Headache, tired, fever-y feeling. Ugh. A really hot bath helped a fair amount, but it was definitely hanging out during the day. Came back again after lunch. I feel really bleh! It’s been years since I’ve had this mild-cold kinda sick, and it’s doing a great job of turning me into a whiny baby. =) Especially on this weekend with friends (whom I’m trying to avoid spreading anything to. Double bleh!)