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| Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 |
devinjay
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6:57p |
Ooh
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| Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 |
devinjay
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11:51p |
Arrived  |
devinjay
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4:14p |
Friends He wanted to f**k me too badly to be my friend. Any man who would rather have sex with you than anything else is never going to be your friend. Friends want what's best for you more than they want sex.
- The Harlequin, Laurell K Hamilton. |
| Monday, July 7th, 2008 |
devinjay
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11:18p |
Bridge  |
devinjay
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2:52p |
Empty  |
devinjay
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10:19a |
Pleasure For your reading pleasure: Things they don't tell you (but should)This is tremendously instructive, and almost completely true, particularly this, this and this and especially this. I'm not sure about this, though, since I have no experience. Anyone? :) Today is the dayI have no idea what this is about. But it's interesting. If you figure it out, tell me. I think it's a metaphor for love, combined with copious helpings of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. PS I'm never coming back. |
| Saturday, July 5th, 2008 |
devinjay
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9:06p |
Nicknames
I don't use a nickname on the 'net anymore, because my identity is pretty much established. I think people know who I am, right, and what I'm about.
Brian Tong on CNET's Crave is busy asking his audience for nicknames for a couple of his guests - Bonnie "Boom" Cha and Natali "Del Caliente" Del Conti. That's got me thinking ...
If I needed a new, empowering web name or nickname, what do you think it should be? |
| Friday, July 4th, 2008 |
devinjay
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8:40p |
Privacy  |
devinjay
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5:42p |
Social
I was reading an article about ways to be more sociable, and one of the suggestions was to join a club.
I'm giving this some serious thought.
There's so many things I'm interested in: comics, role-playing games, books (speculative fiction in particular), the arts, pop culture, television ... and the list goes on.
Maybe I could join a club or something that had to do with one of those.
There are a few things that stand in my way, the main ones being time and relative poverty. (Shades of the TARDIS, there.)
My schedule is such that I'm busy when most people are free, and free when most people are busy. That, and I squander time like mad. I can reschedule a bit, so that's not a major problem, although something that fits my existing work/sleep style would be preferable.
I also don't have that much money spare at the moment, which is a bit of a limitation.
What I would like to try is (... wait for it ...) a sport. I'm not very active, and not really very fit, so playing a sport (some sport) every so often would be good for me. It's a bit hard for me to admit this, but I figure I should get points for trying to change it, and move out of my comfort zone.
I wonder if there is a free club of some kind of sport for absolute beginners who are uncoordinated and not very good but who want to have some fun. I don't know how to play any sports, either, which is another limitation.
I'm not trying to make it sound impossible - I'm trying to be realistic about my abilities (ok, lack of abilities) so that I don't do anything outlandish like try out for the national soccer squad. That will only lead to disappointment.
I know, it doesn't seem very likely.
I'm going to harness the power of my friends list for this one - does anyone have any suggestions?
I'm such a coward. Change is difficult. I've been taking brisk walks every evening, which I think is a step in the right direction - I get all hot and sweaty, but it feels good. It's too easy to decide that I'm tired and don't want to go, so maybe a game of *something* once a week will help. |
devinjay
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5:01p |
Overheard
"Tell me your dream."
"My dream is to kill you." |
devinjay
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5:01p |
Flyover  |
devinjay
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4:14p |
Erosion
It's frustrating to see people on MSN and not be able to chat with them. I had a look at my contact list, and realised that there are heaps of people there whom I haven't spoken to for months, or years, people whom I don't even really know.
I'm taking a break from MSN for the time being. I love real-time chat, but MSN isn't cutting it. Maybe I need to create a new id, and just add the people whom I actually *do* talk to.
We might be on the same planet, or in the same country, but if we don't connect regularly through email or LJ or FB, then our relationship is eroding. |
| Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 |
devinjay
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11:13a |
Apologise
A girl in one of my classes was trying to make amends for something, and offered to buy me cake.
One of my running jokes with this class is my fondness for cake, particularly Dome's New York cheese cake. It's partly true, after all. I'm not usually one to turn away cake, unless it's late in the day and I've stopped eating.
Anyway, I said, "no, that's not good enough, it's too late".
The *entire class* chimed in with (clearly a standard response): "It's too late to apologise".
(They sang it, of course.)
I had to stifle a giggle. |
devinjay
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8:50a |
Games
All this talk of D&D 4e has re-awakened my interest in role-playing, something that I haven't done for a long time.
I even have games on my bookshelves that I've always wanted to play. Like Nobilis, which has always fascinated me, but which seems to be a game with a high level of difficulty requiring particularly sophisticated gamers (i.e. No munchkins!).
I don't know, though. |
| Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 |
devinjay
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4:39p |
... Of the Devil? I love the unit number.  |
| Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 |
devinjay
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5:21p |
Patience
I'm not very patient by nature, something I'm trying to improve.
My D&D 4e gift set (all three basic books) is on the way, according to Amazon, and should be here by August. I'm jumping up and down in my seat with excitement.
And impatience, of course. I want it *now*. |
devinjay
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3:01p |
Ordinary
Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf never ceases to amaze me. Their cakes always look fantastic in the display case, but so often turn out to be ordinary or worse, less than ordinary, when ordered.
Today I had Buster's Weekly Cheesecake, which was, fortunately, merely ordinary. |
devinjay
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8:37a |
EC House aftereffect
I don't think my "regular" barber minds at all (at least it doesn't show on his face), but I can't bring myself to walk past the barbershop because I'm filled with guilt. This man's cut my hair since I was ... *cough* ... younger than I am now.
I'm torn between feelings of betrayal, guilt and remorse, and a sense that I'm entitled to pick and choose, because I'm the consumer, dang it.
I guess it's just that having your hair cut is such a personal thing, with effects that far outlast the few minutes you spend in the barber char.
And that's solved my problem - at EC House, I'm in the chair for about ten, maybe fifteen minutes. My previous barber would keep me for forty-five minutes, sometimes over an hour, as he patiently snipped one hair after another.
Guilt?
What guilt? |
| Monday, June 30th, 2008 |
devinjay
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5:42p |
Above  |
devinjay
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5:42p |
Fruit  |
devinjay
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5:41p |
Evidence  |
devinjay
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5:28p |
View  |
devinjay
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5:19p |
Intently  |
devinjay
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12:19a |
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| Sunday, June 29th, 2008 |
devinjay
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9:48p |
Argument  |
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