"If you could only see youself. Sitting around looking out the window to kill time is one thing, but doing it the way you are ..."
   I'm watching Rear Window tonight. It's not bad. I'm munching on Manchego cheese and potato leek soup, and sipping grappa. I've got it pretty good for a guy with a sprained ankle. Though I have trouble appreciating the ( Read more... )

 gretchen: bus has wifi?
 me: yes
  ow my whole being
  commuting will take some suffering used to
 gretchen: how does this commute work?
  where is your yahoo place
  i don't think it's called an office anymore
 me: when it's that big
  it's called the belly of the beast( more chat )

 jennifer: want to hear something strange?
 robert: sure
 jennifer: it used to be that when I got very tired, I'd start to think only in spanish
 robert: haha
 jennifer: now that i'm very tired a lot and watching anime...
 robert: haha
 jennifer: the other day someone greeted me in spanish, and I answered in japanese
  then I tried to think of how to say ( Read more... )

   Anyone want to go see Mates of State tonight at Slim's in SF?

   Maybe I won't go to the Go tournament this Saturday. Every game I've played since last Saturday, I've been making really bad moves. I've won a few but it's discouraging anyway. It's funny to me that I can't detect when I am going to play much worse than normal; my mind feels the same; and yet I perform terribly ( Read more... )

I still have roses from Alison and Colin's wedding, and the scent is still lovely.

jennifer: did you know that 5-HT stands for serotonin?

robert: umm?

jennifer: isn't that funny?, w/ 5-HTP as a precursor

robert: huh that is funny ( Read more... )

   A few days ago I received a check from the Multnomah County Circuit Court for $7.72. Apparently it is a restitution payment from when one STEWART, COLIN REED broke into my car and stole my stereo and subwoofer (and amplifier, of course). Thankfully he left my guitar and the clothes I was traveling with.

That night I was parked in northwest ( Read more... )

   The US Go Congress is in Portland this year, from August 2nd to the 9th. This could be a great excuse to visit Portland and play some go, but it lasts a whole week-a lot to take off work! And my birthday is that week. And if I were going to take a week or more off, I might prefer to just play capoeira, since work is more of an obstacle to that ( Read more... )

   I haven't had glasses in 10 years. I didn't realize what I was missing; I guess my vision unnoticeably degraded, from the 20/10 it was corrected to, to the 20/65 it is now ( Read more... )