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Absent Friends
I got my LJ in March 2002, and one of the first people I followed was roadnotes. Looking back, I see that her first comment in my journal was in May 2002-I hadn’t remembered her following me back so soon afterwards. By January 2003, I was singing regularly with a group of friends, including Velma, at Rose’s Turn on Thursday nights ( Read more... ) -
Last Night’s Show
Last night I went to see Bryan Ferry. I’ve been a fan of Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry since my teens, and I’d seen him live a couple of times before. So I was excited when tickets went on sale.
Still, I paused before buying the tickets, because I wasn’t sure who I’d go with. K wasn’t interested, observing that Ferry has never written for Broadway. ( Read more... ) -
The Time I Disobeyed
I was thinking today about something that happened when I was a boy, maybe around 11 years old ( Read more... ) -
Not the Best Weekend Ever
Last weekend’s theme was frustration.
As planned, I got up early Saturday to drive to the Gunks to climb. I hadn’t felt like going when I signed up, and I didn’t feel like going when I got up, but I went anyway. I do really enjoy climbing, I knew that if I didn’t go, I’d get annoyed with myself for pissing the day away, and I figured that I’d get ( Read more... ) -
I’m Told That Action Begets Action; Other Begettings
I have been fighting inertia for most of the summer, if not longer. I wish I could say that I've been winning. I’m sure that there was a reason for the initial slowdown, but I have no idea now what it was, and now it’s just feeding on itself: inertia leads to anxiety, which leads to avoidance, which leads to inertia. Lather, rinse, repeat ( Read more... ) -
Latest Developments
Married K.
Just got back from a wonderful honeymoon.
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Books Read 2013
- John Ringo, Ghost (re-read)
- Matthew Butterick, Typography for Lawyers
- Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
- Aaron Hillegass & Alan Preble, Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (4th ed.) (read the new edition to learn what's new)
- Gemma Correll, a cat’s life
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Cocktails and Coming Back
Hello, LiveJournal! It's been a while. The only way that I was able even to start this post was to give up on the idea that I could catch up, so I won’t even try. The highlights, though, are:
- I’m still not dead. I’m actually reasonably healthy and quite happy.
- K and I are still engaged. We still plan to marry in March 2014. Now you know roughly as ( Read more... )
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How I Spent My Day
After getting up this morning, I (in chronological order):
- Fed the boy breakfast.
- Walked a mile to get the car.
- Dropped off the car for its overdue annual inspection.
- Walked home.
- Fed myself and K breakfast.
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Where I Am
Not dead.
Still reading LJ.
Divorced.
Enagaged to marry K. :)