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Fire Island was super nice, really relaxing. Just hung out in the beach shack, cooked, took long walks on the beach, read books, swam in the cold ocean, collected rocks and shells, and had many great long convos with Jane. The concert we went to at Jones Beach amphitheater was hit by a freak rainstorm, and the headliners were postponed for 90 ( Read more... ) -
OK i give up
After finding about 50 "real" (and sometimes important) emails from the past year trapped in my spam filters, and after months of needing to hand-remove about 15 spam messages per day from my inbox, I'm going to break down and move to gmail for my mail access (until now i've been popping mail to Thunderbird). If gmail doesn't improve the situation ( Read more... ) -
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I've had the weirdest sleeping schedule lately. Falling asleep at 10 pm and waking up at 5 am. Being horrifically exhausted in the afternoon ( Read more... ) -
what's haps
I managed through something of a miracle save (thanks to my boss/friend/mentor/landlord Lynn) to get across the border with a work permit that's good for at least a year! So I can relax, and travel, without worrying each time how I will get back home.
My new apartment/room in Little Italy is about 1/3 assembled. I just have SO much stuff, and not ( Read more... ) -
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I was watching the video of Randy Pausch's recent address at the 2008 CMU commencement and I noticed something.
After his speech when he is hugging his wife, he says something to her. I can't really read lips, so I didn't think much of it except to notice he was not saying "i love you" like you'd expect. But then after seeing what he does next I ( Read more... ) -
My next phase
Starting June 1 when I arrive back in montreal, my goal is to stay as lightly-employed as possible, and work on personal projects, including learning how to program (starting with Processing) so I can be more self-sufficient in my creative work. So, I think I might use this blog as a sort of learning journal (dev log sorta) for that process. I ( Read more... ) -
Moving advice
I basically haven't written the whole time I've been in Pittsburgh but I'm not sure why. Some combination of Facebook and... too much information to deliver? I did stuff. Lots of stuff. Maybe I can tell you in person some time. :) I'd rather that than just post a bunch of "here's stuff I did" links here. But if you do want the URLs, hit me ( Read more... ) -
New Year's Blessing
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Who woulda thunk? (Oh, just about everyone.)
Yeah so, I went to campus today to meet a fellow professor for lunch and do a bunch of setup paperwork for my little gig at CMU. And... Ok... it's pretty obvious that this could be a really good environment/career/situation for me. University teaching, that is ( Read more... ) -
waterfall
For one reason or another, I think I have cried more in the last three months than I have at any other time in my life.
Well, except for maybe the summer of 2003.
But, other than that.