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Time flies, doesn't seem a minute
One town's very like another
When your head's down over your pieces, brother
{murray head - one night in bangkok}
Here we are again. I'm surprised it's come so soon. One of the explanations for the feeling that the world speeds up as you get older is that we think further ahead and are trying to accomplish more. Looking over my 2009 review at ( Read more... ) -
Lack of Attention
Ugh. At some point in the last few months I stopped checking LJ entirely, probably due to a disconnect between what I was doing and the world at large. Last week Jen asked if I'd seen a mutual friends' post, reminding me of this part of my life that I'd been neglecting. More from me later, but I've got a lot of reading to do! -
Facebook Notification Phishing Attempt
This morning I received a notification that (a high school friend) "XXXX likes your photo" with "your photo" linked, as per usual for Facebook. I clicked the link to see which photo ( Read more... ) -
Mixed-Use Nightmare
This morning I needed to make a quick trip to the University to drop off a few things Jen needed for class. Unfortunately, the minutes before an even hour (10am) is not a good time to be in a car on campus. I drove less than a mile round-trip and I'm still shaking from the adrenaline. Most of the problem is that 13th Street is fully mixed-use, ( Read more... ) -
GOOD RIDDENCE (So long, 2009)
Don't get me wrong, I had my best year ever. I'll get to that in a bit, but man was 2009 frustrating. Am I right? I was unemployed for half the year. The money I made from August through December was the same amount I earned in my first week of January. Not kidding. Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does buy food ( Read more... ) -
Always Testing
Tonight I tested for my first level in Aikido. It's been a heck of a year, and my martial arts has deepened to a point I didn't know it could go. The test went well, rather well considering how nervous I was, and I passed ( Read more... ) -
Christmas is coming... and the goose is NOT getting fat
Not sure if anyone/everyone got the memo, but I was laid off in July. I've found some small-time freelance work to help buy groceries, but the full-time-job-market in Eugene is... shall we say, slow? With Jen's full-time-school-part-time-work, she's in for as much as she can handle. That combined, we're preparing for an extra-super-lean holiday ( Read more... ) -
When are you a martial artist?
In my last post, I was on a roll and was trying to bring a complicated idea into the boat. Then I screwed up by forgetting the whole point of my blog is that no one knows what's going on in my head, and I put out an idea that I simply expected people to understand. The problem with that, the idea is something that is deeply embedded in my training ( Read more... ) -
The Return of Saturn
I mean no offense to my loved ones, but I had a crappy birthday. karmadebt and I were optimistic as most travelers are when they buy the cheaper ticket, but as boarding time approached we sobered to what was coming. We left at 10pm (PDT) Sunday, drove through a huge thunderstorm for 2 hours, returned our rental car, got checked in, and waited three hours ( Read more... ) -
Self-reflection on the road to paid
"I wouldn't say I've been missing work, Bob."
Through the process of seeking new employment, I've had many exercises that have allowed me to self-reflect in ways I haven't done in a long time. Most of my previous hirings involved little interviewing and only one attempt: easy as you please. But these last two months, in a down economy with many ( Read more... )