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Give me one reason I'm going to hell.

Then (Kermit, if you care to) post this to your LJ so I can return the favor.

had the best sleep I've had all week, but with an odd dream. was back in Altadena for the summer, and working at the library in my old job for the summer. for some reason, my boss was there with me, in Jackie's position temporarily (again, just for the summer). while we were waiting to get briefed, we were hanging out behind the desk talking, and he asked me about my novel. he gave me advice, too, which of course I don't remember! later I was working in the stacks, only the spaces between the shelves were piled with socks and toys instead of books. as I tried to put them all away in the lower shelves (where normally would be the 398s on one side and the 500s on the other), I tried to figure out what was going on, and thought that Jackie would try anything to make the library a good (safe?) place for the kids. which is about when my alarm went off.

::rubs hands ala Mr. Burns::

today is going shockingly well. I'm caught up on everything that absolutely has to be done by today, and it's only 12:30.

I even managed to finish 2 projects that I was going to leave for after I get back.

On a more ego-gratifying note, I sent out drafts of the new college site design to the whole college (which makes my stomach churn and my hands go cold), and have gotten uniformly enthusiastic feedback. Even the digital design guy who always gives me a hard time had 99% good things to say.

Visual design is my weak spot as a web developer, and this particular design was something I struggled with -- a lot. This time around, I kept the number of people I asked for early feedback fairly small, and worked in depth with the two best print designers in our office. So hopefully when I get back I'll be able to go fairly quickly to the implementation phase. (which, with my lovely if bizarre templates, shouldn't be more than a couple of days work!)

that's certainly a relief, to be taking off with everything happy and settled here at the office.

From Kevona's LJ (by way of Dorothea)

Step One - Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ.

The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Mal/Inara icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for [insert seasonal celebration here] is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want. - If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where [$MYTHICAL HOLIDAY FIGURE] could get in touch with you. - Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ so that the holiday joy will spread.

Step Two - Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part: - If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it. You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call. There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

okay, so what the hell....

1. rain pants for cycling
2. to have all the old journal bits of my novel typed up
3. a new dvd-rom for the media computer
4. a long winter's nap
5. plants for the side garden
6. a design suggestion for media diet
7. a gnomish sorcerer figure
8. a haircut :) (I'll probably do that myself the next day or two)
9. someone else to pay for SxSW for me (yeah, right!)
10. yoga mat

he's out cycling at this late hour, and unusually, I feel awake too. but I need to walk away from the computer.

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</span>1. Go To Mapquest.com
2. Click on Directions
3. Enter your Current Address and the Address of your Childhood Home (or at least the town if you don't remember the exact address)
4. Put the time and distance in a post like this.
5. Don't forget to repost these directions. (Not the door to door ones!)

I actually went with the very first address that I remember, rather than the one where mom & eliz. live now; not that there's much of a difference.

Total Est. Time: 16 hours, 23 minutes
Total Est. Distance: 1080.45 miles

About the same as Dorothea's (!), and like her, I find the estimated time a little odd.  They are definitely imagining a straight drive, no potty/food breaks.  In my experience, it's a solid two day trip, and it can take longer if you're being leisurely.  OTOH, if you iron-man it, you can do that trek in a day and a half.  Except for Portland and LA, it's all long stretches of very fast road.

C has the laptop, on which I am auto-logged in to my other blogs, and for the life of me I can't remember my passwords, and I've never been happy with the "send me my password" sh*t for WP.

And my knee hurts. Can't bend it, can't straighten it out. Walking hurts. Getting up hurts. Sitting still just aches.

I don't want to make dinner. I don't want to do any of the other cr@p I'm supposed to be doing. I feel low and cry-y. I want a nap.

I fscking hate getting up before 6 am, which I have to do every goddamn day. Y'know, except for weekends. And telework days. So I guess it's not that bad, except that the lost sleep puts a pall over every minutes. I love my job, most of the time, but it sucks that I can't do my job and still get sufficient sleep.

Snow tomorrow, apparently, which would be pretty freaking cool. I hope it shuts everything down for a few days.

I love Hip Domestics, but there's no way I can actually keep up with it.

The pain has shifted, for the most part, from the side of my knee (the sprain) to the center, which implies some other injury, I think. sh*t. I don't know how long I can deal with this.

So I'm going to try this, too. (Yeah, I know, like I need another freaking blog. What the hell, right?)

I added a photo. how very exciting.

This one is mostly so I can respond non-anon to K's journal, but who knows...I might actually use it. :)