Got a message in my head
Saturday, 30 July, 2005
I am irritable today because it is too hot and it is making my head hurt. Also I can’t make the CSS play nice on a project I’m working on. And the e-Reserves are down so I can’t get to the readings I need to do for Monday. Also I’m hungry but I have to be good until the wedding because the dress has to fit. And I’m too broke for skinny food (other than plain salad), especially since I think I have to get a new undergarment to squish the top half properly. For the dress.
Maybe an Ace bandage would do it.
Wah wah wah.
But plants were 99¢ so I got to dig in the dirt yesterday and put marigolds and verbena in the boxes on the porch.
I was going to rave about my new software crush but I don’t know if any of y’all are Mac users. I am totally going to marry this program, though. I would have its little easily-integrated drag-and-drop export-to-iPod wiki babies.
Oh, and categories work now. Kind of. Still working on it. No comments yet. Homework keeps happening. stupid homework.
(song: “If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead),” Counting Crows )
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In the catalog under mood/grumpy
But it’s just a ferryboat
Monday, 25 July, 2005
In Madison, the water tastes funny, and going outside is like walking into a teensy bathroom with no windows or fans where someone has just used up all the hot water. (I would’ve said it was like a sauna, but everyone says that, and plus I’ve never been in a sauna so I don’t know if it’s like Madison.) It is like Eugene (except for the hot bathroom factor), but with better food and more rich people. And corn.
Home is nice because here it is cool at night, and there is sushi and a good dog. It is pleasant even though there is class and I have to read articles and chapters in silly books about management.
(song: “Big Boat,” M. Ward)
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In the catalog under travel/Wisconsin
I’m in the same place that you left me
Wednesday, 20 July, 2005
O, the writers’ block! truly it will be the death of me!
Yea verily!
There’s a paper due at midnight — well, at 11:59pm. I emailed the last one in at 11:54 and was proud of myself for being early. I don’t know if this one will make it by the witching hour, though. If I knew what I wanted to say, I would be fine; I type quickly enough to plow through more than this paper’s maximum 1000 words in the next six hours. But I’m not sure what it’s going to be about, so instead of writing I’m playing Tetris and downloading The Dark Tower series audio books. I get to start book 3 on the bus to work tomorrow morning!
The bus yesterday morning was quiet and empty. I was the third person on; usually there are at least fifteen by the time it gets to my stop. It confused me. I wondered if I had misread the clock and was an hour off, or if I had forgotten it was a holiday. It’s like being the first to finish a test, which I often was — that always makes me worry that I missed a page or misunderstood directions and answered one paragraph on the essay questions instead of five.
But then at the next stop, the same guy that always gets on was there. He looks friendly and is always reading an interesting book. I was happy to see him because it meant that if I was totally confused, at least one other person was confused with me.
Also I realized that if the bus was empty, I wouldn’t have to sit next to anyone, so I listened to my Frankenstein, or, the Modern Prometheus and was happy.
Anyway:
Of the different methods of evaluating indexing, which come closest to assessing the quality of indexing, and which best suggest how to improve indexing? Please email me if you know.
Edited to add:
- Fix the RSS feed
should have been on the to-do list. Thanks for pointing it out, Heath.
Edited again to add:
Also, thanks, all, for the kind words on the new site. I do want criticism as well (constructive only, please; I can produce plenty of destructive criticism all by myself), though, so don’t hesitate to email if there are things that you consider extremely unpleasant.
Tho’ I suppose I shouldn’t assume that there are more readers than the four who already emailed! (*waves* Hi friends!)
(song: “I’ll Be Around,” Bobby)
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In the catalog under mood/grumpy; school; list/to do
Maybe you should plug it with a beer
Monday, 18 July, 2005
Oh, also:
- Figure out WTF is going on with comments (Priority!)
- Make archives work
- Make categories work (why don’t they display over there in the sidebar?)
- Write something on the about page!
- Import old Laurenisms & Knitblog entries
- Figure out how to import Kitchenisms
… etc.
Until I can get comments going, I’d appreciate emailed feedback about the new site, if you’ve got it — use my name @ my domain. I’ve gotten “IT’S SO DARK!” and also “It’s so cute!” so I’m not sure what the general feeling is …
(song: “Papa Was A Rodeo,” the Kelly Hogan version)
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In the catalog under list/to do; meta
Snaking its way through the memory of
I don’t know why it always surprises me that I am most likely to run into folks I know when I’m at the library on campus …
I’ve been sad because of a lack of being on campus and randomly running into people — it’s weird that I got so used to being able to do that, when I couldn’t, here, for at least a year. But today I was in the library to pay my $19 fine (I am a bad person) when I encountered my two favorite Writing Center customers from last year, Adam and Reese. Reese had to run off but I was especially pleased to see Adam, because I learned that he is to be in my Class of Deathly Boredom, aka Management for Information Organizations. I like Adam so am glad we get a class together, but was extra special happy because that means he can take notes for me on the first day.
I have to miss the first day because I am too dumb to double-check my calendar and figure out when class starts before I buy non-refundable tickets to Madison. (Yay, a sixth state to check off! I am a wimpy US traveler.) The first half of the summer term, in which I had one class, ends this Wednesday, and for some reason I thought the second half, in which I have a different class, would start next Monday, but no, it starts on Thursday. And I am leaving for Wisconsin on Thursday afternoon. This is dumb. I am dumb.
But Adam will be there to take notes for me!
This weekend was surprisingly eventful!
Mom’s marriage:
L: “Do you two want to get married?” (It’s the only thing that Washington requires in the ceremony.)
Them: “Yep!”
L: “Yay! Then you’re married!”
Harry Potter:
Finished Saturday night. Interesting. Not sure what I think, actually.
Homemakerdom:
Pulled lots and lots of weeds; did the dishes and cleaned the counter in preparation for a mini party on Sunday night.
Mini party:
Gins&tonic, bourbon, Oban (grâce à Chelle, thanks!!!); delicious guacamole (made-up recipe to be posted on Kitchenisms when I get it transferred); Simpsons, Firefly. Chelle and Tom and John & Laura. Good group!
This week: write a paper; laundry; pack; cash checks; figure out how I can get out of going to the first day of class.
(song: “The New Face of Zero and One,” the New Pornographers. A trail of sisters through New York.)
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In the catalog under mood/happy; school; life; list/to do; list/done; reading; watching
Test post 3, or something
Saturday, 16 July, 2005
It mostly looks like I want it to, but the links (permalink, categories, comments, archives) don’t go anywhere yet. Should be done by the end of the weekend, except I have to go to Tacoma to perform my mother’s wedding at a baseball game, and then I have to readreadread my Harry Potter!
But! I am happy to be able to practice my PHP!
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In the catalog under mood/happy
Test post 2
Friday, 15 July, 2005
I am working on making it display the metadata I want.
Soon I will import from MT. (Thanks Bill!)