In which I catch y’all up on how things are going lately. THE SPOKANE TRIP last weekend was, on the one hand, really fun. I enjoyed getting out of town for a couple of nights. The motel bed was far more comfortable than my own. I enjoyed sight-seeing in Spokane, and eating at Frankie Doodles, […]
In which it’s ALL good news, people. It’s like Xmas in August, I swear. Today is Day 5 of my smoke-free life. I quit smoking on the 15th. I’m using 2mg lozenges for NRT and I’m “workin’ my quit” (that’s lingo from becomeanex.org) and I’m doing really well. I wasn’t even a little bit miserable […]
In which there are two good things. Good thing the first is that yesterday I signed an NDA and a contractor’s agreement and filled out a W9, and Monday I start breaking software for money. Yay! I know no details at all about the project’s expected longevity, but who knows – I might get lucky! […]
In which there might suddenly and unexpectedly be EMPLOYMENT. Right now, I’m literally doing nothing but waiting for school to start in five weeks. I’m drawing EB, and my worker retraining application was approved so I’m not even job hunting, and I applied at WWCC and for financial aid months ago so I don’t even […]
In which a tradition is born. A year ago, Left Coast Girlie and I went to see the Shakespeare Uncork’d production together and had such a great time we did it again this year. Here’s how it went: She said she’d be here at six, but for some reason I remembered it as seven and […]
In which I tell a world full of “SEO Experts” that they’re all fucktards and that the loss of net neutrality, when it happens, will be their stupid fault. Last week, my bro mentioned a jobs website for freelancers, said I might want to check it out. So I did. And I signed up, and […]
In which there’s, um. Psssh. Yeah. Whatever. Gah. 1.) Kid behind the counter: I know you look at me and see an ol’ lady, but seriously. I’m capable of irony. Hell, I’ve done your stupid shitty job and tons more just like it. Don’t roll your eyes at me, punk, when I smile at you […]
In which yesterday was guru purnima. (I celebrated with a Lalita Sahasranama and some midnight meditation under the full moon.) “The great Adi Shankara (the first Shankaracharya) of the 8th century summarized the entirety of Advaita Vedanta (non-dualistic philosophy) in six stanzas. When a young boy of eight, wandering in the Himalayas seeking to find […]
In which I share my quiet Saturday afternoon. I live upstairs in my grandmother’s house in a mustard yellow room that hasn’t been redone since the 70’s. This is the landing: I keep my chrome citrus juicer and my bowling ball on the landing because I don’t have places for them in my room and […]
In which I’m trying to figure out this back-to-school thing. When I hatched my spend-a-year-getting-certs scheme, EUC was a given. The Training Benefits facilitator even told me I’d get them. Then time passed, and EUC expired 16 fucking days before my benefits ran out, and now I’m using my training benefits months before I’d expected […]
