Everything seems to be just rather "off" lately.
- Mac 'n cheese & diet dr. pepper: breakfast of champion (me). I do have broccoli in the mac, plus an apple & a pomegranate. So delicious. #
- I want to read: Larry's Kidney by Daniel Asa Rose - bit.ly/3Lm5TE #
- I want to read: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi - bit.ly/3BXSzo #
- I want to read: The City & The City by China Miéville - bit.ly/3LaZno #
- I want to read: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen - bit.ly/3GB5dx #
- I want to read: Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer - bit.ly/16jRhY #
- for @sethew: bit.ly/2mniBt #
- I have big plans for catching up on NaNo, biking & doing some important things, but I suspect these plans will be dashed by a nap. #
- Resisting the consumerist urge. Going to go home and be productive instead. WHAT A GROWNUP. #
- 7695. But not done for the day, still -2445. Break time--no more screen face. I need to save up my screen time for Bioshock! #nanowrimo #
- Dear Bioshock, I am so excited to press " install". #
- I know I'm a noob but wow, is it hard to make games work on a PC. #
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- I vote against opening the blinds for Ashton! Mostly because you can't vote against the sun, because it doesn't care either way. #
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First thing: If you ever thought to yourself, "Gosh, I have no idea what actually happened with Enron," maybe you should consider seeing a documentary called Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. I wasn't particularly interested, because it sounds boring and I didn't know a thing about Enron. I still don't understand what energy trading is, but otherwise I feel pretty solid on the sleazy awfulness that is corporate America, specifically Jeff Skilling and the hundreds of other jerks behind the Enron collapse. There's also a scene with Phillip Glass music and a strip club. It's on Instant Watch if you've got Netflix, and it's better than the trailer:
Second thing: I saw They Might Be Giants live for the first time this week and it was fucking awesome. Confetti cannons. I think it was so awesome that it was partially responsible for my plunge into total self-pity yesterday, when I felt bad about not being as great as they are, and why don't I write songs instead of novels, and then travel the world singing them to people who are really happy to hear them? And why is everything I do boring and provincial, instead of being about the cow under the sea? The same thing happens to me when I read Neal Stephenson novels. It's terrible.
Third thing: I am addicted to cleaning. I have strong urges to go through my possessions and get rid of juuuuust...a....littttttle....bitttt....more. It would be great but this is the month to do other things than clean. But my brain just doesn't want to think about other stuff. It wants to get rid of old shoes and shirts and things.
Fourth thing: NaNoWriMo is horrible. Books are horrible. Writing is horrible. Narrative is my mortal enemy.
Fifth thing: It's sunny out. I am happy. My bike is good.
Sixth thing: We all look at the equivalent of War & Peace every single day. The internet is evil. I like simple sentences.
- 3920. #nanowrimo #rackedwithdespair #whywouldanyoneeverwrite #ihatemycharactersanditsonlydayfour #ishouldgointopoetry #
- 5253. I have recovered somewhat from my temper tantrum/fit of unending despair earlier. God, cloudy days are hard. #nanowrimo #
- Oh, there is going to be abundant sunshine today! Hooray! #
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While I have been enjoying my job, for the most part, I've been exhausted by the commute and some of the problems that are inherent in the medical field...
- Submitted the shark story a 3rd time instead of NaNo'ing. Maybe after TMBG show? It seemed like a better use of my time. Now, a disco nap. #
- Holy crap, They Might Be Giants are awesome. I want to be them. That's probably a little too creepy, but hey, I'm on the internet. #
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Oracle Enterprise Linux (and Oracle VM) is freely RE-distributable !
http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Unbreakable+Linux
Yes, it's free download but also free to re-distribute including copyrights and trademarks, see the EULA for more details.
And theres now a public yum server for OEL that offers a free and convenient way to install packages from the Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM installation media via a yum client.
- I want to read: The Bizarro Starter Kit by Carlton Mellick III - bit.ly/1ccrS4 #
- I want to read: The Bizarro Starter Kit by Steve Aylett - bit.ly/3gx5kQ #
- 3452 words tonight. #nanowrimo #fiction #writing #timeforbed #
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