i am an unrequited astronomer, pretend patient, gentle adventurer, pedal enthusiast, recovering calligrapher, occasional thespian and unfinished poet living in portland, oregon. contacting me via email is usually a good idea.
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* whoah. blogger's playing with what used to be an ad at the top. you can search now, though it searches on my monthly & weekly archives rather than the per-page archives, which i am hopeful to fix.
* burning man has hit the "a little everyday" stage: we set up the tent, i learned how to tie a slipknot, mph loaned me his itrip (set to frequency 98.1), we slept in the tent, food has been stockpiling, etc. sven got a camelback-like thing i'm jealous of (good pockets!) and i have to keep saying i don't -need- another backpack, thank you very much. i still need to get concrete for bricks, though, and sven's waiting to see if the goggles i ordered work for me so he can use the ones i used last year (which are great if you don't have glasses).
* i got a pile of free fountain pen cartridges from freecycle! whoo hoo! most of them are black, while i prefer blue, but hey! free ink! i also gave away bubblewrap to a woman who is creating a bubblewrap floor for their 3-year-old's birthday party. i approve because michael did that for me one year when i came to visit. :)
* carl wrote a great little bit on his blog about how presence would enhance workflow sharing, and thus the concept for a local "mac salon" was born, hosted here and tentatively scheduled for october 7.
* this guy randomly emailed me to check out his new blog. i have no idea why.
* the neighbor girls stopped by on the way to blackberry picking, and it looks like they're on schedule for watering while we're gone (school starts sept. 7). at least i have their phone number and email addresses now. *crosses fingers* but we had a looooonnnnng visit where they played the accordian, took pictures of themselves with the izone, petted amelia, drank water, and then asked if sven & i believed in god and the rapture and if we'd like to come to their church. meh!
* last night, after 3 months of good behaviour amelia crapped on the rug in front of the front door. i was devastated, not the least because i stepped in it coming in and tracked it all about the living room.
* leopoldo will be involved in the 48-hour movie project tonight! ee!
* my cousin nikki is supposed to be in town but i don't know if we'll get together. i hope so, but i have no idea when it's supposed to occur.