I knew there was a reason I was putting off the earrings

I moved the earrings off the dresser top and into the living room for sorting, and then I thought, "oh, hey, while I've got the space, I should look in the top drawers." Lots of writing implements & misc small office supplies in the left-hand drawer, which have been shifted to under my keyboard. I haven't even started with the right-hand drawer. I guess that'll be tomorrow's project.

Also, at right around 11:30pm, something exploded outside. Moments later, what appeared to be the entire complement of Fire Station 8 rolled past my place, going southwest, sirens blazing. I've been flipping stations looking for news for an hour; all sources equally oblivious. Thanks, local news.


Today's earrings: flowers, other flowers

Bedtime reading: School Days, Robert B. Parker

New crown

lots of temperature sensitivity. I think I'm going to need to go back in...


Today'searrings: flowers, garnets

Bedtime reading: Unseen Academicals, Terry Pratchett

First three boxes of books up from the basement

One box of Gorey and two of hardcover fiction (Maron-Muller; Rowling-Tolkin & misc children's).


Today's earrings: flowers, other flowers

Bedtime reading: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, L. Frank Baum

Post #700

Talked to the loan officer today, and this time I asked what the words mean. She was very reassuring. All is well, all is good. Except, I talked to my broker today, and it takes three days to settle up after a sale. Oops. I should have put in the sell orders last week. Except, one of my stocks bounced $30/share over the weekend. My vast ignorance of all things financial has gained me an unexpected profit, but also delayed closing by almost a week.


Today's earrings: flowers, other flowers

Bedtime reading: Clouds of Witness, Dorothy L. Sayers

Kind of a downer

I went to see an apartment this morning. It's a below market rental on top of Powell Station. It's a bit smaller than my current place, but other than that, it's pretty much exactly where I'd like to live. The fly doing the crawl across my chowder? I don't qualify. It didn't occur to me to do the math until after I'd submitted the application and made an appointment to see the place, but last year's COLA bumped me over the income limit. After I'd belatedly figured out my current pay, I started hoping that the apartment would be one large sour grape, so I could feel good about not getting it. But, no. It's a perfectly livable place. I just won't get to live there.

*sigh*


Today's earrings: flowers, rabbits

Bedtime reading: Dead Heat, Felix Francis

Found while web-surfing

Poster1: I honestly am having trouble coming up with a meaningful distinction between the insurance companies and organized crime. Seriously.

Poster2: you can contact organized crime after 5pm.



Today's earrings: flowers, other flowers

Bedtime reading: Sand Sharks, Margaret Maron

Experience

Google can't find the lyrics to "Experience" (written by Burke & Van Heusen, sung by Dorothy L'Amour in The Road to Rio). The clip doesn't seem to be on the web, either. It seems an odd omission.

I found "Road to Morocco," though.


Today's earrings: flowers, olive shells

Bedtime reading: Notes from the Fat-O-Sphere, Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby

Flowering Judas

Today's earrings: flowers, other flowers

Bedtime reading: The Judas Rose, Suzette Haden Elgin

Stewartia

Today's earrings: flowers, other flowers

Bedtime reading: My Aunt Christina and Other Stories, J.I.M. Stewart

So, Friday

Tentative plan is lunch w/ b2, then get scooped up into the family hovercraft and flit north. I hope that works for everyone.

I'm looking forward to seeing Tiger, too. :)


p.s. Watch this: http://vimeo.com/3514904


Today's earrings: flowers, other flowers

Bedtime reading: Howl's Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones

Seen today at the corner of Bush & Montgomery

A 12-year-old girl, carrying a bright paper parasol, with a six inch safety pin through her nose.
Yes, I did stare after her and giggle.


Today's earrings: flowers, bunnies

Bedtime reading: Dolly and the Bird of Paradise, Dorothy Dunnett

Dilemma

Which collection of Lafferty's short stories should I lend the Lemming? His first anthology? The first one I read? Maybe some of the chapbooks? So many choices...


Today's earrings: flowers, leaves

Bedtime reading: Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add?, R.A. Lafferty

41

Today at work I got several birthday emails, and one coworker came up and whispered, "Is today your birthday?" It was all extremely gratifying.

Lunched with b2. The pizza people gave me a free slice because she was standing behind me pointing and mouthing "it's her birthday" to them.

After lunch, I got a new hard drive from corporate IT in Detroit. My friendly local IT dude says he'll install it tomorrow morning before I get in. It's a Velociraptor. No, seriously, that's what the label said.

I took myself out to dinner at Fancy Restaurant. I found out what 'mache' is. (Cloverlike, chlorophyllacious and delicious.)

Got home to find a birthday voicemail on my machine. :)


Today's earrings: flowers, bunnies

Bedtime reading: Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman

Poor Radhika

She really should have made Chase be the host.


Today's earrings: flowers, brass triangles

Bedtime reading: "When All the Lands Pour Out Again," R.A. Lafferty

Limbo

The definite highlight today was lunch with S and the Tiger - they had been riding cable cars, and were on their way to ride the ferry.

The rest of the day, I pretty much had to close my eyes and think of beedogs.
Stupid W.


Today's earrings: flowers, other flowers

Bedtime reading: Soon I Will Be Invincible, Austin Grossman

Poor Weird Beard

I don't think he was most at fault... but I'm still relieved Carla & Gene didn't have to pay for their sins.


Today's earrings: flowers, estrogen molecules

Bedtime reading: Too Many Blondes, Lauren Henderson

Today's big achievement

I bought cheese.


Today's earrings: flowers, coins

Bedtime reading: Pyramids, Terry Pratchett

Rest this afternoon

I took a nap. This "vacation" thing is working out nicely.


Today's earrings: flowers, triangles

Bedtime reading: The Little Sailboat; Trucks

Decisions

Went to see some more apartments with NRL. This one place... it's a well-laid-out workable size, the price is right, and it's too far from work to walk but there is a direct bus line. It's really close to the freeway and the CalTrain tracks; the noise wasn't too bad on a Sunday afternoon, but I bet you hear it all late at night. It's also hot in there. Lots of windows in the common hallways.

The catch is, the place is only affordable for me if I can get one of the remaining units reserved for the below market rate program. There's no lottery on this place. All I have to do is be one of the next three people to put in an ap and get financing. But if I go through the BMR program, NRL gets no commission on the sale. We didn't know that when we walked in, and the selling agent waited until we were just about out the door before he mentioned it. (I don't think that he was trying to be a jerk about it, but he succeeded anyway.) If I don't go through the BMR program, the price doubles.


Today's earrings: flowers, rocks

Bedtime reading: Feet of Clay, Terry Pratchett

Thank Freya it's Friday

That week went by fast.


Today's earrings: flowers, other flowers

Bedtime reading: Soon I Will Be Invincible, Austin Grossman