snow crash soundtrack

Wishing I didn't have to be here to draw a paycheck while there is nothing to work on and The Irritant seems to be freaking out over everything - setting the time clock, writing up the very few jobs we have, etc.

Listening to various NPR bits online, including pieces of David Sedaris on the Santaland Diaries and the recent Tom Waits interview.

forgiveness

Question posed by a friend - at what point do you let "bygones be bygones"?

Grudges are never good to keep - generates too much negativity - kinda like a black whole where all the energy you could be using on better things disappears. This is such a complicated thing. Are they sorry? Are they even aware that they've hurt you? I'm not saying just forgive and forget. You can forgive and not forget and maybe in a way that's actually fairer to the offender, to know their nature and not expect too much of them. You can choose not to forget but still treat someone decently. You don't have to like everyone but you should probably be polite at all times - prevents escalation of tensions and maintains civility.
There are people I have officially forgiven but will never trust again.

bored.

Just two days after the holiday and I'm ridiculously bored, as usual. Monster is stll very sick with a cold. We did get a couple of errands accomplished earlier today:
Went to the post office to ship packages, pay bills, took a very nice piece of furniture to a friend's shop to sell, and bought a new, smaller rug for the living room to be delivered from Chicago. Now the day is long over and tomorrow is totally empty. These long weekends are unbearably lonely and boring.

post Thanksgiving

The car is making a new sound this week, so I left it with the mechanic again today. It needed a couple of motor mount bolts that were mysteriously missing anyway, but now there is a grumbing sound whenever I turn right, only after the car has warmed up a bit whether by driving or sitting in the sun, and usually when turning right.

Yesterday we went with Lisa and David to her parent's house to have Thanksgiving dinner with her family. It was a great meal. Lisa got praise for her bourbon pecan pie, which everyone in her family said was the best they'd ever had. Monster was delighted to look at the collection of turned wood objects at the house. I brought flowers and, feeling unsure, two different kinds of bread purchased at The Bread Garden - a nice country bread that was used for dinner and a loaf of olive bread, which I was sent home with because it was uncut and they said they had too many leftovers anyway. Lisa give Monster a slice of the excellent pecan pie to bring home. The evening was spent watching Love Actually on TV, after which I retired to the bedroom, leaving Monster to watch cartoons until he fell asleep on the couch.

Thanksgiving Eve

Trying to remember and plan all of the last-minute errands I need to do as soon as I get off work.

1. Buy flowers and maybe some fresh baked goods to take to Thanksgiving Dinner with Lisa's family.

2. Pick up blanket and rug from drycleaners.

3. Check post office box.

One of the guys at work brought a coconut cake that his wife baked last night from a 100-year-old family recipe.

Tending to the sick and bedridden

Monster is sick with a very badly-timed cold. I told him that he can stay in bed until Thanksgiving. I think he'll be up and back to normal before then, as disease seems to be runnings it's coarse quickly in him, with his over-active immune system. I say this not knowing if it is really possible to have an overactive, over-stimulated immune system but that always does seem to be the case with his body. I must remember to pick up more orange juice and Campbell's tomato soup today on the way home from work.

Willy Terry

posted by Daniel Moore at 7:23 PM on November 14, 2006

If you've seen the man who walks around the corner of Briarcliff and Ponce in the white bike shorts, then you definitely want to watch this video.

Thanksgiving links

Super Target caters Thanksgiving meals.
Archer Farms Heat & Serve Holiday Meals

William Sonoma has tips.

Atlanta City Search Thanksgiving Planner

Murray is in town

Had a lovely evening. Maurice phoned and invited me and Monster impromptu to join him and Terry at Papa Deaux on Jimmy Carter Blvd. for dinner. He's in town for the convention/tradeshow and was willing to finally meet Monster. We had a great time talking about old times. Maurice showed everyone at the table a few of his magic tricks and his "mentalist" abilities.

Alternate You are 31% experimental, 45% feral, 40% spiritual, and 20% square!

Congratulations! You're Alternate. The Alternate is, at first glance, the most mainstream of hippies. You are probably more into protecting disempowered people and the environment than expanding your mind or achieving a higher state of being, but you aren't so into nature that you choose to live in a tree. You even shower at times, and some people may not notice the passionate hippie lurking beneath the seemingly conservative exterior. The hippie world needs you because you earth the other hippies, and form a bridge between them and the rest of society. If you believe that opposites attract, you probably find yourself around Full-blown hippies. If you are more inclined to enjoy the company of those with similar attitudes, then other Alternates, as well as the Faerie-child, Treehugger, and Raver are for you. The other categories are Neopagan, Mystic, Feral and of course, the Non-hippie

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on experimental You scored higher than 99% on feral You scored higher than 99% on spiritual You scored higher than 99% on non-hippie

Link: The what kind of hippie are you Test written by pragmaticdreams on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Jules: At age 74 while showing your work at a major art gallery, you will be accosted and later slain by PETA activists.

Picnic

The Picnic at Oakland Cemetary was great fun. Everyone brought very generous amounts of food and drink and, like good narfs, cleaned up after themselves before leaving. There where children and giant puppets (Katrina the fancy lady) and Goths all around. I am forever thankful to Moonbird for making gatherings like this happen and including me in them.

My most profound conversations occur in the car, whether driving or being driven, in motion.

Halloween Night

We stayed home on Halloween night, cooking dinner and waiting for Trick-or-Treaters. The house was decorated. The jack-o-lanterns in the yard were lit. There is now left-over chocolate except for just a couple of peanutbutter cups, which Monster claims.
Tomorrow is Joel and Kelly's going away party. They are moving to Savannah, where Kelly has a great new job.