I almost got sucked into watching another season of LtV’s new drama. Thanks to friends, new and old, for recommending against getting hooked on yet another pointless drama. Maybe it’s also a sign of my changing tastes that even that even the premise / promise of the Martians finally landing their first probe on Venus, despite all the tight technical challenges after the thaw in Mars/Venus relations, just couldn’t draw me in.
Archive for 2010-05
The LtV Drama: Cancelled
2010-05-30 16:06Sign of the Times
2010-05-29 18:09Arianna clearly and aggressively signs “milk” now. And by “aggressively” I mean she starts signing it, and if you don’t move immediately to help her get what she wants, she stares you down and very deliberately continues to sign it as if to say, “you moron, I’m signing ‘milk’ so plainly that a 1 year old could understand it… what’s your problem?”.
Earlier today she very clearly signed “more”.
Short Takes
2010-05-27 21:24- I don’t think I’ve mentioned it here before, but we’re now planning to spend a few more years in Switzerland. No set timelines. We’re playing it by ear. Moving here has been interesting. My planning horizon is artificially shortened by the temporariness. It’s odd and hard to handle.
- A lot of my old blog entries were broken by my blog software’s autoformatting. I’ve fixed most of that.
- I’ve finished a lot of things I’ve wanted to do lately… I think I’m on an adrenaline crash. It’s odd… I feel like it started off as a sprint… then I realized that the course wasn’t paved… then it turned into a marathon… half way through they removed the water stations… and then with the finish line in sight they shut down the race… and crash-boom-thud.
- I suck at writing. I suck at communicating. I suck at servicing. I suck at planning.
- I get home from work, and all Alex can say is, “Daddy, go away.”
- I’m consoling myself with heavy metal, scotch, and chocolate.
Benevilent
2010-05-27 14:35Talking to a coworker today and she pronounced “benevolent” as “ben-evil-ent”. I appreciate the juxtaposition of good and evil in the same word.
How To Play
2010-05-23 02:44For the first time last week, I verbalized:
First, you play the cards, then you play the player, then you play the table.
I was happy with myself for being able to verbalize this, and said as much to Dina. Her response:
Nick… you and Jim have played the rail.
Who Rocks
2010-05-21 09:35Morpheus, Shakespeare, Hetfield, in that order.
Trip Like I Do
2010-05-12 20:02- New lawn chair.
- Spring has sprung in Switzerland.
- Balcony 3 floors up.
- Nice clouds.
- MacBook, Earphones, Crystal Method (… I’ve got the peace of mind of a killer soul… I’ve got the patience of a chopping block…) .
- Sibona, La Grappa Di Moscata.
- 4 day weekend.
Now, if only I didn’t have my self-review for work hanging over my head.
Decision Making
2010-05-12 19:17It was interesting to take a step back from myself this morning and realize that some of my recent decisions must look irrational to people that don’t have the same set of information that I do.
Jet Lagged
2010-05-03 00:36I will be on a plane for 4 of the next 5 days.
Milestones
2010-05-01 15:23- On Thursday, Arianna took her first dozen steps or so. No falling at the end either.
- Alex now makes a pun in German. He puts his shoes on his hands and says “Handschuhe!” Hand = hand. Schuhe = shoes. Handschuhe = gloves.