rambling rants and ruminations on mundane life
Posted in rant, roleplaying on Sep 30th, 2008
It’s finally come up at yet another roleplay community forum I frequent: a Roleplay Pet Peeves thread. Right now, the thread has almost 100 responses, mostly variations of:
-I hate people who do/do not play Character Type X.
-I hate people who observe/ignore RP Guideline Y.
-I hate people who get more attention than me.
-I hate people [...]
Posted in daily life on Sep 29th, 2008
Bleh. Aya has a cold.
Posted in daily life on Sep 28th, 2008
Thoughts about the preceding week.
What did I learn last week? The Safeway grocery store near work has a magnificent deli. I tried the California Dreamin’ sandwich, which was basically a club with avocado on a baguette.
What was my greatest accomplishment over the past week? Dinner Friday night. Braised cod fillets and couscous. Turned out perfect. [...]
Posted in images and words on Sep 24th, 2008
Posted in images and words on Sep 22nd, 2008
Kudos to my twin, whose art has ranked yet again on the Renderosity Art Charts. I am so proud of you!
Posted in daily life, rant on Sep 22nd, 2008
I was asked today to help “unlock” a co-worker’s keyboard. Said co-worker was just copying and pasting between one document and another. All of a sudden she couldn’t type anymore. She was “locked out.”
Bwah? thought I. Locked out? Like I have some sort of super secret password to fix [...]
Posted in daily life on Sep 21st, 2008
Thoughts about the preceding week.
What did I learn last week? 1)My nephews are all grown up now; they’re men, not boys. I find myself astounded by the transformation and am so proud of them all. 2)German ale is really, really good. So are cherry sno-cones. 3)Sometimes people who are incredibly intelligent have amazingly poor attention [...]
Posted in images and words on Sep 20th, 2008
Fair Oaks Village takes its chickens seriously and, a few years ago, decided to pay homage to them with a sort of street faire - the Fair Oaks Chicken Festival. There’s live music, food and microbrewery vendors, and craft booths (many chicken-themed) set up in the center of the village with events in the [...]
Posted in daily life on Sep 18th, 2008
My monitor at work just literally burned out. It started buzzing, then shot white sparks out the back. Still reeks like burning wires here.
Posted in images and words on Sep 17th, 2008
