Friday, May 31, 2002

I cannot kick this migraine! :-( I am pretty certain that going to the movies and eating mini-corndogs didn't help it much. ;-)

Thursday, May 30, 2002

Galahad took me to see Star Wars.  It was much better than I expected it to be.  Frankly, the commercials for it were horrible and made me inclined to NOT want to see it.  But, I felt a cultural obligation to continue the saga.  I was pleasantly surprised that the movie was light years better than the ads.  I heard from my male co-workers that they did not look so favorably on some of the romantic dialogue.  None of it stuck out in my head as poorly done or inappropriate, so I'm thinking it must be a guy-thing.  Probably, Lucas got smart and added some chick-stuff to keep the women interested who don't go for the action sci-fi genre.  As for me, I enjoyed it all.

Wednesday, May 29, 2002

 Book Exchange Idea

Tuesday, May 28, 2002

  Driving Etiquette?

Sunday, May 26, 2002

  Female or She-male?

Saturday, May 25, 2002

 Microwave experiments

Friday, May 24, 2002

Silly money conspiracy theory

Thursday, May 23, 2002

It turns out that May is National Masturbation Month.  Here's a pledge form (kinda' like the Read-a-thon when I was a kid.)

Wednesday, May 22, 2002

 Equipment & Adventure for Women

Tuesday, May 21, 2002

A disturbing account of lynching in America.

Sunday, May 19, 2002

Galahad took me to the ballet last night.  It was set to the music of Pink Floyd and was really enjoyable.

Wednesday, May 15, 2002

Congratulations to my brother & his wife!  I have 2 beautiful new nieces!

Sunday, May 12, 2002

Mother's Day

This is my third year to face this day with no living mother.   It didn't really bother me at all this year.  I just found myself feeling very fortunate that Galahad's mother is in my life.

I thought of my mom a bit when we were shopping for Galahad's mom.  I silently considered what my mother might have liked had she still been living.  [I wonder if that's healthy?]  I cried a whole lot more during her last few living years while she was really sick than I have in the 2.5 years since she died.  Her disease and subsequent death have given me a strange kind of independence and a lot more compassion to others.  Not that I really need the extra compassion -- I cried already when I saw others feeling hurt.

Thursday, May 9, 2002

Last night I met up with an long-time friend from college.  We hadn't seen each other in about 7 years.  She was in town for a conference and asked if we could hang out.  I was so excited to see her, and my expectations were realized.  She & I picked up right where we had left off.  It was nice to hear how and what she was doing.  We both majored in Psychology; however, she went on to earn her Ph.D., and I moved on to computers.  Listening to her speak about her field reaffirmed for me that I had made the correct personal choice when I left graduate school all those years ago.  And, I was thrilled to know that she loves what she does.

Wednesday, May 8, 2002

Well, that was odd today.   I took yesterday and today off of work since my niece was in town from college.  I told her no pressure, but I'd be around if she wanted to hang.  I know she feels like she's pulled in many familial directions when she visits, so I didn't want to add to her stress.   Anyway, she kept saying she wanted to hang out, so we made tentative plans for this afternoon.  She asked if she could bring her mother (whom I get along with very well) and her little brother (my nephew whom I adore but who also gets bored in 3 minutes at my house).  I told her that would be fine but reminded her that he would be bored.  She assured me that her presence would keep him entertained since he doesn't see her very often.  They came over, she fell asleep within 15 minutes, he got voraciously bored, and her mother and I had a great time chatting.  Laugh.  I do remember college and realize that 2 hours of sleep is probably the best present I could ever give her.

Tuesday, May 7, 2002

I took Galahad out to the movies last night to see Spider-Man.  I never go to the movies because I usually end up with a migraine.  However, I dosed up with Excedrin and lots of food & water before & during, and I survived!!!   It was an excellent movie, but I cried during it.  Who knew it would have a sad scene in it?!   Bastids!

Monday, May 6, 2002

We went to the Sunfest yesterday.  Man, it was fucking hot!  I roasted out there.  And for all you worrywarts out there, I was slathered in sun-block and was wearing a hat.  We went just to see one musician, a friend of mine, Alex Bach.  She sounded great as usual.  Plus, I got to eat a fair-style arepa.  Mmmm, yummy!

Saturday, May 4, 2002

Wow, I guess I need to get out more.  We went to the store today, and I felt like everyone was staring at me.  Talk about social anxiety disorder.   ;-)   Hehehe, actually I think it may have been my t-shirt.

Thursday, May 2, 2002

Galahad and I have both received versions of the Klez virus/worm. Fortunately, I deleted one instantly when it asked to install some software, and my other PC's virus detection caught the other instance.  Here is a link to a Microsoft patch to fix a security whole, blah, blah, blah..

Security Update, March 29, 2001

How to remove the Klez.J

Wednesday, May 1, 2002

 FTP software