2: September 2002 Archives

From cnn.com:

President Bush suggested today that an agreement is close between Republicans and Democrats on the wording of a resolution authorizing him to use military force against Iraq. "Soon, we will speak with one voice," he said.

Is it just me, or does that sentence sound like some sort of villainous plot? "Soon, we will speak with one voice" sounds an awful lot like "Soon, we will take over the world," or "Soon, victory will be ours!"

...um, "I would've gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids and their dog!"

My good friend Kara and I are going to WebDevShare in Indiana on October 6th! I'm so excited. Phil tells me it's been very dry in that part of the world lately, so the leaves have been dry and not very pretty this year, but I've never been to Indiana or anywhere near, so I look forward to seeing what I can see.

I saw Mack Brown at Subway today. I was right behind him in line. He's shorter than I imagined he'd be, and he kept a very low profile, ducking his head and sitting at the table in the rear corner. I don't think anyone else noticed him, for that matter, but I know it was him. Proof? He had a gold ring with an orange 'T' of some kind of gemstone.

It's the first time I've seen 6am in a long time.

I woke up at about 5:45, wide awake for no good reason at all, and realized that I'd forgotten to put my nose ring back in before I went to bed. I'm always a bit paranoid about the piercing closing up, since my navel closed up within an hour when I took that ring out, several years ago. In the end, it took a little manipulating, but the nose ring went back in just fine.

Now it's 6:30-ish, and I'm not sure what to do with myself. I'm sort of in the habit of waking up at 7:30 and rushing to get to work.

Word from my mom about Stella:
Dr.Posey called around 9:00. He said she was ok and said they would see how she ate this evening. The results of the culture he sent out today won't be back until Thursday or Friday. He has never seen anything like it and won't predict. He says that if it is something as "simple" as an infection, she could be on antibotics for a couple of months. If it's cancer, well.....neither of us wanted to go there.

What's the weather like in Bloomington in early October?

(No, that's not a rhetorical question.)

It's the first day of Autumn today, and the weather in Texas has been cooler, at the very least. But if there's one thing Texas is lacking, it's fall color. Will the leaves start to change color in Indiana by two weeks from now? Have they started already? Let me know!

My pretty girl Stella lives with my mom now, and what a sweet cat she is. She had emergency surgery today to remove some kind of intestinal obstruction, and she's recovering at the vet. The original plan was for my mom to bring her to Austin with her tomorrow for me to babysit, as she'll be out of town for a couple of weeks, but Stella needs much more care than that, so she'll be at the vet, at least for the time being.

Have I mentioned that Hurricane Isidore could be headed for the coastal bend?

Um, yeah, global stress.

In case you ever wondered -- and even if you didn't:

The top 4 results from google.com for the phrase, "go to hell" as of right this moment are:
1. microsoft.com
2. hell.com
3. aol.com
4. disney.com

"yes I know what time it is
in fact, I just checked
I even know the date
and the month
and the year
I know I haven't been sleeping
and when I do
I just dream of you
dear"
--ani difranco

I'm keeping the television off all day tomorrow. I'm removing the bookmark to cnn.com from my web browsers (at least temporarily) so that I don't go there during my idle websurfing. I'm spending a quiet evening with friends and coworkers. I'm making tortellini with pesto. I'm carrying my digital camera around with me all day in my new backpack. I'm taking pictures if I see anything I want pictures of. I'm keeping my options open.

What I planned to buy today:
• a pair of pants like Sarah's
• a corset
• maybe a nose ring
• the new Ani DiFranco cds
• tickets to the Ani concert in Austin next month

I signed up today for guitar lessons through UT's informal classes, which start in a week. I took guitar lessons in middle school and learned two songs and about three chords, and while rumor has it most great rock bands survive on less than that, I'd like to learn more so that I can put my guitar to good use.

I bought my guitar about five years ago in Bakersfield, CA, where I'd gone on vacation. It's a Martin DM -- a beautiful blonde guitar -- and I purchased it rather impulsively from a guitar shop there. I've always had a bit of brand loyalty toward Martin. My dad, who's a very talented guitar player, has a Martin from about 1969. It has a beautiful, rich sound, which is helped a great deal by his playing, of course.