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September 07, 2005
Another Giraffe
Oh f***. Of all that is holy and right with the world, why me? I was one sentence away from finishing what was possibly the most witty, most entertaining, most wordy (but in a good way) entry of the entire year when Firefox decided to freeze up and die. After a year of being perfectly happy with the program, the freeze-and-die problem has happend twice in the last week and I now question whether it really is superior to Internet Explorer.
Anyway, to recap in a summarized and less-than-thrilling way, I was trying to explain why I haven't been blogging lately. It basically came down to four reasons:
1. Starting my own business. Between all the actual work and the headache of legal technicalities (damn federal laws and state regulations!), it has been more work than I anticipated. I tend to think of myself as so organized that success is virutally guaranteed. On the other hand, there has been forward progress, since my new website is up and running, thanks to Mr. Fliven, Ms. Post No Bills and Mr. Bastish.
2. My existing contract work. Until the end of October, I'll be working a 40-hour week as an independent consultant to my previous employer. I actually thought that I'd be going part-time through the middle of next year, but--as is par for the course--the company has declined the whole project on the basis of cost. Silly them--by deciding to forego this project, they are basically left with no major advocacy campaign for the year.
3. The nice weather. After sweating through the month of August, over the weekend the weather turned glorious and I'm determined to enjoy the next two months. September and October are arguably the best time of the year in the D.C. region, and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit inside. I may, however, need a serious dose of Claritin, as the fall allergies have already begun to kick in. This week, I'm snotty in more ways than one.
To celebrate the nice weather, I took Janie to the zoo on Sunday. It turns out that I was more interested in the animals than she was. What a jaded 4-year old.
On the other hand, I have to admit that the zoo isn't what it used to be. Because of the ongoing renovation, combined with poor oversight and negligence, many of the best animals are now at other zoos, or dead. We didn't stay long.
4. Tennis. I'm completely and unashamedly addicted to the U.S. Open. In fact, right at this very minute I am tempted to run upstairs (the TV in the basement having been given unceremoniously to Jess last weekend) to check on the status of the Mary Pierce/Amelie Mauresmo quarterfinal.
And speaking of tennis, how funny are those American Express commercials where Andy Roddick has lost his mojo? It's particularly ironic, since Roddick lost spectacularly to a nobody in the first round of the Open last week. If it weren't so unheard of in tennis, I would swear he was paid to "take a dive".
That's all from me. In the original post, I had some random examination of the overall weirdness that is Carlos Santana designing shoes. But I have a feeling that trying to link to that site was what crashed the program in the first place, so you'll have to go track it down yourself.
(The unspoken, and barely acknowledged reason #5 I haven't been blogging is because I'm lazy. But you knew that without me saying it, right?)
Comments
Tennis? Really?
I like your daughter's name and her world-weariness. Very becoming.
Posted by: Blunderford at September 7, 2005 04:13 PM
If you figure out how to work full time on your contract, get your new business up-and-running, AND get outside to enjoy the next two months I will kill you for being so organized that success is virutally guaranteed.
And about that daughter... I feel so betrayed that you have presented her as your niece for so long. You could have said she was your daughter. I don't think any of us would have faulted you for going to Sweden to further your education. After all, Mike did it. But then again I guess there is that whole s3xist bias that says that it is OK for the man to leave the kids but not the woman.
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hmmmm.... now that I think about it, your being separated from your daughter may explain your negative attitude last year. You should have told DW.
Posted by: gizmo guy at September 8, 2005 08:05 AM
