Rant deleted. See, if you don’t check it every 15 minutes you might miss some incredibly insane rant. ‘Cause I’m full of those. Anyway: I’ve been watching Operation Homecoming. Soldiers coming home to their family and their stories. I like it. I have two grandfathers that served in WWII and an uncle that was in […]
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I attended a wedding today. Two former co-workers were getting hitched. I didn’t know who exactly was coming from the office, so I was pleased to pull into the lot at the same time as one of the designers. Within a few minutes the two bosses and their wives and another ex-coworker appeared. Which I […]
It’s time for another Summer Season episode! Ready? Begin! I lived with a woman for two years that I like to call Nightmare Roommate (NR for short). She didn’t immediately earn that moniker, but it certainly didn’t take long, believe you me. A few personality details to give you a general idea about NR: • […]
I had a bit of a panic yesterday. Won’t discuss why. But I’m doing better. And I just realized that today is the day I retire my April rant. So consider it retired. […]
Welcome to Friday night at planetclaire.org. Or as I like to call it, “the hell if I’m working tonight.” So I’ve been trying to think up a rant. Which is a lot of work. Oh, the irony! It’ll be a year since I moved in here. What a difference a year makes. Death Cab for […]
I have one of those headaches where my entire head hurts and all I want to do is close my eyes and sit in a dark room. In other news, not having to deal with The OC quotes tonight, I did some more work on my brand spanking new forums. We’ll see if it catches […]
I was headed home today from the ex-office (I have yet to come up with decent terminology to explain my current situation) and a news update came on the radio I was listening to. Apparently the Minneapolis mayor is considering giving out licenses to panhandlers in the city. At first I thought, Awesome. Giving homeless […]
Anyone ever read the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil? No? It’s a decent book, despite its popularity. Anyway, there’s a quite wonderful character in that book who has a phrase she likes to use (and I quote): “Two tears in a bucket, motherfuck it.” And there we are. So I’m moving […]
It’s rather cold in Minnesota as of late. Which makes me think of my cabin. Weird jump, yeah? Yeah. Mainly because my family has a cabin in a town where the weather is completely unpredictable. We always had the joke: “You don’t like the weather? Wait 15 minutes and it’ll change.” And it did. I […]
It’s 12:30 AM. I wrote a rather dull rant about my day. Which involved me working 15 hours on various projects. So at about 12:17 AM I was flipping through channels. Nothing was really on. Except for The Pixies on Austin City Limits. THE PIXIES, people. PIXIES! I knew they had reunited recently. They actually […]
I was going through panic mode yesterday. Or thought I was. Until last night around 10 when I really went into panic mode. I started getting emails from a client whose site had gone down due to exceeded bandwidth. I spent the majority of today trying to get it fixed. Long day. In other news: […]
I currently have the hiccups. They piss me off more than I care to admit. Ever since I was a kid I’ve gotten sudden, tragic bouts of hiccups. The roller derby that is my upstairs neighbor is at it again. It’s 1:30 AM. Who stays that noisy 24/7? They must have to actively work at […]
I completed my compilation for Heathrow’s going away. My song list: Working Girls (Sunlight Shines) : Pernice Brothers The Employment Pages : Death Cab for Cutie The World at Large : Modest Mouse Skyway : The Replacements Dear Chicago : Ryan Adams The World Ain’t Slowin’ Down : Ellis Paul Rocket Man : Ryan Adams […]
So I’m watching Airline. It’s a documentary that focuses on… an airline. Southwest, mainly. And they’re profiling a radio station morning show that was nominated for an award. One of the on-air personalities described his outfit he was planning on wearing as a “Jay Farrar shirt that I paid $1.75 for”. And I thought, “Jay […]
It’s a gloomy, rainy day today. I’ve hit a creative roadblock on a newsletter I’m designing. Which is due Monday. D’oh. In an attempt to unblock myself and pander to those readers who have been waiting for my lazy ass to have another Music and/or Storybook Friday and/or Saturday, today’s the day I’ll post some […]
It was late when I wrote my last rant. Forgive me. But I still think Spatula City is funny. I relented. I acquiesced. I gave in. I did my federal taxes. I did my state taxes. And now my head hurts. […]
I am studiously, diligently, and methodically not doing my taxes. It’s quite the task. I redesigned one of my websites last night. I don’t love it, but at least it doesn’t look like it was designed by a 12-year-old anymore. In my defense, it was the first website I ever built. UHF is on. Does […]
I’ve developed a new game. Being home all day and having the TV on (all day), you quickly discover that there’s not a lot on. I’ve developed a pretty safe routine. It gets spotty around mid-afternoon, mind you, but I’m still working on it. So I’ve started watching the forensics/true crime/cold case shows. I’ve always […]
AUGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Ahem. I’m done working for the night, I think. I haven’t totally decided: • Work 9 to 6ish Monday through Friday, dealing with constant chaos, clients who change things a thousand times and then change them back… oh so many things. But with a steady income and benefits. • Work *ahem*11-ish to anywhere from […]
I keep writing rants and deleting them because they suck. So, I will just summarize: • There is nothing more exciting than spending a Friday night building a WYSIWYG relational database. • Allergies really suck. Especially when you’re mildly allergic to cats. • I forgot Dr. Jackson (Stargate) has the same North Face jacket I […]