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anotheranon) wrote2001-12-26 10:20 pm
anotheranon) wrote2001-12-26 10:20 pm
emptiness
Today had a strange blank, vacant thing to it. The world is still stopped.
Work was virtually dead. There was some experimentation with the camera, but most of the day was spent trying to install the correct video card to the multimedia station - something I couldn't really help with, especially given that everyone else in the office was crowded around the machine for lack of anything else to do.
After work I craved a MAC fix and stopped off at the maul. The counter was crowded (i.e., normal - they are always crowded, holidays or not). Though they were sold out of one of the goodies I'd seen at their site, I still came away with a couple of toys.
Got home, cooked a recipe I'd been meaning to try for weeks. It was filling, but lackluster - don't think I'll be trying it again. Watched John Cleese's documentary "The Human Face" while adding more bones to the stays. Cleese makes the whole subject of why/how faces affect us entertaining, but true to BBC fashion doesn't skimp on the facts.
I decided to match a charity donation I got as a gift at a few other of my favorite charities. It's something I've been meaning to do for months and have been unable to do, and I wish I could say it was this great altruistic thing (and it is), but the more immediate reason for donating now was to feel like I was at least being effective in some way - so much in this world bothers me and I want to do *something*, but I often feel overwhelmed at it all, and lazy to boot.
I suppose things will pick up after the first of the year - most folks are on vacation (either literally or mentally) and things are just not keen to happen yet.
In good news, the cold is vanishing - I have a little stuffiness left but otherwise normal. I'm going to continue with the vitamin C bursts through tomorrow and see if that gets rid of the last of it.
Sorry this is so bland. It musta been something I ate...
Work was virtually dead. There was some experimentation with the camera, but most of the day was spent trying to install the correct video card to the multimedia station - something I couldn't really help with, especially given that everyone else in the office was crowded around the machine for lack of anything else to do.
After work I craved a MAC fix and stopped off at the maul. The counter was crowded (i.e., normal - they are always crowded, holidays or not). Though they were sold out of one of the goodies I'd seen at their site, I still came away with a couple of toys.
Got home, cooked a recipe I'd been meaning to try for weeks. It was filling, but lackluster - don't think I'll be trying it again. Watched John Cleese's documentary "The Human Face" while adding more bones to the stays. Cleese makes the whole subject of why/how faces affect us entertaining, but true to BBC fashion doesn't skimp on the facts.
I decided to match a charity donation I got as a gift at a few other of my favorite charities. It's something I've been meaning to do for months and have been unable to do, and I wish I could say it was this great altruistic thing (and it is), but the more immediate reason for donating now was to feel like I was at least being effective in some way - so much in this world bothers me and I want to do *something*, but I often feel overwhelmed at it all, and lazy to boot.
I suppose things will pick up after the first of the year - most folks are on vacation (either literally or mentally) and things are just not keen to happen yet.
In good news, the cold is vanishing - I have a little stuffiness left but otherwise normal. I'm going to continue with the vitamin C bursts through tomorrow and see if that gets rid of the last of it.
Sorry this is so bland. It musta been something I ate...