02/14/07 05:40 - 9ºF - ID#38142

coincidence?

This is what I have to contend with:

No I was NOT cruising (or posting) in casual encounters -- just looking for a Pete Yorn ticket. Which is no time to be picky, so I searched all the personals at once.

I guess I'm pickier than I thought since I didn't respond. Although my first thought was, why didn't I think of that? And my second thought was, why is this classified under m4w? Then I realized it's a guy looking to GET a hand job or blow job in exchange for a ticket, not the other way around. I wonder if he would have accepted some marketing tips instead, haha.

The crazy thing is, Pete Yorn came up on Pandora just as I hit this. I never entered him in any of my stations, and I was listening to a new station based only on Lou Reed (trying to remember a song from a dream last night). Weird, huh? Or did the terms of service I always accept without reading say something about capturing and interpreting my every keystroke? Oh well, either way it seemed random.

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02/11/07 10:17 - 16ºF - ID#38118

30 Days

I'm not saying I put any stock in this, but can't help wondering if my recent horoscope might be onto something.

Sagittarius
Even though it's illegal, marijuana is now America's biggest cash crop, generating more revenue than corn and soybeans. Official government sources won't acknowledge this fact, of course, and the major media would prefer to ignore it. Let's use this situation as a metaphor for your personal life, Sagittarius. Meditate on the following three questions. (1) Is there a valuable asset that you neglect to account for when you take inventory of your total resources? (2) Is there a Big Important Thing that you don't fully acknowledge? (3) Do you play down the power of a transformational agent that's taboo or not fully accepted?

Ok, I see where you're going with this, and don't think it hasn't crossed my mind. But I happen to live in an area where that particular market is already pretty well-saturated. Besides, aren't I in enough trouble already?

Speaking of trouble, this notice was posted on my door last Thursday.

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Category: social

02/09/07 12:59 - 20ºF - ID#38088

Hallucinogens not required

(But they couldn't hurt.)

I am so pissed I missed Inland Empire last night. Who the hell puts the headliner first

in the lineup? I literally stumbled upon this at 9pm last night. Which still would have been plenty of time to make it to the after party

at kink.com's Porn Palace, but that really would have been too depressing being the only one there who missed the freakin' movie. Not to mention rustling up someone to go with at the last minute. Dang it! I am really going to have to take better control of my social life. This work thing keeps getting in the way.

p.s. - this is what happens when you get the early edition of the Sunday paper then leave the house before reading it all. Oh well, I still have time to catch one of the other

highlights.

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Category: friends

02/07/07 01:15 - 9ºF - ID#38049

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

That's what I feel like I was asked to do tonight. I wish I was better at helping my friends work out their problems.

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02/04/07 11:38 - 3ºF - ID#38021

Full of ourselves?

For reasons that are too boring to explain here, I found myself in possession of the early edition of the Sunday Chronicle this morning. Couldn't help doing a double-take on this section header:

Yeah. I'm pretty sure that's supposed to say "BAY AREA / and California." Maybe we're laying low until this Gavin Newsom thing blows over?

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Category: past

01/25/07 10:28 - 13ºF - ID#37860

Paranoia may destroy ya

Oh man, what a week. If you can't rely on the internet, who can you rely on? Don't answer that.

Between email not going out, email not coming in, and outgoing email bouncing back, I don't know what I've said to whom any more. Maybe I should forget about email and just stick to blogging, haha.

Speaking of alternate forms of communication, here's a blast from the past. I tried to send it to (e:Paul) when the internet was having a Bermuda Triangle day. We had been chatting earlier when the conversation turned to -- what else -- cell phones and operating systems. So when I happened upon this email from days gone by while I was spot-checking whether the emails I had saved for whatever reason in Mac Mail made it safely into Thunderbird, it was funny to see it again in the context of our recent conversation. Besides, it's cute as hell.

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Category: body art

01/21/07 11:17 - 19ºF - ID#37810

Painted Lady

A new twist on painted ladies

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01/14/07 09:13 - 31ºF - ID#37687

Cut off

I realize this may be hurting myself unnecessarily, and who knows if I'll even stick with it. But I decided I should cut myself off from communicating with certain friends until this renovation project is finished. Obviously, it's weighing heavily on my mind, and I wish I could just talk to some people (ok, my ex Mark, if you must know) about it. But I know it's totally not fair to do that.

It's so weird to be in a position where the most critical thing to me is something I can't really talk to anyone else about.

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Category: housing

01/14/07 08:07 - 31ºF - ID#37686

brick house

When they demo'd my walls we discovered there's brick behind them. Who would have expected that? Not necessarily a good thing, but I guess if the house burns down, my neighbors will be fine. I'll be roasted in a brick oven though. Oh well, saves money on cremation later, haha.

It's been a while so thought I'd show you a quick walk-through. This was before they broke two transom windows though. Oops.

::Download Flash Video::

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Category: stress

01/14/07 04:57 - 31ºF - ID#37685

Stressometer

This week may not have been the most stressful one in my life, but it was definitely in the top 10. Thank god I started a new job to get away from it all!

The new job seems cool. It's only supposed to be for 1 month, but could go longer if I can stand the commute to Napa. The good news is, I can also work from home. At least it would be good news if my home wasn't a construction zone. But, I'm getting ahead of my story...

Working for a catalog company is fun. It's like shopping all day. I even get to put stuff on sale. Sweet!

I got a tour of the "merch room" where they keep a sample of all the merchandise. It was like walking into the coolest antique store ever. Their buyers go all over the place to find unique stuff that matches their style. I'd love to give you a sneak peek of some of the new items -- like this cool bike from Amsterdam that just came in on Friday -- but I'm still feeling out implicit rules. The guy I'm replacing took it for a spin, although he got spanked for it later. Since it was his last day I don't think he gave a sh!t one way or the other, though.

I would remind you what company it is (since my alter ego deleted the earlier post about it, oops), but my new boss mentioned she has google alerts for the company name, and for the famous (in Napa anyway) TV chef founder's name. Turns out foodies are avid bloggers. Who knew? Anyway, (e:enknot,77)'s many points about the Internet being an all-encompassing small world, and what you say here may never go away, hit home with my paranoid alter ego. That's all I'm going to say about it. My alter ego can start her own journal if she wants to, haha.

There's a helluva a lot more I wanted to tell you, but I'm out of time. Peace out, peepniks.