i've noticed something. a lot of bloggers spend a lot of time apologizing for not blogging enough. including this one. so i'm gonna work on that. yes, it's been a long time. and there may be many more dry spells. let's make a deal--i'll be ok with it and you'll be ok with it. great. i feel better.
so there have been some things happening. yep, highlights time.
-rode a ferry boat to and fro sausalito while in sf during some damn grand weather. haven't done that in forever. greatest trip i've had in a while. it will be repeated. if you're ever in sausalito and you need a spot to drop, go see tony "tangeray" novato at poggio trattorio. good guy (depsite the freakishly short tie). order the pizza with proscuitto and argula. accompanying drink is up to you.
-went to a toddler birthday party and was forced to watch the me-lay that is "which adult is the kid's absoulte fav and how can that adult prove it to everyone else?" some guests really wanted this title and a few went for it anyway they could. i just relaxed on an adirondack, saved the back strain and asked for as many beers as i could get my hands on.
-spent a few days with some great friends and the dad at a drag race in sacto. there are so many laughs on weekends like these that it's hard to remember everything that is said and done. it's these days that make my heart ache for some reason when i recall them--like i'm mourning the loss of my dad before he's even gone. no one makes/will ever make me laugh like him.
-saw a good friend in sf and enjoyed ice cream on the stoop of a building for a few hours. talked of memories, of futures, of friends, of foes. yep, i am the luckiest one.
-paid way too much for a pair of shorts.
-started lap swimming right in time for the weather to get cold and windy once again. mother nature really knows how to slap a girl around sometimes.
-signed off on a work project 2 years in the making. still hasn't hit me, but when it does, i'm sure i'll feel some relief.
-almost ran in to my screen door for the second time since moving in to my place. it's only time now.
-worked on something exciting. in the preliminary detail phase now, and don't want to get my hopes up, but have to admit i never thought i'd even be thinking about this decision. i hope it works, i really, really do. but in the meantime it's scarier than hell.
-went to a death cab for cutie concert and loved just about every minute. while i admit the following groups did outnumber me and my party by some number:
-15-year olds in plaid shirts
-Parental chaperones
-College-aged guys who were just there because their girlfriends dug the band
-Kids wearing the shirt of the band
life. it does move fast. especially these days. here's to keeping up and having as much fun as we can. and to not be too hard on ourselves for not blogging every single moment of it.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
being social is a full time job
long time, no see, oh blog of mine. time, it does fly. and its got huge wings. good when you’re in a meeting that is slowly draining the life out of you. not so good when you’re trying like hell to retain a fairly wrinkle-free face.
sadly, in the last few weeks there has been little to report. i’ve been knee deep in a huge project at work and it has left me little to no time to enjoy life outside of my work cube. priorities will shift soon. at least that’s my hope.
during my free time now (whatever i actually get), i find myself updating or checking facebook, twitter and blogs. it’s becoming a full time job. i’m not sure i can keep up. in the beginning, i got on facebook to reconnect. it seemed brilliant compared to myspace, which i hated and never took part in. plus, i totally dug the idea of statuses. then came the blog. then, one night while in my hotel room in sf, i caught a bit of a conversation at the commerce club between someone and the creator of twitter. i had heard of twitter and was somewhat interested, but after listening to him talk about the world and its social behavior (and how twitter fit in to all that), i caved and created an account.
i’ve been frustrated with it ever since. reasons, you ask?
-a good chunk of people tweet every 5 minutes about stupid stuff. and i mean stupid.
-because of the above, it takes me 10 minutes just to catch up with everyone’s updates every time i log in. i don’t have that kind of time to kill.
-the ui is not that great if you ask me. sure it’s somewhat simple to use, but it’s so basic, it almost hurts.
-the twitspeak. it’s ridiculous. everyone now speaks in twitter language. “i just tweeted my tweeterific tweeter friend and he tweeted me back that he was going to send me a twitpic and retweet my friend joe’s earlier tweet about the popularity of twitter”.
-don’t get me started on the celebrities and the all out media blitz.
now in all fairness, i still have the account after 5 months and i still update and look at it almost everyday, but i think it’s basically because of my interest in seeing what it’s becoming. also, i feel like if i don’t, i’ll be left in the tech dust. seriously.
recently, currenttv took up the cause and created a short about the twouble with tweeter. dead. on. enjoy friends and i'll see you on facebook. or twitter. or the blog. ah, hell.
sadly, in the last few weeks there has been little to report. i’ve been knee deep in a huge project at work and it has left me little to no time to enjoy life outside of my work cube. priorities will shift soon. at least that’s my hope.
during my free time now (whatever i actually get), i find myself updating or checking facebook, twitter and blogs. it’s becoming a full time job. i’m not sure i can keep up. in the beginning, i got on facebook to reconnect. it seemed brilliant compared to myspace, which i hated and never took part in. plus, i totally dug the idea of statuses. then came the blog. then, one night while in my hotel room in sf, i caught a bit of a conversation at the commerce club between someone and the creator of twitter. i had heard of twitter and was somewhat interested, but after listening to him talk about the world and its social behavior (and how twitter fit in to all that), i caved and created an account.
i’ve been frustrated with it ever since. reasons, you ask?
-a good chunk of people tweet every 5 minutes about stupid stuff. and i mean stupid.
-because of the above, it takes me 10 minutes just to catch up with everyone’s updates every time i log in. i don’t have that kind of time to kill.
-the ui is not that great if you ask me. sure it’s somewhat simple to use, but it’s so basic, it almost hurts.
-the twitspeak. it’s ridiculous. everyone now speaks in twitter language. “i just tweeted my tweeterific tweeter friend and he tweeted me back that he was going to send me a twitpic and retweet my friend joe’s earlier tweet about the popularity of twitter”.
-don’t get me started on the celebrities and the all out media blitz.
now in all fairness, i still have the account after 5 months and i still update and look at it almost everyday, but i think it’s basically because of my interest in seeing what it’s becoming. also, i feel like if i don’t, i’ll be left in the tech dust. seriously.
recently, currenttv took up the cause and created a short about the twouble with tweeter. dead. on. enjoy friends and i'll see you on facebook. or twitter. or the blog. ah, hell.
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