chris (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} _fool) wrote,@ 2008-02-14 00:30:00 |
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stream of consciousness: do what you feel.
over the past few days, i've seen bike-lane-guy on a recumbent, and on a unicycle juggling. people take their art/culture collision seriously here. strangely, i have yet to find tiebiker (my icon for this post) up here, but i suspect he's around. there are so many things around that i have yet to discover. this fills me with hope and joy.
i got the sweetest velotines card (ok, me and 3,000 other portlanders) from my friend aaron, and i'd like to share it with you:
http://www.yourbodypower.org/veloti
it pleases me so much that biking is not just cool, not just functional, but culture here. it turns out, this is what i was looking for. speaking of nontraditional valentines, this be your one-stop shop for anti-valentines day sentiment, courtesy ofndrtoon. quite a class act there =)
tonight i headed down to a perlmongers meeting and was graced with a rehash of damian conway's best perl practices around a table with about 30 other perl afficionados. having read the book, i was maybe less into it than i might have been. but it was neat to meet some geekfolk and i'll probably go back when the topic sounds more engaging. pulling up to the place, finding no less than 20 bikes locked up outside this warehouse made me feel like i was in the right place, regardless. also, i had the opportunity to describe BMC's Remedy software as follows:
"my least favorite technology of the week is BMC's Remedy. it doesn't sing or dance, it just offers me a limp bouquet of excrement...", which gave me far more joy than using said software ever has, despite the fact that it's what makes my job have any action--i'm lightning-fast on the trigger with owning tickets that come in and taking the opportunity to actually help people, even if it's just in the form of filing another ticket for them with people they don't know exist. i feel like i actually get to do some work in non-glacial timespans. yes, i am still valiantly hunting for a new job!
speaking of new jobs, i turned one down this morning. i interviewed yesterday, and the interview went merely ok (imho). the guy who was drilling me had a ton of specific questions about stuff i didn't really know about: exim, split-view bind, serious routing, and telco circuits. i was totally honest about what i knew and what i didn't and i guess i was "close enough", and in their price range. i was offered the job within an hour of finishing the interview (crazy!) however, they aren't in my *travel* range. i tested the commute out there this morning before deciding, and it took a freaking hour to get there. their office is about 4 miles from the train, on a stop about 10 minutes further than where i head to now. basically, i'm just not interested in spending that much time travelling every day. sure, it's my time, and i love reading and riding my bike, but being committed to an effective 10-hour workday is just not my scene. i want *less* commute, not more! summer will be beautiful with its plenty-of-time-to-ride-both-ways long days, but we're not there yet, and while i don't *mind* being wet while i ride...i'd rather not. yanno? and the job didn't sound a lot better than nike. different, to be sure, more exciting, but really scruffy, and i bring enough scruffy with me--i need some neat already waiting for me. seeking some sort of balance...
tomorrow i leave to go skiing with![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif)
ariberman_blog and cowquat and friends. i am so jazzed! it is my sincere plan to seek out breakupgrrl and tankgirl76 and see what havoc i can wreak on the town for the few days i'm there after we're done skiing. cos, if i'm gonna fly somewhere, i want to make it *count*, not just dip my toe in the water. so we go to taos for a few days and then i bum around san fran for a few days before returning to the grind and (eek!) moving in with kdaisy721. speaking of, girl is suffering the plague i just got over and could use your wellwishes. since approximately 0 of you know her. but she deserves the double-mad-props for (unbeknownst to her) convincing me to ride home today. i left the office and it started raining and i was feeling pretty meh...and then i realized i had no good reason not to stay on that bike until i reached my home, and then i felt like a million bucks. minus a few percent interest in sweat =)
even lance loves it here and has respect for the culture, see? you know you want to follow me out here, austinites:
http://bikeportland.org/2008/02/13/lanc
i made some pretty killer thai green curry last night (and reorganized my recipes page this morning.) i maintain that it is because i cook with love (btw, thanks for turning me onto that concept,shaynabelle) that everything i make ends up tasting so good. i had a ton of basil leftover so i turned it into pesto which i'll have to use when i get back. of course, there was just a *bit* too much to fit into my chosen container, so i spread what was leftover onto some toast. holy wow, i'll be having intense dreams tonight. strong stuff to put down before bed. but intense and tasty like i like it =)
and now, orbital makes me feel like the world is an even more perfect place. find your joy, do what you feel, and be not half-assed, my friends.
over the past few days, i've seen bike-lane-guy on a recumbent, and on a unicycle juggling. people take their art/culture collision seriously here. strangely, i have yet to find tiebiker (my icon for this post) up here, but i suspect he's around. there are so many things around that i have yet to discover. this fills me with hope and joy.
i got the sweetest velotines card (ok, me and 3,000 other portlanders) from my friend aaron, and i'd like to share it with you:
http://www.yourbodypower.org/veloti
it pleases me so much that biking is not just cool, not just functional, but culture here. it turns out, this is what i was looking for. speaking of nontraditional valentines, this be your one-stop shop for anti-valentines day sentiment, courtesy of
ndrtoon. quite a class act there =)tonight i headed down to a perlmongers meeting and was graced with a rehash of damian conway's best perl practices around a table with about 30 other perl afficionados. having read the book, i was maybe less into it than i might have been. but it was neat to meet some geekfolk and i'll probably go back when the topic sounds more engaging. pulling up to the place, finding no less than 20 bikes locked up outside this warehouse made me feel like i was in the right place, regardless. also, i had the opportunity to describe BMC's Remedy software as follows:
"my least favorite technology of the week is BMC's Remedy. it doesn't sing or dance, it just offers me a limp bouquet of excrement...", which gave me far more joy than using said software ever has, despite the fact that it's what makes my job have any action--i'm lightning-fast on the trigger with owning tickets that come in and taking the opportunity to actually help people, even if it's just in the form of filing another ticket for them with people they don't know exist. i feel like i actually get to do some work in non-glacial timespans. yes, i am still valiantly hunting for a new job!
speaking of new jobs, i turned one down this morning. i interviewed yesterday, and the interview went merely ok (imho). the guy who was drilling me had a ton of specific questions about stuff i didn't really know about: exim, split-view bind, serious routing, and telco circuits. i was totally honest about what i knew and what i didn't and i guess i was "close enough", and in their price range. i was offered the job within an hour of finishing the interview (crazy!) however, they aren't in my *travel* range. i tested the commute out there this morning before deciding, and it took a freaking hour to get there. their office is about 4 miles from the train, on a stop about 10 minutes further than where i head to now. basically, i'm just not interested in spending that much time travelling every day. sure, it's my time, and i love reading and riding my bike, but being committed to an effective 10-hour workday is just not my scene. i want *less* commute, not more! summer will be beautiful with its plenty-of-time-to-ride-both-ways long days, but we're not there yet, and while i don't *mind* being wet while i ride...i'd rather not. yanno? and the job didn't sound a lot better than nike. different, to be sure, more exciting, but really scruffy, and i bring enough scruffy with me--i need some neat already waiting for me. seeking some sort of balance...
tomorrow i leave to go skiing with
ariberman_blog and cowquat and friends. i am so jazzed! it is my sincere plan to seek out breakupgrrl and tankgirl76 and see what havoc i can wreak on the town for the few days i'm there after we're done skiing. cos, if i'm gonna fly somewhere, i want to make it *count*, not just dip my toe in the water. so we go to taos for a few days and then i bum around san fran for a few days before returning to the grind and (eek!) moving in with kdaisy721. speaking of, girl is suffering the plague i just got over and could use your wellwishes. since approximately 0 of you know her. but she deserves the double-mad-props for (unbeknownst to her) convincing me to ride home today. i left the office and it started raining and i was feeling pretty meh...and then i realized i had no good reason not to stay on that bike until i reached my home, and then i felt like a million bucks. minus a few percent interest in sweat =)even lance loves it here and has respect for the culture, see? you know you want to follow me out here, austinites:
http://bikeportland.org/2008/02/13/lanc
i made some pretty killer thai green curry last night (and reorganized my recipes page this morning.) i maintain that it is because i cook with love (btw, thanks for turning me onto that concept,
shaynabelle) that everything i make ends up tasting so good. i had a ton of basil leftover so i turned it into pesto which i'll have to use when i get back. of course, there was just a *bit* too much to fit into my chosen container, so i spread what was leftover onto some toast. holy wow, i'll be having intense dreams tonight. strong stuff to put down before bed. but intense and tasty like i like it =)and now, orbital makes me feel like the world is an even more perfect place. find your joy, do what you feel, and be not half-assed, my friends.
