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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
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11:35 am
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| Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
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3:52 pm - iPhone - First thoughts
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| Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
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2:07 am - No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to PARTY!
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Planning parties is fun!
This Friday, Kyle and I have our Bond party, starting around 9-ish. We've just finished devising a fiendishly fun game to play with our guests (and the embassy staff). It has a puzzle, a fair amount of social engineering, quite a bit of delicious food/drink and even a little play-acting!
I can hardly wait.
If I haven't invited you, and you'd like to come, let me know: We've probably got space for a few more!
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| Thursday, November 9th, 2006
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6:45 pm - Submit (to Ezra's Exhibit)
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I have to say, it was quite fun using the tools in Ezra's studio.. especially the ones for metalworking. In another life, I think I'd have been very happy as a blacksmith.
( Airhammers and the Mad Dash to Finish )
( Concrete, Steel, and Time (or highly corrosive chemicals) )
*Sigh*
Ah well--guess I'm doomed to be a philistine!
I'd just like to note that it was damn cold in Georgia, almost the entire time I was there, and while air mattresses may be soft, in another way they're just like sleeping on a slab of marble--they suck up heat just as fast as your body can produce it. Compound that with having inadequate blankets (that was my fault, really), and you can see why I wasn't the most comfortable of houseguests. Even more entertaining was the first night, when we opened the new air-mattress on which I was to sleep, only to discover that the electric air pump for it required 12 hours of charge before use (according to the dire warnings on the packaging).
I filled the mattress manually--with obscenities.
(Just kidding--I grabbed a book and made the best of it. But for some reason it sounds better to sleep on a bed of obscenities.)
current mood: Wry
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2:35 pm - Wedding on Silent Hill
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| Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
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12:28 am - Ups and Downs
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I know it looks like I haven't posted in a while, but I've got a fair number of private posts racked up now.
The Greenbride family's been having a really ill-fated year. ( Downs )
So, this isn't all that's been happening in my life. I've loved every second Evelyn and I have been able to spend together over the last 5 (count'em!) months, made progress in my salsa classes, and even led an Israeli Dance night almost entirely on my own. I've got pictures from the wedding of one of Evelyn's Japanese friends at the Ritz Carlton in LA, from Evelyn's first Ballroom dance competition with her new partner (at which they placed in every event!), as well as of my costume for this year's Halloween bash with the Oak Street kids (hint: it involves preternaturally blond hair). The weekend before last we managed to visit 3 parties (out of 5 invitations) and have dinner with Shoshana and Keith (my childhood friend and her husband) who're moving out to the Bay Area for Keith's new job(, and to have Shosh's baby)!
Finally, I'm writing this from home, the night before my brother's marriage and four days before his exit show, the culmination of his 5 years of college art work.
So, I've been keeping busy, but my mind's been in a rather private place lately.
Hope no one minds.
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| Thursday, October 5th, 2006
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6:53 pm - Juvenile Nerf Obsession!
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| Monday, October 2nd, 2006
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11:18 pm - Another year, another fast.
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This year's fast revealed my caffeine addiction: in a horrible all-day coffee headache. That and the kind of full-body malaise I've not experienced since getting dehydrated in the southern Gulf of Thailand.
I saw Sarah, her uncle Jonathan, and his two kids for the evening service and the break-fast in SF. Unfortunately, beautiful as the service was musically, I really regretted the lack of participation from the congregation. There's a delicate balance between picking fun tunes for the cantors and something along with which everyone can sing. This was shaded a little bit too much towards the cantors for my taste. Still, it was lovely listening, and they used a tune I remembered from home for the Kaddish. Mmmm, rousing!
current mood: Well-fasted
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| Thursday, September 28th, 2006
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11:18 pm - Who needs bookmarks?
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http://www.google.com/reader/view/
Actually, I mean.. it's neat, but why would I want to use that when I can access the entire site through their own URL?
Oh right--so google can show me ads while I'm doing it.
This seems.. so-so.
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8:48 pm - De-LIGHTful.
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So... yeah, I'm still at work, with roughly an hour of commuting before me.
I'm not really trying to impress anyone, just get something done. I guess I'm making up for several weeks of relative unproductivity with a couple of weeks of hyper-productivity.
The funny thing is, hyper-productivity feels a lot more fun than hypo.
Unfortunately, while I feel perfectly proud of the work I've done the last week or two, I'm not particularly proud of the several weeks preceding, so.. on average I'm embarrassed.
I had a couple of key insights last week, and it's allowed me to finally finish things that have been blocked for months. That's a good thing, right? However, the fact that it looks like those weeks were essentially wasted.. isn't.
Yeah. Anyway, it's time for home, Simpsons, and sleep.
current mood: Jazzercised
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| Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
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9:22 pm - In a world.. where small was KING!
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They've finally gone a little too far.
Oh right, and the Clinton interview. That was a fun watch, wasn't it? I was a little disturbed by how refreshing I found it. When did I get used to feeling pain on hearing any policy announcement from the federal government?
Gah. Back to working from home!
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| Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
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10:31 pm - I'm such a softie.
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Goddamn. I forgot what the opening of RENT does to me.
My eyes teared up, and I feel filled with a weird happy excitement.
Night everybody!
(P.S. Tom Collins Rocks!)
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1:48 pm - Yar! Sudden Change of Plans?
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My brother's planning to wed his college girlfriend!
"Planning" has always seemed like a bit of a misnomer when applied to Ezra's calculations towards the future, but as far as the end of October might be called the "future".. I'm buying tickets to be there for the wedding. Perhaps I'm being unfair--I may merely be a little out of the loop on his long-term planning. Still, this is the first I've heard of the idea, with less than a month and a half to go.
"Oh god," you might say, "how will they ever arrange caterers, a venue, a guestlist, and invitations, in such a short time?" Simple--by the dint of changing the rules a bit. When I say "wedding" I really meant "civil ceremony.. followed by drinks". It's much lower-stress (in both the logistical and spiritual senses), easier on the wallet, and considerably faster.
Does short-notice mean he's serious about making it happen? They've been together for roughly 5 years now, and while he is graduating this year, I'm wouldn't be too quick to label this a spur-of-the-moment plan. I'll probably buy tickets soon: his exit show (essentially his graduation from Art College) is 2 days after the date he's quoted for the ceremony, so even if he changes his plans, I'll still be there for a historic moment in his life.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the idea that he's considerng marriage, though.. 23 strikes me as a little early, but then, I haven't been in a long-term relationship like his ("like his" being the important qualification).
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| Monday, September 11th, 2006
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2:25 pm - Supreme Nerditude
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| Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
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4:21 pm - Odds, Ends, and Altitude Sickness
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| Monday, August 14th, 2006
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10:57 am - Bad enough that I'm spectating..
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| Friday, July 14th, 2006
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12:15 am - Gadding about
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So, for anyone who hasn't spoken to me in the last couple of months, I'm going to Thailand. Tomorrow -er, today.
I'll post about it whenever I've got a chance here, but seeing as I'll be spending at least half of the trip on a tropical island, updates may be a little spotty. Hopefully the gorgeous pictures and leisure-honed posts will make up for this failing, but if you find otherwise, I suggest you read these guys' journal. I'll be meeting them in Bangkok after about 17 hours of travel, and they write quite entertainingly indeed.
( Wedding no.2 )
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| Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
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3:08 pm - More of my incredibly cute sister
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2:57 pm - Lil' Sis
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Look at that expression, could she be anything but a Greenbride?
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| Thursday, July 6th, 2006
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12:30 pm - Unconventional Oversight?
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We'll just hack in anytime we want to make sure the FBI isn't doing anything illegal.
Well, it's like open government...
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