Sherds of Dream

... and to all a good night!

does the overall beige color of the universe reflect the huge amounts of dark matter?  the massive black holes at the center of galaxies? the emotional vastness of space?  i'd expect to see at least a darker shade of beige.  mebbee a cosmic cappucino?

it's three years for djinrain and guvnor today, and i wish them happiness and prosperity for many many more!

Annual Perseid meteor shower tonight!

Wiley Coyote

i'm going to want to see it, but i'm not sure it's really Alice.

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lovely girl's-night-out last night courtesy of djinrain.  we went to dinner at Brew It Up and then attended the final dress rehersal of the Music Circus production of Thoroughly Modern Millie.  no memorable songs, pretty lame plot, but fun flapper costumes & dancing.  i had fun - thanks!

speck made it through her surgery yesterday  just fine- the vet pulled three rotten teeth & drained the abcess that was the proximate cause of the whole adventure.  she is recovering at home, with massive amounts of anitbiotics and pain meds (i didn't know there were such things s kitty pain meds; i'm glad) and soft food.  i think she'll come to equilibrium as a house cat among other house cats soon; jakome acknowledges her warily but prefers to stay upstairs & pout for now.  cimba keeps to penny's room downstairs mostly, and hisses at speck when they cross paths.  but speck is so laid back, she just sorta sits there when the other cats are checking her out, calmly going "yeah?"  her "street cred" from many years as a outdoor kitty shows. 

so spectacle pod, herein after referred to a "speck", doesn't seem to have a foxtail up her nose.  what she does have is at least one abcessed tooth plus a massive infection due to same.  she will be going into surgery tuesday morning.  first we have to knock the infection down a bit, and get rid of the fleas & ear mites.   poor speck! 

quiet productive weekend.  planted heritage tomatoes from the local farmer's market (one pineapple, one "great white") in big plastic pots by the front porch, where they'll get morning sun & watered regularly.  cut down many small trees sprouting where they shouldn't be (mostly locust) in the front yard.  bought new jeans at ross.  felafels for dinner.

 well, yes, they *did* mess with the canon; now it fires photon torpedoes.

(ganked from Jason Pitzl-Waters):  www.notcot.com/archives/2009/03/witches.php
O my. does anybody out there on my FL know any "Witches" who dress this way on any day other than Halloween?  heh.  if the lighting hadn't been so magenta, we might actually have seen what the dresses looked like. not that i have any objection to interesting outfits- what the witches i know actually wear is not so conducive to commercial exploitation.  go us!  on the other hand, fashion has exploited other cultures and romanticized every conceivable occupation, so i guess i've got no real gripe, have i? where's my pointy hat?

*sigh* why can't sacramento field a morris side?
 at least berkeley's not far away...

spent the first 2.5 hours of Saturday morning upside down at the dentist's, having two new crowns put in.  the old fillings had loosened, creating giant cavities underneath.  you *know* it's not good news when your dentist looks into your mouth and says "Wow, look at that."  so i have embarked on a three-year plan to fix my mouth.  damn hereditary crap teeth. vicodin is a wonderful thing.
the urBoS study group goes well- D. was actually in a good mood Sat eve.  we hope he's on the mend finally.
djinrain  and guvnor  over for laundry and dinner yesterday. djinrain & i colored eggs & filled two green-waste bins with the carcasses of dead agave plants, sprangling leaves making them look like Great Old Ones in an advanced state of mortification. 
talked to heartspunmom  and the kids Sunday morning- looking forward to seeing them in a couple of weeks.  the weather's good, we'll picnic & go to fairytale town. 
happy spring!

underneath the stars the chocolate bars
that come from mars they breathe so hard
they leave deep scars

those over-the-top executives who think they've earned their multi-million-dollar bonuses because they "work so hard" should be allowed to keep them- IF they support one out-of-work family per million they accept.  food, rent, health care, schooling, job training- everything they need to make them productive and self-supporting.  for as long as it takes.  then, if the execs have done a really smash-up job, they could keep whatever's left over.  which i'm betting wouldn't be much. 

catching up...
have had nose super-glued to the new project grindstone, thus not much communication.  "working twice as hard for 10% less pay" = yay.  being the only client resource in a nest of vendor developers, i am reminded constantly of why i wanted to STOP being a consultant.

daughter #1 has been having health issues, aggravated no doubt by the stress of having her husband temporarily (we hope) jobless.  haven't they been through this before? 

daughter #2 i haven't heard much from lately- hope all is well with her & her hubbie.  the economy hasn't been kind to them either.

my beloved spouse is also beset:  his brother just wound up in the hospital with a stroke that paralyzed his left side.  we went down to kaiser vallejo, where he is in the stroke recovery unit, to visit last sunday, and are planning to go again this coming sunday. 

but!  it's stopped raining for now, and the sun is out & i will go for a long walk down by the river tomorrow.  obladee, obladah.

... which was one of the classic kid's rides in D-Land that we didn't get to, this time... but there will be other times!  miriam and toby were only a *little* more excited by the experience than us adults.  we were all hyperstimulated and exhausted and just boggled.  i loved the look on toby's face as he took in the panorama of Small World, and miriam's boldness in trying the spinning teacups (which didn't cause her motion sickness after all).  even the bus ride to and from the park each day was an exciting experience for them. 

and then the drive back up to san jose.  in all of california's finest weather:  sunshine, downpour, hail and snow blowing horizontally. no disney ride could compare for sheer terror. kenn was magnificent driving.  i hid in the back seat.

pantheacon.  after the overload of mouseland, i was having trouble getting into it this year.  some good presentations, including the LERP one on Sat. morning, where Don's Harran talk was supplemented by fascinating work on recovering dying traditions in southern India.  Also a nice one on aspecting as we got ready to leave Monday morning.   didn't do much socializing, which i sort of regret (not meaning to slight or avoid anyone), just felt like i'd had as many people as i could take and really needed alone time.

and back to work, where no one is yet sure what's going on.  the furloughs are still in play, i've just had a ton of review/meetings/prep work for a project i may not even continue to be assigned to dumped on me, and i'm getting mixed messages depending on which boss i ask.  *>sigh<*  welcome back!