June 2007
Audrey: Wandering around the esplanade. Beautiful weather. (via Twitter / Audrey)
May 2007
Audrey: Playing around with the camera. Managing to take a good self-portrait is helping my mood. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Family of mine
There are some things going on in my family right now that I’m feeling angry and frustrated and sad about. I’ve been helping my brother take care of the paperwork required to drop all of his classes this quarter, due to a currently undiagnosed neurological disorder. My grandmother, who will be celebrating her 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, has severe temporal-frontal lobe dementia that...
Audrey: Going to write about the family things, get it out of my system so I can focus on something else. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: At least the food is good. I’m having crab ravioli. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Having lunch with family at jake’s. Trying to stay out of arguments. This is hard. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Headachy. And it’s time for another round of helping my brother track down profs with limited office hours. Exciting, huh? (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: My anger toward hobbies that masquerade as businesses (often sucking in other people’s money) needs to take a rest for the night. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Way too tired to be writing comments on blogs. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Watching mattg sit at the computer. So exciting. ;) (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Getting away from the computer even though I didn’t finish everything I wanted to today. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Should I be at the computer when I’m feeling this snarky? Possibly not. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Oh, of course, they’ve outsourced most of the actual services to other organizations. Go Multnomah County! (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Why are govt. websites so painfully bad? I just want to know about county social services for the elderly. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Booked a private room at the same hostel I stayed at last time. It was a pretty comfy place, aside from the weird Danish roommate. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Pondering what to put for title and organization on this registration form. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Jul 23, 2007: Demo Camp Portland 2
Rapid-fire technology demos, no PowerPoint slides!
DemoCamp Portland 2 will be taking place on Monday, July 23, 2007. NOTE: The time is still in flux. Please check back before the event for a final start time for the event.
A DemoCamp is a lighter-weight style of un-conference. A DemoCamp lasts only a few hours. Unlike a BarCamp, you don’t have to actively participate. You are welcome to...
Audrey: Should I be worried about not having booked a room for our July trip to SF yet? (via Twitter / Audrey)
Places cats do not belong
With their head inside a plastic bag, no matter how interesting the contents.
The kitchen cupboard.
The bathroom cupboard.
On top of a shelf that used to hold photos and other knick-knacks.
In the bedroom (cats on pillows == wheezy Lucas).
Whining pitifully outside the bedroom door at 5AM.
He’s really lucky he’s so cute.
(via Dyepot, Teapot)
Audrey: Making lunch plans with Mom. Maybe I should have asked about going for a swim, too. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Replying to email from my cousin’s wife: he’ll be deployed to Iraq for 15 months, starting in August. I feel so angry and helpless. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Finding more places the kitten has attempted to disassemble the apartment. I hope it’ll all be covered on the deposit when we move… (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: @jabancroft Only if there’s a party with free booze. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Hmm, maybe if I need to run errands I should do it while the temp. is 65 and not 85. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Finished reading Hardboiled Wonderland and The End of the World first thing this morning. Surreal, melancholy book. Very engaging. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Summer weather seems to be bringing out my night owl tendencies. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Back home from helping my brother find his profs to get those drop letters. Considering dinner options. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Amused that when you confirm a friend on Facebook, ‘I don’t even know this person’ is an option to describe your relationship. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Geek knitting (crochet too)
I’ve been wanting to try stenciling (or even screenprinting, but I don’t have the setup) onto knit fabrics, so I made a small bag on the knitting machine, crocheted a handle, and h4×0r3d it.
I also crocheted a Nintendo DS cozy on the plane to Vegas last fall. I thought I’d already taken pictures of it, but I couldn’t find anything on my Flickr account.
(via Dyepot, Teapot)
Audrey: On the less repetitively whiny end of things, I just posted about geeky knitting and crochet projects. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: I really hate the knee jerk “I’m right and you’re wrong” tone in how too many geeks talk to people. Being socially stunted is not a virtue. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Being good: updating the yog blog on time, for the second week in a row. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Scheming with Marty. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Making a silly business ideas page: http://tinyurl.com/yrocao (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: I can’t figure out what to put on the ‘about me’ page on my website. Maybe I can bribe someone else to write it for me? (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: And there’s no form, each prof has to write a letter saying that they acknowledge he needs to drop the class and retake it later. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: PSU’s system for dropping classes due to medical problems is fucked. Peter has to go talk to all of his teachers individually. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: @mattg Twitter really isn’t very effective in place of a proper blog feed. Lots of us skip everything but the last 5-10 updates to catch up. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: @mattg I don’t really know who reads my feed, so I do it when there’s something I think is particularly interesting. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Trying to get focused to work on things. More caffeine may be needed. (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Adding a hire me page to my website: http://lifeofaudrey.com/hire_me.html (via Twitter / Audrey)
Audrey: Looking at gorgeous custom shoes on Etsy while I knit. (via Twitter / Audrey)
