<< September 10, 2003 >>
in preparation

i straightened up - i did not scrub or vacuum, so i hesitate to use the word "cleaned" here - my bedroom/office and the living room a bit, just in case phik came over to play lustre. also because i was tired of stepping over garbage when i went to take a shower in the morning (the only time i leave my room each day).

it turned out pretty well, in that i can now move my laptop from my desk to my other chair without having to re-plug internet and power.

i think i got tetanus while trying to play you on guitar today. if you see me smiling (for a change), now you know why.

nbc re-ran the 2nd to last west wing episode from last season, which was the really good one. i remembered to save it on TiVo this time, will probably make a dvd of it (and the last episode) tomorrow. we have a ton of stuff saved, but i think i only have one dvd left. i don't really want to go to the apple store to get more, for fear of coming home with one of the new 40G iPods.

i'm going to put all of my mp3s, photos, and anything else that i might not want to lose (sans email) on a lustre-backed webdav share (password protected, of course) since that seems to be the only way to securely and portably share files between linux, mac, and windows. sadly, while windows does https webdav shares fine, i will have to use an ssh tunnel on the mac.

ok i think the CODE RED is wearing off now. sleep.

apparently, the CODE RED has not worn off. i'll use this opportunity to relay a story i have not had time to publish.

i couple of years ago, a girl expressed some romantic interest in me. at the time, i brushed it off and paid no attention. recently, her name came up in conversation, and i felt bad about how i acted. i figured i should give her a chance, especially considering how well i've been doing with the dating scene lately.

the only thing was, after having no contact with her for the past couple of years, i wasn't sure how i should approach her about it.

then, while watching a recently TiVo'd seinfeld the other day, i had a breakthough. i figured i would call her, and explain to her that i recently enrolled in AA, and was at step 9, and felt really bad about how i acted towards her before, and that i wanted to take her out to dinner to make up for it.

the plan worked perfectly. we agreed to have dinner, and it was going well. that is, until after dinner, when i suggested that we go to charlie's for a drink...

she asked about AA, and i wasn't sure whether to come clean and say that i had just made it up, or to make up some excuse, like since it's a long weekend, we're allowed 2 drinks, or that it really was none of her business, but thanks for the concern, or maybe to try to convince her that i genuinely forgot, and thanks for reminding me.

it's not really important which path i chose, except that it was the wrong one. she became very upset, and that was the end of our little evening together.

apparently, the moral of this story is that no matter how badly you feel about something you've done in the past, it's better to let sleeping dogs lie than to try to fix it.