Ikea?

New York!

Leise will be happy to know I just bought compact fluorescent bulbs. Maybe someday I'll put them in my livingroom overhead fixture. Jane Espenson and I are as one on this: [link]

So er...what exactly is the new job?

Me? I'm still being a technical project manager. Just nearer home (by a huge amount). Before I was project managing projects in my specialty (content management). Now it's just a free-for-all. I've got one project that should last about a year, and then we'll see.

DJ, I'd love a copy if you don't mind.

I'm thinking of starting up a fandom for cheddarvision, just to see how long it takes for it to go all meta and emo and wounded.

Oh, yes. Think we could get it going in time for it to be a category for this year's Yuletide?

I was cleaning.

Really I was, but I think Perkins the cat just defeated the Dyson.

It wasn't even that close a match.

Me? I'm still being a technical project manager. Just nearer home (by a huge amount). Before I was project managing projects in my specialty (content management). Now it's just a free-for-all. I've got one project that should last about a year, and then we'll see.

Oh, clearly corsets are called for, then.

Really I was, but I think Perkins the cat just defeated the Dyson.

Poor Dyson. I need a new vacuum. Well, I want one and am working on convincing myself that I need one. I've had this one 12.5 years. I have Hoover fatigue.

I need pictures of Lee's hair, ita's corset, and, um, some naked cute guys, please. These should rank together in terms of titillation.

Heh, I said tit.

Where did the day go? I ran errands, ate lunch, shopped, took a nap... oh, there it went.

I seriously think I need to stop drinking caffeine again. I felt so much better when I wasn't, and even my doctor agrees it's probably best, yet I can't convince myself that this is so. Every morning my brain whines for caffeine, and I give in. Actually, the same can be said for sugar. I need to overhaul my diet completely, and I don' wanna.

You have to treat your whiny brain like a whiny two-year old. Tell it "No" firmly twice. If it continues to whine, it gets a warning. If it continues to whine, it gets to stand in the corner - one minute for each year it is old.

If that doesn't work, lobotomy.

An oldie but a goodie, as far as naked men go: [link] [link]

I just bought compact fluorescent bulbs.

Whoot! Jesse's saving the planet!

I know what you mean about the actual getting the bulb into the fixtures thing. The good news is, once you put your cfls in you can happily not have that problem again for a long, long time.

I need a new vacuum, too. But I waffle. Really, can't I just wait until some Kirby salesmen come by again and clean my whole house, including furniture? I think that's the best housecleaning strategy.

I am Zenkitty when it comes to caffeine. And sugar. I had caffeine completely kicked. But then relatives gave me Kona coffee. And I found a great source for imported Irish teas. And this town has, like, eight coffeeshops, not counting the Starbuckses. It's just not fair.

But she's right, that's probably totally why I've been feeling so sluggish lately.

Anyway, posting got me off my arse, so I headed over to the supermarket. The nice thing about the small town bus line is that it's small. The bad thing is that it's small. I got hung up at the deli counter, so I just missed getting the groceries done in a half hour. Which meant I had to wait for another hour.

So I went to the bookstore and bought an Elie Wiesel book. Then I bought a cup of coffee and a blackberry scone. Turned out it was a white chocolate & blackberry scone, which I'm pretty sure tips the balance from lunch to dessert. But it was nice. I sat outside and looked at the ponderosa pine trees and read my book and drank my coffee.