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drcuriosityA bit of an update, just because.
Did about six hours of work on a client's website today - it feels good to have it out of the way. Oddly, bits that I thought would be easy took ages, and vice versa. Still a bit below "budget" on the amount of time I've quoted for it though, so I'm happy with that. Every now and then I'm picking up small tricks of the trade that make the work a little easier, a little quicker, or "better practice" with respect to making a well-crafted end product. I think I'm going to get to the end of this and have more satisfaction that I made it than misgivings about things I could have done better, given more resources to work with. Learning and accomplishment feel good.
Last night's dinner started as pasta, but I decided I felt like having pizza halfway through making it. So, a compromise was reached - pasta with tomato, onion, cheese, finely-diced pepperoni and a bit of oregano. On a whim, I decided to grab some bread with which to make sandwiches out of it - it seemed to work quite nicely indeed. I took it with me when visiting Them Up The Road (hopefully soon to be Them Downstairs) - my sister seemed quite pleased with the results, and dubbed it a "Pizzasta Area". Yep, we're definitely siblings cut of the same cloth.
While over there I was introduced to Dennis' nascent pro-wrestling RPG, which look fairly interesting (albeit rough around the edges so far). There's plenty of room for cinematic action and some actual plot development(!), so we'll see how that goes.
It was the anniversary of Alex's death again recently. A good friend to me, and many others. A group of people were having drinks in the Foundry (the bar at the Students Association) in his memory, and someone whose number I didn't recognise send me an SMS message telling me to come along - which would be great if the atmosphere in the Foundry wasn't often so smoke-laden that I have severe breathing difficulties due to my thrice-bedamned tobacco smoke allergy. Thanks, but while I would have liked to commiserate with friends, I'll rather raise my glass/bottle in an atmosphere where if I do feel ill for the next two or three days, at least it'll be self-inflicted.
From something that came over a mailing list earlier, I'm finding myself kind of glad I didn't go, though - it appears that "some folk" have taken it upon themselves to open a couple of old wounds... in other people. I realise that some people can be aggrieved, and I didn't hear the content and context of what was said, but it does seem like bad form to be using a time of remembrance for a friend who has passed as a medium for assassinating someone's character. While I do realise that I can be friends with (or at least get on OK with) disparate people who don't always like each other - I get the feeling I might have become a bit angry at that.
*shrug* Perhaps I grieve differently from some people. Missing you, Big Guy.
Did about six hours of work on a client's website today - it feels good to have it out of the way. Oddly, bits that I thought would be easy took ages, and vice versa. Still a bit below "budget" on the amount of time I've quoted for it though, so I'm happy with that. Every now and then I'm picking up small tricks of the trade that make the work a little easier, a little quicker, or "better practice" with respect to making a well-crafted end product. I think I'm going to get to the end of this and have more satisfaction that I made it than misgivings about things I could have done better, given more resources to work with. Learning and accomplishment feel good.
Last night's dinner started as pasta, but I decided I felt like having pizza halfway through making it. So, a compromise was reached - pasta with tomato, onion, cheese, finely-diced pepperoni and a bit of oregano. On a whim, I decided to grab some bread with which to make sandwiches out of it - it seemed to work quite nicely indeed. I took it with me when visiting Them Up The Road (hopefully soon to be Them Downstairs) - my sister seemed quite pleased with the results, and dubbed it a "Pizzasta Area". Yep, we're definitely siblings cut of the same cloth.
While over there I was introduced to Dennis' nascent pro-wrestling RPG, which look fairly interesting (albeit rough around the edges so far). There's plenty of room for cinematic action and some actual plot development(!), so we'll see how that goes.
It was the anniversary of Alex's death again recently. A good friend to me, and many others. A group of people were having drinks in the Foundry (the bar at the Students Association) in his memory, and someone whose number I didn't recognise send me an SMS message telling me to come along - which would be great if the atmosphere in the Foundry wasn't often so smoke-laden that I have severe breathing difficulties due to my thrice-bedamned tobacco smoke allergy. Thanks, but while I would have liked to commiserate with friends, I'll rather raise my glass/bottle in an atmosphere where if I do feel ill for the next two or three days, at least it'll be self-inflicted.
From something that came over a mailing list earlier, I'm finding myself kind of glad I didn't go, though - it appears that "some folk" have taken it upon themselves to open a couple of old wounds... in other people. I realise that some people can be aggrieved, and I didn't hear the content and context of what was said, but it does seem like bad form to be using a time of remembrance for a friend who has passed as a medium for assassinating someone's character. While I do realise that I can be friends with (or at least get on OK with) disparate people who don't always like each other - I get the feeling I might have become a bit angry at that.
*shrug* Perhaps I grieve differently from some people. Missing you, Big Guy.
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Date: 2003-07-30 02:43 am (UTC)Kj and bobby jo shouldn't cook... EVER!
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Date: 2003-07-30 03:23 am (UTC)As for the agro friends.. I just like to be quiet and think about things.
:)
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Date: 2003-07-31 03:59 am (UTC)