kelly | October 31, 2005
tomorrow starts national novel writing month, otherwise known as nanowrimo. this will be the third year that i’ve attempted to write a 50,000 word (heh. for a moment i typed page) novel. it ends up being 1666.6 words a day, which may or may not sound like much to you, but this entire [...]
kelly | October 28, 2005
i’m experiencing a lull in my responsibilities at work. i have been for over a week now. when it was about to happen i sent an email to my team lead (C) who said “great! thanks for the update, we’ll try to find something for you to do.” a day later, she came [...]
kelly | October 24, 2005
friday: when you factor in the metrolink ride to the airport, waiting for the plane, and then waiting some more because the (vice) president was also flying out of the city that night, the 45 minute train ride from the airport to the stop closest to the hotel and the 6ish block walk, it may [...]
kelly | October 19, 2005
painting a bathroom can be hazardous to both your physical and mental heath.
during coat 4 (while in a particularly awkward and stressful position to pain behind the toilet), something in my back snapped and made the rest of the paint job pretty challenging. ryan offered to finish up for me, but i declined. he [...]
kelly | October 16, 2005
i’m not saying it’s the best list, but time’s 100 best english-language novels is a good place to start. i’ve read a total of 9 so far. many of these books/authors i haven’t even heard of! (hands head in shame)
ah well, i guess it’s time to get a library card, huh?
kelly | October 11, 2005
our yearly assessment process involves this online tool. we go in and set goals for the year (which are actually pre-defined by higher-ups but they pretend like we do it) and then each quarter we mark down how we accomplished them. At the end of the year we update it for the whole [...]
kelly | October 7, 2005
i only resize windows from the bottom right corner.
also: i’ve mapped the thumb button on my mouse at home to do expose’. i probably try to expose’ my work computer at least 2 or 3 times a day, despite the fact that there’s not even button there.
kelly | October 6, 2005
that while leaving primer on the walls over night before you paint the next day is a good idea, leaving it on your skin over night (since you’re just going to paint more the next morning) is not. it makes it very very hard to get off your skin without taking two or three [...]
kelly | October 3, 2005
two pictures really say it all for the dramatic differences in the master bath. the tub is gone and is now all shower. we’ve got a minor issue with the vanity–it’s not the one we thought we picked out. the glass in the catalogue looked simply frosted, not etched like “grandma glass.” [...]
