I am in the middle of changing hosting providers. I am not going to be keeping wp much longer, I just put up a fresh install and imported the old data. I may put in a few more entries before I have the replacement ready.
My brain is tired… Well not really, but my fingers and body are. I have been doing lots of CSS/Javascript work recently. I am using YUI for an app I am working on at work. While it is very useful and makes things a lot easier, my Javascript skills are … well old. Think Netscape Navigator kind of old. I stayed away on purpose, avoiding the pain of dealing with the browsers. That is no longer the case. Anyhoo, after realizing that I needed to purge what Javascript I knew things began to make sense. I only wish I had realized very early on that I needed to start with a clean slate and learn it all from the beginning. Oh well. JS isn’t all that bad, but I’ll take strong typing and early binding over it any day. I am sure I will have more to say when I have recovered from my ‘extended day’ regimen that I have been on for the past month. So much to learn and so much to do.
I like this feeling. I just need to control the urge to learn something new while a dead-line looms on the horizon.
Recently I have found myself waking up from a mentally chaotic, emotionally difficult and physically stagnant cauchemar. It is like wiping an old mirror clean, under the thick grey layer of years past it is still as beautiful and functional as the day it was crafted. I am that mirror and I am awake. I can think with less distracting thoughts pulling me away with little chance of me returning anytime soon or at all. My favorite quote is by Alphonse Allais, “Ne remets pas à demain, ce que tu peux faire après-demain.” That was my modus operandi for as long as I have had memories.
After nearly a month of treatment I find that I do things because they need to be done. I still struggle with certain things, but that is nothing compared to the improvement to the quality of my life. I am more relaxed and take the time needed to get something done as opposed to flying through it. That is true for most activities. There is only one side effect that I have, dry mouth. It seems that is a common side effect of methylphenidate. I need to find a solution for it.
When my doctor told me to not to take the pill after 5 because it could keep me awake I did not listen very well. Needless to say I learned the hard way that a drug that is also used to treat chronic fatigue syndrome and narcolepsy would be really good at keeping you bright eyed and bushy tailed late into the night.
So things are looking good. I find that my dedication to work has increased meanwhile at home things have also improved. I no longer sacrifice chunks of my soul to keepers of WoW. I enjoy the game but I don’t feel the need to waste away while staring at a virtual environment. I have lost 14lbs since I don’t rush through my meals. That and snacking seems go have completely stopped.
Thank you medical science
All of a sudden I have found myself working all the time and enjoying it. I am not really sure if is a good thing even if I am liking it.
Hello, my name is Tony and I am an addict.
Well I’ve joined the crazed masses and bought myself a brand spankin’ new iPhone. I must admit that I suffered from phone/techno-gadget envy for a while, but no more. Somehow I feel dirty. I was reluctant to buy one because of the lack of some basic features such as cut and paste. Even as is the phone is unsurprisingly beautiful, elgant and deliciously geeky. Hopefully these rose colored glasses I am wearing won’t fall off any time soon…
I have ditched my installation of Windows that I used for gaming. Seeing that I don’t play much anymore I decided to clean the box and install Ubuntu on it. The box is pleased. I am running Gutsy now with all of the delicious eye candy. I installed awn for that extra yummy dock. I have been running Ubuntu for years, but I had one hold out. I installed it on my Mom’s computer and on John’s mother’s computer.
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My site was b0rked for a few months and I was too busy/apathetic to fix it. Anyhoo it is fixed now. I will get around to putting up more if I can find the time.
/me crosses fingers.
I had my surgery on January 12th. Being put under is the oddest sensation. One minute I am coherent the next I am speaking in Tongues and then I wake up in a strange room surrounded by nurses and doctors that apparently couldn’t hear me even though I was speaking :-/ But after that “body snatchers” part was over the recovery was what I expected. The pain in my back from then incision only lasted 10 days or so. I have pain in my leg still, but the doctors and PTs tell me it will go away over the next few weeks following the surgery. It definitely was a major improvement over the pre-surgery pain, but I am not sure I can tell that I am making that much improvement. I am off the pain killers for the first time since this ordeal started in September of 2006 now I just take my acetaminophen and deal with the pain that is left. I limp and am tilted to my left side, but I do feel better than I did. Now to get rid of this last bit of pain…
Snow has finally arrived in sufficient quantity to make it look like winter outside. It’s about freakin’ time. Anywhoo, we have added a new member to our family. Coco, a pitbull terrier joined us in January. She is so cute and a little love bug, well not so little. She is the same age as Vala. The get along well spending most of their time together wrestling while Kirby referees. I will post some pictures of her soon.
