Nov. 16th, 2005

Fire

Nov. 16th, 2005 01:41 am
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Flashback. The ancestors of the current greenenders cast huddle in a damp cave, scraping the last of the meat of antelope bones, and shivering in the cold of the oncoming winter. Then the shaman shouts, and the humanoids turn to look. He is waving some carefully dried sticks, and in a moment they blaze with light and heat, and ignite a pile of kindling. The tribe draw round awed. Winter is averted, man has triumphed over nature.

End flashback. I turned on the radiator in my bedroom.

Winter has begun[1].

[1] cryptonomicon reference

PS. I shouldn't really have used the 'fire' tag, but it felt left out, you know?

Tags I use

Nov. 16th, 2005 06:11 pm
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Ironically, I have few tags relevent to this post. And I think I need a "Every month summary of it" habit and tag.

LifeWhat happened to me recently.
GakkedA link, image or meme I copied/linked to.
WitteringsA medly of what I happen to be thinking.
ReviewResponse to a book or film.
InvitationParties, cinema trips, occasional collaberations.
One-linerShortish posts.
MemeThings that spread and cool web thingies.
BelatedWhat happened to me less recently.
GreenendersMy life is a soapopera. Sometimes I post in that style.
IntrospectionI spend a lot of time thinking about who I am, though not so much as the things above.
TechComputer (or electronic) related stuff. See 'work'.
FicMy, or other people's, writing. Opposite of 'books'.
PollRequests for feedback or a literal poll.
Whine/rantPleasingly few of these
CtsCambridge Tolkien Society. I often have something to say about the meetings.
GamesBoard games, computer games, all sorts of games.
WorkColleagues, table-football, debugging, programming, etc.
SocietyPolitics, religion, etc.
HaylpRequests for answer to a question or for assistance.

Done stuff

Nov. 16th, 2005 06:50 pm
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This afternoon I've taken a few hours aside and ploughed through a mountain of things I meant to do, mainly renewing correspondances with people on a completely to somewhat social level (organising dinner party, writing for ttba, emailing old friends, etc). I feel a hand uncurling slightly, releasing pressure on my heart as the hanging-over-ness goes away. It's cool

Now as I regularly need, I need to examine the remaining constriction and decide what it is, and then do that. It may be work related.

It's worrying how rarely I actually get everything cleared away, and float into the air with release. Can think "OK, now I'm looking forward to these things, and can plan those things," instead of "Agh! Must get round to [things], but I'm busy doing [things], ohmygod I need to [things] for [person] right now" :)

In other news, google blogsearch is getting amusing. I find old entries by myself and friends -- Angel, and people, do you remember a long argument about pascal's wager? That was nice.

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