Month: August 2003

Have you been having a rough go of it? Have weird/bad/annoying things been happening to you and those you care for? Well don't worry. It's all Mars' fault.

That's right. Astrologers almost unanimously agree, Mars being its closest in some 60 thousand odd years spells bad news as far as the alignment of planets are concerned. Soothsayers are attributing everything from catastrophic events (terrorism, flooding, whatever) to the mundane daily annoyance (your dog deciding your new Oriental rug looks like a nice place to do his business) on Mars' position relative to the earth. So I guess if little Johnny doesn't get into law school, we will just consider ourselves lucky.

But fear not! Mars won't always be this close to the earth. It reached its closest point two days ago. And Astrologers agree (sort of)- things will probably get better in February.

One misty moisty morning,
When cloudy was the weather,
I chanced to see an old man,
Dressed all in leather.

Dressed all in leather,
with a cap under his chin.
How d'ya do? and How d'ya do?
And How d'ya do again!

That was one of the poems in the Mother Goose book that my mom used to read to my sister and I when I was little. I still know a surprising number of the rhymes in there. Rhymes are always easy to remember, I guess. And I always think of it when I get up and it's one of those cloudy grey days.

I love that kind of day. It's the sort of day you can cuddle up with a great book (something set in times past) with a cup of tea (peach, I think) and maybe a bit of music … Simon and Garfunkle have a great one called Cloudy.

But alas, I must work! I've got things to do.

Matt and I had a really nice day today. We got up early(ish) and went to the farmer's market (photos here). We hadn't been there before, but it was amazing! They had tons of cool stuff … flowers I'd never seen and tons of heirloom variets of vegetables and fruits. They also had some people selling their home-baked goods. We heard people talking about something called cheesy bread (with great zeal) and so we decided to try some. It's really great stuff. We also got pretty flowers and a bunch of veggies and fruit to eat this week.

After that, we went on a bike ride through and around the UW arboretum. It wasn't the longest ride ever, but we had a great time.

Then to cap off the day, we ran errands and got some chinese takeout from Happy Wok. Ahh! Good Day!

Do you like thunderstorms? We do. Matt and I are sitting in the sunroom watching a really spectacular thunderstorm.

I've got to come up with a new layout for a couple of pieces and it's just not going too well. I can't get my drawings to look right and I can't come up with a good color combination at all. I guess it's going to have to wait 'til tomorrow. Err … today. After I've had some sleep.

To explain the motd – message of the day (that weird thing up in the corner underneath the time that spouts out random junk) – please see this.

Isn't Matt the greatest?

Well, I finally contributed to the site, I added a book to the media piece. I’ll contribute a lot more in the future, but for now, I expect my contributions will be sporadic.

Anyway, I love you jess, I’ll post again.

I'm watching late night TV. I almost always watch TV while I program. Anyhow, I just saw a commercial for Craftmatic adjustable beds. They promise a “lifetime of temporary relief.” It made me laugh. Don't people read these scripts out loud before they make the commercial?? Oy vey.

In other news the site is almost done. I want to add one or two more things … maybe later.