Running away to watch the circus
Kam and I went to Cirque du Soleil's Ovo this evening. It was a really good show. They didn't have... (More...)
Kam and I went to Cirque du Soleil's Ovo this evening. It was a really good show. They didn't have... (More...)
Today I bought a toilet, and Breht came and installed it. So the guest bathroom is working again. I also... (More...)
There have been good things this week. For example, there was hot-tubbing. And today I got to see a fun... (More...)
Spent the week kind of wandering around in a daze. Recovered my usual sleep patterns after Monday, but never really... (More...)
I went back to bed a little after noon today—and spent the next hour and a half unable to fall... (More...)
Was just thinking yesterday that it's nice that my longtime sleep problems (inability to fall asleep, waking up after too... (More...)
Today's the fifth anniversary of my father's death. I had intended to spend some of this weekend fixing some problems... (More...)
Snowpocalypse 2010, part III (or is it IV by now?), has claimed another travel-plan victim. My friend Stephanie was going... (More...)
Dropped Jim off at the airport yesterday morning. Picked up groceries, came home, worked at home. Today, intended to go... (More...)
I've been a little frayed lately, a little more likely than usual to react badly to small inconveniences or annoyances,... (More...)
I'm dizzier than Miss Lizzie, dizzier than Dean, dizzier than Gillespie. Woke up this morning, sat up in bed, and... (More...)
The past few days have passed in something of a daze. Some assorted notes: Friday was something of an emotional... (More...)
I last posted a life update a week and a half ago. Since then: Had a lovely long dinner+conversation with... (More...)
Let's try that again. The past couple weeks have been kind of a blur. Or a daze. Or a dazed... (More...)
I've been wiped out all week. Last night, stayed at WFC too late; came home happy but with a worn-out... (More...)
Just noticed that it's been over a month since I've posted a life update. Not a whole lot going on,... (More...)
Been a while since I've posted anything about what I've been doing. Not really sure where the first half of... (More...)
Last night around midnight, I went to bed, so exhausted I could barely keep my eyes open. Sometime in the... (More...)
Quick recap of last week: Saturday night: Returned from Acadia to Boston. Sunday: Hung out at Michael & Lisa's. (Thanks... (More...)
Thursday, as noted at the end of part one, we went whale-watching, on a tour run by Bar Harbor Whale... (More...)
(I think Kendra was the one who suggested the pun I'm using as the title of this entry, shortly after... (More...)
On Friday, I flew to Boston. Stayed Friday night at Kendra & Jere7my's place; in the morning, we drove up... (More...)
Kam and I flew up to Washington on Friday. The original plan had been to attend J&S's wedding on Saturday... (More...)
Two days after that Shakespeare Santa Cruz performance, I flew to Chicago for a long weekend. Helped Mary Anne &... (More...)
The previous entry didn't really say much about what I've been up to. Some notes: Spent most of the week... (More...)
It's been a couple of weeks since my last life-update post. I don't feel like much has been going on,... (More...)
It's been over a week since I posted anything substantive. Time for some updates: Moved my couches into my living... (More...)
Took a break from magazine stuff to wander over to the East Bay for a writing-in-a-café afternoon. Wrote 1600+ words... (More...)
Remember how the other day I wrote about not wanting to talk about house stuff to keep from jinxing it?... (More...)
Made it home safely from my New York/Swarthmore trip. Overall a pretty good trip (despite the technical difficulties), due mostly... (More...)
My days this week have had a certain pattern to them: Wake up too early, after too little sleep. Lie... (More...)
It occurred to me Saturday morning that I had no idea how to dress for a zeppelin ride. I could... (More...)
Mostly not having a particularly birthday-y week, but having a reasonably productive one. Today, for example, I installed a new... (More...)
The past few weeks, I've been having big mood swings, and having a hard time focusing or getting things done.... (More...)
Entry title, of course, refers to the famous movie about a fearless baby who will stop at nothing to get... (More...)
Drove up to Santa Rosa today for college friend G's birthday party. Spent most of the drive up listening to... (More...)
Thanks for the notes and comments yesterday. Appreciated. Spent much of yesterday watching Gilmore Girls, as expected. Good stuff. Lots... (More...)
I'm kinda swamped, and possibly a little sick, and definitely tired, and not really up to coping with much of... (More...)
Sure seems like a lot of stressful stuff happening lately. There's the big-picture world-news stuff, of course: Sri Lanka at... (More...)
Three weeks ago, I cleaned most of the house, excepting my room (and didn't finish various things, like vacuuming). I'm... (More...)
I've had a semi-broken desk chair at home for years. A friend's company was getting rid of a bunch of... (More...)
Today, after some preliminary procrastination, I cleaned the house. With some exceptions. The guest room is in pretty good shape,... (More...)
At some point this afternoon, I managed to put the computer down and go do dishes. Got nearly everything either... (More...)
As of this evening, I have the next couple weeks off work. We're almost all done with magazine stuff for... (More...)
I've had this cold for two weeks now, and the cough for most of that time, and I'm ready to... (More...)
Had dinner with Pam & Arthur & Ray & Robbie (who's about to turn 2); got home, decided to give... (More...)
Last night, I did work stuff 'til 9ish, then magazine stuff for a few hours, and then went to bed,... (More...)
Suddenly acquired a cold, or maybe something flu-like, on Thursday morning. I think it had been slowly building over the... (More...)
Wrote most of this entry a week ago, but failed to finish and post it. Headed off to Chicago midday... (More...)
Been generally stressed and swamped lately, but what else is new? I probably ought to put together a form journal... (More...)
I've been reading (and re-reading) Joan Aiken's Armitage-family stories in occasional spare moments, and still enjoying them. Yay! But I... (More...)
I was very pleased that today featured Connecticut's first same-sex marriages. Go, CT! No time or energy to say more.... (More...)
Went to a birthday party on Saturday, then went on an Adventure Sail on the Lady Washington on Sunday. The... (More...)
(I retroactively decided to split this entry into two pieces, due to sheer length. I hope it doesn't cause any... (More...)
Previously, on Jed's Life: I've spent almost all of my outside-of-work time for the past week-plus doing database stuff for... (More...)
Today I completed the first 15 items on my to-do list. (Plus a few other things that weren't on the... (More...)
I owe a bunch of you email. I'm sorry about that. I'll try and get to it soon. The answers... (More...)
Friday night, Kam and I watched the season premiere of Sarah Connor (good but not great), and an episode of... (More...)
Finished up something on the computer this morning, went off to shower. My towel was wet. "That's odd," I thought;... (More...)
Friday evening, Kam and I watched National Treasure 2. It was fun and silly; perhaps not quite as much fun... (More...)
I'm home, thank goodness. After my previous status-update entry, I did go try to get onto the flight to SFO,... (More...)
Flight home was largely uneventful. Kam picked me up at the airport, and we went to a new Ethiopian place... (More...)
Been an odd past couple weeks. Got back from Alumni Weekend (which was, of course, very social) the evening of... (More...)
Grumpy. Irritable. Snappish. Defensive. Annoyed. Put-upon. Frustrated. Tense. Yup, it's official: I got me a serious case of the mullygrubs.... (More...)
I was posting my previous entry from my iPhone and wanted to get to sleep so didn't go into enough... (More...)
Largely unremarkable travel day today. Except: most of the way through the second leg of my flight, I reached for... (More...)
Hoping to post a WisCon wrapup/summary soonish, but this ain't it. Last night around 2:30 a.m. I decided to head... (More...)
Yesterday, I needed a tape measure so I could cut a hole in my new bookcase to accommodate an electrical... (More...)
I had a fairly productive weekend, but still didn't come close to getting everything on my to-do list done, which... (More...)
I don't recall having heard the term "ultrasonic nebulizer" before a couple of weeks ago, but ever since I noticed... (More...)
I was feeling significantly better on Monday, but then the cold got worse on Tuesday, and continued to get worse... (More...)
Didn't mean to leave people feeling sorry for me (due to my previous entry, about being sick) over the weekend.... (More...)
Sometime around this past Sunday or Monday, I developed a sore throat; also, half my nose is clogged up, and... (More...)
A week and a half ago, I came home to find my block cordoned off by the police. I kept... (More...)
Thanks for the notes and comments on my entry about my father the other day. They helped. That evening, Kam... (More...)
Some notes on Saturday: Got my Hugo ballot in, just barely. Unfortunately, I ended up without enough time to read... (More...)
Last night, I biked home from work, only to find my whole block cordoned off by the police. (This is... (More...)
I went on an offsite this evening with co-workers: "indoor skydiving," a.k.a. a vertical wind tunnel, at iFly over in... (More...)
I'm hoping to travel to Mexico next month, but my passport expired last March. Finally got around to applying for... (More...)
I've once again been in that easily irritated state where minor annoyances can send me off into apocalyptic fits of... (More...)
As I remarked to Kam an hour or so ago, there's been a fair bit of good stuff this year... (More...)
Spent much of the weekend proper hanging out with Twig. (Including watching James Cagney in The Public Enemy on, what,... (More...)
About a week ago, I announced that I wanted to make sure that I got enough alone-time this week. And... (More...)
The past few weeks have been kinda rough, though with some very good spots. Three weeks ago at work, for... (More...)
I spent the seventeen and a half hours from Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. to Saturday at noon roughly as... (More...)
A couple of people have remarked on my silence of late--I've posted only five journal entries in the past two... (More...)
This hasn't been the best of weeks. Neither have the past couple of weeks. Been sick, and haven't had enough... (More...)
As I noted the other day, I spent all Saturday morning fixing a problem with our submission form. I then... (More...)
Last weekend, I attended a birthday/housewarming party, and saw some cool folks I haven't seen in years. But I got... (More...)
Sorry not to post much lately. The memorial on Saturday was good. More on that later, I hope. Sunday I... (More...)
Made it home, only about three hours later than planned. (Flight delays.) Had a couple hours to check email and... (More...)
In cloudy Issaquah we lay our scene. I flew up last night, and am staying at the Larkspur Landing as... (More...)
I did very little magazine work while I was in Boston. In the past two days, though, I've read about... (More...)
I'm sitting on Mary Anne & Kevin's couch, reading and rejecting and editing stories while Kavya sleeps nearby. (More...)
Con is now over. I have notes that I may type up at some point, but then again I may... (More...)
I neglected to say in my previous Boston entry: many thanks for the hospitality, to all who put me up... (More...)
Dear Journal, I'm sorry I've been neglecting you lately. (Note added later: somewhere around here is where I lost track... (More...)
I've been a little glum and a bit stressed lately. My grandmother's health hasn't been so good for the past... (More...)
I'm up in Washington to see Grandma for Mother's Day. Jay and Holly suggested this visit a while back, but... (More...)
My original plan was that I would spend most of this week working on stuff, mostly magazine stuff. I had... (More...)
Spent most of yesterday and today at Kriti. Going pretty well, though not as many attendees as one might hope.... (More...)
I have no idea what I've been up to lately. I'll try and reconstruct some of it. I guess Friday... (More...)
I never did get around to writing here about the tall ships. I would still like to, but the chances... (More...)
The week just zipped past. Some assorted bits of it: "Pop! Goes My Heart" ran through my head for about... (More...)
At various times, there were three different plans for various people coming over Friday evening. I eventually cancelled all of... (More...)
Thanks for the notes yesterday. The day was mostly fine, though every once in a while something would go wrong... (More...)
Things still ultra-busy at work. Too many submissions still arriving at home. Sleep still elusive, or rather fragmentary--still waking up... (More...)
A few things I did this weekend: Washed, dried, folded, and put away four loads of laundry, plus the pile... (More...)
Attended Mary Anne's baby shower yesterday. Fun, and good to see various people I haven't seen in much too long.... (More...)
Ever have one of those dreams where you look at the clock and it's noon and you have to be... (More...)
A couple of people have asked recently, so for those who haven't been keeping up with Mary Anne's journal, I'll... (More...)
Jay and Holly came to lunch at work today; we met up with an old friend of theirs who works... (More...)
Too sleepy to write much--I've been staying up past 2 most nights recently, but tonight I'm suddenly exhausted. But wanted... (More...)
Today's been a day full of computer games. I took a vacation day, 'cause Mary Anne was here. We were... (More...)
I barely budged from the computer all weekend, except for some forays into other things that needed doing around the... (More...)
Sometimes I am a little grumpy and a little glum, due mostly to having been sick on and off for... (More...)
Had various invitations to Thanksgiving dinner for today, but although they were tempting, I ended up declining all of them.... (More...)
Slumber is still more sweet than toil, or so I hear. (More...)
Sorry so out of touch lately. I have dozens of things I want to post about, as always, but somehow... (More...)
I've been meaning to mention for a couple weeks now that Kam has some exciting news: she passed her EMT... (More...)
Got a call from the doctor this afternoon: turns out I am in fact immune to measles. So I must... (More...)
Spent all day Thursday flying to Boston. Read SWAPA (an APA I'm in) most of the way, plus a little... (More...)
I once again find myself struck with blogging paralysis--too many things I want to write about, not enough time to... (More...)
Am very tired. Quick update, then off to bed. (Ever notice how when I say "quick" I mean "only a... (More...)
You'd think that if I were traveling across the country to a wedding, I might, for example, find out who... (More...)
Sorry so little journaling lately. (And I've been even more remiss over at Neology. I do still plan to get... (More...)
For the past two days, my cable modem has been intermittently stopping working for several hours at a time, then... (More...)
I've been regaining contact with old friends in a variety of ways lately. For example, a few weeks back my... (More...)
No, this isn't my entry in blog-against-racism week; I'm afraid that entry probably won't happen this week. This is just... (More...)
Things seem to be going pretty much according to plan so far. Which is to say, I got the books... (More...)
If all goes according to plan during the next week, the following things will happen (among others): I'll get the... (More...)
Mary Anne pointed out that I haven't posted since shortly after my arrival in Chicago last weekend. I've been intermittently... (More...)
Some things I did this weekend, including several that I had not planned to do, in no particular order: Spent... (More...)
Belated happy Father's Day to all y'all fathers! I hope you had a splendid day. My day was okay. Slow... (More...)
I forgot to say in that previous entry: I've been awfully flaky lately about replying to email and such. I... (More...)
Went with Sarah & Simon and Kathleen to the Sunnyvale Art and Wine Festival today. (On the way there, S&S... (More...)
I was expecting to be unhappy about having to go back to work. My time off just zipped by, and... (More...)
I have six other entries that I'm working on, mostly WisCon-related, but all I have time to actually post this... (More...)
United sent me a $50 travel coupon by email, because I went and fetched our luggage from MSN rather than... (More...)
Been neglecting my journaling lately; sorry about that. (. . . I wrote this entry last night and thought I had posted... (More...)
And after all that fuss about how I was going to flood y'all with entries, I ended up not posting... (More...)
As of today, I'm now on a leave of absence from work. Sometime around November, I started talking with my... (More...)
I think this is the first time in ages I've let a week go by with no entries. (The part... (More...)
Past week has continued hectic, and coming week or two is likely to be more of the same. Continuing to... (More...)
Thank you for all the comments and emails, everyone. Very much appreciated. (I should clarify something about timing: due to... (More...)
Meant to mention that Kam has returned from her latest travels. You can read about her adventures in Thailand and... (More...)
The insomnia thing is back. This past year, it's been a big relief that, for the most part, despite all... (More...)
Arrived home safely on Sunday evening. My lower back has been hurting for the past week. It's sore in a... (More...)
The first rule of Jed driving solo is: Jed can navigate, or he can drive. He can't do both at... (More...)
Heading up to Washington tomorrow evening for my grandmother's 98th birthday. I was going to say Tacoma, but that's not... (More...)
No time to post lately. Briefly, some of what I've been up to: Cleaning house. Having a successful roundsing. Reading... (More...)
Or maybe I mean "weird week." I haven't been sleeping well, but I've been sleeping late. I've been putting in... (More...)
Here are some of the things I've done in the past week, in no particular order: finally washed some dishes... (More...)
Thursday was my last day of work for the year; we get some holidays and I'm taking some vacation days.... (More...)
Fourteen of the twenty book boxes arrived Saturday morning. Presumably the rest will arrive Monday. They're stacked in my garage... (More...)
Yesterday, Kam and I visited Coyote Point and then saw the Narnia movie. I'll talk about Narnia in a separate... (More...)
Came home last night; Kam picked me up at the airport. Got all the books and other stuff packed and... (More...)
This morning, after several phone calls that didn't pan out, I wrote a semi-frantic email (intending to send it to... (More...)
Kam drove me from home to the airport; the flight was uneventful; I picked up my rental car and drove... (More...)
A few quick life updates before I head off to work: Thanksgiving was good; ate with Arthur E's family. Enjoying... (More...)
Various notes on my life this week: Over the weekend, I finally went to the bike store and bought a... (More...)
Today would have been my father's 66th birthday. It's also the 25th anniversary of my mother's death. I'm staying home... (More...)
The kind of day where your sandwich falls on the floor. (More...)
In other news, it was a busy weekend. I went to Kam's Halloween party on Friday night, and Sonya's birthday... (More...)
Sunday I went to my usual haircut place to get a haircut. I think the guy who cut my hair... (More...)
Been a while since I've posted anything personal, hasn't it? Some assorted updates: First, I apologize for all those items... (More...)
Today was, of course, the fourth anniversary of the September 11th attacks; I saw surprisingly little commentary about that... (More...)
(Yikes! No wonder the comment-spam levels have dropped precipitously—I broke the comments-display pages for my and Mary Anne's journals a... (More...)
I started reading a submission just now and realized that I wasn't awake enough to read it, even though it... (More...)
And another weekend flies by, just like that. I have lots of things to post, but keep not having time... (More...)
Some good things that've happened recently: Had lunch with Susan G, whom I hadn't seen in much too long. Had... (More...)
Went to Jay's memorial gathering for Peter yesterday. Planned to just stop by for half an hour or so, but... (More...)
The past few days have been kind of a blur, even though very little has been happening. I'm slowly getting... (More...)
I got D&J's permission, so here's the photo of Rose and her mustache. Moments after I took that photo, Rose... (More...)
Long entry here, just general updates on the past couple days. Saturday evening before I posted that last entry, I... (More...)
I got sick a little over a week ago, and although there've been days of non-sickness mixed in during that... (More...)
Some things that've made me happy lately: At World Fantasy Con this past weekend, half a dozen people I didn't... (More...)
Been busy. Saturday was Kam's birthday party in the park; a bunch of cool people, sunshine after a morning of... (More...)
Assorted good stuff today (by which I mean Friday, though posted a little too late for "today" to be officially... (More...)
The first question seems to be "Why?" The answer seems to be that I'm not really sure. Time for a... (More...)
Sunday night I had dinner with K at a little place called Cafe Bar. It was noisy and filled with... (More...)