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rwb99

is taking work too seriously.



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  2. 1. feel comfortable in my new job
    6 entries . 8 cheers     		3 people
  3. 2. write an article
    5 entries . 2 cheers     		125 people
  4. 3. E-Mail my friends more often
    4 entries . 1 cheer     		7 people
  5. 4. lie in the grass and watch the clouds
    4 entries . 16 cheers     		5 people
  6. 5. go hiking once a week
    34 entries . 25 cheers     		18 people
  7. 6. Take friends out to lunch, regularly.
    9 entries . 9 cheers     		2 people
  8. 7. re-establish lost friendships
    8 entries . 29 cheers     		110 people
  9. 8. eat healthy
    2 entries . 9 cheers     		3,024 people
  10. 9. spoil my wife
    10 entries . 26 cheers     		2 people
  11. 10. finish my model railroad
    3 entries . 4 cheers     		3 people
  12. 11. Read a novel in Spanish.
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		25 people
  13. 12. build a working model steam locomotive
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		2 people
  14. 13. finish reading Don Quixote
    5 cheers     		13 people
  15. 14. find a nook-ish cafe to sit and write in
    1 entry . 17 cheers     		22 people
  16. 15. visit my parents more
    8 cheers     		15 people
  17. 16. learn metalworking.
    8 entries . 7 cheers     		10 people
  18. 17. make love in the rain
    2 cheers     		2,074 people
  19. 18. stop biting my nails
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		7,054 people
  20. 19. take a picture of myself and not hate it
    7 cheers     		1 person
  21. 20. hang out in paris
    3 cheers     		4 people
  22. 21. do yoga regularly
    3 entries . 2 cheers     		438 people
  23. 22. remind others that they can do computer science research
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		1 person
  24. 23. sail across the atlantic
    3 cheers     		96 people
  25. 24. Learn to rock climb
    4 cheers     		425 people
  26. 25. start a reading group
    4 cheers     		9 people
  27. 26. See the Ruins of Pompeii
    7 cheers     		34 people
  28. 27. get over my crush on Jennifer Connelly
    2 cheers     		1 person
  29. 28. Visit the Azores
    1 cheer     		20 people
  30. 29. Visit Portugal
    3 cheers     		93 people
  31. 30. show up at the airport with a bag & a passport & take the first flight available.
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		546 people
  32. 31. Try a new recipe each week
    10 entries . 3 cheers     		161 people
  33. 32. make a list of 43 things i know very little about, and then learn at least 3 things about each of them
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		50 people
  34. 33. Organize my workshop
    2 cheers     		7 people
  35. 34. visit the Eames huis in Palisades
    1 cheer     		3 people
  36. 35. live my life by answering this question every day: "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?"
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		114 people
  37. 36. teach computer science to high school kids
    1 cheer     		2 people
  38. 37. write more love letters
    8 cheers     		137 people
  39. 38. build a 3D printer
    1 entry     		5 people
  40. 39. catch up on my reading list.
    2 entries     		35 people
  41. 40. listen to music that makes me happy
    2 entries . 4 cheers     		1 person
  42. 41. Go on an archaeological dig
    3 cheers     		134 people
  43. 42. take pictures of local interesting architecture
    6 entries . 1 cheer     		3 people
Recent entries
Try a new recipe each week (read all 10 entries…)
Cabbage soup with a twist 2 weeks ago

Work had a nice cabbage soup with smoked ham – good enough that I decided I’d have to try doing the same to my frequently-made cabbage stew. I ended up using cubed ham from the butcher, but it didn’t have anywhere near as smoky a taste as the original. Time to move to a better smoked ham/pork.

Nov 03, 12:39AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


Take friends out to lunch, regularly. (read all 9 entries…)
Conference dinners count, right? 2 weeks ago

I made it to an academic conference last week, and got to remember how much fun it is to catch up with old friends, meet new people and hear about their work, trade stories, etc. I ended up in the hotel restaurant/bar with a Canadian professor, some of her friends, and a couple acquaintances, and had a wide ranging conversation from life in Hong Kong to cloud computing to Brigham Young to incorrect handling of the “volatile” keyword in C. I miss that.

And with the Canadian dollar doing great, the professor enjoyed picking up the cost of the meal for us poor Americans.

Nov 03, 12:36AM PST | 0 comments


feel comfortable in my new job (read all 6 entries…)
Er... this isn't so comfy... 2 weeks ago

Ok, I think I’m comfortable in my job. I’m in charge of the team, I’m rushing to pick up the pieces for an imminent project whose creator quit last month, I’m staying late, I’m rushing around trying to solve every problem, I’m getting occasional compliments over writing or catching almost-lost tasks. I guess I know what I’m doing.

It would also be nice if I had taken some RnR time in the last month, or wasn’t setting up the pagers for the upcoming launch, or made sure that the late-night alarms would set off the theme from Daria on my cellphone- “la la LA la la, la la LA la la”. I’m sure I’m going to appreciate that in the next week or two.

Maybe I didn’t want to be so comfortable after all…

Nov 03, 12:31AM PST | 0 comments


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