New perspectives

For the last two years or so, I have had a problem with the heat and AC in my car. The fan would only work on full blast, and the AC would not work on full blast, so I have basically had no air conditioning for two summers, and heat is a pain, because it's all-or-nothing, and it's loud.

I defended my dissertation two weeks ago, which means I am done with the project I have been working on for nearly a decade, and I have, at least for now, free time about which I do not feel guilty about not writing. Guilt-free time.

The day after the defense, I looked up the car problem on the internet. $25 and 30 minutes of work later, it works. A simple solution I could have done years ago, saving much discomfort.

I wonder what else I will see, what I will allow myself to do, now that I am free.

Hello there

Welcome new readers, and welcome back, old. This blog, cobwebs and all, has been serving me well as an impromptu, if sporadic, review of my id over the last several years. Instead of making people go through all the long, boring work of getting to know me by talking to me and whatnot, I have been referring them here, with the warning that I might come off as a 13-year-old girl. So, to those new readers, welcome! I hope you decide to continue talking to me after reading this drivel.

And to my old readers, hi. Maybe I'll get back to my original rhythm of updating with cryptic entries like once a month. Maybe not. Do you care? Are you even there?

What's new in my life? Lots. Nothing. Almost done dissertating. Still mostly depressed, underemployed, undermotivated. I believe good things are on the horizon, though, so that's cool (see, I can still be vague and cryptic).

Been twittering a lot, although some jerk has taken http://twitter.com/karmabot but hasn't done anytthing with it since April 2008. Who does s/he thing s/he is, me? If you have a twitter account, reply that person and ask him/her to relinquish the account so I can use it. I have ideas.

Re: the previous post

I should install a breathalyzer on my internet connection. I could probably make some money on such a contraption.

Mostly because I haven't posted in forever

IM with a fraughtfriendL

me: on the one hand i'm glad i'm not like with anyone in real life because i've got that stupid honesty thing going on
on the oter hand i have this ADD thing so i forget what the other hand is all about

100 pushups

In the spirit of having achievable goals, I will do 100 pushups, following the advice on this site: hundredpushups.com. Maybe I'll do 200 situps as well. For the first day of Week 1, I did a maximum of 8.

21 June

Weird day today. Feeling kindofadrift. Lost. First father's day without dad, a sham would-be anniversary of a phantom marriage. The solstice gets lost in the weight of personal accumulation of loss. The past repeats repeats repeats...we are doomed.

Growth

I think I've outgrown this blog. Can it grow with me? I'm not sure. I don't think so. So do I keep posting anyway, leave it for posterity, or destroy it?