No maps for these territories

A quiet afternoon. I’m listening to my dad and grandmother sort photographs, their heads bent over a work table that is dwarfed by two big plastic tubs of loose pictures. “Now what year was that again?” I hear drifting out of the next room. I’m sitting at the dining table writing, trying to take full [...]

My side hurts from laughing so much; my cousin has grown up into a spitting image of Batgirl poster for Christmas.
I’ve missed my family.
And now, my grandmother’s house plus wireless internet: a++. The 21st century has come to the boondocks; it’s a small and pleasant miracle.
happy holidays.

I am buried in books. There are far too many to sort through, and it’s just a month or two worth piled up. Argh. They have taken over my desk and are threatening grevious bodily harm… seriously, people, being a librarian is not so fun when it KILLS YOU, now is it?

how to design for everybody else
I want to find something like this for computer systems/interfaces.

My Chinese class is closed, and I’m on the waitlist. Fooey.

Hello livediaryland! I realize that my last entry makes it sound like I was on my way out of town after last weekend. Sadly, no; I’ve one more week of work ahead, with a departure date of next Sunday. I was simply stressing since this past weekend was my last chance to get a number [...]

Last presentation of the year: finished! Hurrah.
Good: taking the day off work; presentation well-received; spending the afternoon shopping in San Francisco with my colleague afterwards; taking the train into the city with no mishaps.
Bad: my favorite dress slacks ripping in the seat (after the presentation, thank god) — probably unmendable; getting up at [...]