From the monthly archives:

May 2001

It’s a dry heat

May 30, 2001

Back in the Bay Area for another whirlwind tour…for those of you I don’t catch this time around, rest assured I will the next time—I’ll probably be back in June or early-to-mid July. And ain’t it great that I landed in the middle of a typical heat wave. It’s just warming up at home, but fortunately I came prepared with shorts and summer accoutrements.

So far it’s been a good trip—I’ve had a chance to see my sweetie and my friends in the office, and went on a 9-mile hike Monday that was breathtaking. We went up one of the side trails at UC Santa Cruz to almost the top of campus. The day was completely clear, and you could see the power station at Moss Landing from where we turned around. I also broke in my new hiking shoes (very comfy) and tried out a synthetic wicking t-shirt, which I will never hike without again if I have a choice—I stayed nice & cool in spite of the enromous effort involved in carrying myself uphill.

Tonight is dinner and a movie with an air-conditioning chaser, for sure.

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On the Road…

May 23, 2001

The new Fray story got me thinking about driving and the road. I used to spend a lot of time driving for fun, taking my Mom’s car up into the Saratoga foothills. I still love it, even though the hills have changed.

I spent 3 months of my senior year of high school driving around Silicon Valley every day after school. Mom worked at home then, and I was “looking for a job,” which basically meant driving in circles for 3-4 hours every afternoon, hanging out with my friends, and stopping every day at Tower Records to buy something I’d just heard on the radio (The Quake, for any Bay Area folks). It was a great life, and was the first time in my life I really felt a sense of power and control over my own time and space. I knew how to get around somewhere, which is still the first way I try to get my sense of self set up when I’m in a new place.

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Getting ready to migrate

May 23, 2001

Well, the time has come, according to the Walrus. I’m beginning to have more ambitious plans for this site, and so have decided to switch over to Greymatter. I feel a bit of trepidation and excitement about the whole process—I’m hoping to learn a lot about coding, design, and webmaster-type stuff from redoing everything and [...]

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Way hoaxed!

May 22, 2001

Even more unbelievable. The amount of information people are digging up on this whole Kaycee situation is amazing. It appears that not only are both journals and a bunch of previous websites fakes, but the person in the pictures on those sites may have had her identity hijacked. And that Debbie, the person who created [...]

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Kaycee hoax

May 20, 2001

Life gets odder every day. It appears that Kaycee and her story were a big-ass hoax. I’ve spent the day feeling more than a bit stunned, to say the least. Still, if I’m going to be taken in, better it’s something like this that inspired me to compassion than the latest get-rich-quick scheme. And [...]

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Waffles

May 18, 2001

This takes the cake (or the waffle, as the case may be).

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Detoxing

May 18, 2001

Instead of trying to force myself to do things that I think I should do, it occurred to me that perhaps I should just concentrate on doing less of the things that are distractions or less productive and creative; so rather than making an effort at the things I want to focus on, I would [...]

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Kaycee R.I.P.

May 15, 2001

I’m glad she had the time to do the last few things she wanted to—it’s a sad day, but she will always be one of the reminders to me of how to live life fully and well. Kaycee Nicole, R.I.P. May 14, 2001
All Kaycee archives have been retired by BWG, the guy who was hosting [...]

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Douglas Adams, R.I.P.

May 13, 2001

I’m so depressed.

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Portland

May 9, 2001

Well, I’m sort of recovered from the Portland trip. Walked right back into a big pile of work and several dozen emails, but it was worth the two days off. The weather was as good as I’ve ever seen there, about 80 degrees and sunny the whole weekend. We did a lot of driving around [...]

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