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June 18th, 2009

11:32 pm - Holy ... Wow! They're actually going to do it! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8108488.stm F1 teams drop breakaway bombshell Formula 1 has been thrown into chaos after eight of its major teams said they are now planning to set up a rival championship for the 2010 season. ... Current Mood: surprised Tags: f1

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June 9th, 2009

09:31 pm - triumphant return to the living room ( exercisy thing )

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May 21st, 2009

11:11 pm - Crazy new exercise thing, day 2 I like it! You can set up a routine and just go. The trainer is WAY less annoying than the Wii Fit one -- at least so far (and you can turn down the chattiness, I checked). There are still only so many exercises you can do whilst clutching a Wiimote, but these people are pretty darned creative about some of them. I don't think the sporty games have a lefty mode, which will be irritating for some people. Also, I suck at catching baseballs, even virtual ones. I'm not actually surprised. (I do apparently have a mean backhand though! The tennis and boxing are awesome for taking out one's pent-up aggressions.) Current Mood: hot Tags: exercise, games, geekiness, the incredible shrinking diane

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May 20th, 2009

11:33 pm - EA Sports Active.... OMG, it's Wii Fit for grownups! No yoga, but the rest of the exercises are damned impressive. My squat muscles are sore already. (-: Current Mood: impressed Tags: exercise, games, nerd stuff

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May 17th, 2009

08:44 pm - WHEE! 5.0 in Torrance. That was exciting. http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/ci10410337.html Current Mood: shaken Tags: earthquake, everybody panic, la

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April 28th, 2009

11:50 pm - I need a new WoW icon... A totally unrelated character has finally made it to level 80. Woo freakin' hoo. /falls asleep in chair Current Mood: exhausted Tags: wow

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March 4th, 2009

07:14 pm - Progress Good news: I have finished all of the regular backstitch. Bad news: There is now nothing standing between me and the metallic backstitch. I'm really not looking forward to that. Pics soon. Current Mood: accomplished Tags: stitching

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March 3rd, 2009

07:15 pm - Oh all right I've joined the herd that is Facebook. It didn't occur to me to stick my maiden name in there until it was too late, oh well. Come find me and tell me what there is to do there. p.s. I am now going to step AWAY from the computer! Current Mood: sheeplike

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March 2nd, 2009

07:40 pm - random bits Did some more stitching on the cross stitch lady of dooooooom. GAH, someone needs to be slapped for recommending doing this on aida. Sadly I've already agreed to do the same picture for a friend in shades of pink. Maybe for the next one I'll make up some art deco mittens. :P Started trying to play Rock Band 2 songs on Hard mode. Ow. Only got booed off the stage once (that will teach me not to trust "simple" mystery set lists!). Am occasionally adopting the strategy of just skipping all the orange notes. Sigh. Have realised that work stress is getting to me way too much. There's too much ambient stupidity; I never seem to discharge the current Mad quickly enough before the next one comes along. Oh well, awareness is the first step. Silly post-its are the next ("stupid happens"), we'll see if that helps. The new CJ Cherryh book ROCKS. I might need to go back and re-read Cyteen, but I'm not hopelessly lost. Yet. Had a ton of sushi for lunch today. I feel like I may never get hungry again. We stopped for boba on the way back. I have tentatively decided that beverages should not be chewy. DAMN YOU KENKEN! Current Mood: perky Tags: food, games, puzzles, random, reading, stitching, stress, work

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February 18th, 2009

09:18 pm - and in other news I have become thoroughly addicted to KenKen puzzles. (The ones at kenken.com are more challenging than the ones on nytimes.com on the crossword page.) stuartc and I got out of the house last weekend and saw Coraline in 3-D. That was .... I'm sure "lovely" is the wrong word, but I can't think of a better one right now. In other other news, my spell checker is happy with the name "Coraline" for some reason. Current Mood: hungry

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09:01 pm - Accomplishments for the evening Tonight on the Wii Fit, I did "Perfect Moves" at the advanced step aerobics. I also rather thoroughly trounced my previous high score on the advanced Table Tilt balance game, which is still incredibly evil (but which has me wondering whether there's one more "expert" stage...). Go me! Current Mood: accomplished

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February 8th, 2009

09:36 pm Went to the gym on Thursday and Saturday (cancelled my membership after my workout on Saturday for, basically, the reason that I should not belong to a gym in LA). I've been playing on the Wii Fit pretty consistently for 4 days a week for the past few months. That's not necessarily what I'd call vigorous exercise though. It'll be interesting to see what I end up doing next. Current Mood: tired Tags: exercise, gym, lack thereof, wii fit

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February 5th, 2009

08:42 pm - aaaaaargh ( whining within ) Current Mood: bitchy Tags: bitching, exercise, gym, lack thereof, work

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January 31st, 2009

05:45 pm - Art Deco lady of Dooooooooom ( At last! An actual picture! ) Current Mood: accomplished Tags: stitching

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January 27th, 2009

10:30 pm - Well, that's scary. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012601831.html "Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury" Yikes. That is all.

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January 24th, 2009

05:52 pm - stitchy goodness (for varying values of "good") So I decided to break from the plan (all the metallic whole stitches next) to do some of the detailing around the face, because I was tired of being stared back at by some sort of weird vampire zombie. OMG the backstitch on this one is EEEEEEEVIL! Half of it seems to be on half- and quarter-stitch boundaries. I'm doing this on Aida, people! At least it's making the metallic stuff seem more reasonable. And at least the art deco lady looks like a lady now and not a zomby woof or something. I was going to try to upload some pictures today (honest!) but the overhead light has just gone, so I think my time might be better spent looking for the weird bulbs and a ladder. Boy it's dark in here. =/ Current Mood: accomplished Tags: stitching

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January 21st, 2009

09:25 pm - This is lovely http://www.chromecow.com/2009/01/20/us-democracy-server-patch-day/ Patch notes for the democracy server. Current Mood: amused Tags: nerd stuff, politics

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07:28 pm - I don't even know who to write to to suggest this... .... but if Rock Band ever did REM's "It's the End of the World as We Know It" as downloadable content, I would TOTALLY try to sing that. It would be HILARIOUS. Tags: nerd stuff, random

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January 19th, 2009

06:42 pm - stitchy goodness! Progress is being made on the Art Deco Lady of Dooooooom... ( cross stitch geeking within ) Eventually I may even get some pictures uploaded. *is lame* Current Mood: accomplished Tags: stitching

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02:48 pm - cool photos http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/inaugural_preparations.html Photos of preparations for tomorrow's inauguration. Scroll down to the Lego version... Current Mood: impressed

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