jewel October 17th, 2008
On occasion, I have work dreams, making me feel like I have worked all night (of course). I had one of those last night that in retrospect just made me laugh.
I worked an extra long day yesterday, so I didn’t have as much wind-down time as I normally get before heading off to bed. In one of my dreams, I am at the office and it’s like I live there. I go up to my desk and see that someone has switched out my nice 22 inch wide screen LCD monitor with a tiny crappy CRT. I could barely see anything on the screen. Continue Reading »
jewel October 11th, 2008
For the past couple of weeks I haven’t really wanted to post anything. Things have been pretty routine, not that that’s a bad thing mind you and I doubt anyone would be interested in my general routine stuff. Not to worry, though, eventually something will strike me as writaboutable (hey, if the president can make up words….) and I’ll write about it. For the moment, though, I think I will enjoy the quiet.
jewel September 29th, 2008
I’ve been away for the past several days. We took a trip back to Winston Salem, NC, the town in which I grew up, to attend my 20 year high school reunion. I never thought I would actually go to any of the reunions, I didn’t really look back after high school. Life kinda happened. But I decided - what the hell. So I checked it out.
The reunion was kind of a surreal experience, truthfully. I remembered a few people and a few people remembered me and it was nice to see that we all had grown up. There were actually 2 events, one Friday night that we didn’t go to (we opted to hang with a couple dear friends instead) and then the main event on Saturday night. Continue Reading »
jewel September 8th, 2008
We spent the last two weekends repainting our kitchen and livingroom. I spent a couple weeks pouring over color samples and picking out the combination’s I liked the best and only managed to change one of the colors I had chosen during the process. Choosing colors was definitely the hard part. I really despise plain white walls - it’s too boring - but at the same time I don’t want the color to overwhelm and distract from everything else. Continue Reading »
jewel July 5th, 2008
Every now and again I get asked why I decided to become an atheist. Hopefully this post will answer that question.
First, and foremost, I didn’t “decide” to become an atheist. That implies waking up one morning and saying “starting right now I no longer believe in god.” And it wasn’t like that at all. Religion of any kind just never really took. I did try a couple different “spiritual paths” for a few years in my teens and early 20’s thinking the problem was the religion itself, but the “feel good” factor wasn’t enough for me and I didn’t see anything that convinced me that it, any more than the religion in which I was raised, was anything more than wishful thinking. Giving up religion wasn’t at all traumatic for me like it is for some people. I probably made the whole process a bit harder than it needed to be, but I wasn’t left feeling sad or empty or without purpose. I actually felt liberated. Like I was seeing the world for the first time and everything just made a whole lot more sense. Continue Reading »
jewel June 28th, 2008
To Star Trek: The Experience, while we were in Vegas. And it was fun. Ok, I admit, I’m a bit of a Trekker.
We had decided to stay an extra day in Vegas after TAM to do a couple Vegasy things. One of those things was spending most of Monday at the Las Vegas Hilton’s Star Trek: The Experience. We’ve been there before, but it’s been nearly 10 years and they’ve added quite a few things since then. Since our first trip, they’ve added a new ride - “Borg Invasion 4d” and a behind the scenes tour and several photo options. We went ahead and did all of it. Continue Reading »
jewel May 23rd, 2008
Since I decided to take today off work, I thought I should get out of the house and enjoy this gorgeous spring weather we’re having. So, I went to the zoo. I know I was just there last month but that was part of a field trip with the photography class I was taking. And, although I got some good panda and tiger shots, there was a lot I didn’t get to. So, today I went to get some shots of the animals I don’t normally photograph and just to see what I found. Continue Reading »
jewel May 21st, 2008
The lot next door to where I work is preparing to undergo some construction. First step - destruction! A few months ago there were still trees there. Anyway, for the past couple weeks they have been setting off charges — that must be fun. When the charges go off it shakes the building I work in — feels like a small earthquake. Or at least what I imagine a small earthquake would feel like, I’ve never experienced one of those. Sometimes car alarms even go off. Continue Reading »
jewel May 21st, 2008
Well, I hope so, anyway. I got a Wii Fit for my birthday! I’ve been wanting it since I saw it reviewed on G4 and it came out today. So, I plan on giving it a few rounds this evening. Perhaps I will even add to this post after I use it to say how I like it. 
Edited: Well, I’ve used it and …………………………………. Continue Reading »
jewel May 13th, 2008
It finally feels like spring is actually here. I swear, I was beginning to think we were going to skip spring altogether and head straight into summer. It’s been cloudy and rainy and cool and I know we’ve needed the rain, but when the weather is better in London for more than a few days, I get depressed. Continue Reading »
