Currents & Tangents » life http://www.currentsandtangents.com The personal site of Jake Kerr Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:40:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 What I Did This Week http://www.currentsandtangents.com/2010/08/29/what-i-did-this-week-105/ http://www.currentsandtangents.com/2010/08/29/what-i-did-this-week-105/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:40:00 +0000 Jake http://www.currentsandtangents.com/2010/08/29/what-i-did-this-week-105/
  • Just finished a perfect 19th anniversary dinner–Lea and I with our three kids along for sarcastic commentary. Honestly–loads of fun. #
  • Wrote a 3,000 word short story at our writer's group last night and really like it. Had to use six props, which I used pretty well. #
  • Corporate tells Reddit that they can't run ads for Prop. 19, so Reddit runs them for free as PSAs. Brilliant! http://bit.ly/daLv4S #
  • Beautiful weather in Dallas right now. It must be in the lower 80s or upper 70s. Much better than the one hundreds we've had before. #
  • At Zoë's ballet class. #
  • Really trying to justify buying a Samsung Captivate when I already have an iPhone 3GS. #
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  • Heading home from the circus. #
  • At the pool styling in my new Persol shades. #
  • I can't believe it is so hard to find the fan in Dallas in August. #
  • Round trip air travel to Boston for Viable Paradise arranged. Now to set up Boston to Martha's Vineyard. #
  • Okay, just booked my Cape Air flights to Viable Paradise 14. All travel bookings complete. All I need to do now is just show up. :) #
  • Clicked the wrong button and discovered I have MS Publisher on my computer. I had no idea. Now I can go back to ignoring it. #
  • Stretching music using Paulstretch. Turn any song into an ambient masterpiece! Awesome! #
  • I just realized that it must be very difficult to do email marketing for the actual product called Spam. #
  • I need to use reading glasses. I'm officially old. #
  • Working on the weekend–at Barcamp Dallas. #
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  • Heading off to see Inception. #
  • Off to the pool with Willow and Mia. #
  • Last week was contract hell. This week is Powerpoint hell. #
  • I need to start on my Twitter novel again (@thegreysunset). It's not a lame cut & paste job. I actually was writing it on Twitter. #
  • Off to do some grocery shopping. #
  • Flying to LA tomorrow very early. Despite the time, my goal is to edit chapters 4 and 5 during the flight. #fingerscrossed #
  • Ah, the joys of waking at 4:45am. #
  • "First class checked in full." — I hate those words. #
  • Palos Verdes has the most beautiful and interesting trees. #
  • Wow, houses in Palos Verdes are expensive. #
  • Returning home to Dallas. #
  • Windows is telling me my NTFS file system is "dirty." #
  • Getting dinner at Fuddruckers. #
  • Watching Haven. #
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  • Updated and re-jailbroke my iPad. Video works perfectly now. #
  • Roundtrip airfare from Boston to Martha's Vineyard is around $250. I can deal with that, but the connection in Boston is annoying. #
  • Roksbox for Roku makes my TV experience complete: Amazon, Netflix, and now streaming video from my computer all sent through my Roku box. #
  • Just back from taking Mia and Willow to the Valley View fair with Lea. #
  • My family refuses to accept that Snopes is there to help them. They would rather believe that stuff emailed to them anonymously is true. #
  • At the pool with Mia and Willow. #
  • Really enjoying Perdido Street Station, but holy cow–has Mieville ever met an adjective he didn't like? He needs to read some Gene Wolfe. #
  • Watching so you think you can dance with the family. #
  • Damn Island Inn disorganization. They didn't have Viable Paradise info and I'm pretty sure they booked me into a different building. #
  • Just back from Target. Time for movie night with the family. #
  • Heading off to the bookstore with Lea. #
  • Editing chapters 3 and 4 of my novel at Starbucks. #
  • Okay, chapters 1-3 are submission-ready. Chapter 4 here I come. #
  • Off to the grocery store for cleaning supplies. #
  • Watching Top Gear with Lea. #
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  • Theming my iPhone. #
  • At the Dallas Children's Theater. Watching Quack, Quack, Moo with Mia. #
  • My new iPhone theme. http://moby.to/0r8xy8 #
  • Pistachios just don't taste nearly as good without salt. #
  • Watching the new season of the IT Crowd. #
  • Loved Beatrice And Virgil. Part Pinter, part William Carlos Williams, and all Yann Martel. Love his creative use of the prose form. #
  • Checking Twitter for the first time today. Like my job, but man does it keep me busy. #
  • Booking Viable Paradise flights using frequent flier miles. At least one part of this trip won't cost me any money! #
  • Going off to Starbucks to write. Tried White Rock Coffee, but didn't like the chairs. #
  • Is there a more soulful violin than in "The Hurricane" by Dylan? #
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  • Theming my iPhone. #
  • At the Dallas Children's Theater. Watching Quack, Quack, Moo with Mia. #
  • My new iPhone theme. http://moby.to/0r8xy8 #
  • Pistachios just don't taste nearly as good without salt. #
  • Watching the new season of the IT Crowd. #
  • Loved Beatrice And Virgil. Part Pinter, part William Carlos Williams, and all Yann Martel. Love his creative use of the prose form. #
  • Checking Twitter for the first time today. Like my job, but man does it keep me busy. #
  • Booking Viable Paradise flights using frequent flier miles. At least one part of this trip won't cost me any money! #
  • Going off to Starbucks to write. Tried White Rock Coffee, but didn't like the chairs. #
  • Is there a more soulful violin than in "The Hurricane" by Dylan? #
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  • Watching the Sorcerer's Apprentice with the family. #
  • Tuition to Viable Paradise delivered. Hotel room reserved. Going to see if my brother will fly me in direct via a rented plane. #
  • Think I'll finish this short story before I do a second round of edits on chapter three. #
  • Went back over my Critters.org critiques. I was too harsh. I'd say about four of the ten were quite good and helpful. The rest, not so much. #
  • Of course, I only use fiction critiques to amuse myself by laughing at others who can't recognize the transcendent excellence of my writing. #
  • I don't think realtors really want to sell houses. I express interest, make a request, and I never get a reply. With multiple houses. #
  • This is a post to twitter using Dragon dictate. #
  • I need a writer's nook. #
  • Dan Stark is my alter ego. #
  • Doing some writing at white rock coffee. #
  • Writing a horror story. #
  • 104 degrees today. #youthinkitshotwhereyouare #
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  • Uploading photos and videos to Flickr and Facebook. #
  • Out for a drive with Lea. #
  • Shopping @target with Lea. #
  • I was accepted to the Viable Paradise writers workshop in October. Very excited. ☺ #
  • Swimming with Mia and Willow. #
  • On my way to Los Angeles, my home away from home. Coming back tomorrow. #
  • After about five straight flights in first class I'm in a middle seat in coach. Not really loving it. #
  • Having dinner at the Ivy in Santa Monica. #
  • Reading some Viable Paradise remiscences from past students, and it hit me… I should probably read some of the works by the instructors. #
  • Watching the @oldspice videos. Very entertained. #
  • "You deserve it Monkey" http://is.gd/dt3xH #
  • Just downloaded a Scalzi novel to my Nook. #
  • On vacation today, but I committed to house cleaning, so not much of a break. #
  • Just followed @scalzi. Now I can gather recon for Viable Paradise. Muhahaha. Also, reading one of his novels. #
  • Hanging @borders with Lea. #
  • Read the first few chapters of Old Man's War by @scalzi. Reminds me a lot of the SF I read when I was young. :) #
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  • $28.50 for an ebook? I'm afraid not, no matter how much I want to read the thing. #
  • Just finished Isaacson's biography of Franklin. Loved it. Absolutely loved it. #
  • Thinking of buying a summer home in rural Ohio. Damn thing looks like a haunted house. #
  • Preparing to watch fireworks in Lakewood. #
  • Brunch pick up at la Madeleine. Croissants be yummy. #
  • Working on a powerpoint for work. #
  • I don't know which book is worse: Unlundon, a tin-eared attempt to be Piers Anthony or Boneshaker, an attempt to make zombie steampunk. #
  • At the airport. NYC here I come. #
  • Hot in the city. Luckily I'm used to it. #
  • Got Flash working on my iPad. Sweet. #
  • Back in Dallas. #
  • Reading American Gods. Not loving it. #
  • At the sprayground with Mia and Willow. #
  • American Gods won the Nebula and Hugo? Really? Wow. #
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  • $3.05 a gallon for gas. Hrm, that sounds higher than last week. #
  • Really enjoying Isaacson's biography of Ben Franklin. I doubt anything has shaped my life more than Franklin's Autobiography. #
  • Dropping Zoë off at the mall with her friends. #
  • Editing chapter three at Northpark Starbucks. #
  • Is it the height of egotism to be tremendously entertained by your own novel? #
  • Getting dinner at Kostas cafe. Gyros FTW. #
  • Off to LA. I also have a three hour trip to SF. That's right, not a layover, an actual trip to SF that will last 3 hours. #
  • Boy, this Neutron Star song by Muse is so overwrought. It's like an awful Queen song. #
  • Boy, this Neutron Star song by Muse is so overwrought. It's like an awful Queen song. #
  • Only second time in 19 years of travel I've been knocked out by sickness on the road. Sitting here in misery in LA. #
  • "@baldingangrily discovered the cure for cancer, but he promptly forgot when he became entranced with the nape of some guy's neck." #
  • My eyes and head hurt. Feels like a hangover. Food poisoning hangover? #
  • At least I was upgraded to first class. #
  • Whole family is Buffy crazy. What a great TV series. Deep themes and great writing/acting. #
  • Getting dinner at Fat Daddy's. #
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