Archive for April, 2005

wound-up week

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

I’ve been really stressed this week. Lots of moving parts and lots of deadlines and urgency. Kate and I are trying to get our wedding website put together (primarily but not entirely my task, this) and get our invitations assembled, addressed, stamped, and mailed out (primarily but not entirely Kate’s task, this). We’re [...]

idea du jour

Thursday, April 21st, 2005

Ron Moore’s next project should totally be a gritty, Wire-esque reimagining of The Dukes of Hazzard. Too bad someone’s beaten him to the remaking punch on this one.

break fast

Tuesday, April 19th, 2005

Still feeling good, but decided to get off the ride here, some 60 hours after I started. Broke the fast with a piece of too-fresh papaya and then moved on to a small bowl of pineapple pieces.

(Fun Fact of the Day: papaya seeds look infested and creepy even when they’re not.)

good day, sunshine

Tuesday, April 19th, 2005

Woke up this morning feeling great. Sun is shining, birds are chirping, I’m feeling full of energy, despite having not eaten anything solid for about 56 hours now… Dreams about the ice on top of the ponds melting, but the ice on the bottom (?) staying there until June and then suddenly burbling to [...]

small potatoes

Monday, April 18th, 2005

Ran into my neighbor, Marc, on the way home from the Post Office. Talked a little bit about the cleanse, and Marc casually mentioned that when fasting, he’d found “the second day was usually the hardest.” I asked him how long he’d gone for, and he mentioned that he’d once gone 6 days [...]