I saw this on David Henderson‘s LiveJournal, questions aimed at summarizing 2004. What was last year like for me? Let’s run down the list. What did you do in 2004 that you’d never done before?Visit Florida. I’d always wanted to go, and this year the company’s annual managers’ conference was held in Orlando. Did youContinue reading “On 2004 In Review”
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Christmas Eve
Business was quiet, but a busy quiet. No mobs swarmed upon the store. Instead, customers were patient, orderly. Traffic was never overwhelming, but in the final analysis sales were solid, better than I anticipated. As with every Christmas Eve traffic fell off in the afternoon as people left to travel, to wrap, to cook–the pauseContinue reading “Christmas Eve”
The State of Things
I passed out last night about eight. In my clothes. Which my cat bled all over. I still feel sleepy. Tired. Worn out. I’ve been fiercely hungry and then can’t eat. I could use a nap. I’ve been completely random. I’ve veered from one emotional extreme to the other, all in the span of aContinue reading “The State of Things”
They Say It's Christmas….
It doesn’t feel like Christmas. The weather is too nice. This week Raleigh has seen temperatures in the seventies, except for yesterday which was rainy, foggy, and blue. How can one think of Christmas in conditions like that? The muzak at the store still isn’t playing Christmas music. How can shoppers be in the ChristmasContinue reading “They Say It's Christmas….”
And it’s Friday, so…?
Looking through the archives I remembered every Christmas is like this. Too much to do, too little time and too little staff to accomplish it. The body forgets. It’s the triumphs of the season–the happy kids, the satisfied parents–that stick in memory, not the bleak moments. And sometimes I wonder how I made it throughContinue reading “And it’s Friday, so…?”
The Words That Won't Write
An e-mail just won’t write itself. For an hour I’ve wrestled with the words. Sometimes they sound pretentious. Sometimes they sound condescending. And it’s not even an important e-mail. It’s just a response on a mailing list. I want to offer my perspective on the subject at hand. Even though I know the point IContinue reading “The Words That Won't Write”
Tonight, at Target
I bought the Beatles 1964 box-set today. I hadn’t gotten around to it for a variety of reasons, saw it when I was at Target this evening, and knew that if I passed it up again I might not have another chance for a while. Ah, the Beatles. I tried about a year ago toContinue reading “Tonight, at Target”
Another Day Gone
My supervisor called. He wanted to know how I was doing, how I was holding up. Not in the business sense. In the personal sense. I had a headache. Not a dull buzz, not quite an all-encompassing migraine. Just a sharp pain. I was tired. Sleep has been odd, and fleeting. I need an occasionalContinue reading “Another Day Gone”
Sleep Oddity
I passed out last night about ten, the stereo on and notepad in hand. I sat up about eleven, said the name of a friend, then passed out again. This went on at roughly half-hour intervals until one. Strange.
Odds and Sods
Paul Lewis, an English professor at Boston College, authored an editorial, “The Gollum Voters” for the Boston Globe earlier this month that describes how many “[miss] the deep ambivalence plauging many Bush and Kerry supporters, an ambivalence that characterizes what me might call their Gollum mindset.” What is that mindset? Lewis: “As Bush and KerryContinue reading “Odds and Sods”