annalisa

"moon-bow"

2010-02-27T21:04:00.001-08:00

Double Rainbow

2010-02-24T14:43:00.000-08:00

Willamette... of course

2010-01-09T10:38:00.000-08:00

Low lying fog

2010-01-09T10:30:00.000-08:00

2010-01-09T10:17:00.000-08:00

rainbows!

2010-01-01T08:35:00.000-08:00

rainy day run

2009-12-29T15:52:00.000-08:00

Christmas Peacocks!

2009-12-25T16:34:00.000-08:00

2009-12-15T20:15:00.000-08:00

lost and found

2009-12-03T13:33:00.001-08:00

Whenever I can't find my shoes, they're always in my closet.

spider webs

2009-12-03T09:38:00.000-08:00

2009-12-02T17:52:00.000-08:00

Buffalo!

2009-11-29T09:30:00.000-08:00

dessert!

2009-11-26T14:13:00.000-08:00

Rainbow!

2009-11-22T15:17:00.000-08:00

It's sunny today!

2009-11-18T11:25:00.001-08:00

That's NICE

Ta Ra Rin

2009-11-08T18:10:00.000-08:00

cookie party

2009-10-29T21:27:00.000-07:00

semi-famous

2009-10-11T12:34:00.000-07:00

Today while at Fred Meyer the kid behind the register says, "You drive a Lotus right?"

Lane Community College

2009-10-02T14:17:00.000-07:00

San Francisco

2009-09-23T18:11:00.000-07:00

oops! (everyone's fine - except the cars)

2009-09-18T13:40:00.000-07:00

birthday cake

2009-09-14T09:21:00.000-07:00

Portuguese

2009-08-18T10:00:00.000-07:00

Bom dia. Tudo bem?

First portuguese lesson today!

Re: Email

2009-08-16T15:27:00.000-07:00

Ok, I've thought about this but not very frequently because I'm so busy I don't even have time to drive. As in random driveing like I used to do every day. I drive now but it's always to and from places and not just because. I actually had a discussion about this yesterday. I really need some thinking time. Because all my time is spent doing right now. I've gotten into such a doing flow that I didn't even realize that I haven't had time to think anymore. I just think about how I'm going to be using the next few minutes of my time and or what I'm going to be doing after that or what I'm doing tomorrow or for the next few days. But not thinking about what has just happened or what might happen or anything else, except for in little flashes. The kind of flashes that go by so fast that you don't even know what you just thought.

If I were to pinpoint a time I'd say that things started getting busy when I left for my spur of the moment California trip. That was in March and now it's August so this is a long span of being busy busy busy. Not that it's been bad. It hasn't. But you can't be busy all the time. Being busy is a bit like driving blind on the road of life. You're missing a lot. Ok, maybe not blind; you'd probably crash and I'm not crashing. But it's like driving with a microscope attached to your face (don't try this at home).

I will try and back date a few posts of what's been going on, but in short it's been lots of working and working out.

Email

2009-08-16T15:25:00.000-07:00

---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: ***

Date: Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:23 PM

Subject: Just reminding you that the world holds its breath hoping to know something new about your life..... It has been over a month, alligator!

peacock sighting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-08-15T19:30:00.000-07:00

White Party

2009-08-09T02:30:00.000-07:00

dance dance dance

sunset on willamette

2009-08-02T20:49:00.000-07:00

ant wars - we win

2009-07-26T09:20:00.000-07:00

Portland

2009-07-19T15:39:00.000-07:00

Ate at this suhi place and then went to see "The Stoning of Soraya M." with a few friends. Note: if you're going to see this movie. Eat first. You probably won't want to after.

automatic backups

2009-07-13T12:04:00.001-07:00

on the new computer... nice.

Fireworks

2009-07-11T21:23:00.000-07:00

Ian's Party - w/Unicorn Pinata

2009-07-10T20:00:00.000-07:00

freaking deer

2009-06-26T23:29:00.000-07:00

Now I need a new front end again. It doesn't look like it from here, but that's what's happening.

beacon

2009-06-23T19:54:00.000-07:00

sunset

2009-06-19T19:57:00.000-07:00

snail

2009-06-18T11:06:00.000-07:00

server talk

2009-06-11T16:15:00.000-07:00

Account Removal Status: failed (Suicide is not an option (you cannot remove yourself)! )

Dandelion Wars

2009-06-08T14:52:00.000-07:00

Spiders...

2009-06-02T17:34:00.000-07:00

kicking back... finally

2009-05-29T13:49:00.000-07:00

Spent some time here on the lawn just soaking up the sun.

catching up

2009-05-26T11:24:00.001-07:00

;-)

Bank Holiday

2009-05-25T18:01:00.000-07:00

London & Paris photos are up...

2009-05-25T12:37:00.000-07:00

Check them out here.

The Office

2009-05-21T06:44:00.000-07:00

I have a few more pictures I can post but I'm still trying to catch up on work. So that will come a little later.

Paris tomorrow

2009-05-21T02:36:00.000-07:00

Sara says they have the best hot chocolate!

ouch

2009-05-21T00:29:00.001-07:00

My butt hurts from sitting too much. I think I've got past the point of any chair being comfortable. Blah.

Yay for making progress!

2009-05-20T09:01:00.000-07:00

I work while you people sleep.

at least I got through the "unread" in my mail box

2009-05-19T17:35:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow I'll be up earlier and can hopefully make more headway. It's 1:30am here now so I better get to bed so I can get up earlier tomorrow. I hope I dream about being productive. That would be really satisfying. And much better than my dreams last night which involved creatures from horror movies (although I wasn't really afraid, it was kind of gross).

this time tomrrow

2009-05-16T14:29:00.000-07:00

this time tomorrow I'll be on a plane to London...

People are awake this early???

2009-05-05T05:15:00.000-07:00

And so many of them... You'd think it was normal or something.

bronco swallows lotus

2009-04-19T15:23:00.000-07:00

Happy Dandelion Day!

2009-04-19T11:21:00.001-07:00

from Leah

beacon

2009-04-16T18:31:00.000-07:00

it's NICE today : )

2009-04-16T16:23:00.000-07:00

went driving with the window down

relaxed

2009-04-04T16:41:00.001-07:00

excellent day

Spencer's Butte

2009-04-03T18:31:00.000-07:00

popular today

2009-04-02T13:42:00.001-07:00

Today I came out of the store and there was an older lady in a big red american car blocking traffic to look at my car. I smiled as I walked over to my door cause I didn't know what else to do. She asked if it was a Lotus and where I got it and how many miles I had on it and at the end said "Congratulations" before she drove off. She might have stayed there longer but I got in the car. She appeared to be in no hurry. I'm not sure about the person waiting behind her though. At some point she asked me if I ever got out of first gear - because of all the speed limits around here.

I think this interaction challenges some assumptions I have about older people in big american cars.

Later, in the same parking lot I got some kudos from group of teenage boys on the sidewalk who used profanity to express their extreme approval of my purchase.

internet vocab 101

2009-04-02T11:12:00.000-07:00

"What's that called?"

"Oh, OK, browser. I couldn't remember what you people called that."

(actual phone call with client)

hiding

2009-04-01T09:56:00.000-07:00

if I can't see them, they can't see me

hot chocolate

2009-03-30T11:09:00.000-07:00

spring

2009-03-25T13:37:00.000-07:00

made progress

2009-03-24T22:53:00.001-07:00

unproductive

2009-03-24T17:27:00.001-07:00

but remedying that right now

living room

2009-03-20T16:40:00.000-07:00

productive 2

2009-03-20T13:29:00.000-07:00

and the productive streak continues...

productive

2009-03-20T01:56:00.000-07:00

Got a lot done today!

friday

2009-03-19T22:26:00.000-07:00

It's gonna be friday already? How did that happen?

oops!

2009-03-19T15:47:00.000-07:00

I was messing around with the audio effects on my webcam/mic combo and I accidently left one one. And then a client called! And I sounded like a munchkin!!! It wasn't as bad as it sounds. But it wasn't good either.

two dreams

2009-03-19T12:49:00.000-07:00

first one I realized I was dreaming and started to take over and do whatever I wanted because I knew I was dreaming and I could do whatever I wanted... then I woke up.
second one involved terrorist activity at a school. weird.

multitasking

2009-03-18T13:48:00.001-07:00

I think I just confused somebody because I answered the phone while trying to hold the concentration that I had on the project that I had open. Then they said their name and where they were from, which didn't really register. And then I said, "Hey, how's it going" in a very upbeat voice (like I knew them maybe). Which I think confused them because it was someone from the accounting departement of government agency. I think we may have swaped voice mails a couple times but this is not a person I probably ever talked to on the phone before.

In any event I came off as very friendly, so that can't be bad right?

pretty sunset

2009-03-17T19:27:00.000-07:00

The sun shining on the water made it a silvery blue color.

driving with the top down

2009-03-17T15:11:00.001-07:00

Yeah, the sun is freaking awesome today. So warm. Just went for lunch and took the top off for the drive. So worth it! Love it!

Laying in the sun... soooooooo nice....

2009-03-17T13:22:00.000-07:00

sunny, sunny, sunny and warm

2009-03-17T10:30:00.000-07:00

not a fan

2009-03-16T12:40:00.003-07:00

I'm currently not a fan of Plesk 9 - mainly the lack of a migration manager. Blahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

HURRAY!!!!!!!

2009-03-16T09:49:00.000-07:00

Everything works now. Very, very happy.

Explination: All audio devises are working on my laptop. Previously with various drivers I've tried I could only get certain functions to work at the same time. Like external speakers, or mic, but not both.

So if you've got an XPS 1330 then apparently this is the right driver:

http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R167846.EXE

I don't know why that's not what they had posted on their website. I had to email support to get it. But I'm happy now.

laptop, pool, sun

2009-03-15T13:54:00.000-07:00

Working out by the pool with the laptop = nice!!

San Diego

2009-03-15T11:45:00.000-07:00

all shiney

2009-03-15T10:03:00.000-07:00

I went outside to check the tempature and caught sight of my car. It looks sooo good when it's clean. I took pictures of it. I know that's totally "car nerd", but I was excited. If you click on it you'll see.

Also, that Thai food from Friday night - I just at the leftovers. I had been wondering if my observations on Friday were jaded by my hunger. But no, that stuff is really, really good!

www.lotusthaibistrocarlsbad.com

Clean

2009-03-14T17:08:00.001-07:00

Exciting... my car is getting super clean right now. An the inside is getting cleaned - LONG overdue.

Y.U.M.

2009-03-13T21:16:00.000-07:00

I don't know how this looks, but I can tell you how it tastes: awesome.
It's Thai. It came with jasmine rice and it was really, really good.
It sounded good on the menu and then once I tasted it
I knew I made the right choice.
It's got eggplant; I love eggplant.

pink

2009-03-13T19:34:00.001-07:00

Hmm... just noticed that my forehead is a little pinker than my scalp. I feel a suntan coming on.

(And I should probably bring some sunscreen when I go to the desert this weekend. Especially if I'm riding with the top down. Yeah!)

inbox...

2009-03-13T18:30:00.000-07:00

Down to 26 from 107 ;-)

fruit anyone?

2009-03-13T17:17:00.000-07:00

beach

2009-03-12T14:29:00.000-07:00

I meant to just go out and get something for lunch today but then I decided I'd just drive to the end of the street to see where it led. I ended up at the beach so I felt compeled to drive along the coast for a while to absorb the rays.

Buffalo Bros Guitars

2009-03-11T18:00:00.000-07:00

www.buffalobrosguitars.com

(Apparently a former grocery story building...
with a giant chicken on top!)

weather report

2009-03-11T09:50:00.000-07:00

the subject of the daily weather report for Eugene in my inbox: "Another Bone Numbing Night..."

damn, too bad I'm gonna miss it.

shouldn't winter be over by now?

sleepy

2009-03-10T22:48:00.000-07:00

I keep waking up at 8 cause it's light out, but i'm still going to bed at 1, 2, 3. time for bed.

watch this...

2009-03-09T15:34:00.001-07:00

Click here

warm warm warm

2009-03-09T15:01:00.000-07:00

and great scenery

swimming anyone?

2009-03-09T10:03:00.000-07:00

sunny sunny sunny

2009-03-08T15:15:00.000-07:00

and beautiful. love the warm weather.

Border

2009-03-07T15:12:00.000-08:00

Oregon thanks you.
Please come back soon.

Trunk space

2009-03-07T11:48:00.000-08:00

Is not one of the features of a lotus!
Oh well, I wouldn't take another car over it.
And away we go...

quick getaway

2009-03-07T10:41:00.000-08:00

Step 1: Throw random stuff you might want in bags...

Step 2: Dress for the coming weather (not the current 45 degrees)

Step 3: Drive... (yeah, blue sky!)

beacon

2009-03-06T18:08:00.000-08:00

Nice view of the sunset from Beacon. There were bright orange and pink and dull purple clouds surrounding the sun. The sun was a massive half circle of orange fire. Somehow with all the shapres and colors the clouds seemed like they were worshiping the sun.

typing

2009-03-06T15:08:00.000-08:00

I like typing cause it's words coming out through my fingers.

more on faces

2009-03-05T21:24:00.000-08:00

I like watching peoples faces when they're so suprised (or something else) by something that they can't talk. It's really facinating to me becasue it's like you can read so much on their face even though they're not actually saying anything with words.