Published Oct 14, 2006
Cingular, which chooses not to put my calls through nearly as often as it actually connects me
People who2 write better than me, because, dammit, I just don’t go to 11 like y’all do
Drywall, which is insufficiently strong to contain my screws, bolts, etc., without the aid of a stud
My landlord, who won’t repair my leaks3
Myself, because, when I do something brilliant, I feel the need to crow about it rather than keep my crafty techniques in my back pocket for when I really need them
People who declaim their love too late, but not really too late
The garbageman, who doesn’t manage to pick up our garbage on alternate weeks
Whoever made cockatoos screamy
Words in general, because I either use too many or too few, but never exactly enough4
Whoever it is that has my Pyrex dish and measuring spoons, both of which I fear ended up in New York
Shows that are only on TV in one particular time slot and thus can’t be Tivoed at 3am so that I can watch them the next day, forcing me to decide what I want to watch in that time slot
Ruby on Rails, which is fascinating and exciting and which I have entirely too little time to learn
My other business concept, which appears staggeringly smart and well-timed but which is in fact so flaky that I can’t justify making time for it
That I can’t hide entries in Movable Type5
Speaking of Movable Type, its badly-broken export function
SSH, because it’s hard to configure, although it makes up for that by being fun to use
Republicans, in general
People who post lists to their blogs, with insufficient commentary
People who use lots of footnotes in their blogs, forcing me to scroll up and down6
My fridge, which is empty, except for a container of simple syrup, two kinds of cheese, an ounce or so of soy milk, various condiments, and excess sauce for the Indian food I made two weeks ago
Friends who blog in languages I can’t read
The money-based economy
My complete inability to even come up with an interesting thing to blog about lately
McDonald’s, which is moderately tasty, totally sinful, and geographically convenient
People who don’t like big type
Neighbors who involve me in the middle of their bullshit
If I don’t stop here, “writing this frickin’ entry” is going to make this list soon, so, presto, finito.
1 Not that I’m in a bad mood, just that I enjoy keeping lists
2 Maybe not this issue, but usually
3 Hello rainy season!
4 And because that’s the words’ fault, not mine
5 Technically I can, but I’m too lazy and this isn’t quite what I want anyway
6 No, seriously, I’m not making fun of myself, I don’t like this writing technique at all
Rainy season? In LA? Good one!
Why would you scroll, when you can click the footnote, then hit alt-left-arrow to go back to where you were?
Alt-left arrow only scrolls me up a line in Firefox/Win XP. Could be some wonky customization that I don’t know I made. At any rate, I don’t have enough free brain space to remember all of the Alt-key combinations (take that, vi).
Well, since it never rains, and the weather is otherwise homogenous, when it occasionally does rain and gets a little cooler that’s the closest that we have that passes for a season so we call it such. Just like we also have fire season earlier in the year.
you are far too kind — and delusional! your writing is beyond terrific. lunch on me friday.