Libby Says...
Well, yes, once again, I've been a bit MIA and it's not actually stopping quite yet. On the other hand, you should probably expect some serious changes around here in the next few weeks. For today, let me point you to a link of interest, in case you've not seen it yet: Layer 8. Layer 8 is a blog on the NWFusion site that promises "The Best of Fusion and the Not-Just-Networking World." Some blog entries that caught my eye: Best cell phone for spies, which is a review of the gadgetry on Alias, and Tivo starts pop-up ads, which tells me that in addition to TiVo DVRs beginning pop-up ads, I've been watching too little TiVO lately, because I hadn't noticed. Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link
My good friend Marcus has had this picture of me posted at his blog and I didn't notice until recently. He took it last summer when he was visiting -- we ate at a nearby cafe that he's always loved - Cafe Artiste - and that I now am within walking distance of, so Philip and I go all the time. We were having a great visit and wallowing in our existential 30-something angst, but enjoying the fact that we could sympathize with each other's issues. I miss so many of my friends that live elsewhere -- Guy (and Jey) and Marcus (and Courtland) are in SF, Chris is in Seattle, Dion and Pam are in Chicago, my cousins and family and mommy are in NY and LA and Oregon, so many of the friends I made while living in CA are still there, or in Kansas, work friends are all over the globe.... Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link
I've been in this giant blue funk for a while. I wasn't completely aware of it, because so much else has been going on, from moving to my divorce to the magazine changes to moving again to my thyroid stuff to being sick for months.... But I was so unmotivated this last week that I had to take stock of why -- especially since there's really nothing wrong. Life is going pretty ok, and in fact in some areas is more than okay. There's a lot to this blue funk but mostly it's made me unmotivated and selfish -- almost all I've wanted to do is snuggle on my couch. I talked to a couple of people about it yesterday and today and have at least recognized that the blue funk is what's been going on. Now, I'm not yet to the point that I know all the details of the "why I've been there" (specifically, I mean -- I know that a lot of it has just been all the stuff that the last 12-18 months has held) and I also don't know yet what to do about it, but I'm working on it, with some assistance. So, to all those friends out there who've felt ignored or slighted while I've been in my funk... I'm so sorry. I know some of you have even called me on it, and, well, I'm sorry. Thanks for those of you who've been so understanding. And I hope you'll see some brain work on why and how to fix it soon. Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link
Do you ever accidentally stumble across someone who has some weird connection to you? Not a real connection (like, knowing people you know or doing the same job you do), but a connection to who you feel yourself to be? I ran across a blog today while doing a search on a quote (lunch break searching for thoughts for a grad school essay) and feel as though I have a ton of things in common with this person. Now, she might read my blog and think I'm nuts for saying so, but we're both interested in graduate school, like the June gloom that SoCal is famous for, don't call our friends often enough, and write poems. Now, don't get me wrong -- we have a ton of differences as well. She doesn't sleep. I can't seem to sleep less. Anyway -- it's just a reminder that the human condition is such that we're really all the same. There are similarities and connections between us that should help us to be more sympathetic to and generous with other people. Of course, on the kind of frustrating side -- she's years younger than I am, seems to have more energy and time that I can contemplate, and is writing every day, whereas I'm not. Or at least not writing what I might like to be writing. Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link |
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