flwyd: (farts sign - Norway)
I just noticed that crossposts from my Dreamwidth account to LiveJournal (hey, remember LiveJournal?) were broken for the last year. I think LiveJournal forced a password reset (half a year after someone blew me off on a support ticket when I suggested they'd suffered an account breach) and I forgot to update it on the Dreamwidth crossposting side.

That's fixed now, and I've triggered a crosspost for everything I read in the last year. If that all showed up in your LJ friends page at once, apologies for the mess. (And also, why haven't you migrated to Dreamwidth yet?)

So, uh, in the last year:
  • I was having trouble sleeping and tried to take a relaxing vacation to Jamaica, but couldn't sleep there either.
  • Dealt with some exciting water-related homeowner problems.
  • Got some medical interventions that helped with sleep and inflammation.
  • Took my parents to Iceland to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.
  • Lobbied Congress to pass climate change legislation.
  • Delivered a stand-up comedy bit about passing a climate change bill through Congress.
  • Gave a talk at Ignite Boulder 40 about turning organizational charts upside down.
  • Recognized that I'd just been in go-mode for two months straight, and decided to spend the winter holiday season sitting around organizing digital photos.
  • Spent January and February feeling burned out and introspective.
  • Got periodontal surgery that I'd been putting off for most of a decade.
  • Oh hey, it's a global pandemic! Time to work from home, have video conferences, chill out, go for a walk every day, clean up the garden, and do those things I wouldn't normally get around to, like write a vim plugin and read the appendices to Lord of the Rings that I apparently skipped at age 15.

Year of the Goat

Saturday, September 26th, 2015 11:37 pm
flwyd: (pensive goat)
I turned 36 today.
36 is a multiple of 12, so this year matches my birth year in the Chinese zodiac: year of the goat[1].

I got married last week in what my wife points out was my dream wedding.
There's still a pile of presents on my floor from people who love us.
On brunch the day after the wedding, my dad played a very touching song whose opening had come to him a week before I was born but the remainder hadn't formulated until last week.
My wife and I had waffles this morning betwixt bouts of gettin' it on.
We gathered produce at the farmer's market and collaborated on a tasty salad.
We joined my parents for a gorgeous sunset at the Center of the Universe followed by a wondrous dinner at The Gold Hill Inn.
Three friends in distant parts of the country, from different parts of my life, emailed to wish me a happy birthday.

Things are pretty good; it's nice to baaahsk in the sun.


[1] Often translated as "year of the sheep," but next to a picture of a goat, with 羊 (yáng) a character for any member of that family. I briefly toyed with the idea of using 山羊 (shānyáng, "mountain goat/sheep") as my Chinese name.
May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2025

Most Popular Tags

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags

Subscribe

RSS Atom
Page generated Sunday, June 15th, 2025 01:10 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios