March 2008
February 2008
“If Texas were its own country, it would be the 48th most populous in the world, right between North Korea and Ghana. In terms of landmass, at 268,000 square miles it would be the 40th-biggest. But when it comes to environmental impact, Texas is on par with some of the largest, most industrialized nations on the planet.”
—Texas: Worst CO2 Emitter | Newsweek Project Green | Newsweek.com This article was discussed in my meeting today, in a room full of Texan consultants. We travel for a living. Cross-country flights and rental cars are our life. That we spent time brainstorming ways to augment our individual impacts, in our personal lives and professionally, was really cool. Now let’s see how much actually comes out of it. If people care enough, we really could make an impact - for our company and our state.
civic duty - done
i just (early) voted in the texas primaries. after waiting in line for about 35 minutes. not too bad i think.
hearing so many ppl complain about waiting to vote or requesting some sort of snack while we wait kind of annoyed me because, um, hello - the right to vote in and of itself is a huge thing. and also - our biggest participation is standing in line for a bit. other people are risking their lives for our country right now. so 30 min or an hour in a nice, safe library - give me a break.
also. i obvs did not study all the candidates in all the races. and i almost voted for this guy named ‘gene kelly’ just because i thought it would be cool to have a u.s. senator named gene kelly. then i realized that was stupid and i didn’t vote for him.
now time to speed to austin.
i did not sleep enough and now i have to:
- do an hours worth of work in 30 min
- get dressed and make myself presentable
- arrive before 8am at polling place to vote quickly
- do two hours worth of work in one hour
- drive approx 2 hours towards lake travis
- attend a company meeting where i know no one
- feel like the awkward new kid in school
- make friends
- take 3 concalls and subversively work during presentations
- navigate my way through austin traffic to UT
- visit my brother
- wait for austin traffic to die down
- drive 1.5 hours home to san antonio
layover in ATL
its always weird when i see work people on the plane and i’m already in ‘home’ mode. (i.e. messy bun, innappropriate phone convos and unrated dvds)
also. there are a few boys who just started at work and they all kinda look alike (i.e. have brown hair and are 23ish) and i don’t know their names. one of them is named roy but i don’t know the others. so i just say hey! one of them was on the plane. i said hey!
also, i really want to visit ATL. some weekend i’m going to hang here for real. i hear its fun. dirrrrrty south and all. maybe. luda likes it.
almost ok
i’m pretty much back to feeling healthy. BUT. i still sound like i have a frog in my throat which makes speaking up on conference calls very embarassing.
at least i’m busy. while i don’t think i can say i’m passionate about my job (cos it’s too technical for my personal taste) i can say that right now i am happy about all the work being thrown my way. it’s vaguely interesting and definitely keeping me on my toes. i like being pulled in 5 different directions. i feed off of deadlines and crunch time. i like the pressure.
i’ve been so bored the last few weeks cos its been slow at the office. now my team has a ton of deadlines and meetings and presentations to do and i love it. i am a loser. yes.
tumbling in texas →
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there is currently no tumbling in south texas (basically south of i-10). i listed myself in boston, but perhaps i should switch. make a little red dot action happen in san antonio. tho, technically my own south texas dot would still be north of i-10. hmm.
Shall we play a game? (kottke.org)
reading about kottke learning to love/raise/playwith his kid is so freaking cute.
The '... Is Your New Bicycle' Meme Is Your New Bicycle →
isyournewbicycle.com
Use a subdomain to make anybody (or anything) your new bicycle.
For example: http://autumn.isyournewbicycle.com. Fascinating, eh?Awesome stuff. I tried http://ruhi.isyournewbicycle.com
too fun.
ok, bedtimeforme, NOW.
“but i don’t want to pack!”
—me. almost every wednesday or thursday night. also on sundays. traveling so much is annoying. sometimes i put off packing for so long that i end up going to the airport with not much more than my laptop and noise cancelling headphones. (good thing i have lots of clothes in both of my most frequent locations)
