Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Sorting circles

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 12:03 pm
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Think I've finally gotten my circle sorted out! I've been putting it off since before Open Beta. Noticed a few people who added me but I lost in all the other stuff in my inbox, so added back (think I got you all?)

The Access/Subscribe list makes me feel much more open to linking up to new people. I can subscribe without needing to decide whether I also want to grant access to locked entries, or at least, I can put off that decision without causing any hard feelings. So much less stress over decision-making!

I am in favor of anything that means putting off decisions -- and now that I've settled on a default mode, which is to subscribe to pretty much anyone who subscribed to me, I can do just that. Granting access is done almost randomly, probably happens if I know you from somewhere else or we've commented at each other somewhere.

But I tend to suck at linking up people with context, so I may not actually figure out who people are for some time (this is, um, a distinct possibility. I tend to place people based on name shapes, so if the name changes between contexts, or sometimes even the font or color, I tend to blank out).

Vacation!

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 10:23 pm
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So, I'm going out of town the next four days, to spend half a week at Fort Ilocandia, which apparently is very pretty and luxurious and has stuff like jet-skiing and parasailing and archery and other stuff you can't get here (wind and sand and sea and nature and stuff).

I am terrible at taking vacations, by the way. I just spent today stressing over finishing code for work, because I hadn't finished enough to justify to myself skipping Monday through Wednesday of next week relaxing ("relaxing"). Though it's better to stress before the vacation, than during or after? I'm about to resume coding for work after this, but took a quick break to pack my bag.

Packing two books: Dragonfire by Charles Ashton, and Snare by Katherine Kerr. Should I swap one of them out for Ellen Kushner's Thomas the Rhymer, or Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar, or DWJ's Unexpected Magic? Or maybe I should bring Wicked instead, since it's already tattered, from the time I lent it to my brother's friend. I'm gone four days; two books had better be enough! (Maybe I should bring three?)

I'm actually in the middle of the first book of Abarat, but I don't want to bring it because first book is glossy (and therefore heavy). Second book is hardbound (and therefore heavier).

Oh hmm what else do I need? Clothes, probably. Must not forget that. Ummm, money, too. Not bringing the laptop, but am bringing the iPhone. Also going to try to bring a bit of self-discipline so I don't end up spending the next four days hunched over my phone, trying to connect to the internet.

Place looks good enough to have assorted toiletries in the room? I'm bringing a towel anyway, for the beach.

Hm. Hm. Hm.

I hope I didn't forget anything.

ETA Oh yes, need to turn off changenotify, otherwise I'll be spammed with emails for things I can't help out with anyway.
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