4/6/01 9:32:30 AM

aw yeah, getting my visit on today - travelling though, is such a pain as its catch a ride with beverly (who's running half an hour late) to work, surfing and printing and arranging for the morning (went in and designed and built and tested all our newsletters last night), then walking over to catch the airporter to get me down to sfo only to wait and hope i'm able to get on a plane - then its back and forth to smoke and check and smoke and check and trying to get reception for my mobile to push back my pick up time when i miss a flight (repeat ad infinitum) - then when finally getting on the plane my fear of flying that concerns me for days before a trip turns into sheer terror as the plane cruises down the runway to take off - then a minute or so of heart pounding white knuckled panic with my stomach dropping out whenever there's a bump in the air until we get to cruising altitude and then oh my god please let me sleep - the ride is fine and take off is fine and i look fine to all the other passengers - i just hate take off, then to get to dfw and get to the gate and get my bags and get a smoke and get my trip started will all be very cool, she and charly will be at the gate and (should i come in when i hope to come in) mom'll get visited and the coffee haus will too - then that quiet time inside a bubble that holds out the world and the enjoyment of good friends and good conversation and good times will be mine for what will initially seem like forever - and will continue to seem that way for almost the entire time - time will move at an appropriate speed, not too fast and not too slow and everything will miraculously get done and everyone will get seen and we'll eat good and talk and laugh and as usual, all the trouble is worth it.

link: xplane redesigned and the most excellent and useful ascii (art) word generator(!). also, one might like to sign up for the groovysites mailing list.

on the deck: rush's chronicles.

reading: finally finished o'reilly's information architecture for the world wide web and the elegant universe, still reading the (never read the) preface and introduction to borges' labyrinths (c/o daria, thank you again gift fairy!). here's what i wish i was reading.