Category Archives: personal

here I is

By spider | Published: April 21, 2009

My trip abroad, of which I’ve mentioned not a word here on OM, was a wonderful experience. I spent 18 days traveling to, across, and back home from Spain. I learned and understood more of Spain’s people, geography, history and culture than I’ve ever grasped in my life up to this point. It seems a [...]

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Sunday Rain Blogging

By spider | Published: February 22, 2009

I’m about to head to the office for the second straight day. Unremarkable except for the fact that today is a Sunday. On the bright side, the weather is miserable today: rainy, cold, and windy. So I won’t be feeling deprived of outdoor recreation. Let me assure you that even if my day were completely [...]

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Dirty Laundry

By spider | Published: February 21, 2009

There is a big problem in my life that I have been ignoring for years. Or, just papering over and pretending to deal with. It’s one of those things that is private and if I chose to never mention it then noone would ever have any clue about it. It is easily hidden and even [...]

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Friday Dog Blogging (The Return of…)

By spider | Published: February 14, 2009

I spent many years oh my life without ever taking a daytime nap. It wasn’t that long ago when I sincerely felt that the idea of a mid-day nap was an unnecessary indulgence. Today, that notion seems pretty silly. In fact for the past two weeks, I’ve taken a nap almost every day. Of course [...]

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Why I Blog

By spider | Published: January 31, 2009

About to go meta. Forewarned, and such… Thus concludes January with my 16th blog post of the month. But who’s counting? Not quite on the NaBloPoMo level, but for me I think it may stand as a personal record. I didn’t set out with a specific goal, but as the month progressed I got into [...]

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Where should I live?

By spider | Published: January 28, 2009

I love the Bay Area.  I’ve been living in San Francisco for almost 7 years. Before that, I was in San Diego for one year, and before that I’d been in Berkeley and Oakland (mostly) since I started college at Cal back in the early 90s (HFS). I grew up in San Jose, and loved [...]

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The battle to stay motivated

By spider | Published: January 22, 2009

Last night I didn’t have much of a rest. I slept a few hours, but not the nice 6-7 hours I really need to feel good for a whole day. And today was a hard day at work, or what passes for hard in my job. So by the end of the day, I was [...]

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Things I discovered in 2008

By spider | Published: January 18, 2009

Even though life doesn’t exactly adhere to the calendar,  I can honestly say that 2008 did have a unique personality, different than any year I’ve experienced before. Here’s a look back at some of the new discoveries in my life that made a positive difference.

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Friday Dog Blogging

By spider | Published: January 16, 2009

Week two of the oh-nine is done. Status report: The Year without Coffee is proceeding as planned, allowing me to begin my explorations into the world of tea. I hit the gym 4 days last week. 3 days so far this week. The goal is 4 days a week without fail. Maybe later when my [...]

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Friday Dog Blogging

By spider | Published: January 9, 2009

Sometimes you look at the calendar and say “wow, it’s already [day/year/month]“. Sometimes you look at all you’ve done and say “wow, I can’t believe it’s only [time/month/day]“. I want 2009 to be the second kind of year. So far, so good.

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Spun

By spider | Published: January 7, 2009

I spent a lot of time in the gym in 2008. I’d really begun my gym routine back in May 2007, but fell off pretty hard in the 07-08 winter. I think it was March last year before I got my groove back, and lo and behold, I actually stuck to my guns! I was [...]

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Scattershot

By spider | Published: December 29, 2008

“The Holidays” are a unique time of year that bring together things like oddball schedules, long nights and cold temps, the social pressure of holidayism, hopping back and forth between work and vacation, and of course the end of the regular season. I’m finding it hard to stay focused on one thing, no matter what [...]

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