http://www.bluishorange.com Fri, 09 May 2008 05:06:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've never met before, but I was in the audience at your keynote at SXSW in March.  SXSW 2008 was the eighth SXSW I've attended, and I've been to many panels and many keynotes, but yours has been the only one during which I cried. SXSW is often a rather stressful ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2008/05/08/dear-frank-warren/ Sometimes when I take a big pile of stuff to Goodwill, I worry about what's going to happen to it. I don't worry in a warm-fuzzies sort of way, like "I hope my things find good homes!" or anything. I worry in a "I hope Goodwill won't throw ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2008/05/04/goodwill-to-my-fellow-residents/ Just to give you an update: the post I'm working on now has languished in Wordpress for over a month, consists of 1401 words in 15 paragraphs, and is only half finished. I believe this situation to be indicative of patterns that exist elsewhere in my life. At this point ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2008/04/30/the-numbers/ http://www.bluishorange.com/2008/04/23/fake-plastic/ 1. I've been sick (yes, AGAIN) for the past four days, and all this free time with nothing to do besides blow my nose and re-watch all my Buffy DVDs for the 700th time has got me thinking about how I don't have any good books to read. Even ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2008/04/08/two-questions/ I'm a late (or non-) bloomer when it comes to a lot of financial things: I've never purchased a car or a house, I don't have a credit card, and I've never taken out a loan for anything. The good thing about this is that I don't owe ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2008/04/03/couched-in-awesomeness/ 1. All the delicious cigarettes. 2. Smoking and driving. I used to think I loved to drive, but now I think what I really liked was smoking while driving. Driving's boring now, and every trip feels like it takes an hour. 3. Smoking while driving and listening to a really ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2008/03/27/things-i-miss-about-smoking/ http://www.bluishorange.com/2008/03/25/lanterns-at-sunset/ Have you ever been sick for long enough that you forget what it's like to be well? I mean, you've always felt like this, right? You've never been able to go more than ten minutes without having a coughing fit. You've never been able ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2008/03/22/sick/ You didn't know this before, but now I'm going to tell you. I cried three times at SXSW last year: When I was hungry and tired and waiting for a big group of friends to go to lunch, I cried. When I thought I was going to have to spend a ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2008/03/06/this-is-not-nam-this-is-sxsw-there-are-rules/