February 15th, 2012
one natural one
“Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world. I cannot conceive of any other explanation. I am convinced that there is no other, and that if the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. Pleasure for the beautiful body, but pain for the beautiful soul.”
—Oscar Wilde, De Profundis
“But of all these friends and lovers / there is no one compares with you / and these memories lose their meaning / when I think of love as something new / Though I know I’ll never lose affection / for people and things that went before / I know I’ll often stop and think about them / in my life I love you more”
—Beatles
“The natural born programmer had little choice as to the vessel he was created into, nor the place and time he was created. Nor do any of us. That’s what we are coping with.”
Amazing comment from a Krugman post – you should read the whole thing here.
Basically saying that just because YOU (general YOU) have been able to find success in our crazy world as a [so-and-so], it does not mean EVERYONE will be able to. Your skillset may have just come into being/YOU may have just come into being at exactly the right moment.
So. To all the haters (AKA Republicans…jk. Not really.)…
Anyway. The last time I remember feeling this good in a February was in 2008. Notice a theme?! I have no idea how long this will last but I will take it. Yeah!! YEAH! I thank my sunlamp for much of this (AKA my mom getting it for me). OH YEAH! & good music. & silly Jeff!
We had a very lovely Valentine’s day. We always say we’re not going to do anything, and more or less we did not, BUT we did get each other little gifts surprisingly, AND goofed off around the house/killed a bottle of wine together all evening long. “GARCON!!” Ahahahahahaha. We are weirdos. Jeff also posted a very very nice message on Twitter which I promptly misinterpreted…FAIL. But, SO NICE! Awwwww.
Yesterday was also about: CFML + other aventuras, TREATS! like truffles + wine, and GTD. Also Erik and I sort-of making fun of Jeff via phone conference call. The problem is, we both adore Jeff but we also adore provoking him. It’s too good.
Now: managing the Social Life. Upcoming events include such things as:
-HH w/ Jackie/Kari
-Nebraska meet w/ Diana
-Erik’s bday celebration
-HH w/ Angela
-Roommate Jazzercise part deux
-an evening with Michael
-and more.
I also need to get: malt shop w/ Cole, celebration-drinks, skating double date?, and time w/ Jeff’s dad+wife on the calendar. Also eventually a larger HITF meetup perhaps?
SOCIAL LIFE!
Also need to GET ORGANIZED for 6-9-12. GET AT IT. GET after it!
GTD. GTD!!!
Later.