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I’m loving this rain, but I could really go for a nice snowy day. Probably not going to get that here in San Diego.

Stumbled across the word, “paracosm” today. Such a great word, not only in the way it sounds, but in it’s meaning (used to describe richly detailed imaginary worlds, often created by children, that exist alongside the real one)

It’s difficult, but those small things that make a design nice, really have to come while in the throes of the main project. After the urgency subsides, those things seem to never really get the attention needed.

Sometimes a well-worded email is equal to several hours of work that I currently don’t have time for.

There is something kind of nice about the feeling you get after putting our fires all morning. Just a bit of calm and lightness that wouldn’t be there otherwise.

I’ve started a dangerous practice of starting sentences with conjunctions. And I feel so rebellious.

I read a great article in the New York Magazine — the content was fine, but I really enjoyed the writing style. I need to do a better job of following authors, writers, directors, and other people who create things that I enjoy.

It’s good to keep a design cohesive, but sometimes you need to push some design in a specific area of the site, and let it get a little ahead. It’s ok, the rest of the website can catch up later.

It’s that time of year where I’m starting to get really nice evening light on the trees out my window towards the end of my workday.

Finished Diaspora by Greg Egan. Honestly I was lost for a few segments of it, but I got hints of pretty interesting concepts and ideas. I’ll probably re-read it at some point in the future, now that I have a better overall view of it (and since I found the glossary at the end, once I finished the book. Would have been helpful to realize that was there when I was getting started).

It’s always nice to have some business budget in the bank for those times when you’re not really all that inspired to do real work.

I keep thinking of fall in the northwest. Hiking around lakes, just below treeline. Blueberries and red leaves. Clouds and mist swirling in the trees.

The clouds have thickened today. It’s still pretty warm, but I’m liking the atmosphere (I like when it’s a little dark outside, my workspace inside illuminated with just a little lamp). If it begins to rain, I’m totally making some Chai.

One of the greatest things about about being a freelancer is that I can take an early swerve without clearing it with anyone.

I likely get too much enjoyment from watching the neighborhood squirrels. It’s good that I can’t keep any of them straight, or I would probably start naming them.

I’ve always liked Human Sadness, by Julian Casablancas+The Voidz. It’s certainly not for everyone, but I find it profound and haunting, similar to Interpol’s Mind Over Time, which has a completely different sound, but which I would also describe in the same way.

Every once in a while I think about posting on Facebook once again.  It’s hard to think of any positives that Facebook brings to the world, and I’m  someone who thinks it’s been pretty disastrous for society in general.  But perhaps ignoring it isn’t the right path either. 

I’m always weirded out when people spell out “okay”. What kind of time do these people have? They’re obviously not operating at peak efficiency.

Really enjoyed the short story Utriusque Cosmi by Robert Charles Wilson. I’ll have to check out more of his work.

I have a weekend marked on the calendar a few weeks away — “Do nothing at home”. Perhaps I should mark out a few more weekends.