need more coffee....

Sleepy, but awake, sometimes I feel like I can fall asleep just about anywhere, and probably could. Drinking coffee but it's not helping.

Bought a new tv this weekend.



It is the second tv I have ever bought. I'm very happy with it. I'm using a playstation 2 as the DVD player. It's a good dual-use device. For some reason I was in a spending mood this weekend.

I got a chance to talk with a friend from G'ville yesterday and it was great. I hadn't talked with her in a long time and I'm glad we got a chance to catch-up.

I've been working on an application to categorize images based on tags and also to change the size of the tags based on the popularity of the tag (where popularity is simply a measure of the number of clicks an image receives). I'm having a lot of fun working on it, but I'm getting to the last bits of code clean-up and it's a real pain.

I'll post more when I've got something for download... Although, you can see the results at http://rdex.net/image_tagger/browse.php

Pooks is healing well, she's back at work today. She's working back at her old office, but doing her own work, so that she's around people. It helps her work.

Sometimes....

I'm wrapped up in a blanket sipping on hot coffee on this chilly morning. It's been an interesting night and day. I didn't get any of the chores done last night that I had wanted too. So dishes are collecting again and laundry and we're still surrounded by boxes and Christmas crap.

Thinking about some old friends yesterday and I miss them.

I did get some new things yesterday, a pair of black canvas converse hightops, and the ErgoProxy anime dvd set. ErgoProxy got a little damaged in the mail, but nothing serious. I want to re-arragne my office better so I can watch dvd's while working on my computer (or just playing games really). I kinda wish there was more room for some comfy guest chairs, or even just a nice rocker for me.

I'm still in motorcycle expectation mode....

Train of thought break....

I'm listening to NPR podcasts this morning, and I'm getting pissed at the people trying to block the increase of troops in Iraq. It seems to me that the pacification of a nation needs enough people to actually do it. Shows of Military strength are one of the ways that conquerers have always shown the locals, "Yes we won and it is stupid to resist b/c we'll kill your ass." Of course we're also trying to feed and restore Iraq back to some of it's pre-war functionality. Or at least I think we are, it would be stupid if we were not. Giving people more than ideological reasons to hate America is something we tend to do pretty easily. Not feeding the hungry would be one on them.

and back to motorcycles....

I'm getting a new set of motorcycle gloves from off of ebay. They look like big gauntlets, except in black leather instead of beaten metal.

out of coffee, damn... brb...
ahhhh.... first cup was black, this one I put chai spice in and it's tasty! (I'm no sissy I like the taste.)

So I have 22 days before my motorcycle class and I can't wait. I did have to get the gloves b/c the ones I have now are not full finger. That was also the reason I got the Cons they cover my ankles. I did look at full bike boots, but they would be a special order for my size 16 feet and would cost $$$$. So I think I have everything I need except actually knowing how to ride a motorcycle and actually having one. Little things.



Well it's off to work for now.