Domestic Geek

Have you ever had one of those a-ha moments after a dream?

I had a pretty significant one this morning. In fact, I woke up crying and once I got into the shower, I let the waterworks flow. I'm not going to share the details as they are kind of private and not really significant to anyone but me, but the fact that I was repressing some major emotions and memories is. I've been trying to figure out why and when I went from just fat to obese. The fat is a result of not eating right my whole life, but the obesity was trying to hide and smother something. My subconscious finally got through as to what that was. I've been doing this to myself since late high school/early college (late 80s). I've been trying to hide this from myself for over 20 years. It's when I started becoming promiscuous. It's when I stopped taking my music as seriously as I should have. It's when I started losing confidence in myself, started making choices that I knew weren't in my best interest and really started hating myself.

Now that I realize the why, maybe I can finally get over it and move on.

I took a couple of hour nap this afternoon because I only got about five hours of sleep last night. I'm already dreaming of preflighting files! Now I'm beginning to understand the deep annoyance that prepress people have with designers. I realized that in almost two weeks of doing this, I've only had one file that had no problems. It's mostly lame stuff, like low resolution images, using registration black for text, RGB color spaces and low resolution transparency...all stuff that anybody that goes to design school is told to watch out for. I'm seriously annoyed by people that send incomplete files. Why bother sending a document where half the pages missing? *sigh* It's all part of the job, though. I'm not going to let myself get super annoyed with it. That's not my job, that's the prepress manager's. I can only do what I can, right? Now, if I could just be full time...

The nap put a crimp in the video plans. After running a couple of errands with Marcus, it was dark when we got home. Oh, well. There's always tomorrow.

OK, got Marcus' pilgrim image finally done. Still haven't worked on my site. I'm uninspired at the moment.

I'm gonna go finish watching the Broncos/Charger game.

I need to finish Marcus' graphics I promised him. I'm having a really hard time with this one and I don't know why. Grrr. I also need to work on a new layout for me and find a template for my weight-loss blog. I've had absolutely no luck finding the one I had seen that I really liked (was probably a custom, not-free one anyway).

I'm trying to decide if I should dump the Thursday Thirteen meme. Even finishing on Wednesday night isn't getting me a whole lot of visitors and I certainly don't have time now that I'm employed to surf around to other participant's sites. It was a real chore to get it done this week and it wasn't all that interesting. Maybe I'll try to do one once a month or so if I'm feeling really inspired. I have to think on this.

OK, I've got to head off to the store. Marcus wants french toast for breakfast and we have no bread.

As I continue my recommendations for geeky gifts, have your ever considered giving someone you love a flashlight? Not just any ordinary flashlight (though still a cool gift), but a unique flashlight. It never fails that when you have need of a flashlight, you also need a third hand or another person to hold the light source for you. OpticsPlanet has a really cool LED Clip-Mate clip-on flashlight made by StreamLight that I would just love to have! LEDs are brighter than regular bulbs and they have the advantage that they don't burn out. Another cool option is a hands-free headlamp. Marcus has mentioned in the past that he'd really like to have something like that. Just strap it on your head and the light moves with you while you're working. One of the best Christmas presents I ever got was a 1,000,000 cp (candle power) rechargeable lantern that charged via my cigarette lighter. It was a godsend when I was a pizza delivery driver to find house addresses. That thing would light up the whole block!

With discount pricing from major manufacturers such as Surefire, Pelican and StreamLight, no matter what the lighting needs of your gift recipient, OpticsPlanet is sure to have the perfect gift. There is also free UPS on orders over $29.95. Remember, Christmas is only five weeks away!

I've been meaning to do this forever. As soon as a little extra cash is around, I'm going to start growing my own sprouts. I love bean and alfalfa sprouts. I hear broccoli sprouts are pretty good for you, too. You never really know how long the ones in King Soopers have been hanging around and nothing tastes yuckier than an old bean sprout. I found a site called SproutPeople where I can get sprouters and seeds online.