Desiderata: the right to be here

I had a bit of a stress attack yesterday in spite of work going really well--I'm blaming several things including the mocha I had at lunch. It really felt more physical than mental... my heart started pounding and I felt kinda sick. So after a few minutes I just shut my office door, turned off the lights and lay on the floor for a bit.

For part of that time I was trying to remember The Desiderata (forgive the stupid rose graphics on that site, at least they got the punctuation right), since it's one of the more peace-inspiring and perspective-recovering things I know. I realized that the whole thing would make an incredible affirmation if it was made into all declarative sentences, adding "I" to the directives and so on. Beyond a wholesome discipline, I am gentle with myself. I am a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; I have a right to be here.

Ooh...that gives me tinglies.

Random wedding babble at T minus 18 days

( XTC--Greenman lyrics )

There's something oddly comforting about that song, not that I really think it comes through in the lyrics alone. The tune is very evocative, and makes the lyrics seem kindly meant.

Turns out KFB's coming to the wedding after all; he gets the record for latest response, or at least he damn well better, because the next person to try it is gonna get a no. Apparently he's getting back in touch with Tom, too, which means that maybe I will soon be able to do the same. Hmmmmmm, that should be an interesting one: check it out, lover, we really did grow up and marry different people.

And... I've been lazy about buying honeymoon lingerie. L-a-z-y. Anyone know of a good place to shop aside from VS and Frederick's?

Your presence reminds one of a blind jackal, eternally dependent upon misguided archbishops to provide instruction in bowling, says the Surrealist Compliment Generator.

Call me in a year...

Just got a call from a technical recruiter, and that's what I told him.
He said he would call me in a year.
"And between now and then... happy birthday!" Heh. :)