Category: Random

  • Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-11-05

  • Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-10-29

    • Thank you all for your condolences. It's so comforting to have a community of support when things are hard…. #
    • Paddled in glassy waters under a sky full of stars. So quiet & dark. So much bigger than me. Now: sunrise. #
    • Just told Catgirl abt Madge's death: "she had an epic charm bracelet–it made me want to have one." #memories #
    • Great-aunt (whe was like a grandma to me) just passed away. She just barely made it to age 90, which was her goal… #
    • One more pic from my new @MHpodcast collaboration with @TheHuntington: http://brizzly.com/pic/3RAP #
    • RT @MHpodcast: The first Past Tense-Huntington episode of the Making History Podcast!: http://brizzly.com/pic/3RAN http://bit.ly/cCukZT #
    • How to prevent firesheep hacks: http://yhoo.it/ciOq2K #
    • .@benjaminlind he logged into my Fb, hosted wordpress blog, gmail and flickr acct. Wasn't able to get into my twitter or yahoo mail. in reply to benjaminlind #
    • Sitting on wireless in a coffee shop and having @taojunky hack all my accounts via firesheep. Scary, indeed. #
    • RT @pamelaezell: Coming to the end of New Employee Orientation. My top takeaway: I need an iPad a la @ATchapman, my seatmate. //indeed! #
    • Fingers crossed for some good sleep tonite, got the week off to a bad start today–so grumpy & under the weather… :( #
    • My @johnremy's been planning his #wfc wardrobe for weeks. When I travel to confs I feel lucky if I end up w/ tops & bottoms that match. #
    • Last piece for costume arrived. It's the 1st yr in a very long time that I had a costume plan b4hand & actually followed through #
    • In an otherwise empty mall, the Fahion Island Apple store is hoppin' tonite (& they have my RAM in stock–yay!) #
    • Never fails: I start to record a podcast and I'm a cat magnet. You can hear my girls' collar bells in most of the @MHpodcast episodes #
    • The desk in my bedroom imploded a few days ago (fell apart at the seams and crashed into a heap). Cleaning up & clearing out now. #
    • Love is: Lying on the mats w/@johnremy in the bouldering cave & planning routes together. #
    • Just decided: my next career will be drummer for a rock band (clip of Brian Viglione, my hero): http://bit.ly/asPlMb #
    • Swam 40 laps under the full moon. #justwhatineeded #
    • Just saw @johnremy's zombie walk costume. He rocks it, even if it's not my favorite look on him. #
    • My Quaker Meeting is holding an Open House this afternoon. Drop by if you'd like: http://bit.ly/9MjAPb #
    • These #blizzcon guys are only slightly geekier-looking than the folks I'd see at a DH event. #butwherearethewomen #
    • Just got my projector setup so GameBoy can watch #Blizzcon on a wall of the LR. He's sewing the tabard for his costume while watching #
    • Wondering if y'all have any good DH-themed Halloween costume ideas? My plan to dress as @zotero hasn't worked out. #
    • Funniest HASTAC comment on "Openness" from @samplereality: http://brizzly.com/pic/3QFP http://bit.ly/bCWklL\ #
    • RT @PennamitePLR: @janaremy: is the craft cabin at #thatcampla going to need a smoothie bar? // YES, Indeed! #DHdayofsmoothies #
    • Had a high-protein choco-banana smoothie for breakfast. #DHDayofSmoothies #

  • Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-10-22

  • Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-10-15

  • Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-10-08

    • Oops–missing pic from @johnremy's book licking @anthill http://brizzly.com/pic/3NB1 #rigoramortis #
    • So @johnremy is licking & signing copies of #rigoramortis at #anthillpub tonite! :) #
    • Just finished a #THATCamp podcast interview with @amandafrench. Does anyone else want to offer their advice for #THATCamp newbies? #
    • I'm so moved by this. Hugs to all of #IMUA #outrigger http://plixi.com/p/49197104 #
    • Wishing I could arrange to arrive at #thatcampsf by kayak. Anyone in the bay area have one to loan? http://brizzly.com/pic/3N1Q #
    • Creating a podcast to explain #THATCamp to n00bs. DM me if you're willing to do a short skype interview. #thatcampsocal #
    • why (oh why) would a conf hotel charge $366 for use of an old-school overhead proj? Do they not know they sell for $25 on ebay? #WHA2010 #
    • Rainy days in SoCal mean lunchtime jaunts to Orange Circle antique shops :) http://brizzly.com/pic/3MKM #
    • Just put some skin on my right leg, for the first time in over a year. Feels really weird. And is making me sneeze. #
    • Just came across gift book frm Mike Davis frm my 1st year of grad school. Nostalgia. Longing. Wondering if I've lived up to expectations… #
    • Oddly, learning abt all the brush tools in Photoshop makes me want to play in some real paint #
    • In all-day Adobe Creative Suite training at #ChapmanU They just told us it'll be a 'no-fluff' intense day…. #
    • I really need to add a USB port to my robot knee for powering all of my ancillary devices. #nooutletsnearby #
    • Started the day with situps & yoga. How did you 'get moving' this morning? #

  • Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-10-01

  • vulnerable


    hospital gowns make me feel vulnerable., originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    Among the many remembrances of my cancer experience that I carry with me daily is the constant fear of my cancer returning. Though there is little chance that my bone cancer will recur, statistics show that childhood survivors of cancer have high incidence of other forms of cancer as adults. We seem especially prone to breast cancer. Which is why I get screened regularly despite having no family history of the disease.

    So last week when I had two scans show up with something questionable, I started to get awfully nervous. I couldn’t decide if it was a good thing that I had an anniversary getaway planned already to get my “mind off of things” or if it was a bad thing, because it was so hard for me to relax.

    On Friday afternoon I had more thorough diagnostic scans taken at UCI’s cancer center and I just received word that I’m clean.

    Such a huge sigh of relief. Such a weight off my shoulders. Such a thing to celebrate.

  • play


    hipstamtic me, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    I crave a regular creative outlet. So even though my work has kept me incredibly busy lately, I still need a bit of space for “play.” The past few days that space has been filled with a bit of artsy photography with the Hispstamatic filter. I know it’s awfully trendy of me (it seems like everyone on twitter is Hipsta right now), but it’s been a great way to keep my creative juices flowing…

  • my ride


    my garden ride, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    Last night I got out my bike and went for a ride. It’s been a really long time since I’ve ridden, and I have good excuses for not riding: most of all, that my current prosthetic leg tends to come off after about half a mile of pedaling.

    I only went about 1/3 of a mile when my chain locked on me. I had to walk the bike home. But I persisted–I riffled through John’s bike supplies and found some chain lube, which I applied liberally. Then I spun the wheels round and round until they stopped sticking. Then I got on and cautiously (just in case the chain froze again) went back and forth between my place and my garden. Then I wheeled up and down the nearby hill and did donuts in the parking lot.

    I was pretty oblivious to anyone around me as I was biking in the dark. And I suppose I did look rather strange on my red tricycle in the dark, smiling from ear to ear. So when a car-full of college kids sang out to me as they drove slowly past me in the parking lot, I was rather startled at first. They intoned the slightly-altered chorus of a Queen song, “I want to ride your tricycle….” (btw, I do love me some Queen). I suppose they might’ve meant it rudely–after all I was quite an odd sight out there. But I took it as a compliment. :)

    After I got home I realized that I haven’t really biked much at all since my surgery two years ago. My lower leg was burning a bit around my incision, which wasn’t an entirely-comfortable feeling. I suspect that there some scar tissue in there that’s getting a good stretch.

    But it feels great to be back on three wheels again. I’ll be getting a tweak to my leg soon that will hopefully solve the falling-off problem, so I hope to be biking more often from here on out! :)

  • With the Yeoman Warders


    With the Yeoman Warders at the Tower of London, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    Methinks that if GameBoy takes a pic with the Yeoman Warders when we’re in England next month, he might just be taller than they are :)

    (Oh, how I miss my cuddly little boy, and oh how I adore the one who now looks down at his mom!)

  • changes


    peaches-in-the-making, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    My life has been full of unknowns this past few months. And then this past week, thing after thing has been falling into place–or at least reaching a point of certainty.

    For example, we learned tonite that our apartment will not be among those that will be demolished this summer. We can breathe easier knowing that a move of our household is not imminent.

    However, our Community Garden will be moved. This space that has nurtured student gardens since the 60s will never be the same in a new space.

    So now I’m wondering if this will be the last year that I will see the blossoms on my Mother’s Day tree (gifted to me when Catgirl was a toddler)? I doubt the new Garden space will allow trees, so perhaps it can be moved to a home with a backyard that has a perfect spot for it…

  • chamomile


    chamomile, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    My garden is such a happening place right now! I’ve got tomatoes setting fruit, zucchinis bursting out in every direction, and my roses are still a-blooming! (oh and did I forget to mention BLACKBERRIES? I’ll probably have my first early next week. Yay!)

    This chamomile is in a few random pots in a berm of flowers in the center of my garden. The red behind them are some crazy-prolific geraniums. If you ever want some geranium starts of your own, I am your gal!