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I'm doing science and I'm still alive
May. 13th, 2010 06:17 pmWell, not so much with the science, but I am still alive to the best of my knowledge.
So what's been up? There was the Cheesecake Factory birthday outing wherein we managed to give the manager a bit of a heart attack by coming in with a group of 14 at 7:30 PM on a Saturday. Worked out pretty well though; we waited for far shorter a time than I would've expected. The up-until-now-traditional trip to Malibu Grill was discontinued due to skepticism over recent reviews the place has gotten since it was bought and half the restaurant was converted to a Chinese restaurant. o_O Sounds like service has gone way downhill from its already middle-of-the-road levels. Anyhoo, I am now the owner of a coupon that gets me twelve half-price dinners at Texas de Brazil in Fair Oaks, so I may just propose a "stuff yourself with meat or a decent salad bar dinner" outing soonish.
I've been really enjoying one of my birthday presents: a Sony Reader Touch Edition. I wasn't sure how much I'd really want to read on it given that reading long blocks of text on a screen is usually tiring for me. The E-Ink display is actually really nice; I've been able to read for several hours at a time without any problem. It's been a pleasant surprise. Backlighting might be nice, but it's plenty usable even without.
Speaking of which, I've been working my way through the contents of the Hugo Voter's Packet; I read Boneshaker, The City & The City, and Palimpsest when they came out, and now I've gotten through The Windup Girl, The God Engines and The Women of Nell Gwynne's. Now, will I remember to vote this year?
My present to myself was a used Nikon D50 DSLR. I haven't had much chance to really play around with it yet, but I hope to get around to wading through the manual shortly.
Current obsession: Echo Bazaar, a browser-based game which I was introduced to by @matociquala and @ArachneJericho's Twitter posts. It's crazy addictive. Right,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
datagoddess? ;) I am "geekchick, a [sic] intriguing and devious lady" over there.
So what's been up? There was the Cheesecake Factory birthday outing wherein we managed to give the manager a bit of a heart attack by coming in with a group of 14 at 7:30 PM on a Saturday. Worked out pretty well though; we waited for far shorter a time than I would've expected. The up-until-now-traditional trip to Malibu Grill was discontinued due to skepticism over recent reviews the place has gotten since it was bought and half the restaurant was converted to a Chinese restaurant. o_O Sounds like service has gone way downhill from its already middle-of-the-road levels. Anyhoo, I am now the owner of a coupon that gets me twelve half-price dinners at Texas de Brazil in Fair Oaks, so I may just propose a "stuff yourself with meat or a decent salad bar dinner" outing soonish.
I've been really enjoying one of my birthday presents: a Sony Reader Touch Edition. I wasn't sure how much I'd really want to read on it given that reading long blocks of text on a screen is usually tiring for me. The E-Ink display is actually really nice; I've been able to read for several hours at a time without any problem. It's been a pleasant surprise. Backlighting might be nice, but it's plenty usable even without.
Speaking of which, I've been working my way through the contents of the Hugo Voter's Packet; I read Boneshaker, The City & The City, and Palimpsest when they came out, and now I've gotten through The Windup Girl, The God Engines and The Women of Nell Gwynne's. Now, will I remember to vote this year?
My present to myself was a used Nikon D50 DSLR. I haven't had much chance to really play around with it yet, but I hope to get around to wading through the manual shortly.
Current obsession: Echo Bazaar, a browser-based game which I was introduced to by @matociquala and @ArachneJericho's Twitter posts. It's crazy addictive. Right,
datagoddess? ;) I am "geekchick, a [sic] intriguing and devious lady" over there.
