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Day 20: This month, in great detail
Nov. 6th, 2010 08:58 pmWhat does "this month" mean? The last 30 days? The period since the 1st? I'll compromise by starting with 31 October, just after my "this week" posting -- tho that amounts to only another week.
My journal:
Sunday 31 October 2010
Sleep: Dozed before lights out; awake several times; up to piss & shit.
Bkfst: Omelet.
Trips (purchases): Central Sq.: Enormous Room for group hug & Hallowe'en ball. (Strap on canvas bag broke when I got there; mended it with a safety pin.) A sparse crowd, but there were a couple of pleasant bearpiles to watch. A fair number in costume. (2 beers.) As usual, no-one even looked at me.
Calls: From ***. Long chat. He'll invite me to his place sometime this week.
To ***: He's not going to the hug after all.
Reading: NYRev. So Wilde was a classical scholar! One wonders what he & Housman might have had to say about each other. Not much in a scholarly way, it seems; and they never met.
CSM [ChriSci Monster].
Listening: Tom Dekker. Emery, computer songs.
Dinner: Chili, beer, cheesecake.
Monday 1 November 2010
Sleep: Sound. Up twice to piss.
Toilet: Shower; shampoo.
Dream: Anxious about finding the person to get a ride home from a meeting; but he found me.
Orgasms: m o 24.
Bkfst: Pancakes.
House: Changed poster to Crumb ["A Short History of America]; couldn't use new sticks on either top or bottom.
Found Ag thermal compound to try on Amphony [cordless headphones], but couldn't find the instructions that came with it. Probably they were on the back of the package, which I threw out. Looked up the matter on the Web; the stuff is not meant for my purpose (improving the reliability of a connector), but for improving the thermal conduction between components & heat sinks, so the relevance of the instructions is dubious in any case. Cleaned the offending male & female power plugs with 91% isopropyl alcohol.
Calls: To Cox-Weston: appointment for tooth cleaning. I somehow missed the June one, and it shows. I noticed this a couple of weeks ago, but kept putting off calling.
Reading: CSM.
Listening: Emery.
Feynman. So lucky! But he made something out of his luck.
Dinner: Haddock, peas, kasha, wine, cheesecake.
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Sleep: Awake early; couldn't get to sleep again. Up twice to piss.
Toilet: Beard. I see that I have frequently failed to record that.
Bkfst: Muffin.
House: Put Ag goop on Amphony power plug (no dilution), after bkfst. No noise in the evening, but brief (0.1 s?) interruptions of the audio on turning on & off fluorescent lamps. I should have thought of fluorescent lamps as sources of the interference.
Trips (purchases): (Updated T pass.) ->Harvard: Changsho for Caltech lunch. Two others, both young: a man from Bulgaria, and a woman, U.S., Chinese looks. Tolerably convivial. -> Malden: Beebe School (voted).
Calls: Msg from Cox-Weston; msg returned: confirmed appointment tomorrow.
Mail: AARP Bull. UCS Catalyst. CSM.
Internet: Nice email from ***.
Reading: CSM. Quine.
Listening: Feynman. Jim Hancock et al.
Dinner: Sandwich, carrots, half apple & cheese, beer.
Ecto: Terribly tired on getting home.
Wednesday 3 November 2010
Sleep: Awake early. Up twice to piss.
Toilet: Shower.
Bkfst: Omelet.
House: Frequent silences of the Amphony at lunchtime, even without the batteries in their wells. It turns out I used the wrong goop!
Trips (purchases): Mass. Av. Stn: Cox-Weston for tooth cleaning. New assistant, who (as usual) did not introduce herself. She used ultrasonic as well as the usual pick & rotary tools. She said there is a lot of buildup on the back of the lower front teeth, and I should use a manual toothbrush there. She said I should go easy in brushing the extreme left & right upper teeth, because the gums are receding. She said I should take the denture out overnight.
Mail: Reminder of appointment from BIDMC [Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center], with a daunting form letter about a change in billing practices.
Reading: CSM. Harvard.
Listening: Hancock. Tim Henderson (who coincidentally showed up on the Mudcat).
Dinner: Haddock, lima beans, kasha, wine, cake.
Project: Looked at HPHC [Harvard Pilgrim Health Care] health-insurance literature.
Sewed a tuck in the straps of one of the Harvard tote bags so they would serve as handles, as I did with the previous tote bag. I don't understand why they make them with straps so long. Probably they are intended to be worn over the shoulder on the same side, which would make me feel insecure.
Ecto: Woozy in the evening. Probably not a good idea to have alcohol before dinner.
Thursday 4 November 2010
Sleep: Sound. Up once to piss.
Dream: I was with some other people in New York, going to a couple of restaurants on foot. The first one was a buffet and served steak tartare. (I see that is its name in standard English. I think of it as "beefsteak tartar" because of the song in the Dreigroschenoper. I had it a couple of times in the clubhouse at Brookhaven Lab.)
Orgasms: m o 22. [Masturbation, homosexual fantasy, 10 p.m.]
Bkfst: Jewish french toast.
Calls: To HPHC. Application will be mailed to me (7-10 da).
Reading: CSM. Harvard. Finley Wren.
Listening: Henderson.
Ingle et al. (Female voices largely unintelligible.)
Dinner: Do.
Project: Studied HPHC plans for 2011; decided on the one with large deductible.
Ecto: Sleepy in the evening.
Dementia: Forgot to turn down the thermostat last night.
Friday 5 November 2010
Sleep: To bed & awake early.
Toilet: Shower.
Bkfst: Omelet.
House: Mr *** [landlord] replaced the smoke alarm -- with some trouble, as one of them beeped even with a fresh battery. Also the west venetian blind; however, the new one has only two sets of supporting cords (unlike the new ones on the south wall), so it will probably sag like the old ones.
Amphony much improved -- only a few brief glitches, all in the evening.
Trips (purchases): Fellsmere.
Guests: Mr ***.
Mail: MASSPIRG.
Reading: Harvard.
Listening: Ingle et al. Burl Ives. David Jones.
Dinner: Chili, beer, cake.
Saturday 6 November 2010 (so far)
Sleep: Awake early; up 3 times to piss; managed to doze after 7.
Dream: I was in a restaurant with some other people. The service was abominably slow. I managed to get a glass of lemonade, but it sweated condensation, making a puddle on the table, in which tiny squares of paper floated.
Bkfst: Oatmeal.
House: Now the left Amphony headphone is dead. Amphony FAQ says headphones are available separately ("contact your dealer"), but nowhere else is there any indication of that. Queried Amphony.
Trips (purchases): Alexander Liquors (beer, wine). | Foodmaster (groceries).
Mail: Notice of payment from TIAA-CREF.
Nonbill from HPHC.
NYRev.
DPA Report.
Reading: Harvard. What possessed that Hauser character to fake his data? The titles of his popular books are icky; perhaps he was corrupted by celebrity.
Listening: David Jones.
Kanefsky, Tapeworm II.
Dinner: Chicken wings, lima beans, kasha, wine, cake.
Dementia: Started to write the amount instead of my name on the signature line of a credit-card chit.
My journal:
Sunday 31 October 2010
Sleep: Dozed before lights out; awake several times; up to piss & shit.
Bkfst: Omelet.
Trips (purchases): Central Sq.: Enormous Room for group hug & Hallowe'en ball. (Strap on canvas bag broke when I got there; mended it with a safety pin.) A sparse crowd, but there were a couple of pleasant bearpiles to watch. A fair number in costume. (2 beers.) As usual, no-one even looked at me.
Calls: From ***. Long chat. He'll invite me to his place sometime this week.
To ***: He's not going to the hug after all.
Reading: NYRev. So Wilde was a classical scholar! One wonders what he & Housman might have had to say about each other. Not much in a scholarly way, it seems; and they never met.
CSM [ChriSci Monster].
Listening: Tom Dekker. Emery, computer songs.
Dinner: Chili, beer, cheesecake.
Monday 1 November 2010
Sleep: Sound. Up twice to piss.
Toilet: Shower; shampoo.
Dream: Anxious about finding the person to get a ride home from a meeting; but he found me.
Orgasms: m o 24.
Bkfst: Pancakes.
House: Changed poster to Crumb ["A Short History of America]; couldn't use new sticks on either top or bottom.
Found Ag thermal compound to try on Amphony [cordless headphones], but couldn't find the instructions that came with it. Probably they were on the back of the package, which I threw out. Looked up the matter on the Web; the stuff is not meant for my purpose (improving the reliability of a connector), but for improving the thermal conduction between components & heat sinks, so the relevance of the instructions is dubious in any case. Cleaned the offending male & female power plugs with 91% isopropyl alcohol.
Calls: To Cox-Weston: appointment for tooth cleaning. I somehow missed the June one, and it shows. I noticed this a couple of weeks ago, but kept putting off calling.
Reading: CSM.
Listening: Emery.
Feynman. So lucky! But he made something out of his luck.
Dinner: Haddock, peas, kasha, wine, cheesecake.
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Sleep: Awake early; couldn't get to sleep again. Up twice to piss.
Toilet: Beard. I see that I have frequently failed to record that.
Bkfst: Muffin.
House: Put Ag goop on Amphony power plug (no dilution), after bkfst. No noise in the evening, but brief (0.1 s?) interruptions of the audio on turning on & off fluorescent lamps. I should have thought of fluorescent lamps as sources of the interference.
Trips (purchases): (Updated T pass.) ->Harvard: Changsho for Caltech lunch. Two others, both young: a man from Bulgaria, and a woman, U.S., Chinese looks. Tolerably convivial. -> Malden: Beebe School (voted).
Calls: Msg from Cox-Weston; msg returned: confirmed appointment tomorrow.
Mail: AARP Bull. UCS Catalyst. CSM.
Internet: Nice email from ***.
Reading: CSM. Quine.
Listening: Feynman. Jim Hancock et al.
Dinner: Sandwich, carrots, half apple & cheese, beer.
Ecto: Terribly tired on getting home.
Wednesday 3 November 2010
Sleep: Awake early. Up twice to piss.
Toilet: Shower.
Bkfst: Omelet.
House: Frequent silences of the Amphony at lunchtime, even without the batteries in their wells. It turns out I used the wrong goop!
Trips (purchases): Mass. Av. Stn: Cox-Weston for tooth cleaning. New assistant, who (as usual) did not introduce herself. She used ultrasonic as well as the usual pick & rotary tools. She said there is a lot of buildup on the back of the lower front teeth, and I should use a manual toothbrush there. She said I should go easy in brushing the extreme left & right upper teeth, because the gums are receding. She said I should take the denture out overnight.
Mail: Reminder of appointment from BIDMC [Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center], with a daunting form letter about a change in billing practices.
Reading: CSM. Harvard.
Listening: Hancock. Tim Henderson (who coincidentally showed up on the Mudcat).
Dinner: Haddock, lima beans, kasha, wine, cake.
Project: Looked at HPHC [Harvard Pilgrim Health Care] health-insurance literature.
Sewed a tuck in the straps of one of the Harvard tote bags so they would serve as handles, as I did with the previous tote bag. I don't understand why they make them with straps so long. Probably they are intended to be worn over the shoulder on the same side, which would make me feel insecure.
Ecto: Woozy in the evening. Probably not a good idea to have alcohol before dinner.
Thursday 4 November 2010
Sleep: Sound. Up once to piss.
Dream: I was with some other people in New York, going to a couple of restaurants on foot. The first one was a buffet and served steak tartare. (I see that is its name in standard English. I think of it as "beefsteak tartar" because of the song in the Dreigroschenoper. I had it a couple of times in the clubhouse at Brookhaven Lab.)
Orgasms: m o 22. [Masturbation, homosexual fantasy, 10 p.m.]
Bkfst: Jewish french toast.
Calls: To HPHC. Application will be mailed to me (7-10 da).
Reading: CSM. Harvard. Finley Wren.
Listening: Henderson.
Ingle et al. (Female voices largely unintelligible.)
Dinner: Do.
Project: Studied HPHC plans for 2011; decided on the one with large deductible.
Ecto: Sleepy in the evening.
Dementia: Forgot to turn down the thermostat last night.
Friday 5 November 2010
Sleep: To bed & awake early.
Toilet: Shower.
Bkfst: Omelet.
House: Mr *** [landlord] replaced the smoke alarm -- with some trouble, as one of them beeped even with a fresh battery. Also the west venetian blind; however, the new one has only two sets of supporting cords (unlike the new ones on the south wall), so it will probably sag like the old ones.
Amphony much improved -- only a few brief glitches, all in the evening.
Trips (purchases): Fellsmere.
Guests: Mr ***.
Mail: MASSPIRG.
Reading: Harvard.
Listening: Ingle et al. Burl Ives. David Jones.
Dinner: Chili, beer, cake.
Saturday 6 November 2010 (so far)
Sleep: Awake early; up 3 times to piss; managed to doze after 7.
Dream: I was in a restaurant with some other people. The service was abominably slow. I managed to get a glass of lemonade, but it sweated condensation, making a puddle on the table, in which tiny squares of paper floated.
Bkfst: Oatmeal.
House: Now the left Amphony headphone is dead. Amphony FAQ says headphones are available separately ("contact your dealer"), but nowhere else is there any indication of that. Queried Amphony.
Trips (purchases): Alexander Liquors (beer, wine). | Foodmaster (groceries).
Mail: Notice of payment from TIAA-CREF.
Nonbill from HPHC.
NYRev.
DPA Report.
Reading: Harvard. What possessed that Hauser character to fake his data? The titles of his popular books are icky; perhaps he was corrupted by celebrity.
Listening: David Jones.
Kanefsky, Tapeworm II.
Dinner: Chicken wings, lima beans, kasha, wine, cake.
Dementia: Started to write the amount instead of my name on the signature line of a credit-card chit.
