Here in Katie’s Head

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Posted: 12:23 pm · Category: Geek · Comments: 1

Just moments before my alarm clock was scheduled to go off this morning — at a wee hour of the morning that I was previously unaware of, because the departing flight of Katie’s First Business Trip is scheduled before freaking sunrise — I woke up from an incredibly awkward dream.

Love Interest was there. We were having a good time, doing what we do best, until suddenly my world started crashing down around me. Figuratively.

I feel like I should call him up and apologize for how badly things went.

But that would probably be more awkward than the actual dream.

A special note to my subconscious: Way to ruin my day. And the setting? A bit ambitious, don’t you think?

Posted: 3:59 am · Category: Amateur Dream Interpretation · Comments: 3

I am considering trading in the pizza and beer diet for a wine and tapas diet, which appears more promising after just one day.

And more expensive.

Okay, maybe I’ll stick to pizza and beer.

Posted: 6:36 am · Category: Fitness · Comments: 1

The conversation has taken a decidedly geeky turn when my mouth opens and the words “I was once named Resident Babe of alt.music.tmbg” come out of my mouth. (Historical proof that this, unlike all other “facts” on this blog, is not made up)

At this point, a firestorm of thoughts is ignited.

1. I used to be a really big dork.
2. I used to have fans.
3. Is item 1 entirely in the past?
4. Is item 2?
5. How come in some conversations I’m totally on fire while other times I’m not? I think alcohol is a factor (especially with regards to my likelihood to root for outlandish causes, discuss personal topics in detail, or tell my friends how much I love them), but I would also like to blame the conversation. partner(s).
6. How is it possible that being declared “resident babe” of the They Might Be Giants newsgroup in 2002 is relevant to any conversation ever?

I went home and resolved to figure all of this out.

I haven’t yet. I have, however, (re)resolved to figure other things out.

Posted: 10:06 pm · Category: Age, Geek, Memories · Comments: 1

Maybe my iPod isn’t really dead yet.

But is a big, fat, old iPod Photo worth reviving?

(Pause for Katie to check her bank balance.)

Yes. Yes, it is.

Update: HOLY FUCKING WOW. It worked!

Posted: 8:40 am · Category: Geek, Links · Comments: 3

I’d been listening to the radio for a few days because it seemed like I should reconnect with the world around me. And then I got tired of it, so I pulled my iPod out again.

I turned it on and got the sad iPod icon.

I knew instantly what this meant, but didn’t want to accept it.

After rebooting it a thousand times, only to be greeted with the sad iPod each time, I pulled up the Apple site and started weighing my options.

I’m thinking of downsizing to a nano.

But I’m not ready to move on quite yet.

I thought about burying my dead iPod in the backyard. You know, a nice, simple service and a modest grave stone. Here lies katiePod, who made a thousand trips between Lawrence and Wichita bearable. It would not be the first time I’ve buried an inanimate object (although it’d be less environmentally sound this time).

And then I think, maybe if I dropped it at exactly the right angle, it’d spring back to life. That seems a bit desperate, though.

Sigh.

Maybe on payday.

Posted: 10:14 pm · Category: Geek · Comments: 4

I have an itch to write, but I know better than to write about the thing that is actually on my mind. So in lieu of a genuine glimpse into my head, here are somethings that I nearly thought about today:

• I need to buy blank DVDs, but I’m not sure where I can get the best deal, so I’m putting it off.
• I was invited to Bonnie Bing’s 60th birthday cocktail party/roast, which is a benefit for CASA of Sedgwick County, but I’m doubtful that I can score a date for a $60/plate charity event. Interested in putting down some cash to rub elbows with Wichita elite? (After further consideration, I might be willing to put down the whole $120 if I had a date who was willing to play dress up with me. I get so few chances to put on a pretty dress and heels.)
• As of Saturday, I’ve officially lost 20 pounds. The plan was to hit 20 and then set a new goal. I’d like to lose another 10 and then reevaluate again.
• My intro pilates class is getting better each week, but it’s still boring.
• I want to go camping. In a tent. Marshmallows, fire and alcohol should be involved.
• I want to go out to the Lake Afton Observatory for nerdy stargazing.
• I want to go to the drive-in. I hear they’re showing Knocked Up and Ocean’s 13 on the same screen. There has to be someone else who wants to see both of those this weekend, right?
• I want to do all of those things because I just realized that it is summer, and I don’t have any vacation planned, and I desperately need to do cliche summer activities in order to maintain my sanity.
• Someone went through every post on my secret blog this morning, and after a pang of paranoia, I have a guess as to who it must have been. The site stats were fun for seeing the insane google searches that bring people here, but they’re also very crazy-making.
• I need to go to the grocery store and do laundry.
• I hope the pair of German shepherds that were guarding my garage this morning don’t come back. Although it was hilarious that Cat Lady was so afraid of them that she wouldn’t leave the house.
• I need to stop being a chicken.

Sigh. And now I will go write about that other thing in my diary.

Posted: 10:17 pm · Category: Lists · Comments: 5