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Flashed on doing some tv fiction project with her papers, or side project companies…

http://nymag.com/news/features/influentials/16926/index1.html

I hear lots of smart, contemporary solutions with the product offerings, extended/24 hours, and overall MORE thoughtfulness to the variety of eaters they have. Would love them to be less cliché ‘American’ diet and even better at the veg*n offerings. In part, because they have such a global presence, and means of influencing dietary health; also, the food is troublesome health-wise, especially for its heavy use customers. Ah we shall see.

http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/07_06/b4020001.htm?chan=gl

Raphael Saadiq producing Robin Thicke

Me’Shell & Erykah Badu (EP of ?live? jams)

I’m thinking veggie castle, by car though - can I convince lil design brother, or…??

Would like to put up my Ebay auxxxions tonight too, continue clearing out things.

Strong bit in my head… wanting to enter other’s people’s natal chart info into one software Now. Will pull together the pile at least, eh?

Went out last night for a 50th birthday dinner and dancing. Skipped most of dinner, saw couple alum brothers. The one I hadn’t seen in a while was sitting at the table with two exes plus an initiate (very funny stuff). I think he was quietly chanting Oy Vey for awhile. * May’ve been too intense and/or cold for some.

I would like to see myself continue to date, dance, cafe and explore the city more going forward.

Face project seems apropos for Spring - confident a photography partner/solution will appear. Simmering on what to do with all the photos. Seeing a screensaver/slide show piece with a song or two. Also, seeing some cards (postal?) from it.

Yes, I am still interested in authoring and publishing books, probably fiction (maybe as a way to sell originally scripted work), and thinking self-publishing. Mainly to shape the timing + execution myself, and, yes, keep more of the money. I stay open to a publisher, I don’t expect or only rely on them/that model to do my thang.

Was playing with a menu concept for next Chicago Christmas. Would be some sort of veggie soul, a la me, spread. Want to come up with more mostly vegetable offerings (e.g. collards, cabbage+carrots). Could be called Down Home. Seeing soulghetti, red beans and rice, trader joe chix nuggets, ?dirty rice, riblets or pete’s bbq mock duck.
It may be that I go for Father’s Day and his birthday (will they be traveling?) this year. Or could be some other random Spring weekend plus the November film festival. (Shucks, my sister is no longer north - so I’ll need to rent a car (or even borrow hers? no, can get one from Pops.)
I may go to Asia over the Christmas, etc. holidays.

I believe I will stay inside today ordering Thai for food, writing (lyrics) in sprints (a la David Allen and Merlin M./GTDers), reading mags and some astrology.
Does roommate have any sort of kitchen/egg timer I can use? Or could I run around to the hardware store and get one, reasonbly cheap?

I feel rather good, and happy, overall. I’m still a bit stunned from the dinner date last night.

Two showers later… I’m still a tad stunned, and he’s called once this morning already. * I feel too spiteful to chat, or at least fearful I’ll say something from that place. (Internally, I’m hearing - is that so bad, wrong?)

On the GTD (Getting Things Done) tip I ran across last night, I believe I could let the Out and Clik subscriptions go, or even cancel them. Funny enough though, I’d love to smartly swirl in the Economist, keep Billboard, plus add in a few other web/paper finance titles. Utne Reader is something I need to pay more attention to. It’s really the melding of Adbusters and Fast Company, in my mind or subscriptions pile. Herbivore subscription is intact and current.
On the finance titles, let’s look at Financial Times online paper, WSJ, and something else stocks-angled.
Thanks.

from HX 19 Jan 07, porn star Francesco D’Macho on the US coast living:

Interviewer: Having lived in New York, and worked in California, what’s the difference between the East and West coasts?

FM: I was surprised because San Francisco is very different, it’s very European. People are very friendly there. In New York, people are very jaded, they’ve seen and done it all. I used to be like that too. But it’s nice to go back to Europe, the people are just more relaxed.

So the Dawghouse O U T of my daily life, and soon my system/brain.

I do have a LOT of resells - maybe 700 items (books, lots of CDs and a few DVDs). I’m glad I’ve kept them, they steadily sell and likely need some detailed repricing from me. Books selling for over $1 will be reposted to AMZN shortly. Have some Freddy CDs to add to AMZN as I didn’t find them on half.com. Looking to do eBay Auxxions (3 days) thereafter. Then circle back to notate the CDs I’ve uploaded before mailing them to their new owners. Would like to tackle Quicken catchup and Tipbook data prep and design thereafter, getting to a post office mid-afternoon, followed by a meal, random fun stop - cafe for voice and rags?, then Carleton pre-reunion dealio.

OK, that was prosaic way to make a list LOL. I feel better and on point. Oh, tomorrow.

Seeing haircut, new resume review, breakdown small box (one with postcards, stamps, etc.), plus create conference composite image for MyAquent profile, and still need a new introducing Demetrius bit to segue better with the success stories and new resume.

I can see repacking ideabooks, for now, and putting CDs on bookcase for easier access, and quick visual separation of the collections: original, new M&As, and Freddies. May do today, seems like not the best or most important use of time. Thinking Saturday or even Sunday is more apropos.

I can see moving the scanner/printer/copier to the SW corner and returning the plasic mesh baskets to the computer desk platform underneath.

This tech basket seems like a great candidate to shrink down.

Was targeted for previous completion (2006 and/or before leaving Dawghouse):

*Going digital
**8mm films converted to DV tape; tape made into CD-rom with soundtrack, chapters, etc.
**papers scanned, AK-named and e-filed
**all BIllboard Pop and R&B #1s acquired, loaded, and labeled to my iTunes
**selected vinyl converted to mp3 by a service

*History binders catchup completed
*Wardrobe refreshed and reorganized

…2,3 other items are absent, or perhaps even completed. Oh,
*Treo and Mac sync’d together

Can easily see bringing in Re$ells. I think it’s eight paper boxes, more books than CDs. Want easy access, yet to not be/feel crowded. Åiming to have CD spines visible at a glance.

I’m wondering about the books’ boxes being under the music keyboard. Not sure if the radiator top is a good move for the CDs. That is where I’m feeling to move them, for now though. I like the space under the Vera painting clear - that feels like GOOD energy to me.

I feel like I could be described as a spiritual plumber.

Too many contortions at the old job - ha, it’s past tense now!