Dear Diary . . . day by day

Wednesday, August 16th - Busy is as Busy Does
Oh! There's so much going on! I've rented a pickup truck to go to Burning Man - I got a very good deal from Budget. Since Jeff is driving with me, I decided to make sure we'd have plenty of space - there's all the survival gear, water, tents, shade, food, etc. plus all his musical instruments (he has at least two gigs at Burning Man, and it would be foolish of him to travel without his instruments anyway). So far our little camp is me, Jeff, Ian and Aaron. Maybe Dan and Judy. This'll be the first year that almost every tent around the dome holds only one person - the past couple of years, I was one of the sole single folk there. Of course, Ian and Aaron have SO's who are simply not going this year, so I suppose we're about even on that front after all. It's going to be a different year at Burning Man, and I'm starting to really look forward to it!
Buying a computer is a hair-pulling exercise. I've come to the conclusion that the list prices on new Macs are solid and I'll have to actually pay full price. Sigh. I'm also waffling on which computer to buy, whether to buy both a laptop AND a desktop (which, depending on which I buy, could cost about the same as a new "low-end" Powerbook), should I buy the printer now or later, how much in debt am I willing to go for this? It's all tax-deductible, which works out to about 2/3 original price - but I won't see the refund until next spring. Anyhow, getting a higher-paying job is the way to go here, and that in itself is a stressful thing to be doing.
It's busy here at work as we near another trade show. I actually like it being busy, as I don't glaze over so badly in the long afternoons. But it means putting off stuff like Strange Horizons bookstore stuff, which I can only do on the nice iMac at work. This is another reason I think it's imperative that I splurge on, I mean buy, a new computer ASAP - I need to be able to work over the weekends! Right now I'm getting requests for graphics, which my computer at home won't handle without a long, slow scramble and the firewall (or something) here won't let through. Anyhow, it's all too frantic this week, so it'll all just have to be solved on my brand-new computer this weekend. Which is my justification for buying the new computer in the first place.
What else? Oh, yeah, so I have to distribute a new story to the class on Thursday and guess what? Nothing. Well, I have a very poorly put together piece which I'm in the process of ripping into two, more-cohesive stories, but I've no faith I'll get it done in time. I may have to tape Survivor tonight and not allow myself to watch it until I'm done with a draft. Yeah - a little self-blackmail never hurt anyone.
Exercise log:
Let's see: I lifted weights on Monday - shoulder, sides and calves day. Did some abs, too. I did 20 minutes of cardio on the elliptical "Precor" machine, which lets you jog without the impact. Skipped yoga Tuesday.
Writing log:
Argh!
I'm currently reading:
Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier
The Clewiston Test by Kate Wilhelm
oh so slowly:
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany

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