Archive for May, 2005
Coffee Cup 397 and 398
Posted by Lloyd Y. Asato | Filed under Poetics of Peet's
I did not go to the market yesterday. I did not get a Sunday paper or shaving cream. I did get an hour extra to sleep but wasted it updating my stocks. I did not shave this morning. I did not need to, not really.
I did a clean install (Tiger). I did a full back up on Saturday. I did not back up Sunday or today. I did lose whatever came in today. I did need what I lost. 397.
I did complete the upgrade to Tiger. I did have to upgrade Missing Sync. I did not have to upgrade anything else, so far. I dig this upgrade, I do. 398.
Win a Pound of Peets from Presh
Coffee Cup 399 and 400
Posted by Lloyd Y. Asato | Filed under Poetics of Peet's
Finishing up at the office. I fly to the big city tonight, then the red eye to Phoenix for regional meetings. The meetings are being held at the Grand Canyon. One of the joys of being in Region D is where we get to meet. From Reno and the Grand Canyon to Waikoloa and Taos.
Because of the four hour drive to the Grand Canyon, Wednesday is a travel day. I am tempted to catch a Diamondbacks game before heading up. My Giants are in town. I have not been to a Giants game since October of 1989. I have bad memories of that season. 399.
Tiger is behaving very well. I love the dashboard widgets and miss the old look of Mail. Have not used Automator yet nor have I set up my Safari RSS bookmarks. 400. How about that? 400 cups…
Win a Pound of Peets from Presh
Coffee Cup 401 – I’m baaaack…
Posted by Lloyd Y. Asato | Filed under Poetics of Peet's
As I mentioned before, the conceit of this blog is that the posts record the day???s coffee and not when written. Dates and times may be adjusted so that the coffees appear on the day consumed. This will be the case for these next few posts. As Presh explains, I have been without my feed.
On the flight over, it was my pleasure to sit next to Ms. M.
Usually, when I fly, I immediately put on my noise canceling headphones. This is my shield to protect me from friendly extroverts. It allows me to smile, pull the earpiece to the side (in what I hope is not too dramatic a gesture), listen politely, maybe comment, and then place the earpiece back. Even the most edgy extrovert gets the hint after awhile.
I first ran into Ms. M. on the flight over to the big city. She commented on my iPod Shuffle. Later at the gate before heading to Phoenix, we chatted again. When we found ourselves seated next to each other on the flight to Phoenix it seemed rude to immediately go shields up.
Life is very interesting when you pay attention.
It turns out that Ms. M. is a very creative woman at play in the world. She is a traveler in the truest sense and she inspired me. She is a writer who has chosen adventure. It was an exhilarating talk. We talked about writing and she asked me a great question. Why do I write? Or what do I write? I forget what the exact question was but it helped me find an answer that I really liked.
I write to see with fresh eyes.
When I finally did put on the headphones it was not to hide but so that I could process what I learned. It was a short conversation but she added a most interesting vector to my life.
Our first stop in Phoenix was Krispy Kreme. This time the Hot Light was on and Josh (my co-worker) got to taste his first original glazed. Eight hours later we arrived at the Grand Canyon. 401.