writing, typing, typography

[trochee]

gmail is down.

i'm at the lab at ten to eight, wondering if i should go out to get yakisoba while i write.

I'm very proud of myself today: I broke the block I was in, and I wrote three subsections of background. My hope is to take advantage of this momentum and actually finish a draft of the background chapter tonight (!)

I spent two hours today running down problems wtih bank transfers, and there seems to be something weird about my entire X session right now -- it keeps freezing firefox. And XMMS won't start. It's like the whole computer has bent itself on "no distractions for you".

but -- haha! I have found distractions aplenty. Among other things fished out of the P section of the stacks, I found Phonetic Symbol Guide by Geoffrey Pullum and William Ladusaw. It's like a little dictionary with a funny letter on each page. I love it. The introduction (available through Google Print) is fun for typography geeks like me.

Comments

[bwb-archive.livejournal.com]

Only if the head of the forest spirit is returned.

YAKISOBA!!!! FLAN!!!!

[trochee.livejournal.com]

then we shall have no problems. Yakisoba and flan, for everyone.

[beckyb.livejournal.com]

Isn't that boo's job?

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

To do what ?

[trochee.livejournal.com]

to return the head of the forest spirit, Mononoke-sama!

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

Jesus you are going nuts with these icons. I thought you were writing ? !!
That icon is nice : its kinda like you and I.
Together but separate.

[trochee.livejournal.com]

that's how I have it tagged, actually. "together". Except also apart.

I just found an icon website and added a bunch. Especially since everybody's making "ashitaka" jokes, it seemed like the time.

[beckyb.livejournal.com]

He could be visiting the electricity pylon number collecting page. Or worse, he could be creating another page to honor electricity pylons.

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

Oooh. That's actually a really cool site ! I love the pylons by my house !