Good grief, another one!

I felt this one too. It was a 3.7, at about the same location as last night. I was in a 1:1 meeting with my boss here in north San Jose, so even though it was smaller, I was closer.

Crazy stuff.

that was an experience

About an hour and a half ago, we had an earthquake. It was the third I've felt, and the biggest I've ever felt. Quite an experience.

It was a 5.6, of moderate strength, about eighteen miles south-southwest of my house.

Everything's alright and nothing was broken, but my little Arwen, scaredy cat that she is, is still a bit shook up.

Camera tidbits

My next camera, the Canon EOS 40D, and my favorite camera, the Canon PowerShot G9. They both got good review at my favorite digital camera review site.

Re poker this past Saturday night

I pulled the previous post on my poker game; this one replaces it. I'd rather say only this:

Poker is not for me.

My shiny new bicycle.

Yeah, with a title like that, you'd think I'd post a picture. I will, in a week or so. It's a Trek 7.3 FX in Fathom Duotone (i.e. blue). Really nice bike. It should pay for itself quickly, as I think I've finally found an exercise regimen I enjoy and can stick to.

My brother and I first went to Bicycles! Pleasanton, but they were closed, so we went to Cyclepath. We had a blast test-riding a couple models, first a Trek Navigator 2.0, and then a 7.3 FX. I felt the FX was a better bike, and my brother like the 7.3 FX as well; it was bigger (i.e. it fit him better), and it was lighter and handled better. They only had one 20" model; they called their Hayward store, and they had a 20" 7.2 FX. I bought the blue 7.3 FX and the requisite accessories, and we went to Hayward to pick up the 7.2 FX. It's a beautiful champagne color, and a wonderful bike. They were able to install the computer on on his bike -- what a cool device; I need to schedule a time for mine to be installed.

We brought the bikes back to our parents' house, and we went on a ride around our old neighborhood -- really fun!

We've got a bunch of things to take care of; I need bike shorts and shoes, and we need to figure a better way to store the bikes, but we're well on our way to better fitness and lots more riding fun.

More on my eyes

I had the follow-up on my eyes on the 18th; my eye burst into redness again the night before. Between then and now, I only wore my contacts for a few hours on the 18th, and then again on Saturday to a party for about seven hours. Since last Thursday, my eyes have been red on and off, with last Tuesday evening/Wednesday being the reddest.

I called my optometrist on Monday and made an appointment for this morning. We've determined that it's nothing to do with my contacts. My doctor is fairly certain it's not an infection. She says "it looks really irritated." My eye has been really dry on its own, and she thinks that may be the cause.

We're trying a couple different things over the weekend, and I've got another follow-up appointment on Monday.

My goal is to be back into my contacts before my trip to Las Vegas in mid-November. My doctor thinks we can do it. I hope so.

Poker party this Saturday night

I'm going to my first poker party this Saturday night. I'm excited and a bit nervous. My family plays five-card draw almost every weekend, but we will be playing Texas HoldEm at the party; I've only played HoldEm once before. It should be fun, and a good learning experience as well.

good news

My eye healed up over the weekend, and my optometrist let me start wearing my contacts again. So nice. I've got a follow-up on Thursday to make sure they continue to be healthy. They feel fine. The one difference: I need to keep them wet; I'm continuing to use the rewetting drops as necessary.

good news and bad news

First, the good news. I watched the first three episodes of the new season of Bones last night; it remains at the very high caliber it was in its previous seasons. It continues to be one of my favorite shows of all time.

Now the bad news. I can't wear my contact lenses for a while, as my right eye developed an irritation (i.e. redness) while I was in Austin that hasn't yet cleared up. I saw my optometrist this morning, and she banned me from contacts; she also gave me some rewetting drops and a some antibiotic drops to prevent infection. I see her again on Monday. I hope things clear up by then so I can start wearing my contacts; I miss them terribly.

Books update

I finished Butcher's first book of the Dresden Files earlier this
week; it was excellent. For some reason, I didn't bring book two on my
trip.

I contemplated starting Gibson's Pattern Recognition, and book one of
Butcher's Codex Alera series, but neither felt quite right at this time.

I went to the one remaining book store on Guadalupe yesterday and
picked up the Arden Shakespeare third series' Hamlet and The Merry
Wives of Windsor. I'm going to start Hamlet first.

Why Shakespeare now, especially when I've had such a difficult time
tackling his works my whole life? For one, I know it's important to do
so. Second, something I was reading earlier this week made a
comparison between Hamlet and Falstaff, so I decided to do my own study.

Since I'm at the airport and my flight is delayed, I have plenty of
time to start my study.

Austin pics

I've not yet left Austin, and I've posted pics:

wesleyt : photos : Austin 07 - powered by SmugMug

I may take a few more tomorrow; if I do, I'll add them to the set.

Enjoy!

Books update

A couple weeks ago I finished Harry Potter 7, and I loved it.
Brilliant series; one of the very best ever.

I then read Stardust by Neil Gaiman. It's also brilliant, in a very
different way. It's a different plot than the movie. I'm glad I saw
the movie first, as it's easier to appreciate both plots.

Now I'm off to read book one of the Dresden files by Jim Butcher. It
should be good.