Intelligent Gal's View on Silicon Valley

Music

Liz — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:01:22 +0000

Well this just confirms what you will find below if you scroll down to see my animated iTunes list.

What Your Taste in Music Says About You

Your musical tastes are intense and rebellious.

You are intelligent… but in a very unconventional way.You are curious about the world. You love doing something new.

In fact, you enjoy taking risks and doing things most people would shy away from.

You are very physical. It’s likely that you’re athletic, but not into team sports.

You have the soul of an artist. Beauty and harmony are important to you.

What Does Your Taste in Music Say About You?

Been Awhile

Liz — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:36:27 +0000

Well, I havne’t written in awhile. My trip to see my family in Denver was really great. It wasn’t the typical “visit the family” experience. I’m keeping busy doing htings with my son. At least he still wants to do things together.

Making a Difference

Liz — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:10:57 +0000

I hope. I had never heard of this conference before watching a documentary. Check out TED. It stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. The slogan is “ideas worth spreading”. There are some really great ideas being created and implemented by people. I personally know people who have created organizations to make a difference in some area. I have never been able to pick just one. Also, I am more talented at creating the leaders who will begin these projects than actually running a project, no matter how large.

Happy 4th

Liz — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:32:35 +0000

I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July. It’s so dry here that I don’t expect fireworks. There haven’t been any fireworks ahead of the 4th.

The View

Liz — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:02:30 +0000

I haven’t written much in the past few days. I haven’t made the time to write, and I have been sick from the smokey air. I did get some great sunset photos on Sunday though.

Keys?

Liz — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:35:21 +0000

Here are more silly quiz results:

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to obedience and warmth.In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you’re told that you’re loved.

You’d like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.

Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future… one you can grow with.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage something you’ve always wanted… though you haven’t really thought about it.

In this moment, you think of love as something you can get or discard anytime. You’re feeling self centered.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

The Air Out There

Liz — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:35:19 +0000

The smoky haze here is beginning to get to me. It’s quite thick. This morning the house smells stronger than yesterday. It’ stoo warm here not to have the windows open at least part of the day and overnight to cool off the house. I’m having trouble breathing with all the smoke.

Until I did some reading, I didn’t understand the lightning storms. Of course lightning can cause fires. I just couldn’t imagine how you can have lightning and no thunderstorms. It’s possible to have dry thunderstorms–yes–thunderstorms with no rain. Here’s a little more description.

Yesterday my mother asked when we would get rain to put out the fires. I laughed. We will see rain around November.

Sad News

Liz — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:02:48 +0000

I woke up this morning to read the news and saw that George Carlin died on Sunday. I don’t know any other comedian who gave such a biting social commentary.

Occupied

Liz — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:21:02 +0000

Ever since my son bought RockBand (at my urging), I have been occupied. He and I don’t usually play vdieo games together. RockBand is different. We spent five hours playing on Tuesday when we got it, and another two hours on Wednesday. He was never fond of GuitarHero, although at this point I’m hoping that the drums, guitar and mic will work when GuitarHero World Tour comes out. The only drawback to RockBand is the music. We have downloaded (bought) other songs that we like better. I’m hoping that they come out with more music. It’s from MTV and EA. I don’t expect it would be that big of a deal to expand the game. It does have online play, but we’re too chicken…

I have learned that I play left-handed guitar. I’m completely worthless playing right-handed.

Pacific Ocean

Liz — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:19:46 +0000

The heavy cloud cover on Friday night prevented getting that sunset shot over the ocean. The next day the sun came out around noon, so I have some interesting photos. It’s too bad we didn’t stay longer…