Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

22 Sep 2009, 8:56 a.m.

Blinglish

Hi, reader. I wrote this in 2009 and it's now more than five years old. So it may be very out of date; the world, and I, have changed a lot since I wrote it! I'm keeping this up for historical archive purposes, but the me of today may 100% disagree with what I said then. I rarely edit posts after publishing them, but if I do, I usually leave a note in italics to mark the edit and the reason. If this post is particularly offensive or breaches someone's privacy, please contact me.

My last full day of work here in Cambridge, UK. I wish Leonard hadn't fallen ill. About a week after plane flights he tends to get an annoying sinus thing for a few days. Maybe we should just plan for that and not bother making plans for those spots on the calendar. He's mostly better now...just in time to come back this week.

Yesterday I felt stupid and slow all day...until I borrowed some headphones and listened to a remix of Will Smith singing "Wild Wild West", whereupon I cheered up immediately and could work.

We're staying in a studio apartment, and it will be great to go back to a 1-bedroom. I need music, sunlight, food, drink when I get up and want to work, and it drives me nuts to tiptoe around a sleeping Leonard.

(And zippy net access at home; that will be such the relief after this mobile broadband dongle nonsense.)

I realize this sounds like complain complain complain. Honestly it's a nice flat and my stay in Cambridge has been pretty good. I'm just wrung out because I've been angry/wistful/resentful/harried/depressed for a fair portion of the trip, and this surfaces in the guise of petty complaints.

Comments

Fafner
http://m14m.net/haberdash/
22 Sep 2009, 17:18 p.m.

I hope things settle out into some kind of contented homeostasis soon, whichever way it winds up happening. You guys are fantastic and both of you deserve a brimming hogshead of happiness.

Brendan
http://www.xorph.com/
22 Sep 2009, 20:19 p.m.

Agreed. Also, if Sarah Haskins is to be believed, you spelled "blingitude" wrong.