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[bertine]

1. gwangi leaves for basic in two months.

2. I am obsessing about sorbets. I really want to make some right now but I need rock salt and ice.

3. Someday I want an ice maker.

4. We are hiring a couple new programmers at work and it is odd to me that none of the people they are interviewing are female. Are their really that few female programmers out there?

5. Today I plan on working the new site because I can.

6. I need to vacuum my house. Poor Zach's allergies are in kicking in and the cat hair isn't helping.

7. This weekend we are going to Austin for a family golf tournament. I am not playing golf but rather I am going to eat food and introduce Zach to more of my family. I have a very large family.

8. I need more cloth menstrual pads but I don't want to order then online. Does anyone know where I can get them locally?

9. I have decided that it is time for me to actually start going to the gym again. I am going to start with twice a week. I think Wednesdays and one day on the weekend. I should be able to handle that.

10. I am feeling really chubby today. I don't think I am really, I just feel like I am.

Comments

[annablume.livejournal.com]

For me - numbers 8 and 10 go together. Dislike.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

They do. It is one of those days.

[avecvu.livejournal.com]

I don't use cloth menstrual pads, but I wonder if Whole Foods would have them?

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I should see or maybe the local co-op. Hmm...

[lisianthia.livejournal.com]

http://partypantspads.com/ I think these can be bought locally.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I might just break down and order them online. I just am lazy.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

They had them at Seward Co-op so I bought a couple. Yay! This will help, I have two but it just isn't enough anymore. SIGH.

[ctakahara.livejournal.com]

The answer to #4 is, yes, female programmers ARE that rare - at least in the US. Their numbers are higher overseas (something like 11% of programmers in India and close to 40% in Iran are female). Europe as a whole also has more female representation in computer science as a whole.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

It is jsut so weird. I have never worked with another female programmer. It is so weird to me. I am sure it is bound to happen at some point but it is just weird that we don't even get people to interview that are female.

[scentedwoods.livejournal.com]

I misread #4 as you're HIDING a couple of new programmers. Which, I totally get -- once word gets out that you've got more resources, the floodgate of requests open up.

Might want to HIDE them after you HIRE them!! :P

[sterlingphoenix.livejournal.com]

There are traditiojally relatively few women in technical jobs in general, which is sad. Speaking of traditional jobs, its his allergies, can't he vacuum?

[bertine.livejournal.com]

It is sad!

He could vacuum but the vacuum is my toy. Is that sad or what?

[sterlingphoenix.livejournal.com]

That is pretty sad. Didn't you have a roomba?

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I gave the roomba to my mom. I love my vaccuum, it is fun!

[inclementine.livejournal.com]

go for the diva cup!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I have, and love, the diva cup. I just need back up for it at night since I now have an IUD and a much heavier flow.