http://diana.ocliw.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:21:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We just had a long conversation-not exactly consistent with my attempts to say “good bye”, but it was so nice and comforting and fun. Maybe I am just weak; maybe I need to again re-affirm the stand that I am trying to take. But it’s like a guilty pleasure that ... http://diana.ocliw.com/2009/01/05/1077/ I freak out easily, but the reason I don’t come across as crazy is because I have enough senses to listen to reasonable voices (no-they are not in my head)before I freak out publicly. It happened again today. But the reasonable voices guided me through it. http://diana.ocliw.com/2009/01/04/freaking-out/ i haven’t had one in a long time - this was particular vivid. i dreamt that i found out a bunch of people i know got kidnapped, and as i stepped out of the house, i was also taken away. one of the things i was told to do ... http://diana.ocliw.com/2009/01/03/nightmare/ i know i have to put it all behind me. seriously, it’s been enough time. before the clock struck midnight on NYE, i wrote abrief email, partly it was a reply, but mostly, it was a good bye. when i put things in writing, they are more concrete ... http://diana.ocliw.com/2009/01/03/good-bye-for-now/ i have always been afraid to walk on tall bridges. on my last day in sydney, i went for a run from darling harbor to the syndey habor bridge in the morning. i knew it would be scared, but i had to get on the bridge, for one last ... http://diana.ocliw.com/2009/01/03/crossing-the-syndey-habor-bridge/ It was a once in a lifetime opportunity to celebrate the end of 2008, and it was even more spectacular than expected. even early in the morning, we saw people lned up with unbrellas and food, waiting for get into various vantage points around the city to watch the fireworks. ... http://diana.ocliw.com/2009/01/01/nye-syndey-2008/ Instead of the drive down the Great Ocean Rd, I opted to hang out alone for a day. I just needed it. After a nice work out, I began walking towards the river front. I had planned to walk to st kilda but got tired. So chilled at a ... http://diana.ocliw.com/2008/12/30/alone-in-melbourne/ At st vicent’s hospital in melbourne, to treat my bug bite that has swelled up to an half-egg size near my ankle, I reflect back on this trip so far: The flight from sfo to syndey was long, but I slept through most of it. Arriving in syndey-the first thing we ... http://diana.ocliw.com/2008/12/26/as-i-wait-2/ Since we didn’t board friday, we had to brave the cold saturday. It was about 10 around the snowbird base and -5 on one of the peaks. But it was amazing that dressing in layers keeps the cold out, more or less. I was never that cold during the day, ... http://diana.ocliw.com/2008/12/26/5-degrees/ This is long overdue but I have been pretty busy: so the friday I was in utah-we had planned to board at snowbird. That morning, we woke up to weather reports of a white-out condition and winds up to 60mph on mountain peaks. On top of all the snow utah ... http://diana.ocliw.com/2008/12/26/smart-decision/