More rain today. Are we going to get a nice weekend anytime soon? I guess not. Well, it gave me time to back up my hard drive, watch some Futurama, Animatrix shorts, and some random anime. And read a little bit too. Can’t spend the whole day in front of the tube.
Category: personal
Rain
Another rainy day in Somerville, so no street fair today. Darn. I bought the Sunday New York Times to keep myself entertained. And I took a little trip to Borders to pick up the new Led Zep CD.
Working late
Wound up working late both yesterday and today. Hopefully, I can get home on time tomorrow. I’m tired and cranky, darn it!
easily amused
For some reason, I’ve been very “easily amused” today. I’m even laughing at the boy-band episode of the Simpsons. I’m laughing at just about everything, in fact. What the hell is wrong with me?
Good news, bad news
My car passed inspection today, but I broke the sunroof about 1/2 hour later.
Gene and Helen
I just posted some pictures from Gene and Helen’s housewarming party. Enjoy.
Gene and Helen
Went to Gene and Helen’s housewarming party on Saturday. Nice house.
Favorite comment (from someone who clearly wasn’t aware that they’re vegetarians): “Who catered this thing? Baboons?”
Also got to see Jaimie and Sue’s house. Also nice. Cute kid too.
dentist
Urk. Had to go to the dentist’s and get a filling today. (Yeah, I know, that’s nothing. It could have been much worse.)
It’s my birthday.
Well, today’s my 35th birthday. Relatively good day so far. Thai for lunch. Nice pastrami sandwich for dinner. Star Trek tonight. A little Stravinsky on the stereo right now. What could be better? 🙂
Merry Christmas!
Dang, I just wrote a long blog entry, only to have it obliterated when I hit “post”. Well, I’m going to try to recreate it now. Hopefully, it won’t get swallowed up by the web monster this time.
Merry Christmas!
I’m spending Christmas Eve home alone, and going over to my parent’s house tomorrow for Christmas. Having little better to do, I have decided to share my thoughts on a few subjects here.
Lord of the Rings
Good movie. Given all the competing pressures on him, Mr. Jackson made the best movie he could reasonably be expected to make. It won’t alienate any but the most ardent LoTR fanatics, and it does remain accessible to the general public. It’s interesting to think about the decisions he made about what to take out, what to leave in, what to change, and what to add. I didn’t have a problem with any of the actors. They were all good, and a few were great.
The Sneaker Bomber
Is it just me, or does this sound like something out of an old episode of Get Smart?
Christmas
Despite the layoffs, the terrorism, the crappy economy, and the uncertain future, I have still managed to work myself into a very Christmas kinda mood over the last week. I’ve been listening to Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas a lot. (I downloaded it from EMusic.) I also enjoyed Bill Plympton’s Twelve Tiny Christmas Tales on Cartoon Network last night. Fun stuff.
EMusic
Alright, I know a lot people would probably consider this a cardinal sin, but I’ve been paying money to download MP3’s from the web. Call me crazy, but I think it’s worth $10 or $15 a month to be able to download complete albums easily, and to have that warm glow that comes with the knowledge that the people who made the music I’m listening to are getting a little money when I download their stuff.
Well, that’s just about everything I had in the entry that got eaten by the web monster. Hopefully, this one will survive.