Happy New Year!
Sunday, 04 January 2009 02:33
Im only a couple days late, right? Good.
New Years Eve was spent at MMs house - good times, even if I was the oldest person there by about a decade. Nice place, too.
Ive been thinking about New Years Resolutions, but havent come up with any specific ones, and specificity is next to Godliness, at least as far as resolutions go, right? Im definitely thinking more creative output. More things written and shot.
What else? Im ending Photo Albums. I want to finish out 2008 and then thats it. I mean, special occasion albums, fine, but no more general "this is my life" style albums. Travel. Motorcycle. Debt Management. Cooking. Building shit. Pretty damn general, right?
Happy 2009!
Home Again, Home Again, Deedily-Dee
Tuesday, 30 December 2008 12:28
So for anyone that reads not logged in, isnt a friend on Facebook and/or doesnt Twitter, I am no longer locked out of my house. I mean, you probably didnt know that I was locked out of my house, but whatever. Im a poster of-the-moment these days.
Im home and have been hunkered down doing laundry, cleaning up paperwork, sorting mail and taking down Christmas lights.
Then I got distracted and had to go do a 4-hour airport double run, but now Im back, ate my 6" sub (woot me!) and am now relaxing. I like relaxing. I also like that every bit of my clothing is either clean and folded and put away or on my body. Of course, Im about to go change that cause Im going to throw everything Im wearing off and find comfy pants in case my roommates come home. Gotta wear pants for the roommates.
Oh, and go Eagles. Way to not suck the one time Im on a plane for exactly the length of the game. Thats how I know you love me - you only hit me when I deserve it, and you always apologize so earnestly afterwards. I still love you. Please dont hit me anymore. Cause I do friggin hate the Cowboys.
And I have returned
Monday, 29 December 2008 15:12
After a late, but uneventful flight to LA, I returned to find myself locked out of the house. Exciting, right?
The rest of the vacation was excellent: full of family, fires (in the fireplace) and feasting. Man, did I eat. I forget what its like not to be full.
Now Im back in LA, chillin at Em & Mattys house, and trying to figure out how Ill be getting back into my place tomorrow. Everyone with a key is out of town for the first time in basically three years. Its absurd. Turns out that my trip is lasting much longer than Id intended it to, I guess. at least I have my laptop and some clothes, although I do need to be doing some laundry.
Welcome to the boringest update of all time. Im sorry - Im locked out of my house after a 2-week trip. All I want is to be in my house. *sigh*
Merry Christmas!
Thursday, 25 December 2008 21:03
Merry Christmas - I hope its an amazing time for everyone here.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 December 2008 21:03 )
from the train
Tuesday, 23 December 2008 01:38
I’m on the train to Philly right now with no internet access on my laptop so thisll get posted when i get to my moms house. I can’t update from my cell phones because of some user-agent security issue that I have helping to protect the site. It’s sort of dumb, and if I think about it in the new year, I’ll add exceptions for my phones. Right now, I’m just trying to rant about the Eagles.
Okay, were we really on the five yard line again yesterday with no ability to get into the end zone? What happened to the balanced attack that may be boring to watch but relies a little less on the decreasingly-trustworthy arm of Donovan McNabb? Did anyone on the coaching staff notice that every one of our receivers was out by the middle of the game? Now, to be fair, I didn’t watch very carefully because I was busy not being miserable, but jesus, what a disaster.
Anyway, enough of that – I’m on my way back from an extended trip to NYC, wherein I spent an unexpected last day in Bay Ridge, which was awesome. Mike and Heather hosted an impromptu mini-party when Donna and Jon came by for Christmas movies and Chinese food. Together, we put down four bottles of wine and an entire bottle of Glenlivet single malt. Go us. And still up at 5:45? Mike’s hardcore. And, I’d like to point out, so the hell am I. When I travel like this, I really burn the candle from every direction trying to get everything done, but it’s well worth it for times like these.
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Why cant I select individual Text Sounds?
Monday, 22 December 2008 00:58
 I dont like that its not a feature on every phone on the planet that you can set individual contacts up with their own text tones the way you can with call tones. Is this really that hard? I want a different ring tone for Twitter on my friggin phone! I want to be able to silence it, if I so desire. Yeesh.
Somebody get on that, please.
Last Updated ( Monday, 22 December 2008 00:58 )
Now Im in New York
Saturday, 20 December 2008 09:20
 A boys work is never done. After an awesome time with Becca & Dave watching the Foosball (have i mentioned the Star Trek thing? Its really burning my brain right now) and a great time with Meg, Ket and baby Kiran, and a short-but-fun boys night of beers and videogames with Drew and a night of beers with Kurt wherein i got to drink Kurts beer, and a drive home that sucked for its sheer boringness, I managed to make it up here on the train. So woot.
Ive been working today and yesterday, which was fine. I tried and failed to go to the Engadget thing tonight, as there were 1000 people in line before i got halfway along it. So Im back in the hotel, stealing wireless from some guy named Kevin, and getting ready to go out for the night. Well see what happens, as the sleet has pretty much kiboshed my plans.
I should post some pics, so Ill consider bringing out the phonecam later if we pass any cool Christmas decorations. And baby pics will follow when i get ahold of the proper cable option for my current setup.
Edit: Now with 100% more tree pictures.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 20 December 2008 09:20 )
Coffee in Columbia
Tuesday, 16 December 2008 22:36
so here I am!
I made it to the East Coast yesterday morning, finally. After a short stint in Media, i drove down to the Baltimore/Washington corridor. Is that what its called? I cant keep track. Anyway.
I watched the totally-incompetent Eagles win over the somehow-more-incompetent Browns, and I listened to the commentators talk incessantly about how McNabb may or may not be the quarterback next year for the Eagles. I can tell you who the future of the Eagles ISNT: heres a hint, their names rhyme with Pandy Screed, Monovan DickNabb, and Evan Cobb. Fuckers.
That rage is entirely misplaced, given that i had a perfectly nice evening with Becca and Dave, shooting the breeze and shooting the fish. We discussed jobs, travel, and Star Trek fan films at great length. It was edifying.
Today, after my stint at Mad City Coffee to replenish my internet, Im going to head down to Silver Spring and get some time in with Megs and Ket and their new one, and then maybe even see Krol. I hope. Im also planning on seeing Drew, although I sort of wonder at how itll all shake out, showing up at midnight or some such at Drews place when he has to work in the morning. Well see.
Anyway, its good to be in town, and Ill keep updating via Twitter as I can, an even try to post a note or two on the real website occasionally. Maybe I can convince Krol to do another ten-song CD while Im here.
Well, boy howdy!
Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:54
Its Wednesday already!
Im starting to get nervous about the stuff I have to do before I head out, and I know its not all going to get done. Lets try to focus on the stuff I do have done so far. I do have a hotel for New York. I do have Monday Night Football plans. I do have gift ideas.
Now, I do have to turn those gift ideas into gift realities, and I do have to get a bunch of work done in the short time I have here before I get on the road. Once Im traveling, Ill be able to do some work, but not as much as before, just given my absurd "driving from place to place on the East Coast" schedule. Ill try to post pictures, though.
Backstage
Monday, 08 December 2008 09:43
Technically, Im not backstage right now. Im in the front row of whatever theatre this is waiting on the start of Diana Ross concert tonight. I feel well rested for the first time in recent memory, and Im looking forward to getting this thing on and over with ASAP.
Bootie LA was particularly awesome last night for some reason, despite my exhaustion. Before that, CJ and I went to a dinner party in BH which was fun. I found out that kids that went to HS with these kids dont say "the hills" or "the OC" the way I thought they did. Now, I know people who talk about going to parties in the hills and/or going down to "the OC", but Im fascinated that this group of people, at least, dont say those things. Do you? Did you before the shows?
What else? Its work-madness for the rest of the week, as I try to get out in front of the work I have to do before my trip. After I leave, Ill work as much as I can, but I have mixed feelings about how itll all get done. I do wish I could take a mobile boradband card with me. Maybe I need to figure out how to tether my phone to my computer again. Different computer, of course, but tethering it still should be an option.
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