Greetings From The Future
Posted on | November 6, 2008 at 8:12 am | 4 Comments
Hey, I’m back! It’s a week later and it’s a Brand New America. The Fear Mongers and the Scientifically Ignorant have been banished. Even though Barack Obama has got his work cut out for him, I think he’s the right man for the job. The next four years should be very interesting. (I would insert a pic of a champagne bottle here, but I had one of those on the previous post.)
Thanks to InfK for continuing to comment on my blog entries during the absence of new ones, and in the face of overwhelming adversity. Also, congrats to InfK and Fahey on the impending arrival of offspring #2.
I’m not sure what my blogging schedule is going to be like. As I suspected, I really enjoyed my time off. A lot. It’s really nice to 1) have the extra time I usually spend writing a blog entry to get other things done, and 2) not have to constantly think all day about what I’m going to write next. I could get used to that. I do have a lot of stuff built up to talk about though, including more fun with iPhone migrations.
Pet Peeve of the Day:But the biggest impediment to resuming daily blogging is the DSL problems I’ve been having. I’ll save the details of that for a future post, especially since it’s an ongoing saga and I’m not sure yet what the resolution will be. (One upshot is that I pretty much have no Internet access in the late evening any more.) I’ve got some decisions to make, but I’m awaiting more information. I will say that Qwest, my DSL provider, has a lot to answer for. Good thing I have a relative who works for them.
Latre.
I know you all missed this! Here’s my jogging playlists for the missing days!
Jogged Tues 11/4: (@ 43°F)
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Jogging:
- “Deadline” (Blue Öyster Cult)
- “Mothers Eyes” (Power Of Dreams)
- “Simple” (Midlake)
- “The Revenge of Vera Gemini” (Blue Öyster Cult)
- “Another Willingly Opened Window” (Bill Nelson)
- “Oh Patti” (Alphaville)
- “I Swear It (I Can Change)” (Violent Femmes)
Jogged Sun 11/2: (@ 63°F)
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Jogging:
- “Always On My Mind” (Phantom Planet)
- “Talk To Me, Dance With Me” (Hot Hot Heat)
- “Judy Jones” (Anne Summers)
- “Last Chance on the Stairway” (Duran Duran)
- “Quinella Holiday” (Midnight Oil)
- “Anyone Can Play Guitar” (Radiohead)
- “She’s Walking Out” (The Stills)
Jogged Sat 11/1: (@ 51°F)
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Jogging:
- “The Robot’s Dance” (Classix Nouveaux)
- “What You Mean” (Possum Dixon)
- “Green Grow the Rushes” (R.E.M.)
- “Bike Ride to the Moon” (The Dukes of Stratosphear)
- “Operators Manual” (Buzzcocks)
- “One in a Million” (Echobelly)
- “It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career” (Belle & Sebastian)
Jogged Fri 10/31: (@ 51°F)
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Jogging:
- “Welcome to Hard Times” (Belle Da Gama)
- “Never to Come Again” (Brad Jones)
- “Poverty Sucks” (Quasi)
- “What You Deserve” (Echobelly)
- “Stateless” (Ultravox)
- “Bullshit Detector” (Chris Mars)
- “Avenue Z” (ABC)
- “Wishful Thinking” (Alphaville)
Jogged Thurs 10/30: (@ 47°F)
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Jogging:
- “Ha Ha, I’m Drowning” (The Teardrop Explodes)
- “We Love You, Carol and Alison” (Game Theory)
- “Driving Aloud” (Robyn Hitchcock)
- “Dislocation” (Ultravox)
- “Phone” (House of Love)
- “To Be Myself Completely” (Belle & Sebastian)
- “Lemons From Lemonade” (The Celebrity Pilots)
Poignant Search Term Of The Day That Led To This Blog: “guy i like is being a hermit”.
Videogame(s) Played During Blogging Vacation: Bioshock (PS demo), Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword (DS), Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, starting all over again now that it has the Trophy patch; luckily I wasn’t too far into it), and Heavenly Sword, which I finally beat!
Comments
4 Responses to “Greetings From The Future”
November 6th, 2008 @ 5:42 pm
holy shit! We’re having another baby!?
: )
fahey xxxx
November 6th, 2008 @ 5:56 pm
I’m taking a week off from posting comments.
I will, however, still be posting comments from time to time.
November 7th, 2008 @ 12:04 am
Congratulations to Democrats everywhere on winning both the presidency and a majority in congress. I guess this is the left’s big chance to demonstrate their policies. As you say, “The next four years should be very interesting.”
November 8th, 2008 @ 6:30 am
Were you gone? j/k. Welcome back.