Now playing: Jerry Goldsmith - Masada - Main Theme
via FoxyTunes
Back from the East! Plane flights were surprisingly uneventful. After a number of months with the laziest waking schedule ever (before we left, that is), being three hours ahead of California time is just strange. Woken up and ready to go at 8? Hungry for lunch at 9? I've been transported to crazy land!
I beat my dad at Carroms, which is a big thing, considering he never beat his father (nor had I, my gramps was both annoyingly *and* admirably unforgiving in not giving us an inch with his mad carrom skillz). I still have yet to beat my aunt, and still contend that my pop wasn't at his top game. But hey, there you have it.
I'm going to Italy! Got my plane ticket and everything and will be staying for two weeks in Bologna and wherever else I'll be allowed to go. I was surprised that my Passport hasn't expired yet. I got it in 2001 (and boy, does my picture show it) and evidently it lasts for 10 years. So cool.
I now have about two weeks before I leave, and a fair amount of socializing to fit in. Gotta call Mary (who I haven't talked to in ages, an old YPSO buddy) about those P.D.Q Bach Tickets. Gotta call Sascha so I can return her "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" DVD set (and possibly ask if she'd be interested in an upcoming Davis Shindig). And I need to call Will and finally meet the guy! AND I've got the Prized Writing Awards to go to next week AND Coach's B-Day party! How the heck did this all pile up?
Maybe all this will keep me from return to my old eating habits. But being jet lagged definitely doesn't help when you feel hungry at the wrong hours of the day. Anywho, back to business.
Enough, More Later.
- James
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Thursday, August 07, 2008
I'm a lazy bum, sort of
Now playing: Jerry Goldsmith - The Fire Dragon (I seem to harbor an inordinate amount of affection for this song, i.e. it frickin' roXXors)
via FoxyTunes
Sometimes when I think of updating my blog, "I should post some pictures...oh wait, I have no way to host them, come to think of it, no way to take them. I really should get a digi-cam, they must be pretty damn affordable by now!" Of course, it's not terribly high on my list, but I always fantasize about how I can improve my picture taking abilities had I had one. You mean I actually have to think ahead about how I want to spend my fun money? Scandalous!
To the point, I re-organized my room. My desire for more shelf space finally took hold in my brain and wouldn't let go, so I dredged up my old Logistics Crew skills and played furniture tetris with my living area. I'd forgotten how little floorspace I have in my room, and that lead to some old problems of re-arranging the essentials: when you only have two walls to shove things up against, things get pretty limited. As much as I like my bay window, there's really very little you can put up to it. As it's designed to give a nice view, anything in front of it kind of defeats the whole "seeing things" business. And then the closet takes up the opposite wall, so it's either more space or losing access to clean clothes.
In the end, I finally decided that I could deal with limited access to the closet. I lined up my loft bed (on risers) the long way in front of the closet, which now limits how easily I can get my clothing, and makes trying to get stuff out of the top shelf somewhat ridiculous (ehh, I don't wear ties every day anyway). On the flip side, I now can easily access the shelf area above, and accordingly my nifty extra bookshelves. I stacked my two DVD shelves and moved them, so now I have more wall space, and you can guarentee that there'll be a new bookshelf in there soon. The final boon is that my desk can now take an un-obtrusive center at the bay windows, giving me a wonderful view of our backyard and my hummer feeder. There is still much to do!
I will give a shout out to ol' Tim Jue, who I saw and caught up with today at A.G. Ferrari's on College. I long for more KNSL shenanigans, and hope we'll both have time to indulge in our little creative diversions.
Anywho, it's late, I'm tired, yadda yadda.
Enough, More Later.
- James
via FoxyTunes
Sometimes when I think of updating my blog, "I should post some pictures...oh wait, I have no way to host them, come to think of it, no way to take them. I really should get a digi-cam, they must be pretty damn affordable by now!" Of course, it's not terribly high on my list, but I always fantasize about how I can improve my picture taking abilities had I had one. You mean I actually have to think ahead about how I want to spend my fun money? Scandalous!
To the point, I re-organized my room. My desire for more shelf space finally took hold in my brain and wouldn't let go, so I dredged up my old Logistics Crew skills and played furniture tetris with my living area. I'd forgotten how little floorspace I have in my room, and that lead to some old problems of re-arranging the essentials: when you only have two walls to shove things up against, things get pretty limited. As much as I like my bay window, there's really very little you can put up to it. As it's designed to give a nice view, anything in front of it kind of defeats the whole "seeing things" business. And then the closet takes up the opposite wall, so it's either more space or losing access to clean clothes.
In the end, I finally decided that I could deal with limited access to the closet. I lined up my loft bed (on risers) the long way in front of the closet, which now limits how easily I can get my clothing, and makes trying to get stuff out of the top shelf somewhat ridiculous (ehh, I don't wear ties every day anyway). On the flip side, I now can easily access the shelf area above, and accordingly my nifty extra bookshelves. I stacked my two DVD shelves and moved them, so now I have more wall space, and you can guarentee that there'll be a new bookshelf in there soon. The final boon is that my desk can now take an un-obtrusive center at the bay windows, giving me a wonderful view of our backyard and my hummer feeder. There is still much to do!
I will give a shout out to ol' Tim Jue, who I saw and caught up with today at A.G. Ferrari's on College. I long for more KNSL shenanigans, and hope we'll both have time to indulge in our little creative diversions.
Anywho, it's late, I'm tired, yadda yadda.
Enough, More Later.
- James
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