Just to say I'm alive.
Pearl Harbor Day
I must be losing my grip because I totally forgot about Pearl Harbor day. How could that happen? It's eternally infamous. FDR said so...
Live Journal
I notice the seasonal banner for LJ has the Northern Lights in it. I so did that with my Santa picture last year:
I'm not sure mine is quite as good. But I was there first.
Avenue Q
On Saturday, I went down to New York to see Avenue Q. I was supposed to go with Eric and Walter. I drove to Eric's and we took a train from there. Walter was supposed to meet us. She eventually called and told us she'd meet us right before the show. She had the tickets. She was late. She finally drove by the street corner and handed me the tickets. Eric and I thought we were seeing the show without her. I guess she got in about 40 or 45 minutes late and then couldn't find us until half time. All in all I enjoyed the show, but I'm still glad we got the really cheap tickets. I was not feeling really great all day and I was almost falling asleep. We ate dinner at a place called Blaggards. When we were standing outside looking at the menu, I heard AC/DC playing and that decided it. The jukebox played about five more AC/DC songs. I was very happy.
Christmas Vacation
So, based on her sob story about her family doing nothing for Christmas, I offered to let Giganta/Snoopy come home with me. Eventually she agreed to do so. Christmas for me has been very much the same for many years. I was happy and comfortable with the way it worked. That comfort is now gone. For purely practical reasons, it just can't be the same thing it was in past years. I don't want to say I'm sad to be spending Christmas with my gal, but I am sad that some other things are going to be lost or different. I guess we'll see. There are still some compromises that could be made.
New boss, same as the old boss
My manager is soon to be someone else's manager, it seems. No word on who will replace him, yet. I just have to hope that I get someone who is better instead of someone who is worse. It's not like the movie theater where it was nearly impossible to do worse.
Weird Al
I bought Weird Al's new CD. I enjoyed it, but not like I did the ones from several years back. I have become much too insulated from the modern music scene. Al almost always has a polka medley on each CD. I think I recognized two songs out of at least a dozen. I suppose the songs stand fairly well in their own right, but you definitely are missing out if you don't know the original. UPDATE. I just checked on the status of a parody of James Blunt's You're Beautiful. I hate James Blunt and I hate that song. I guess Blunt approved but his label objected so the song didn't make the album and is just an MP3 from Al's web site. It's a shame since that is a song I do know.
Simpsons quote of the day: Burns talking about the giant ape; King Homer - "If we capture him alive, we can put him on Broadway. Dead, and we can sell monkey stew to the army."
I must be losing my grip because I totally forgot about Pearl Harbor day. How could that happen? It's eternally infamous. FDR said so...
Live Journal
I notice the seasonal banner for LJ has the Northern Lights in it. I so did that with my Santa picture last year:
I'm not sure mine is quite as good. But I was there first.
Avenue Q
On Saturday, I went down to New York to see Avenue Q. I was supposed to go with Eric and Walter. I drove to Eric's and we took a train from there. Walter was supposed to meet us. She eventually called and told us she'd meet us right before the show. She had the tickets. She was late. She finally drove by the street corner and handed me the tickets. Eric and I thought we were seeing the show without her. I guess she got in about 40 or 45 minutes late and then couldn't find us until half time. All in all I enjoyed the show, but I'm still glad we got the really cheap tickets. I was not feeling really great all day and I was almost falling asleep. We ate dinner at a place called Blaggards. When we were standing outside looking at the menu, I heard AC/DC playing and that decided it. The jukebox played about five more AC/DC songs. I was very happy.
Christmas Vacation
So, based on her sob story about her family doing nothing for Christmas, I offered to let Giganta/Snoopy come home with me. Eventually she agreed to do so. Christmas for me has been very much the same for many years. I was happy and comfortable with the way it worked. That comfort is now gone. For purely practical reasons, it just can't be the same thing it was in past years. I don't want to say I'm sad to be spending Christmas with my gal, but I am sad that some other things are going to be lost or different. I guess we'll see. There are still some compromises that could be made.
New boss, same as the old boss
My manager is soon to be someone else's manager, it seems. No word on who will replace him, yet. I just have to hope that I get someone who is better instead of someone who is worse. It's not like the movie theater where it was nearly impossible to do worse.
Weird Al
I bought Weird Al's new CD. I enjoyed it, but not like I did the ones from several years back. I have become much too insulated from the modern music scene. Al almost always has a polka medley on each CD. I think I recognized two songs out of at least a dozen. I suppose the songs stand fairly well in their own right, but you definitely are missing out if you don't know the original. UPDATE. I just checked on the status of a parody of James Blunt's You're Beautiful. I hate James Blunt and I hate that song. I guess Blunt approved but his label objected so the song didn't make the album and is just an MP3 from Al's web site. It's a shame since that is a song I do know.
Simpsons quote of the day: Burns talking about the giant ape; King Homer - "If we capture him alive, we can put him on Broadway. Dead, and we can sell monkey stew to the army."