...Conan O'Brien:
Thank you for featuring the cast of Mary Poppins on your show tonight and CONFIRMING that I do NOT want to see that play!! Double so if that was their big production number. SUCKYYYYYY!
...Stomach:
Why are you making those noises? I cooked the chicken myself and confirmed it was hot enough before I ate it. You should not be making those noises!
...Nose:
Another sinus infection? You can't be serious!
...ABC New:
Thanks for having that clip about Sleigh Bells up on the web. I hope to remember them when they finally release an album.
...Television:
Thanks for having MUTE buttons so I could stop hearing the Mary Poppins song and am currently not hearing Q&A with the cast of New Moon
...Weather
Can you knock it off with the 20+ degree temp changes between night and day? Me no likes!
...Finances
WTF happened? Where did you go?!?!
...Mojo
I miss you!!
and not really there
I'm just lost in the elsewhere my thoughts were
Have you ever been typing along, paying close attention to the page you're copying like we were all taught in school, and glance up at your screen to find out that somehow the cursor has jumped up into the middle of the previous paragraph and you have an entire section of text that doesn't belong there?
Have you ever done that?
Seriously!
How the heck does that happen??
It's a complete mystery to me.
Help me out here.
I really need to know.
I read an article this morning that said "twitter" was the most used English word of 2009. In the past year, I'm proud to say I tweeted a lot more about listening than watching or sleeping.
in case you missed it on CO
It was all so much fun to unwrap - I haven't gotten to do that in years!! It was like a bunch of Christmasessesssss at once.
Currently looking forward to, or pretending to look forward to:
Sat, Dec 5
- 3p, It's A Wonderful Life on a movie screen at the Seal Beach Theatre
- 6p, Optional: the Belmont Shore Christmas Parade. I probably won't go - parking is a bitch and I don't really know anyone to hang with anymore (it's dull if you're alone and don't live there).
- 3p, Out & About Holiday Progressive Dinner. 3 stops (a home, a restaurant, a home) and lots of gay men!!
- 6p (won't make it unless i'm having a REALLY bad time at the progressive), another screening of IAWL
Mon Dec 7 and Wed Dec 9
- 8p, final screenings of IAWL in Seal Beach (I might be able to get out of work early one night. I might not be in the mood. Dunno.)
- Also, Dec 9 only, 3-6pm = Office holiday "party" in the conference rooms (using the term "party" loosely cause it usually sucks). I'll probably have too much work to attend anyway.
Sat, Dec 12
- 9am-noon Holiday Appetizers cooking class in Silverlake (oh, how I will HATE waking up for that!)
- Afternoon: swing by the Los Angeles Tamale Festival (postponed from November)
- 5p, Daisy Lane Christmas Parade. Only 3 blocks from me and the saddest/tackiest Xmas parade ever. I love it
Sat, Dec 19
- 3p, first screening of A Christmas Story at the Seal Beach Theatre. I probably won't make it to this one.
- 6p (I won't make it but enjoy knowing when it is), the Naples Boat Parade of Lights
- 8pm(ish), Brian Setzer Christmas Extravaganza concert. Had a blast last time! It's also the night of "Merry -X- mas" (as in the band, X), but I already had the pit ticket for Brian Setzer when I heard about X's show.
- Additional screenings of A Christmas Story in Seal Beach
After months of waiting, I received an invitation to try/beta-test Google Wave, which looks like this:
Thankfully, there have since been much more succinct attempts to convey the meaning of Wave, like this one:
It may take a while for Wave to catch on, if ever it does. A lot of its features are not quite intuitive to use (at least not yet). I hope the bugs are quickly squashed. Wave (or something like it) could easily revolutionize a great many fields of endeavor. Take education. I know a fellow currently getting his masters through an online program. Why shouldn't such a program be conducted entirely within Google Wave? Every class session or subject unit could be its own wave; the entire course (including all live class discussions) would be preserved and searchable. Any student trying to make a point could back it up by citing online sources and instantly providing links. Talk about expanding the scope of discussion!
Yes, I know, first all the students would have to be fluent in Wave, and that's not going to happen for a while...but students are very quick to adapt. Today's tweens have never lived in a world without the world wide web. I sent letters through the mail, banged out on a typewriter; they send dozens of texts a day, blipped out one-handed on telephones that look like Star Trek props. I feel obliged to learn as much as I can about Wave, lest it crash over me.
I have come to the conclusion that, in my life anyway, success is measured by how many "guys" I have.
You know what I'm talking about.
"Your dishwasher stopped working? I'll call my guy."
"Your bank account's messed up? I'll call my bank guy."
I've got a yard guy, tile guy, paint guy, car guy, IT guy, carpet guy, plumbing guy, electrical guy...
The only problem is...everyone has those guys!
But, what if I had some really unusual guys?
Like, "Oh, you're stranded in Mozambique? Sit tight, I'll call my guy."
"You're stuck in a drainage pipe? Hang on, I'll call my guy."
"You're being attacked by a what? Oh, a Panther? No prob, I'll call my big cat guy."
Compete with that!!
Here's the way this works, people...the one with the most "guys" wins.
Am I right about this, or what?
