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We Now Return You To Our Regularly Scheduled Broadcast, Already in Progress…
…in which I talk about my own current affairs and the regularity of my blogging.
I feel bad because it shouldn’t be all that hard to post one blog a week. Every friday I all of a sudden realize that I haven’t posted anything and that I should write something up “right now” or another week will go by. Then, on Monday, I realize that I’ve missed that week. Maybe I need a weekly blogging night, or something. I frequently have ideas that I want to write about, issues that bother me, thoughts that I ponder; you know, regular blogging topics, but I often forget them before I get a chance to write about them. To this end, I think I’m going to buy myself yet another blank journal and start a blogging notebook… kind of a “writer’s block defense book.” I almost bought one this weekend (for free with a coupon), but they were all so cheap looking I didn’t think they’d hold up to the abuse I was sure to pile on them. I’m low on funds right now, but I may still go out and see what I can find in the bookstore, later.
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We Now Return You To Our Regularly Scheduled Broadcast, Already in Progress…
…in which I talk about my own current affairs and the regularity of my blogging.
I feel bad because it shouldn’t be all that hard to post one blog a week. Every friday I all of a sudden realize that I haven’t posted anything and that I should write something up “right now” or another week will go by. Then, on Monday, I realize that I’ve missed that week. Maybe I need a weekly blogging night, or something. I frequently have ideas that I want to write about, issues that bother me, thoughts that I ponder; you know, regular blogging topics, but I often forget them before I get a chance to write about them. To this end, I think I’m going to buy myself yet another blank journal and start a blogging notebook… kind of a “writer’s blog defense book.” I almost bought one this weekend (for free with a coupon), but they were all so cheap looking I didn’t think they’d hold up to the abuse I was sure to pile on them. I’m low on funds right now, but I may still go out and see what I can find in the bookstore, later.
I’m glad the election is over, I was getting really tired of all the political talk, both national and local. More-so, I was getting really sick of the ads that months ago started out clean and unscathing, but more recently turned to muckraking and borderline slander. Someday, I’d love to live in a world where we simply sell ourselves on our own merit, rather than on how much better we are then our peers. Every time I am all but forced to promote myself by comparative arguments, I feel disgusted with myself. Yes, I understand that to get ahead, we have to make ourselves look like the best choice, but I’d certainly rather do that by making myself look good, not by making others look bad. Our society has put so much stress on contrast and competition, I feel like we, as a “modern” society, are far more adept at finding the bad in things than finding the good. I like to think of myself as a radical in such that whenever I watch a movie, or read a book, I manage to find some redeemable quality that made my experience worth while, rather than focus on the flaws so much that it ruins the entire event.
I’ve also noticed in the past, that I have been able to change people’s overall opinion of a “bad” movie, simply by talking about the good parts and helping them to remember what they actually enjoyed. Its not that I’m trying to be an advocate against negative opinions, but I just feel like the world today doesn’t foster an environment for a fair analysis. When we find a flaw in something, we pick at it interminably until the entire whole of the thing is infected and crusted over with whatever turned us against it in the first place, even if that initial inkling was minor at its inception. We are predisposed to hate something, and need to be convinced that we like it, rather than the other way around. We’re constantly prepared for disappointment, and have to be surprised when we’re not disappointed. So often, people critique something by saying it was “surprisingly good,” as if there was no way that they were going to be entertained. But then again, if you expected such a massive letdown, why did you even give it a chance. Maybe we’re constantly on the lookout for surprise, and as such, continue to expose ourselves to potential disaster, in hopes that the titanic will finally miss the iceberg.
Sometimes, however, no matter how high your expectations are, there’s nothing that can prepare you for the inevitable meltdown that’s waiting for you in the near future.
I went to Wizard World Texas, yesterday, and while I’m not going to go into details about it, things were not good on the trip back. I got to spend time with Derek, which was good, and I got to meet Max Brooks, which was great, but pretty much everything else was trumped by some unfortunate events on the way home. I’m working very hard to focus on the highlights, and am making light, in my head, of the tragedies, but its hard. I’m concerned for the future of some really good friends and hope that, despite the awkwardness and unfortunate circumstances of this weekend, things will improve. In my retelling of this weekend’s events, I’ve admitted that the last thing I want to be is the straw on the camel’s back. Also, I found out this past weekend, that a peer, and passing acquaintance is no longer together with her spouse. I don’t know her all that well and rarely socialize with her, I’ve never met her spouse to my knowledge, but the news of her name change and breakup was remarkably saddening to me. I grew up lucky, I’d say. My parents rarely fought, were always supportive of each other and my brother and I, and had decent relationships with all of their parents and grandparents. Divorce is extraordinarily rare in my family, and I’ve never had to deal with it first person.
Even when Heather and I were having some serious relationship problems, years back, I don’t think either of us could picture ourselves not with each other. Its like we just understood that we would work it out and move forward. Now, six years later, I’ve never loved Heather more, and to know that we have Ansel as a result of, not only our love, but our sordid experiences as well, makes me realize that a marriage does not have to be eternal bliss. In fact, I would argue, that a marriage, or any relationship for that matter, cannot exist solely on rapture and euphoria. If you cannot experience all of your emotions with your closest relationships, then you’re obviously not completely open to them. Every now and then, you have to spit a little venom.This isn’t at all where I intended to go with this post, and to be honest, I don’t even know where I expected to go when I started writing, but I’ll be damned if it isn’t good enough.
Originally posted at K. Close III
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- 14:35 Just met Max Brooks, he’s a super nice guy and was really fun in person. Well worth the trip. #
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- 23:46 Good thing I have lights. #
- 09:25 I’ve been debating a breakfast burrito… I think I’m done debating and its time to whip one up! #
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- 08:06 “Cycling” Jacket acquired, now I need some gloves… my thumbs nearly froze off this morning. #
- 08:49 Well. we were out too late, and I ended up washing the dog before bed, so I didn’t get to play Tool on Guitar Hero last night… #
- 09:33 I trimmed up some of my beard this morning, and now I’m afraid to tug on the hairs after last week’s beard hari incident. #
- 09:34 I really need to proofread before hitting [enter]. #
- 10:01 Great, House MD is moving to Monday nights in January… as if I don’t have enough to watch on Mondays. #
- 14:14 Have some to do items over at Oak St. today. I may take care of those and slip out afterwards. Its been a slow day but I’ve been productive. #
- 14:14 Twoosh! #
- 14:15 Who’s coming over early to rock some Tool tonight? #
- 17:26 Its getting much darker than I want to ride home in. #
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- 09:13 dang, I forgot I wanted to try to do NaNoWriMo again this year… I’m a little late now, I guess. Maybe I’ll try and edit my last NaNoWriMo. #
- 09:13 Twoosh! #
- 09:24 Today is one of those days that I’d really rather be anywhere else! #
- 09:34 Maybe some coffee will help me focus on work. #
- 09:47 So I meant to Twitter this two days ago, but the Tool setlist in Guitar Hero is Awesomely Hard! #
- 10:15 Yup, the bacon/egg/cheese Lean Pockets are definitely my favorite… #
- 10:36 The Presidents of the United States of America tracks on Rock Band are surprisingly difficult. #
- 11:19 I miss seeing Craig on IM. #
- 11:23 I so need a hair cut, its getting crazy annoying. #
- 11:35 Must resist pile of candy on my desk… #
- 11:55 My internet is getting SLOOOOWER! #
- 12:57 So, all this research into panniers for my bike, I’m starting to think I can just make one from an old messenger bag. #
- 13:10 I think at the very least, I need to play drums on the Tool setlist before I send back Guitar Hero. #
- 13:41 I so need a sugardaddy. #
- 13:43 Will have to look in to SoFoBoMo, but in all honestly, I think I’m more capable of completing NaNoWriMo as I’ve already completed one! #
- 14:08 I’m kind of in the mood for a Rock Band jam night. #
- 14:10 For those of you who couldn’t get a paper yesterday: obama2008.s3.amazonaws.com/headlines.html #
- 14:47 someday I’ll remember to take all the steps before cloning a computer. #
- 15:08 My eyes are having trouble focusing again, lately. #
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- 07:18 Does this mean we can all resume normal broadcasting, now? #
- 08:15 You know, I’d return Guitar Hero: World Tour, but I don’t see anything out that I’m so antsy to get I need to rent it ASAP. #
- 08:15 Hah, there are a total of 8 GameBoy Advance games on GameFly. EIGHT! #
- 08:20 Okay, apparently I’ve go music all over my computer… grr. #
- 08:20 I’m about to do BAAAAD things to my iTunes library… pray for my iTunes. #
- 08:30 Coffee! Stat! #
- 09:00 I’ma start throwing CDs any minute now. #
- 09:37 I should have known to shut down iTunes before trying to break it. #
- 10:00 What’s with the resurgence of 3D movies? Isn’t the effect still about as campy as its ever been? #
- 10:17 “spamer is now following you on Twitter!” seriously? #
- 10:39 Is it just me, or is today going by pretty slowly. #
- 11:34 Why doesn’t iTunes keep the library file with the library? #
- 11:40 Okay, now iTunes doesn’t know where anything is… :-L #
- 12:14 Well, I’ve destroyed my iTunes library file, but I think I can bring it back from the dead… stronger, faster, more powerful. #
- 12:28 I feel like I’m doing emergency triage on my iTunes library… and I still don’t know if its going to survive. #
- 13:02 Library is getting closer to being restored… up to 21k songs, rather than 800. #
- 14:15 Yay, Adobe Updater is working again! #
- 15:28 I’ve definitely eaten too many sweets this week, as well. #
- 15:41 Only 520 duplicates… somehow I thing iTunes is being very generous with that number. #
- 16:15 Hmmm, had some tragedies in the library rebuild… lost some of the SAME stuff I lost last time (NIN, POTUSA) #
- 16:24 So I started wondering last night, why you can’t just load up the music from Rock Band and play it on the Xbox music player. #
- 16:28 Lost some music, found some music… not sure if I’m ahead or behind. #
- 19:00 I need more beer. #
- 21:12 Apparently Ia’s flea collar is a flee attracter rather than repulser. #
- 21:16 I’m itchy, the fleas are worse than ever. tinyurl.com/6ym5u3 #
- 21:26 I don’t even want to sit on my own living room floor. #
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- 08:27 Surplus sale site STILL hasn’t updated! #
- 08:32 I biked to my voting location, took 5 minutes to vote, then biked to Starbucks and got free coffee for my efforts. Yay! #
- 09:12 Amazon’s new “Frustration Free Packaging” is an awesome program! Go Amazon! #
- 09:29 I swore there was a way to tell Amazon what game systems you owned, or what your DVD preferences were, stuff like that. #
- 10:06 I can’t explain how much I want a new GPS for my bike… if only so that it will hopefully connect to the satellites faster… #
- 10:57 Hmmm, Fluxx version 4.0 is coming out… may have to pick that up as well as Monty Python Fluxx. #
- 11:13 #LJ: Movie Night on Friday tinyurl.com/5d8y44 #
- 11:22 Why is the Ticket to Ride board game so darned expensive! #
- 13:03 I’m so downloading the Presidents of the United States of America Rock Band DLC tonight, Woo! #
- 13:04 That microwave panini was soooo buttery… and soooo good! #
- 13:45 I still can’t get over the fact that we’ve raised a one year old son who not only wears sunglasses, he tries to put them on himself. #
- 14:02 I didn’t realize it this morning, but with the random choice of my underwear, I’m wearing Red, White, and Blue. Look at me being patriotic. #
- 14:10 Some days I really miss Heather and Ansel. #
- 14:17 I’ve realized I’m using the word Awesome more than normal, today. How Awesome is that? #
- 14:38 So yeah, NetFlix streaming is getting better and better, but some of their titles do expire from time to time : tinyurl.com/57ky7r #
- 14:43 It seems like stores don’t want to put the cycle-centric GPS devices on super sale… just the car-centric ones. #
- 14:53 I’m about to let my LiveJournal Membership lapse. Its the end of an era. #
- 15:25 I’m so glad I paid for the lifetime membership to Hellgate: London… since that lifetime seems to be lasting to no later than Jan 2009. #
- 16:04 I’m surprised he’s not following me. #
- 16:33 So I admittedly have a hard time simply claiming something free at a store, I feel the need to buy something to balance out my good fortune. #
- 16:33 TWOOSH! #
- 16:37 Tired of all the hoopla and confident of the outcome, I’m pretty sure I’ll be playing Fallout tonight. #
- 16:49 sometimes, even with all the photos, its tough to imagine Ansel all itty bitty. #
- 18:40 I suspect I just found all of my missing music… and I think its all on the same hard drive, iTunes is just blind to the fact. #
- 18:40 rapidly approaching 5,000 Twitter updates. #
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Movie Night on Friday
So this week is movie night. When I asked Heather what she wanted to see, she commented that we haven’t watched any Bollywood in a while. I was going to browse through Netflix to see what was new in the eastern cinema and there was actually a Bollywood recommendation right at the top of the page before I even started searching. So without further ado, we will be watching Bunty Aur Babli. Its pretty long, so we’ll try to start at 7:16 pm. Of course, we’re going into this knowing little more than Netflix thinks I’ll rate it a four or five.
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