Monthly Archives: June 2004

Burn It Baby!

Posted on June 29, 2004 | Leave a comment

It’s time for the Summer Edition of Burn It! Do you like music? Do you like movies? How about music from movies? If you answered yes to all of the above, sign up to make a mix CD of music (scores and or soundtracks) from movies*. You send out four and you get four from different people from all over (the US or Canada). So you make up an 80 minute CD of stuff you like and you get another 320 minutes (over 5 hours!) of music back.

*Void where prohibited. You must have a blog to participate.

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Unconscious Mutterings #73

Posted on June 28, 2004 | Leave a comment
  1. Lounge:: Relax
  2. Photograph:: Family
  3. Catacomb:: Caves
  4. Crucifix:: Christ
  5. Fire drill:: School
  6. Tube:: Toothpaste
  7. Dropped:: Broken
  8. LTD:: Insurance
  9. Panther:: OS X
  10. Formica:: Kitchen Counter

From unconscious mutterings.

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RE: Blogs – 11

Posted on June 27, 2004 | Leave a comment
1. Have you ever blogged something you’ve regretted in the morning? Do you leave it? Delete it? Pray that no one reads it?
If I regret it, I’d delete it. I thinking of it as the Post-its of my life, they can be removed at any time.
2. Last week, RE: Blogs asked about the location from which you blog. This week, RE: Blogs asks for a photo of your favorite blogging environment. If you don’t have a camera ready – or aren’t willing to share a photo – – describe your favorite blogging place to the best of your ability
I blog from everywhere. I use ecto and it lets me save posts while off line, then I can manually post when on-line. I can always hook up my cell phone to connect and a few restaurants (Burger King and Panera) have WiFi.
3. What do you like most in a blog post by another blogger? Personal experiences? Fictional stories? News/Current events? Tech advice? Share some of your favorites from this week (either yours, or someone elses).
Personal experiences – either funny or drama, I wait for the next installment of their life. Tech advice is great, if it weren’t for others, I’d never use Movable Type as well as I do.

From RE: Blogs

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Travel plans?? – The Weekly Bit

Posted on June 27, 2004 | Leave a comment
If you could travel to anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Hawaii
Who would you take with you?
I’m thinking it should be a honeymoon with my (imaginary) wife.
What would you do?
Relax, eat, check out the hot springs and get up close to a volcano.

From The Weekly Bit.

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Death – Weekend Wonderings

Posted on June 27, 2004 | Leave a comment
1. If you found out that you had an advanced stage of an illness (say something like cancer) and only had a few months to live, what would be your first thought?
Why of why did I ever bother to contribute to my 401k? Actually I’d think of all the things I never got done: marriage, children, travel.
2. If you had three days to do anything at all you wanted to do what would you do?
Go for a ride on the space shuttle. I’ve always wanted to do that.
3. What do you think of assisted suicide? Is it humane? Should doctors/people who assist people in killing themselves be charged with murder?
It’s never been a big issue that I had to think about; if it’s what someone thinks they need who am I to tell them otherwise. Apparently the people who want it think it is more humane than what they are going through. It’s not murder any more than the person who will sell them a gun that they might use to (messily) do the same thing.

From Weekend Wonderings

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The Daily Grind – Friday Foofah

Posted on June 26, 2004 | Leave a comment
1. What’s the very first thing you do after waking up in the morning?
Start the shower up and start breakfast up…
2. Breakfast – essential energy boost or unnecessary waste of time?
Very essential. At this point it’s even psychologically essential, if I was up at 2 PM I still generally make breakfast.
3. Are you a person of routine, or is each day a unique chaotic adventure?
I have my routines spread out through the chaos.
4. Do you go to bed because you have to or collapse onto the pillow every night?
If it’s before 10 I’m probably collapsing. If it’s after 10 I’m doing it because I have to.
5. Early to bed, early to rise…or I’ll be up by noon?
Early to bed then early to rise (generally).
6. What’s your nightly ritual before going to bed?
Shower, brush, read a little, lights out.

From Friday Foofah

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Moving Sucks – 3x Thursday

Posted on June 24, 2004 | 1 comment
1. Do you like moving? Why/Why not?
It’s okay, it’s especially nice if it’s an upgrade!
2. Since you’ve moved out of your parents house, how many places have you lived in? Do you like to move from place to place, or do you just like to settle?
I’ve only moved twice after my eleven years schooling. But since I’ve left my parents I’ve moved about thirteen times.
3. What’s the best part of moving? What’s the worst?
The best is the cleaning and purging of ‘stuff’. The worst is that last bunch of stuff (junk drawers, countertops, etc.) that just gets dumped into a box and has to be sorted.
Bonus Question for Comments: If you could hire a mover, would you? Why/why not?
I’ve done the mover the last few times. I still pack they just move. It’s well spent money, especially my last move, from a 3rd floor apartment to a 3rd/4th floor condo. I had three movers their and they were grunting and groaning, it’s an easy check to write and It’s cheaper than you think.

From 3x Thursday.

Speaking of moving, Melissa gets keys to her new place today!

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Capricious – The Thursday Threesome

Posted on June 24, 2004 | Leave a comment

Capricious: Governed or characterized by impulse or whim, lacking rational basis or likely to change suddenly:

Onesome: Characterized by impulse–Do you you consider yourself impulsive or do you tend to think everything through before you make a move?
I’m pretty impulsive. Except – buying electronic toys and relationships. If I rush into them I tend to not appreciate it enough.
Twosome: lacking rational basis–If you are impulsive, do you rationalize and justify your actions? Like, since that item you bought on a whim was on sale, you really saved money by buying it?
Sometimes. If it’s on “sale” it might make more sense to buy it then run around trying to find a better price.
Threesome: or likely to change suddenly— When you make up your mind, does it stay made up or do you tend to change your mind at the last minute? …or do you waffle back and forth until you’re forced to decide?
I generally make up my mind. Sometimes I waffle and the decision is made for me…

From The Thursday Threesome

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