It’s officially my first snow day. They didn’t close school until 20 minutes into my first class of the day, so I was able to get through one math test before packing up and heading home. There’s no classes tonight. It’ll be a good night to snuggle up and drink hot chocolate and eat leftover Superbowl food.
February 2007
Snow Day?
I haven’t felt like this in a couple of decades. The weather is nasty right now. Snow is falling like crazy (we are expecting close to a foot of snow by tonight), the wind is whipping about and it is very cold, with the wind chill down around -20ºF. Most of the schools didn’t bother opening and those that did are dismissing early and canceling after school activities.
I keep checking websites to see if the college is closed today. I’m doing my “Snow Day Dance”, which I haven’t done since 1986.
Dorky Headphones.
Today it’s been all about moving cabinets and audio equipment, getting tangled up in cables and checking in on the Superbowl. I asked Earl to snap a photo when I played the first song in the new studio, here it is complete with my dorky headphones.
I’m not smiling as much as usual because it’s after 10 at night and I haven’t showered yet today.
Nevertheless, the studio was christened with a dance track from 1993: “Happy” by Legacy of Sound.
Happy is, happy is, hap-hap-happy is what we are
Happy is what we are when we’re together.
Saturday Night Jam.
When I DJ (which is very infrequently these days), I almost always include “Baby Love” by Regina in my “retro” set. Co-written by Regina and Stephen Bray, this song was originally written for Madonna. She turned it down, leaving Regina to record it for herself.
It reached #10 on the Top 100 in 1986, topping the dance charts in June and July of the same year. I still love this song to this day.
Geek Space.
I’m just full of photos today! Here’s the other room we moved into last night. This is the “workshop and server room” where I have way too many computers and none of them running Windows. The Mac Mini I’m sitting at will move into my office tomorrow.
Behind me we will be putting in a new workbench for the few projects that we like to busy ourselves with.
Almost Time.
Earl and I finished up the ceiling tile and laid down the carpet today in my new office and music studio. The contractor comes back on Monday to put the doors on and then it should be complete. We are moving my furniture into the room tomorrow so that I can clean the newly christened “back bedroom” upstairs during the week next week.
The project has come along really well. Today I melted my electrical tester to two wires and made some fireworks for everyone to enjoy in the basement, but there were no hysterics, fires or calls to 911.
In this photo Earl is using this vacuum cleaner that I like to suck with. It’s his first time using it. His response, “Where the hell did we get this thing?”
Unsafe Driving Practices.
Earl and I made a couple of trips to the local Lowe’s as we continued working on the new rooms in the basement.
In this photo I’m smiling as I duck for cover because Earl is driving.
Happiness Digs.
I am sitting on the floor of the new music studio in the basement. I was told today by our contractor that all that’s left to do is install the doors on Monday and it’ll be all done. Earl and I are putting in the few ceiling tiles that haven’t been put in yet and laying down carpet. By the end of the weekend I will have moved most of my stuff in here.
I’ve mentioned that I’ve been pulling wire through the walls over the past couple of weeks. I’m typing this blog entry on one of the new network connections. This is very exciting to a geek like me.
I can’t wait to play show and tell with pictures soon. 🙂
Why, Yes I Am.
Today in Sociology class we were asked to form groups of six so that we could work on a project together. Feeling like Grandpa Walton gathering the little rugrats around him, “Spin us another tale of the old days!”, the five closest classmates to me formed a group and we all exchanged introductions.
It was then that Drew said to me, “Didn’t you used to be on the radio?”
I blushed a bit and said that yes, I had been on the radio for about ten years. Darcy, sitting to my right, nodded in agreement and said she remembered me from the radio too. Shannon said that she listened to me when she was giving birth to her third child. I guess I had never thought back then that someone was listening to me while they were screaming out in pain and experiencing the miracle of birth. She said we were the only station that played Stevie B. and she remembered hearing “I Wanna Be The One”, the long version.
It was then that Drew said, “I remembered listening to you when I was little!”
Joy.
