Here, kick your day up a notch. Watching this certainly brightened up my day. It’s easily one of the best television theme songs of all time.
Productivity.
Today has been a productive day in my merry little existence. I’ve erased many to do items off my new holy grail, also known as the whiteboard, and I can say that I feel confident about tomorrow. It’s just now that I’m realising that I never blogged today! I guess I was too busy making homemade sauce for the spaghetti, washing clothes, folding clothes, figuring out scads of homework, editing music for the chorus and other chores that made my day fly in a pleasant way.
I know I’m going to sleep well tonight!
Visualize.
Back when I was Program Director of the radio station I insisted on having a whiteboard in my office. I think it was a hold-over from my days at the computer company, where the hallways were lined with whiteboards so that the übergeeky engineers could have a discussion in the hallway or jot down notes if an inspiration hit them on the way back from the bathroom. It was common to walk through the halls and see groups of incredibly smart engineers in the midst of designing a new processor chip or jotting down code for the latest enhancements to an operating system. I find it kind of neat.
The whiteboard at the radio station was used for many purposes. I kept track of new releases and the songs we were considering for the next week’s “adds”, I jotted down upcoming remote appearances and when I was interviewing potential air talent from competing radio stations, I’d write down a bunch of “promotional ideas” that were so far-fetched it was sure to throw the competitors off our scent.
I decided to re-embrace my need for whiteboard visualisation today and got up early, headed to Staples and got myself a whiteboard. I know this sounds odd to most (most of what I do sounds odd to most), but I have an easier time working out math and physics problems when it’s up on a whiteboard in front of me in glorious scented dry-erasable technicolor. Keeping track of due dates and working out the forces on a beam are much easier when I can see it larger than life.
Melancholy.
I made a video after not doing as well as I expected on an exam. I get a little ranty about other things.
[MEDIA=49]Temporary Freeze.
I hereby declare that this whirlwind of a week is temporarily frozen so I can sit down and write a cohesive blog entry.
This week has been insanely busy. I did not plan for this week to be insanely busy but apparently the Universe felt differently. And we all know that when it comes down to one against the Universe, the Universe wins, especially when the Universe has the arsenal black holes and such involved.
Where to begin. Earl and I are having a bear party this weekend. It’s sort of an appetizer for the subsequent bear night at the bar I spin at. Because of this party I’ve been keeping busy making sure the house looks respectable and that the snacks and whatnot will be in order. There’s quite a few guys coming and I think it’s going to be a great time. Let’s hope Mother Nature cooperates, although if folks get snowed into the house I won’t be upset in the least.
School has been going well this week, though the homework has been keeping my busy. Even though this semester has had more homework than previous terms, I feel like all of my homework is geared towards my degree. Aside from the lesson on using my slide rule (WTF?) and doing computations with logarithms I feel like I’m gathering useful information that I’ll need when I’m finally a real Civil Engineer.
In between getting the house ready for company, school work and chatting with friends and family online, I’ve also been engaged in the hyper-amusing activity of keeping the driveway clear of snow. I don’t know if it’s global climate change or what but this winter has been sort of whacky. The traditionally coldest week of the year wasn’t and usually by now the great lakes are frozen enough that we don’t get a lot of lake effect snow. This year seems to be playing by different rules. I guess Mother Nature is shaking it up a bit to keep it interesting. We’ve all heard the reports about the changing weather patterns worldwide; I’m interested to see if we are going to see more severe thunderstorms and such in the spring and summer. I might have to chase me some tornadoes.
Earl and I are going on vacation in a couple of weeks. We are spending most of my spring break in Las Vegas. I’ve planned a couple of side trips courtesy of reading Karl’s blog and I’m looking forward to the adventure. Once upon a time I dreamed of living in the desert in relative isolation. The idea still appeals to me somewhat though I’d rather living in relative isolation in the Irish countryside now. It’s a little greener. Nevertheless, I’m really looking forward to the trip to Las Vegas and I think that Earl and I are going to have a fabulous time.
Now, back to my whirlwind.
Dreaming of Sunny Spells.
Today the beautiful city of Dublin, Ireland enjoyed relatively chilly temperatures between 9 and 12 degrees celsius. That’s around 50 degrees for those that prefer the unscientific method of measuring these things. Said temps were accompanied by sunny spells.
Here at home we have about 10 inches of new snow with the majority of the storm expected late tonight through tomorrow night. I’ve already cleaned the driveway out once and that took 1 1/2 hours because I had to use the “snail” setting on the snowblower.
Is it crazy of me to hope this is the last big storm of the season?
Spread Some Music.
On Saturday night I drove to Ithaca to go to Leather and Bear Night at the Common Ground. It was a solo night for me; Earl had to work early Sunday morning and since it’s a bit of a drive to Ithaca he wouldn’t have had nearly enough sleep to be functional, so with his blessing I made the trek alone.
It was a great time and I was able to make new friends and chat with guys about the upcoming Bear night in Utica (this coming Saturday). I was also entered into the “Best Buns” contest by an apparent fan and I came in second out of 10 or so. I don’t know what happened to me that I would be showing off my ass in public like that, since I’m so shy in that type of setting (grin), but there you are.
But I digress.
While I was at the Common Ground I chatted with the owner of the bar, a very nice guy by the name of Doug who invited me to be a guest DJ. We’ve exchanged a few e-mails and now it’s official, I will be the guest DJ on Saturday 26 April 2008 for the Leather/Levi night. It’ll be my first time spinning in Ithaca and the Common Ground has a GREAT dance floor and sound system. I am really looking forward to the experience.
One of the things that I like about the Common Ground is that it’s relatively secluded outside of the city limits. It’s a little bit country, even though you’re a little bit rock and roll. And one of the things that I’ve always loved about Ithaca is the nighttime view as you enter the city, even at 4:30 in the morning. I just love the terrain there.
