<boogie>
Gwen Stefani – Hollaback Girl
Cruxshadows – Marilyn, My Bitterness
Boyz II Men – Under Pressure
Brian Setzer and the Brian Setzer Orchestra- This Old House
Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation
</boogie>
At first, I thought of doing a green-based them in honor of St. Patrick’s/Green Lantern Day, but I decided against it.
Yeah… going with the random play was a better choice.
Thursday : 16 November 2006
Four down, one to go. It was a good day. I had a little bit of irritation with a system at work, but that was the only bit of grey in the day. For today’s workout, I broke away from my coworkers and returned to an old routine: Back and triceps. I didn’t push some of the exercises as much as I could have, but it was a good, solid workout. It was a pleasant change of pace… and a return to something familiar, at the same time.
Post-work, I had dinner with
The boys ran and climbed and jumped (and beat each other with the swinging pads). They played with the other kids. Bottom line: They had fun. And that’s a good thing.
I came home and took a hot bath. For the previous few hours I had been cold. Not horribly so, but enough to be a little less than comfortable. I didn’t – and don’t – feel sick; it just seemed like a nice way to relax. It was. And it was doubly pleasant as a way to relax my back and arms after today’s workout.
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Quote of the Day
From a conversation with
(2:58:26 PM)
: Oh, I discovered the… third… useful thing about hover a few days ago.
(2:58:33 PM): oh?
(2:58:38 PM): It’s the mother of all “air brakes.”
(2:58:42 PM): hah!
(2:58:43 PM): Flying along….
(2:58:47 PM): Hit hover….
(2:58:49 PM): *bam*
(2:58:52 PM): Stop on a dime.
(2:58:57 PM): AND give change back
(2:59:01 PM): wtf is a dime doing floating in mid-air?
(2:59:11 PM): Telekinesis, I guess.
(2:59:22 PM): There are a lot of heroes in Paragon City.
(2:59:23 PM): TELEKINETIC DIMES?!
(3:03:19 PM): Stranger things have happened.
(3:03:35 PM): After all, there’s a ghost ship that floats through 2 zones…
(3:03:42 PM): A giant octopus…
(3:03:51 PM): A “Nessie”-like monster….
(3:04:11 PM): Telekinetic dimes just don’t seem so far-fetched when compared to those.
(3:05:16 PM): point.
(3:05:26 PM): Shoot.
(3:05:32 PM): *click*
(3:05:37 PM): I don’t have pictures of the ship or of Sarah.
(3:05:59 PM): I do have some up Lusca, the octopus, though.
(3:06:00 PM): 🙂
(3:06:11 PM): I need to take more screenshots of random stuff.
(3:06:24 PM): Make a scrapbook like Martha Kent used to make about Clark.
(3:06:27 PM): giant octopi only make me think that i need to roll up my katamari and stick them to it.
(3:06:30 PM): HAH
(3:07:15 PM): At that point, does it go from Katamari Damarcy to Calamari Damarcy ?
(3:07:28 PM): bwahahahahahah!
“Goodnight, Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea.”
Namaste.
(And, as it’s now 17 March 06: Happy St. Patrick’s Green Lantern Day!)
<groove>
MC Hammer – Too Legit To Quit
</groove>
<groove>
Elvis vs. JXL – A Little Less Conversation
And One – Get You Closer
Kool Moe Dee – I Go to Work
</groove>
And my game plan
Is keeping that steady pace
Ain’t no need for a rush
It ain’t no race
I’ma hit the top
Just when I wanna
And it’s a matter of time
And I’m gonna
Cause I know when to
Go ‘head into
The classic Moe Dee rap
That sent ya
Runnin’ around
Holdin’ ya head
Askin’ ya homeboy
“Yo man
You hear what he said?”
Another funky rhythm
Look at ya man
And give him a high five
Cause I’m live
Runnin’ around with him
Telling everybody
Hanging out on the block
It’s time to wake up
And check the clock
Punch it
I go to work
Wednesday : 15 March 2006
The work day proceeded without too much ado. I even took a few minutes to break out one of my kites and get some flying time in.
Tonight was Call of Cthulhu night at
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I’m tapped. This looks like a good stopping point.
Namaste.
<early morning groove>
</early morning groove>
What does your Wednesday sound like?
Tuesday : 14 March 2006
I woke up this morning feeling a bit rough – apparently, my stomach decided to do tryouts for Cirque de Soliel… and not tell me. I went to work, but the feeling didn’t fade. In fact, it fell precarious enough that I decided to skip the gym today. I felt “okay” for the better part of the day, but on the way home, I started feeling a little worse. Not too bad, just a tired, run-down feeling.
I came home and made my way into a bathtub full of hot water. And the soaking commenced. The nodding-off commenced about 20 – 30 minutes later. But it felt good. At the moment, my stomach feels good, but I still feel a little run-down. I might actually have to *gasp* turn in early tonight. “Early,” for me, that is.
The High-Flying Adventures of Indigo Bolt – 
I joined a couple of teams and went on patrol in Brickstown, Croatoa and Kings Row. Managed to accrue – and get rid of – almost 7,000 points of XP debt… but all of the missions were successfully completed. Including an escort mission into and out of a cave full of Tuatha. Wa. Hoo. And, as of the end of our last mission, I was already three bubbles into Level 30.
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Nanotech helps blind hamsters see
Namaste.
This morning’s music mix has been good.
<groove>
Rush – The Big Money
Chicago – 25 or 6 to 4
Madness – Our House
Duran Duran- A View to a Kill
Goldfrapp – Strict Machine
</groove>
And now, on to the rest of the day…
Monday : 13 March 2006
Work. Blah blah blah.
After work, I went to a sneak preview of V for Vendetta with
What does it take to change a person?
What does it take to change the way a nation thinks and perceives itself?
What does it take to breathe life into an ideal?
Can one man make a difference?
This movie addresses those questions, along with many others. Natalie Portman gave an excellent performance as Evey, a young woman pulled into the chaotic world of the enigmatic figure known only as “V,” played by Hugo Weaving. I was especially intrigued to note that John Hurt played Chancellor Sutler… since he played a diametrically opposed role as Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, adapted from the George Orwell book of the same name. It was interesting to juxtapose V for Vendetta with Orwell’s bleak view of the future. Nox informed me that there were definite differences between the book and the screenplay, but said that the overall feel and flow was good.
The Wachowski Brothers – who brought us The Matrix and its sequels – did the screenplay for V. I am pleased to say that they didn’t attempt to overdo the special effects in lieu of bringing a good story to the scene (which was my main criticism of The Matrix‘ sequels). The effects that they did use, served to enhance the story, rather than supplant it. I give this movie an enthusiastic thumbs-up with an okay.
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Namaste.
<boogie>
Snoop Dogg (ft. Bootsy Collins) – Undercova Funk (Give Up the Funk)
</boogie>
How does your Monday morning sound?
Sunday : 12 March 2006
Today was a relaxed – and somewhat lazy – day. And I’m good with that. I hung out with
The High-Flying Adventures of Indigo Bolt – 
I ran my costume mission tonight: Defeat 30 Crey. It was suggested that I look for them in Founders’ Falls or Crey’s Folly. I haven’t been to Crey’s Folly before and the last time I ran a mission in Founders’, I was sidekicked to a much higher-level character. Instead, I went to Brickstown. Chock full of Crey. And Freakshow. And The Council. But, I managed to bag 30 Crey… without dying. I headed back to the Icon (tailor shop) in Independence Port and set about getting the new costume. As I wanted this to be a ceremonial (Key to the City / “Thanks for saving our collective asses… again”) costume, I went with relatively simple and understated (1, 2, 3, 4). It took less time to run the mission than it did to settle on the new costume’s look. But, it’s done. (Although, I do reserve the right to change it…)
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And that’s a wrap.
Namaste.
Saturday : 11 March 2006
After staying up far too late in order to reach Security Level 30, I slept in this morning. 11:00 in. And I would have most likely slept past that had it not been for the phone. I got up, dressed and went to breakfast with
The evening involved a trip to Dr. Volt’s, a stop at Kate and Perry’s and… dinner at Chuck E. Cheese’s. Consider and combine the following:
The place was chock full o’ people. The boys had fun. There was some interesting people-watching. All-in-all, it wasn’t a bad experience.
The evening was capped with a new episode of Justice League Unlimited and back-to-back eps of Whose Line Is It Anyway?. The JLU episode, “Grudge Match,” tied in to second season episode, “The Cat and the Canary.” This one could have easily been called “Girl Fight.” But, it was a fun episode.
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None tonight.
Namaste.
Guess who hit Level 30 in the wee hours of morning.
Mm-hmm, that’s right.
*hover*
I still have to run my costume mission, but that shouldn’t be too difficult.
You see this Indigo Bolt is a bad mother–
(Shut your mouth)
But I’m talkin’ about ‘Bolt…
(Then we can dig it)
Friday : 10 March 2006
On the whole, it’s been a good day.
Work was good. We had a two-hour meeting this morning. *urk* It was informative… but a little on the “dry” side. I didn’t have my Palm Pilot or my pencil and clipboard, so I didn’t have anything on hand to distract/entertain myself. About an hour-and-a-half into it, I started nodding off. After the meeting broke up, some of my team decided to go out for lunch. For the first time in a few months, I went with them. I figured that I deserved it after sitting through the meeting.
As we pulled into a parking space, a couple of women came around the truck that was parked in the next spot. After making apologetic gestures for almost walking blindly through/into the spot, they started pointing into the car and smiling. They then walked towards The Italian Place, on the other side of the lot. John, who was driving, looked at me and asked if they were friends of mine. I told him no and that I was on the verge of asking him the same question. He said no. We shrugged it off and went into the Yamato.
After lunch, we walked back to the car. There was something in the passenger window of the door where I had been sitting: It was a business card. On the back, it simply said “Your are hot.” (Yes, ‘your,’ not “you.”) *sigh* This got me a bit of ribbing from the guys. The fact that the ladies weren’t… the most aesthetically pleasing… didn’t help any. That kind of offset any ego boost that there might have been.
Post-work, I hung out at Borders before Clitorati. I did some drawing. I’m happy with the way a sketch I did turned out, but not quite as pleased with an attempt at a more detailed drawing went. I should go back and work on it again or use it as a reference and try a new, larger version. Tonight’s Clitorati gathering was small, compared to the past few weeks’ gatherings. I read Superman: Birthright, a retelling/revisioning of the years between Clark Kent leaving Smallville and his first weeks/months in Metropolis. Good story.
As mentioned in
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All Things Considered: HBO’s Big Love: My Three Wives (about the upcoming HBO series about polygamy)
Namaste.
<boogie>
Sting (ft. Cheb Mami) – Desert Rose (Victor Caslerone mix)
Paul Shaffer and Various Artists – When the Radio Is On
DJ Kool – Let Me Clear My Throat
</boogie>
How does your Friday morning sound?