31 December 2008 Wednesday
conversation with my dad this morning:
me: I want to stay in tonight
Dad: well you shouldn’t go out—it’s going to be friggin cold.
me: …did you just say “friggin”?
Dad: yes. it’s going to be THAT cold!
“There ain’t no journey what don’t change you some.”
she only knows that tonight there’s always someone out there — she’ll never be alone.
...Excuse me, are you lost? Perhaps you would care to visit the site map
conversation with my dad this morning:
me: I want to stay in tonight
Dad: well you shouldn’t go out—it’s going to be friggin cold.
me: …did you just say “friggin”?
Dad: yes. it’s going to be THAT cold!
/me wants to see Next to Normal
Arena Stage presents Next to Normal, a provocative and exciting new musical. Directed by Michael Greif (Rent), the musical tells the story of two suburban parents discovering how far they will go to keep themselves sane in an over-stimulated and over-medicated world. Next to Normal was listed in Entertainment Weekly’s top 10 shows of 2008.
The Slumdog Millionaire movie is wonderful. The Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack is amazing.
so I did finally get my 2009 paperblanks dayplanner… but it arrived a few days after I picked up a similar (2009 horizontal weekly) moleskin dayplanner …
p.s. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
** 12/27/2008 update: After transferring a fair amount over from the 2008 paperblanks to the 2009 moleskin, we’re going with the 2009 paperblanks.
After all the trouble, finally locating and ordering one (at higher cost), and weeks later being notified that “product is discontinued”…
…I still have no 2009 journal/calendar.
The bad news (for me) is: secure sites (gmail, citibank) are down all over the DC area for Verizon fios. The good news is: (tho I’ll be paying notably more), I’ll jump from 5mb to 20mb/s. I’ll also have HD channels (hello, 21st century), but who cares about that when I’ll be able to stream Hulu and similar at that’s-the-heck-more-like-it speed.
Hope they figure out that secure-site-access issue soon, though, cuz all the speed in the world won’t help if I can’t access the usual sites..
It seems that Verizon’s Omnia is NOT a worldphone. At this rate, I’m not sure a phone will ever be designed and offered (in the U.S., let alone on Verizon) that fits my basic needs. So, do I get the Omnia anyway, and just consider that a lost $200 when I trade up for something more comprehensive in the near(??) future (whensoever it rears itself)? Omnia falls short on resolution, falls flat on worldphone capability, and I’m not impressed with its use of space (fitting screen/keys, etc.). But it seems to be otherwise feature-filled and supposedly quite responsive. Wish its features lived up more to its name.
I’ve been so patient, so long… Now I’m just tired.
stuck in my head for the past two days, so may as well consider it Playlist… these particular lines on repeat:
The Gostation – Wandering Away
“there’s living and there’s losing but I think I’m just past choosing…”
“let me know is your heart still beating… are we human? or are we dancer? …”
I’ve been aware that we’re almost into December which is almost into 2009.. but it just hit me a few minutes ago that this = I need a new mini cal (dayplanner).
I want to know why, WHY it is such an uphill battle to purchase my Paperblanks Mini Horizontal Dayplanner each year. Not a single one seems to be on sale yet at Amazon nor B&N.. I see some possible options on two sites, which I may resort to.. But what the heck; why is it so difficult for me to purchase an annual product?