Ramblings

I noticed, about a week ago, that there’s snow all along the eastern mountains of the valley. I can see them from my office at work… well… I did on the one day this week it wasn’t hazy and raining. It was pretty awesome – within ten minutes three people had also said “hey, snow!”.… Read more

Last Wednesday I drove down to SLO, as previously detailed. I wasn’t nervous or anything, but I was consciously trying to get a good night’s sleep before that, just so I wouldn’t be too tired for the drive, nor feel I had to catch up on sleep in time for the career fair the next… Read more

As of right now I’ve bought 722 songs from the iTMS (well, bought or grabbed as freebies). That’s roughly 50 albums-worth. It seems like a scarily large amount, until I visualise that in jewel cases, and realise it’s all of about four cubes on my dad’s CD stand. Still, it represents approximately $600 of my… Read more

Every now and again I need my social security number (from the card), for filling out some form such that the Men in Black can keep track of me, or whatever. After I’m done with the little bugger, I invariably hide it somewhere in a way which seems somewhat blasé at the time, yet consistently… Read more

So last night I went with Matt to see “In the Name of the King”… which I’d seen the trailer for and recoiled from as it seemed an obvious plagiarism of Lord of the Rings. It also looked pretty silly, even given that. So, I wasn’t particularly interested, but I do like Jason Statham’s movies… Read more

I didn’t get up to much over the holiday break… I worked when the mood took me, which was occasionally, but otherwise just watched movies, gamed, and successfully avoided all household duties. NYE I didn’t end up going out, which I felt pretty poor about going into the evening, but eventually realised that a) pretty… Read more

While shopping for wine for Myke & Pam for Christmas (I went with a chardonnay and merlot from Lindeman’s and … some other South Australian winery… anyway), I happened to find myself in the confectionary aisle – I know, truly bizarre ;) – and figured what the hell, I’d indulge myself slightly and go some… Read more