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Saturday, April 05, 2003
Don't Worry Oh yeah! I knew I was going to love VH1 Classic. Just watched an alternate video version of the Beach Boys' "Don't Worry Baby." Cool! ("Save until *I* delete.) I love the 60's videos!! Oh yes, now Tommy James and the Shondells. It doesn't get any better than this. Top Ranking Journalism NPR's Weekend Edition, Saturday's war coverage is so good, their journalism so top ranking, that I can't bring myself to turn on the TV sound for the latest coverage. So, while I'm waking up and paying some bills, coffee in hand, I've got the pictures on my TV, and the story on my radio..... Reflecting on our local protest movement... I think they've lost the "hearts and minds" of a lot of local citizens, by their rude tactics. *Some* in the supposed peace movement in my city have blocked bridges and streets downtown. Sure, keeping people from getting to work, or kids from their schools, or someone like me from getting to a record story really makes a statement. It states that they're inconsiderate fools. Friday, April 04, 2003
Fresh Air  Oh yeah, sure, it's great to go out and get some (cold) fresh air. Like I did yesterday, at noon. What I seem to forget is, about half the time I go out for a brisk walk in the cold, despite my hood and gloves, I start getting sick. So last night, sure enough, I started feeling feverish.... That treadmill might be the wiser choice, next time. Me and my fresh air!!! Come on, it's supposed to be spring! I want some nice weather! Thursday, April 03, 2003
This Guy's Cool ""I love America. I like America. Why, I don't know," Mohammed said as he recounted the critical role he played in Lynch's rescue." Good for him. Makes sense to me. ""Believe me, not only I, all the people of Iraq, not the people in the government, like Americans," Mohammed said. "They want to help the Americans, but they are all afraid." Good. TiVo Your Life I love it. I knew I'd love pausing live TV, most about TiVo. Cool looking tank comes rumbling across my screen.... I go back, let's see that again! Or, just like tonight... Time for a shower, and to get fix some dinner quick. No problem, pause the program, and I go right back where I was, a few minutes later. I love it... Now I'm watching.. "What did Dan Rather just say?" Hmm, I'll just go back and listen again. The Iraqis kicked out some Al Jazeera reporters. I thought that's what he said. Man bites dog! Weird. I *knew* I'd want to watch the war. I can't help it. We used to play army when I was little - it's interesting seeing it for real. (Although, as you might have guessed, I wasn't for it - I do support our side once it's started, of course.) I'd say I like ABC best of the network news broadcasts. The others are pretty good though. The PBS Newshour has some good interviews. Of the cable news channels, probably MSNBC would be my favorite. They're informative, and they're on my side. Next, hmm.. Fox has several annoying personalities. Weird over-ego type guys, and I'm not that big on their female anchors either. MSNBC tends to stick more to the stories. I find their anchors likeable too, mostly. CNN, hmm. Aaron Brown's oddly annoying and coy. Connie Chung was cold, no loss there. They seem to try too hard to be "objective" and bend the facts to their idea of objectivity. I have some other news channels now, that I haven't watched much yet... I think those are still the main ones though. They all beat the BBC. They're so biased, it's hard to get the real story. Plus, they pronounce "missiles" strangely. I don't like the sound of it. I used to think I'd like the BBC. No, they're last place. Although, they do have some cute women reporters... Blair's great though!! I'd vote for him in a second. (Hmmm, this has spiraled into a discussion of the current news coverage... What I *meant* to do was lead into the following discussion....Just think if you could TiVo your life....) Ha, Jessica Lynch's dad is great.. "As soon as she's capable, we're planning one heck of a big shindig." Yeah! 1. You're having a wonderful conversation with your best friend... Everything is fine, you feel good. Only, you have a feeling this won't happen again, for maybe three weeks, if that... No problem, you pause it in the middle, and resume whenever you feel like it. (Or get a more dependable friend! ;-)) 2. You're in the presence of a beautiful young woman, and she's smiling at you charmingly. When's the next time you might chance to meet her? No problem. Pause it and come back when you like. She's be exactly as beautiful and just as happy to see you when you return. (Note, I wrote this last night. I was going to add a bunch more. I'm not in the mood.) Love Or Friendship  My days go like my life. Love or friendship seem to dominate. Today it's friendship. I don't really feel the romance, at least from those I'd want to particularly. Yesterday, there was romance, no friendship. My life's pretty much the same way - there's no balance. I have friendship(s) or I have romance. I don't seem to have both at the same time - just doesn't happen. Sometimes I think it actually happened, yet I find out later, it was only a mirage. Doesn't seem like others have this dynamic going in their lives. Do they? I Want To Know The Answer Why, why, why!? Why is it, on some days, OK, today I mean, people I know seem to like me and want to be around me more than usual. Like there's something extra special about me, *today*. OK, so I'm wearing this new shirt for the first time. Big deal! I've got significant melancholia this week too, if you ask me. So that means, they're supposed to stay away! They're not. Hmm, well I got my haircut yesterday too.... I *have* been contemplating my life a lot lately. That usually drives people away though! OK, for example, the woman close-by I work with - today it seemed like she didn't want to let me go after a little chit-chat. Same thing just happened with another. And my manager was particularly friendly earlier today. See, now, *what is it*??? One of the weirdest thing was just ten minutes back... I'm walking down the hall, in a daze, on the wrong side of the hallway. I don't care and make no effort to move to the other, as two people approach. One of them, a guy down in the computer department who shares my surname, smiles at me and warmly greets me. Why?/! Then, a couple minutes later, I am heading somewhere else, and he goes by again, smiling at me like I am somehow *good* or something. At noon, other computer guys came to update our PCs. The oriental man who came to me, was all friendly and respectful (I love respect).... I mean, unusually so... Why?! Why! Life is so mysterious. There are too many things I haven't figured out yet. Here I Am, Come And Enjoy Me Naturally, after I wrote that it really makes a difference how cold it is, to determine if I'm going outside for a walk or not - I go out in the freezing cool wind at lunchtime. I think the difference is... There are days when the weather just beckons one out. "Here I am, come and enjoy me...." You go out on a lovely spring or summer day, and fall in love with it. I can tell you, I wasn't falling in love with the cold this noon! I could bear it, that's about all. I wanted to get my blood flowing, get a modicum of exercise, that's all. The only other three people I saw out walking were moving their arms strangely. I guess for the fitness aspect. They looked pretty odd..... Hmmmm, I wonder if that full figured young red haired woman hates me... April Snow This morning, I got into my CRV, and headed down my little road towards work. On my windshield, on this chilly, wet morning, I noticed something I haven't seen for a while. Little snowflakes mixed in with the rain. As I climbed a little hill, it turned to heavy blowing snow - the first I've seen this year here. Finally...I enjoyed it. I have to admit though, I'm not enjoying the chillier weather. The next day after I wrote something about the weather not affecting my walking, it turned colder still. I didn't want to go out. It is true the other way around, however. Just because it's beautiful out, certainly doesn't mean I automatically feel like getting out *then." Hmm, I don't like this cold. It wears on you. It saps some life out of you. Overmatched "They're cowards," said Capt. Ted Card, who commanded a company of marines who captured the area around Numaniya. "It's the same thing everyday; the Iraqis fire a few shots, we train our guns on them, and it's over in five minutes." I do feel sorry for them. They haven't seemed too formidable in either Gulf War. Seems like more and more of the citizens are expressing their joy at being emancipated, too. A little surprising to me.... I'm still not convinced the regular army is a good place for women. Although, my Mom very much wanted to join the armed forces in her youth, to help defend her country. She was barred from joined, just because of one ear which couldn't hear. Wednesday, April 02, 2003
I Know, I Know "Long-distance romance isn't enough. Meeting someone online holds more mystery and weirdness than you can handle. Get over your self-consciousness and get out in public." (From today's horoscope.) Yeah, easy for them to say! Now, some people are going out for drinks after work (actually leaving a little early.) I *never* go to those things. I just might this once though. She's Back I'm really glad they got that army girl, Jessica Lynch, back from her captivity in Iraq. I don't particularly support sending young women into combat zones. Although, Jessica was determined to join the army, and wanted to go to the Persian Gulf... Still, I don't agree with that strategy. Equal opportunity carried a little further than common sense would seem to indicate..... It's great they got her back though. Tuesday, April 01, 2003
A Singular Frog I don't pay too much attention to the weather.. I mean, for walking. I'm in the mood or I'm not. This evening it's turned much chillier here, however I longed for some nice crisp fresh air. Turning one corner close to home, suddenly I smelled a Christmas tree! :-) what a fine smell. Evergreen trees are all over the place here, so why tonight, why there? Must have been a particularly fragrant one...mmmm. Then, I had a few minutes before tonight's game, so I headed down towards the frog house. I haven't heard them for days and days, after a whole multitude that one evening a couple weeks back. So I as I approached that house, I wasn't hearing anything... Still had my hood on though, so I took it off.... Still nothing... Finally, as I was almost there, I heard a singular frog, across the street from the frog house. Must have been the same single frog away from all the others, I heard the last time I walked down there. No big sound. Just a single croak, to let me know I hadn't been dreaming frog sounds, that night so seemingly long ago. I like that frog. Monday, March 31, 2003
No More BBC One of the best things is, I had gotten really tired of the BBC's webcast news coverage. They've got a way of being polite on the surface, yet hostile and often rude. Quite tiresome. I don't see tuning into their coverage again. Plus, it seems like they *think* they're something better than the others. Well maybe they *could* be, if they didn't have such a bad attitude generally. Indeed. [Edit: I was very disappointed.] What a weird day. I got something up and running which I love, instantly - TiVo. However, the installer was awful, and damaged my house. I couldn't listen to or watch my team on opening day. However, they won big, and the pitcher I was glad they had chosen, Nomo, pitched a shut out. I had a quiet day at work, even though the installation took hours and hours. However, a guy at work was a major jerk. Lucky I was calm to begin with, or he may have gotten a lot more of a piece of my mind. I went out before dinner, and had a wonderful walk. I walked past the soccer girls, and some young boys over at the baseball field. I discovered on foot a few blocks I'd never explored before, with beautiful blossoms. How I wished I'd brought my camera... Then I thought, sometimes it's nice just to experience, just to soak it in. Pausing live TV is just too cool. (Ahhhh! There's this guy who does facial surgery on right now, who looks **very** weird, as if he had a little too much surgery himself! Scary.) Ahhh, I'd forgotten how you can get sucked into programs, just surfing the channels. Man, as if I want to watch someone having surgery! Way too bloody for me. I'm not used to all these channels though, a lot more than cable, and it seems like more than I used to have on the Dish Network a while back. It's confusing. Hmm, well, I haven't gotten used to where the channels are at yet. One bizarre quirk. They have CNN way over by itself, far away from all it's competitors like MSNBC, Fox etc. etc. Hmmm. It would be cool if you could put the channels in your own order... I guess you *can* delete channels you don't like though. I'm looking forward to that. All Wrong Everything that can go wrong, technically, is. I don't remember another day like this... I can't *watch* the Dodgers opener later (they're playing now) because the satellite system was down, so I couldn't activate. I can't *listen* to it, since realone won't work for some reason (I am ***not*** impressed by realone. They're quite unreliable.) Oh well, opening days usually aren't the best for Dodger fans. Waiting, Waiting  Just sitting here waiting for my satellite/TiVo system to be installed... It's misty rainy this morning. A squirrel just treaded by on the top of my fence.... |
