Oh, Down In Mexico

 

Well then. It seems that the iPod is trying to get in on the "Get me fired" fun between 21:57 and 22:04 this evening.

Well played, iPod, well played.

Also, if you know, you know.
 

Everybody's Brother

I truly don't know what I've gotten myself into this evening. I should probably have the brother NOT go to mentioning that I had anything to do with him being in a position to get this job to the hiring manager, given what the hiring manager in question already thinks about me regarding someone else in that family.

Hopefully things work out. Hopefully this gets some money thrown somebody's way too.

Time will tell. 

Serenity And Slave I Can't Keep The Pace

According to various bits of sci-fi pop culture, it seems that the only way for humanity to get everything figured out and get over ourselves to the point where we can all get along is in the face of an outside extinction event?

Seriously:

"In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it's fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression or persecution, but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist. And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice, we will not go quietly into the night. We will not vanish without a fight. We're going to live on. We're going to survive. Today, we celebrate our independence day."   -President Thomas J. Whitmore 

I'll just leave that there. I'll expand on this later in the week.

Everybody's Goin' Off The Deep End

I've had several thoughts the last few days that I need to get down in this space.

Problem is, I've been too busy living in a cloud of negativity and resentment the last few days, that I haven't had the bandwidth to actually do it. I'm impressed with myself for having something written every day in March, and I hope to keep this up going forward.

I have been working on my iPod Media Tracker database, which is intentionally frustrating and clunky to use, which I've been enjoying. I've also been reflecting on some of the events in my life around the time I was doing a lot of online socializing.

I am working on excavating my old IM information to see if any of the IRC channels I hung about in are still active, and if so, do any of the old people still persist. 

Who Says We Can Pay One Price For Two

I started going through and updating iPod playlists today.

Went ahead and threw some Moxy Fruvous in there, just because.  Which got me to thinking about all of the things that led up to me getting hold of their music in the first place, and all I can say is wow...Was #ShawIsland really that long ago?

Does the science forum IRC chat I came across years later still exist?

I guess I need to figure out my old Trillian info and see what, if anything, still exists from those days.

But The Sun Is Eclipsed By The Moon

So I watched something absolutely crazy while at work earlier. Something I'd hoped for a long time to see, but never really expected to.

People in a spaceship going further than the ISS.

I watched the Artemis II launch. They's goin' 'round the Moon, yo! 

Raise What's Left Of The Flag For Me

I keep forgetting how eclectic my playlists get, until I'm actually paying attention to what I'm listening to. I threw on my "Snowscraping" playlist on the way home from work and it's...Special. 

But Sure As Night Turns Day It's The Passion Play

Things happen. It's funny what people think I'm doing vs. what I think I'm doing.

I wonder what Fearless Leader thought when he walked up and someone was talking to me this evening at work. 

Someone that there were some...Vaguely hinted at "concerns" about.

Someone I almost feel like he was trying to justify losing for one reason or another.

Someone I actually had to subtly fight to keep them employed.

Someone who actually has no idea how close they were to possibly losing their job for...Reasons?

Anyway, I know you probably have no idea this even exists, but you're welcome. 

Everybody's Working For The Weekend

Didn't get as much done this weekend as I would have liked. I wanted to fix the Mazda, but I was lazy and tired.

All I did of note was make a strawberry chocolate cheesecake, fix two iPods, attempt to build a 3rd from crap from my "bag o' iPod parts," and order a battery for the iPod Mini.

I also played a little Mario Kart World. 

I also watched the video about Peter Frampton's Phoenix guitar from the FCA! 35th Anniversary DVD. Amazing story! 

How Many Roads Must A Man Walk Down

I've been playing Octopath Traveler on Switch recently. I'm not too terribly far in the game, but it is enjoyable. I very much enjoy the SNES-era JRPG vibe.

But I don't get a lot of time to actually play games these days. The best I've been able to really do is unlock costumes doing the Free Roam in Mario Kart World this week.

Ah well.