Monthly Archives: December 2004

Yeah, right. So today I kept the vacation going by watching Clint Eastwood westerns on cable TV while playing with software (OnSync) to get my phone book transferred from my Mac to my cell phone (a Motorola v551). It required a USB cable but I think I’m supposed to be able to do this all via BlueTooth. It all proved that I need a faster Mac. I think I bought the slowest one available in late 1999/early 2000 and I’m still using it now. I also spent the morning playing banker, adding up the dues checks from the ham radio club and writing not enough checks to not enough charities … Continue reading →

I had, until today, a AAA VISA card. At one point it was pretty nice. I’d get 5% back for every gas purchase I made. Of course, they decided to change those rules and you had to spend 150% of the amount you paid for gas to get 5% back. In any case it was a big pain in the ass to keep track of how much I spent on the card, so I decided to cancel it. 5 minutes of hold and I got someone who explained how to use the card to maximize the cash back and tell me how I should have kept another card I cancelled … Continue reading →

Well, I don’t knit at all. I did talk to the woman at the desk at the gym who was knitting something that looked, well, fuzzy. If not fuzzy, since most yarn looks fuzzy, it looked, well, leafy. In any case, I have no idea. The closest I got to knitting was back in college when I took my sister’s skeins and wound them into balls. OK, so I just got a phone call that many computer people get from people who aren’t computer people, asking for computer help. Never really a problem, but I can’t remember what I was going to blither on about anyway. I guess that’s for … Continue reading →

Well, my ex never called me to pill her cat while she’s off on vacation. Now I’m worried about the cat. So back to complaining about shirt sizes. I don’t find myself to be a huge guy, but I feel like a pig and according the Body Mass Index charts I’m overweight at 169 lbs. When I left Japan I was 65kg, or about 143lbs. Now I’m close to 169lbs or 76.7kg. Yeesh. My old driver’s license doesn’t show my weight: But my new one does, and of course the weight is a little off: But anyway, borderline fat boy (according the the BMI scale) wears a MEDIUM shirt and … Continue reading →

My shoulders are all cramped from doing crossword puzzles. I’m fairly sure “AMODST” isn’t a word, but it’s 48 down. I also spent a long time trying to figure out how to upgrade my sister’s blog to the newest version of Movable Type. So far I can’t get the thing looking right, but it’s working. Since I don’t want to hear a lot of whining from her, I’m not going to change things until I have to. The Movable Type people seem to think that there are people targetting the older blogs, but who knows? Any pointers would be appreciated. I’m not a big fan of Movable Type, but what … Continue reading →

And as long as everyone else is posting this picture of my sister:

What a holiday movie: Happiness of the Katakuris. Absurd and funny, and the goofy father in the movie is really a famous singer in Japan with a huge following. I missed another exciting end to a football game. Monday I was walking home when the Miami Dolphins beat the New England Patriots. I mean, the Dolphins have sucked and they were down by 11 points with just over 2 minutes left so I knew they’d have no chance. Stupid me. And instead of watching Green Bay come back after another easy Vikings touchdown, I took a nap. Well, it’s vacation time. Time for naps. Oh, and the thing I was … Continue reading →

The only part I wonder about is how the Emma Thompson & Alan Rickman thing was supposed to end up. Also, I notice how liking this movie is also supposed to also infer something about my sexuality. But the movie had NAKED WOMEN in it. How could that be gay? Sure it was movie-ish and silly, but it was a movie. Maybe my expectations were lowered by what other people said about it. Sort of like how I can watch totally crappy movies on the USA Network and enjoy them because I don’t expect that much from the USA Network.

I know someone with an injury who says she can’t wait to get back to the gym but what’s there is PAIN and SWEATING. In any case, I’m looking forward to staring at the inside of my eyelids. My arms are barely working enough to hold my pathetic arms above the keyboard. I can’t remember what else there was. Yeesh. Maybe tomorrow I’ll remember.

As soon as I heard the new Harry Potter book is coming out, I put my name on the hold list for the Multnomah County Library. There are already 166 people on the list! I don’t feel too guilty about taking the book from someone who can’t afford it, or from a kid, because if it’s like the last book I’ll pick it up when the library opens on Saturday morning at 10AM and then keep reading until I finish it. Last time that was sometime in the wee hours of Sunday. The book went back on Sunday morning and the next person got it. So, as some people are … Continue reading →

After leaving the gym (and turning up the evil Stairmaster to ELEVEN) I opened my cell phone and I had TWO MISSED MESSAGES! Somebody needs me! No voice messages, so I checked the list of received calls and who is it? It was ME testing my new retro ringtone, from the movie Our Man Flint, a rather corny 60′s spy movie. Converting the ringtone just required me to resample the audio to use 22.050kHz sampling. I know there was something interesting for me to kvetch about, but right now the endorphins are masking any kvetching I can imagine. Did I mention that several of us (my parents, Megan, Carolyn, and … Continue reading →

And all I did was change light bulbs. One on the front of the house and one in my mom’s Camry. About that time I found out that someone had hit the front of my car again. I think I know who did it, but it’s not enough damage to do much about. It’s just the front license plate and bumper.