First weekend in Feb: up to Port Jervis for a birthday celebration.
Second weekend in Feb: back up to Port Jervis for more birthday celebration and family time.
Third weekend in Feb: Taxes. All day movies. Gym. Dan.
Fourth weekend in Feb: All apartment hunting, all the time.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Blogs I Love, Vol 4
Tomato Nation
I tend to skip the baseball commentary, mainly because I don't follow the game and therefore it reads like Greek to me. However, her advice column--The Vine--and her language and usage commentary are the reason I love the site so much. An example:
Re: Why we need the Oxford Comma
I tend to skip the baseball commentary, mainly because I don't follow the game and therefore it reads like Greek to me. However, her advice column--The Vine--and her language and usage commentary are the reason I love the site so much. An example:
Re: Why we need the Oxford Comma
The function of language is to communicate; the function of usage rules is to aid in that communication, and it's clarity and accuracy we should prize...An entire entry on punctuation! As an editor, you would think I would be passionate about spelling and grammar rules. Really, though, my true love is punctuation. Ah, nerdiness.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Books, Movies, Music
I just finished Schuyler's Monster. I had been wanting to read it for awhile, as I follow Robert Rummel-Hudson's blog, and have found his writing to be just what I love: smart, funny, sarcastic, and touching. The book is exactly like that, causing my eyes to well up several times while riding the B train to work. I also laughed out loud a lot, which might be even more embarrassing. A fantastic book. "Rire!"
Next weekend I'll be going to see all five Best Picture nominees in the theater. The tickets were all sold out at Times Sq., but Kips Bay still has them, and you can buy them online. I even gave up the $5 discount I was entitled to as a Movie Watcher member (card-carrying, thank you very much) and paid the $1.50 surcharge to ensure I got my ticket. My butt will be numb, my stomach will ache with popcorn, and my contacts will dry out. I can't wait.
Lastly, Julia Nunes is awesome. I discovered her through the Vlogbrothers, who are also thoroughly enjoyable. I was blown away by a video she did in which she layered the audio of several videos of her singing to create an amazing harmony. I'm in such awe of people who can sing. I bought her CD I Wrote These and have been listening to it incessantly.
Next weekend I'll be going to see all five Best Picture nominees in the theater. The tickets were all sold out at Times Sq., but Kips Bay still has them, and you can buy them online. I even gave up the $5 discount I was entitled to as a Movie Watcher member (card-carrying, thank you very much) and paid the $1.50 surcharge to ensure I got my ticket. My butt will be numb, my stomach will ache with popcorn, and my contacts will dry out. I can't wait.
Lastly, Julia Nunes is awesome. I discovered her through the Vlogbrothers, who are also thoroughly enjoyable. I was blown away by a video she did in which she layered the audio of several videos of her singing to create an amazing harmony. I'm in such awe of people who can sing. I bought her CD I Wrote These and have been listening to it incessantly.
Blogs I Love, Vol 3
Design*Sponge
Because it's so pretty to look at, even if I can't ever afford to buy the stuff I see on there. It has, however, given me a lot of ideas about how I plan to decorate my future mansion.
Because it's so pretty to look at, even if I can't ever afford to buy the stuff I see on there. It has, however, given me a lot of ideas about how I plan to decorate my future mansion.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Employment
Any time I start complaining about anything to do with life, someone please remind me that:
1) I am employed
2) I am employed at a job I really like
3) I am employed at a job I really like where I got to spend my morning here:
I'm a lucky bastard.
1) I am employed
2) I am employed at a job I really like
3) I am employed at a job I really like where I got to spend my morning here:
I'm a lucky bastard.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Blogs I Love, Vol 2
Dooce.com is also celebrating a birthday today: Heather Armstrong's daughter has turned 5.
Reading that entry and watching the video, I started thinking about the next generation of children and how they will react to technology.
People in my age group are old enough where we remember the "time before the computer," but young enough where it's kind of a distant memory. We have adapted pretty quickly, embracing new technology and new ways of communicating with each other. I was in college when Napster blew up, and spent a lot of my time IMing with friends.
The next generation of kids, the ones who are being born now, are growing up not only knowing technology, but being in it. Some are having their lives documented as part of a blog. Their growth, their changing faces, and bodies, and vocabularies.
What will it be like for them, how will the approach technology when they are old enough to interact with it?
Reading that entry and watching the video, I started thinking about the next generation of children and how they will react to technology.
People in my age group are old enough where we remember the "time before the computer," but young enough where it's kind of a distant memory. We have adapted pretty quickly, embracing new technology and new ways of communicating with each other. I was in college when Napster blew up, and spent a lot of my time IMing with friends.
The next generation of kids, the ones who are being born now, are growing up not only knowing technology, but being in it. Some are having their lives documented as part of a blog. Their growth, their changing faces, and bodies, and vocabularies.
What will it be like for them, how will the approach technology when they are old enough to interact with it?
Hard decisions to make:
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