2 posts tagged “blossom dearie”

Hello.  Anybody there?  So, what's been upwith me?  Sure not blogging.  I've been a lazy bitch.

I enjoyed a lovely Valentine's day with Mr. Monkey.  I got a huge vase of roses that are only just now beginning to wilt.  We had dinner at our favorite little Greek place .  I had the pork loin medallions with raspberry chipotle and chocolate creme brulee for dessert.

At some point in the weekend we watched all of season one of The Boondocks.  

FOTC!  JEMAINE!! SWOON!!! This week he found forbidden love with a foreigner.  Both songs were stellar, but I decided on Carol Brown because it's a really sweet song.  And those splendid instruments they were playing. Furthermore, Tiffany/epiphany beats Miranda/veranda any day of the week.

Monday I started coming down with the cold and did not get a whole lot constructive done.  I should have posted my Last.fm chart but put it off until Tuesday.  And speaking of the RIAA ...

ANYway, Blossom Dearie passed last week and she was my top artist.  Damn.  She will be missed by many people.  Even more people DO NOT know who she is and that, my friend, is messed up.  I feel fortunate that I have benefited from her wit and style.
 
So, after conferring with our pharmacist we have been taking Mucinex for our plague-like colds. It's  working, I guess, because all plague-fluids have moved to the my chest.  I sound like a consumptive old pirate. So, I have that going for me.

I spent a lot of time on tumblr this last couple of weeks.  It is not as emotionally rewarding as groping around in the Vox community, so I don't see my tumblr replacing my Vox.  However the short-attention-span, stream-of-consciousness, zeitgeist-y-ness of it is very seductive.  It is much more media-riffic than Twitter, which freaks me out on so many levels. Which leads me to one of this weeks Issues.  The theme this week is things beginning with "M" and first up we have: Microblogging.
 
I think there's something to it.  When I hear it discussed as a business tool or a marketing venue I just cringe.  This is one of the things about Twitter that makes me standoffish. Tumblr feels, so far, like the lovechild of weheartit (scrapbook of web images), delicious (saving & sharing links), and Twitter (blurting things out).  It is a texty, linky, FOAF-y kind of place full of interesting things to gaze upon.  One might want to try it out.  If'n you do, please do follow me.

Second Issue of the Week: Multitasking.

I hate the very word.  Computers multitask.  People cannot.  No.  No, you CAN'T.  You cannot perform two attention-requiring tasks at the same time.  Well, you can but you will make more mistakes and it will take longer, due to the time it takes to adjust your attention from one thing to the other.  Switchtasking is pretty much the same as being distracted.  What you can do is background task.  And consolidate work.  Perhaps a more cogent post on efficiency is in order.  But don't hold you breath.  =D

While driving in my car I heard "All My Friends" on the radio and have had that earwig all week.  It caused me to listen to Sound of Silver.  Now I have "North American Scum" AND "All My Friends" stuck in my head.  Stay tuned for next week's Last.fm

For Donkey Wednesday I had found some fab pics of those crazy mop-topped lads from Liverpool cavorting with the seventh Beatle-- a donkey.

My laptop is cranky.  I have been gradually trying to tidy things up and run my Time Machine regularly.  Usually I only do it once a week.  (Here is the interactive section of this weeks post.   How often do you back up your main leisure computer?)  Still, I'm preparing for the worst.  Thank ye Gods for Apple Care.

Final M-Issue o' the Week: Mortgages.  I feel shitty that I begrudge this whole real estate crisis.  I was watching that white guy go nutzo on the trading floor the other day and thinking, "Oh, shit.  I basically agree with this red-faced joker."  92 % of Americans pay their mortgages on time.  We are one of those households.  For ten-odd years we have made our house payment every month, even when we couldn't afford it.  It was hard.  It consumed any disposable income that might have been.  Bluntly put, it cramped my style.  So, I am pissy about my portion of the tab for this irresponsible lending mess.  I'm pissy about repo'ed houses in my hood and for-lease business spaces and my tanking property value.  Don't get me wrong, I'm knocking on wood that we have been able to scrape together our payments  And I understand that that circumstance may change.  And, if only 8% of loans are in default, how can the industry be in total ruin?   Gah!

Friday- And today I heard they are talking about nationalizing my bank.   Whee!

In re: The Great Beard Decision 2009 over at M_____l's:  The Jemaine camp dons our sackcloth and ashes to mourn our loss even as we gird our loins for next year.  Oh, and there WILL be a next year...

Sexy Saturday- well, I'm still too sick to really "go there."  I'm so congested that it would be that weird asphyxia sex.  And not the sexy, bondage-y, edgy, hot kind, either.  More like a gasping, wheezing, phlegmy kind.  So, I'll spare you any more of that.

Well, that might not be everything that's happened, but it's all I can remember,  Sorry for all the grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and logical errors in this post.  I'm out of practice.