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May. 20th, 2008 10:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annathepiperJust to pay appropriate note to the various and sundry other things that have been going on in my life:
Jam Reports. There have not been Jam Reports for the last couple of Jams, and I apologize in advance, but there will probably not be. I just haven't been focused enough to get proper Jam Reports written. However, it is worth noting that there is much promise with GBS' "Chemical Worker's Song" with the current set of voices.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cflute in particular has some very impressive harmonies coming together for that, and kendaer is feeling some potential for rumbling out the lead on this on days when mamishka isn't available.
On a related note,solarbird and I went to go visit stealthcello this past Friday night, which was made entirely of Win. She and her family have a lovely home full of lovely large Maine Coon cats as well as six two-week-old kittens, with whom we visited as well and ZOMG TINY KITTENS. Dara shared some of the music she's been working on, and Betsy answered with some of hers, and me, I was impressed by Betsy's shiny new black carbon-body guitar.
One giggleworthy moment of the evening: Dara hitting a chord on the mandolin and announcing that that sounded like "ass minor". Betsy's daughter lost it laughing, and Betsy herself pondered the question of what precisely "ass" sounds like. Dara's response, entirely inevitably: "Here, pull my finger!"
I will also not be doing review posts for the most recent BSG and Doctor, again because short on general levels of cope. I will however say that the most recent BSG was quite solid. We actually haven't watched the most recent Doctor yet, but will hopefully be getting that in soon.
Current book on the queue:desperance's Bridge of Dreams, which I have scarcely begun, but already I am impressed by the liquid rhythm of the prose.
And because I could, I went and got RAM upgrades for both my MacBook and Dara's. Now Winnowill and Kiliandra both are at 2 GB, though I have observed that I'm still taxing the CPU a bit if I try to do too many things at once. Less so than before, granted, but the problem hasn't entirely gone away.
Working on listening tos00j's Sirens, to be followed up by vixyish and tfabris's Thirteen. I have however also squeezed in Capercaillie's shiny brand new album Roses and Tears, as well as Nickel Creek's first album, since I've been meaning to listen to them for ages. This marks the first official time I have ever purchased an album calling itself country. However, listening to it, I find it definitely upholds the Alexander James Adams Principle of Celtic and Country Music, to wit: same music, different whiskey. ;)
Dara and I are planning our assault on Folklife this weekend and we are for once actually looking at doing three of the four days. We definitely want to hit the Celtic Band Scramble on Saturday, but there are things that interest us quite a bit on Sunday and Monday as well. I'm thinkin', a great big (not to be confused with Great Big) glorious burst of Folklife just before surgery should be a good way to get ready.
And, it has occurred to me that as I am about to be lying flat on my ass for two weeks, I can finally read Deathly Hallows.
And have another Movie Suckoff. Because there will be another Movie Suckoff, oh my yes.
Last but most definitely not least: tomorrow night, JONES. Meetingcasirafics and mamishka for the midnight show at the Cinerama, and there will be much fangirling. What can I say. There are only a few people in the world that can really get me to fangirl, but Harrison Ford is one of them.
And, just because I haven't done this in ages, here's an exercise update as well. I am now on my way back to Hobbiton!
Miles since April 5th: 107.6
Miles out of Hobbiton: 2863.8
Miles out of Minas Tirith: 26.8
Miles to Hobbiton: 1598.2
ETA 10:42pm: Oh yes, I forgot to mention: my Ubuntu VM problem has been solved thanks to help fromblargh. The issue seemed to be that VMWare was confused by my machine's having both a CD-ROM and DVD drive, and when I changed the VM settings to tell it not to auto-detect a drive, it started behaving. So now I have a functional Ubuntu VM to use as a test platform at work. Go me! And thanks, Traest. :)
Jam Reports. There have not been Jam Reports for the last couple of Jams, and I apologize in advance, but there will probably not be. I just haven't been focused enough to get proper Jam Reports written. However, it is worth noting that there is much promise with GBS' "Chemical Worker's Song" with the current set of voices.
cflute in particular has some very impressive harmonies coming together for that, and kendaer is feeling some potential for rumbling out the lead on this on days when mamishka isn't available.On a related note,
solarbird and I went to go visit stealthcello this past Friday night, which was made entirely of Win. She and her family have a lovely home full of lovely large Maine Coon cats as well as six two-week-old kittens, with whom we visited as well and ZOMG TINY KITTENS. Dara shared some of the music she's been working on, and Betsy answered with some of hers, and me, I was impressed by Betsy's shiny new black carbon-body guitar.One giggleworthy moment of the evening: Dara hitting a chord on the mandolin and announcing that that sounded like "ass minor". Betsy's daughter lost it laughing, and Betsy herself pondered the question of what precisely "ass" sounds like. Dara's response, entirely inevitably: "Here, pull my finger!"
I will also not be doing review posts for the most recent BSG and Doctor, again because short on general levels of cope. I will however say that the most recent BSG was quite solid. We actually haven't watched the most recent Doctor yet, but will hopefully be getting that in soon.
Current book on the queue:
desperance's Bridge of Dreams, which I have scarcely begun, but already I am impressed by the liquid rhythm of the prose.And because I could, I went and got RAM upgrades for both my MacBook and Dara's. Now Winnowill and Kiliandra both are at 2 GB, though I have observed that I'm still taxing the CPU a bit if I try to do too many things at once. Less so than before, granted, but the problem hasn't entirely gone away.
Working on listening to
s00j's Sirens, to be followed up by vixyish and tfabris's Thirteen. I have however also squeezed in Capercaillie's shiny brand new album Roses and Tears, as well as Nickel Creek's first album, since I've been meaning to listen to them for ages. This marks the first official time I have ever purchased an album calling itself country. However, listening to it, I find it definitely upholds the Alexander James Adams Principle of Celtic and Country Music, to wit: same music, different whiskey. ;)Dara and I are planning our assault on Folklife this weekend and we are for once actually looking at doing three of the four days. We definitely want to hit the Celtic Band Scramble on Saturday, but there are things that interest us quite a bit on Sunday and Monday as well. I'm thinkin', a great big (not to be confused with Great Big) glorious burst of Folklife just before surgery should be a good way to get ready.
And, it has occurred to me that as I am about to be lying flat on my ass for two weeks, I can finally read Deathly Hallows.
And have another Movie Suckoff. Because there will be another Movie Suckoff, oh my yes.
Last but most definitely not least: tomorrow night, JONES. Meeting
casirafics and mamishka for the midnight show at the Cinerama, and there will be much fangirling. What can I say. There are only a few people in the world that can really get me to fangirl, but Harrison Ford is one of them.And, just because I haven't done this in ages, here's an exercise update as well. I am now on my way back to Hobbiton!
Miles since April 5th: 107.6
Miles out of Hobbiton: 2863.8
Miles out of Minas Tirith: 26.8
Miles to Hobbiton: 1598.2
ETA 10:42pm: Oh yes, I forgot to mention: my Ubuntu VM problem has been solved thanks to help from
blargh. The issue seemed to be that VMWare was confused by my machine's having both a CD-ROM and DVD drive, and when I changed the VM settings to tell it not to auto-detect a drive, it started behaving. So now I have a functional Ubuntu VM to use as a test platform at work. Go me! And thanks, Traest. :)![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2008-05-21 06:16 am (UTC)I disagree with AJA that Country is the same as Celtic. *Bluegrass*, as long as it's instrumental, yes. Modern Country, for the most part, is a cross-bred mutt with strains of rock and blues. That said, Nickel Creek itself tends more towards the traditional AP-Carter-style hillbilly music (bluegrass and Grand-Ole-Opry) played up and down the Shenendoah valley by folks two generations off the boat from Scotland or Ireland. About *that* music, AJA is right. Same stuff, different whiskey... 'cepting the steel-pedal.
I may have to duck out on Folklife; things are suddenly getting Busy... but with good reason, part of which is I'm hoping to get my Jones on Monday evening after picking folks up from the airport...
And way to go on the walking! Did you see where
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Date: 2008-05-26 08:26 pm (UTC)I don't know
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Date: 2008-05-21 02:35 pm (UTC)Itinerary, as always, also involves rummaging through bins at Seattle Goodwill outlet store -- we tend to aggregate quite the hunter-gatherer pack for that, to the general consternation of store staff. Also Re-PC and the like.
Squee at Harrison Ford for us all, heh? He's made of solid cute.
Guess I need a Space Needle icon, too.... ^_^
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Date: 2008-05-21 04:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-21 04:44 pm (UTC)Otherwise, donations of Sucky Movies will be gratefully accepted. ;)
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Date: 2008-05-21 06:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-22 05:36 pm (UTC)That said--the entire point of a Movie Suckoff is that there must be an appropriate pair of contenders! Highlander the latest would need a good challenger! I will keep it under consideration. ;)
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Date: 2008-05-22 05:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-22 05:42 pm (UTC)Me, I've only seen Highlander 2 in fan-MSTed form; there's a local group that did fan-MSTings of it and Star Trek 5. Watching it that way was bad enough but at least the pain was dulled by the Funny. ;) I don't think I could watch it un-MSTed!
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Date: 2008-05-22 12:31 am (UTC)So, I take it a date has been set for your surgery?
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Date: 2008-05-22 02:56 pm (UTC)The date is not yet final but it's highly likely it'll be Wednesday of next week.
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Date: 2008-05-28 05:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-29 04:57 pm (UTC)Fortunately I haven't had to worry much about peripherals in the VMs I use at work. I only need them to do web browser testing. Thanks for the warning, though!
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Date: 2008-05-30 08:49 pm (UTC)It just won't write CDs. Gotta be something...