Some of the more observant amongst you may have noticed some changes to the blog over the past few days. Basically, Blogger has enforced an upgrade on me, thus resulting in my using the newer, cleaner, more user friendly version of the software as opposed to the archaic version that I enjoyed. The biggest change is that at the end of each post you’ll see labels, which is where I’ll tag each post with what it is about. Theoretically, over time you’d be able to click on the “U2” link and see everything that I’ve ever written about U2. Problem is I have nearly 600 posts, none of which are tagged, and I can’t hire an intern to classify everything for me. I’ll at least go back and tag the live blogs, forgotten television shows, and songbooks. Beyond that, this is more of a go forward effort.
I’ll also have to upgrade my profile, as last time I checked it said that I was 250 years old. Wow, I knew I had been in this town for a while but I didn’t think that it had aged me that much. Maybe that is just in reference to the psychic who said that I had an old soul. Though 250 is probably young from a soul’s point of view.
I’ve also accomplished one of my main goals for the week, which is to complete my 2006 concert discs. This two disc set contains 33 songs by 32 artists, all of whom I saw in concert at some point during 2006 (Aimee Mann gets two songs because she is too awesome for just one.) This was a bit of a tougher mix to build than in previous years. It just seemed like I had a couple of bands that sounded so entirely different from everything else that they couldn’t easily be built into a mix CD. But, after spending most of Saturday night working on this, and some additional tweaks over the next few days, the discs are production ready. As always, if anyone wants a copy, just let me know.
(And yeah, I did spend Saturday night with my laptop and piles of CDs making mix tapes for myself. Every once in a while not going out to the bars sounds like a good idea.)
One last housekeeping issue. With the launch of Windows Vista this means that I’ll finally have the opportunity to go out and get a new laptop. I’ve been wanting to for the past few months and figured if I was going to make a technology upgrade I might as well go for the whole kit and caboodle. My biggest issue is not what type of machine that I’ll get but rather what will I name it. My last two laptops have been called “Helena Mark 4” and “Julie”, my current machine and quite possibly the best computer that I’ve ever had. Right now, the leaders for names are “Julie 2.0” and “Natalie” (after Natalie Portman, who could probably be viewed as a younger and more modern version of Julie Delpy.) “Lindsay” still has a chance though I have a feeling that with that name the machine will be flaky, unreliable, and, to be honest, prone to really nasty viruses.
Stress dream update: I’m going to log these until they stop. Last night I dreamt that in order to escape a criminal charge I built a time machine. A working time machine that I used in my dream to travel back and forth like I was in an episode of Quantum Leap. It was actually one of the coolest dreams that I’ve had in a while. Especially this strange waiting room you end up in while you time travel, which I have to reuse for a story one of these days. Still, I’m hoping for an end to stress dreams and waking up with headaches when I’ve done nothing the night before to deserve them.
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