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hummingwolf) wrote2004-01-01 09:59 pm
hummingwolf) wrote2004-01-01 09:59 pm
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Happy 2004!
In spite of vague thoughts of going out and looking for trouble, I rang in the new year in moderate fashion, sitting here at the computer and chatting with friends while the TV showed a ball dropping in New York. Was startled by loud noises in the haunted woods for the next couple of hours; but after some more online socializing, I did manage to get some sleep until roughly 7:30 in the morning. Ick. It seems I'm now neither morning person nor night person, but lukewarm (or something like that).
I wrote last Monday:
So there you have it. My one great New Year's Resolution is entertainment-related. I'm sure other folks can think of resolutions they believe I should be making, but--and I cannot stress this enough--I don't care. Because any resolution I need to make that has any significance at all isn't going to wait for an arbitrary date like January 1, it makes perfect sense that my NYR should be frivolous. And so it is.
So here's what I've done today: Listened to and rated songs in both the Christmas genre (wait! that's not a genre; that's a subject matter!) and the Asian genre (that's not a genre either; that's a bleedin' continent!). Songs I particularly liked: the Cocteau Twins version of "Frosty the Snowman," Sheila Chandra's something or other from ABoneCroneDrone (but I've loved Sheila for years anyway), Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's "Longing," the fifth track from an album by Dunk (cheesy, but anything that puts a little smile on my face when I don't have a clue what it's about deserves mention). Also, I've come to the conclusion that Aaron Kwok, in spite of the fact that his music is cheesy pop of the pasteurized processed kind, has an annoying habit of making music I really, really like.
After all the cheesy pop on the Asian station, my ears are now taking a break. I may need to use classical as a palate cleanser tomorrow.
Other things done today: Took an almost-nap. Played with computer graphics. Went for a walk around sunset & walked well past dark, probably close to four miles total. Ate junk food above and beyond what the walk burned off. Typed this post. Re-read this post and was amused by mental image of myself walking around a sunset and then walking past some entity named "dark." Reminded myself I need to get more sleep tonight. Re-reminded myself that there's nothing wrong with being easily amused.
I wrote last Monday:
I've decided that my big New Year's Resolution will be to rate songs in every genre and subgenre that Launchcast has available, using the powers of the Launch Information Project to guide and assist me.I rethought the resolution and turned it into something a little less vague:
Using the powers of the Launch Information Project (http://www.wam.umd.edu/~gsweeten/main.html) to guide and assist me, I shall rate at least ten tracks in every category with significant representation in the Launchcast database ("significant" shall be defined as "with more than 20 artists or albums available on user stations").
So there you have it. My one great New Year's Resolution is entertainment-related. I'm sure other folks can think of resolutions they believe I should be making, but--and I cannot stress this enough--I don't care. Because any resolution I need to make that has any significance at all isn't going to wait for an arbitrary date like January 1, it makes perfect sense that my NYR should be frivolous. And so it is.
So here's what I've done today: Listened to and rated songs in both the Christmas genre (wait! that's not a genre; that's a subject matter!) and the Asian genre (that's not a genre either; that's a bleedin' continent!). Songs I particularly liked: the Cocteau Twins version of "Frosty the Snowman," Sheila Chandra's something or other from ABoneCroneDrone (but I've loved Sheila for years anyway), Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's "Longing," the fifth track from an album by Dunk (cheesy, but anything that puts a little smile on my face when I don't have a clue what it's about deserves mention). Also, I've come to the conclusion that Aaron Kwok, in spite of the fact that his music is cheesy pop of the pasteurized processed kind, has an annoying habit of making music I really, really like.
After all the cheesy pop on the Asian station, my ears are now taking a break. I may need to use classical as a palate cleanser tomorrow.
Other things done today: Took an almost-nap. Played with computer graphics. Went for a walk around sunset & walked well past dark, probably close to four miles total. Ate junk food above and beyond what the walk burned off. Typed this post. Re-read this post and was amused by mental image of myself walking around a sunset and then walking past some entity named "dark." Reminded myself I need to get more sleep tonight. Re-reminded myself that there's nothing wrong with being easily amused.