Month: July 2002

I haven’t really said a lot about me lately. I’m not sure why that is. Perhaps it’s just because I haven’t really had a lot of time to myself lately. When I was “visting” my father and his girlfriend for a few months earlier this year, I had a lot of time to myself. I read good books, I watched a lot of Nick at Nite, I worked out a bit, I programmed, I even thought about my life. Now that I’m working full time plus, and spending almost the entire time I’m not working with other people, I don’t really have that much time to myself. In fact, since within the next week or two I’ll be moving in with three friends, I’ll have even less time to myself (unless you count the time sitting on the train in the morning and the evening).

When I have had a chance to think, I’ve been contemplating too many different things. I think about leaving New Jersey; trying to find another job in another part of the country… but it’s hard to just leave and start new somewhere else without any sort of leads or connections, unless I want to start at the low rung of the ladder… again. I’ve been thinking about what my ultimate goal is, and I haven’t come to any conclusions. I love music, I love computers, I love learning, but where does that get me? I’ve been thinking of going back to school… but if I do, it would have to be for something big. I’ve been toying with the idea of being some sort of “music lawyer” (not a courtroom type of lawyer). I know that being a lawyer isn’t an idea that people “toy” with, but yet I still toy with the idea. I’ve taken a look at bits of the LSAT, and I am confident that I can do very well on the exam with practice.

But maybe it’s not for me. If there were only a way for me to do something that involved all of my crazy interests, and to be paid well for doing it (someday I want to be able to help provide education for my future kids)… but I guess that is everybody’s dream.

According to a Princeton Review report, my father’s grad school, Cooper Union is the toughest school in the country to get into, beating out Harvard and Yale. Who knew?

Ford Motor Company is taking the first step to sanity. Let’s hope that other car manufacturers follow suit. (You might have to register for the NY Times article, but it’s free and they don’t spam.)

Somehow I let seven months go by without a redesign. I don’t know that one slipped by me. Simplicity is key now.

Hey there! I need testers for my Project! Go to MarchNow.com!

Amtrak train derailed north of Washington, D.C. CNN reports an eyewitness saying there are lots of injuries and at least six cars derailed.

Like most of the country, I saw Austin Powers in Goldmember this weekend. It was pretty funny (particularly the opening and closing montages), but at this point I don’t think I’d be excited to see a fourth movie in the series, even if it does portray Seth Green‘s rise to bald, evil mastermind.

August is party month here in New Jersey with several birthdays, housewarming events and stuff like that.

And to the person it was who told me Frau Farbissina was played by the short annoying girl from Saturday Night Live, with a lot of make-up, you’re wrong.

According to these guidelines, a past employer of mine should have folded long ago. I guess some companies just don’t play by the “rules…”

The summer seems to be a time for moving. Three women I work with here at the Company are moving to new positions within the building. One of them is the woman I replaced temporarily while she was on vacation—this is how I got the job in the first place. Since she came back, I’ve added on quite a bit of responsibilites, and now that there will probably be a lapse before someone else is hired, I’m sure I’ll be busy for a while.

But being busy is a good thing; I could really use the overtime pay. Although, the time spent in the office will cut into the time spent working on my Project.

Speaking about the Project ,I had wanted the beta testing to start this Friday, but now because of some new developments, that might not be possible. This brings us back to the fact that summer seems to be a time for moving.

My roommate called today in tears because Comcast shut off our cable and internet connection due to non-payment. It seems she had been hiding the bills in fear or having to spend money. Since we split everything half way but all the bills are in her name, I do not worry about this stuff until she feels it’s important to show me the bills. Since she hides the bills I never see them. Well, I called Comcast and paid what I needed to pay for them to reconnect the service since I need it tonight to work on a client’s website (I wouldn’t have paid the bill otherwise). She’s going to find that she will need to come up with some cash to pay me back ASAP, since I will be moving to an apartment back in good old Lawrenceville. I’ll give me thirty days’ notice, she’ll use some of the money from the security deposit (which I am sure she deposited into an interest-bearing account—HA!) to pay for my last month’s rent. Even though I’m giving thirty days I’m pretty sure I’ll be out within the next seven days.

Well, in any case, it’ll be nice to live in apartment where 4,999 of my 5,000 roommates aren’t several species of small furry bugs.

So after a few years of procrastination, I finally saw Blast! last night in Philadelphia. We even dragged Darren along. He wrote a little about his impressions so I won’t duplicate that here. My favorite part of the show was probably just the fact that the entire brass line was so well in tune (intonation). When you’re perfectly in tune, certain chords and unisons can create such wonderful harmonics. (That’s when you hear more notes in a chord than are actually being played because of the way the vibrations in the air match together so perfectly, they create more vibrations…)

I can’t wait to go see Blast II: Shockwave when it comes out.