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November 27, 2006

Day Twenty-Seven - Phoning in Some Dots

Yeah, I know the content has been sketchy at best. Busy weekend, busy day, and not a lot of energy. I've managed to catch my 8th (or thereabout) coldish-type malady of the season. Nothing bad, just enough to make me want to lie on the couch and do nothing. But I'll be damned if I give up on NaBloPoMo with less than a week to go.

  • I faced a bit of my own latant racism today, and I didn't like it. We're having some cable problems that needed to be fixed this morning. The tech called beforehand, and when I heard his accent and Middle Eastern name, I had a bit of a start. Then I promptly flogged myself with a bungee cord for being such an asshole. Of course he was a nice guy who didn't attempt to blow up my house with a cable van full of fertilizer. I've been bothered all day about my snap judgement, even though I just as quickly snapped back to rational reality.
  • If I regularly comment on your blog and haven't lately, there's a good chance I haven't been getting your RSS feeds. It seems that Bloglines, my usual RSS reader, has crapped out on me. I'm in the process to switching to Google Reader, but I doubt I'll be able to catch up on the mountains of posting I've missed. Likewise, Gmail has been eating the occasional email, particularly comments on my blog. So, if it seems like I'm ignoring you, I'm probably not. I'm just at the mercy of cranky technology.
  • Speaking of cranky, Clara Jane's been a pill today, which is making me cranky.
  • Despite phoning it in for the past three days, I've enjoyed posting every day of NaBloPoMo. When November ends, I'm going to make an effort to post more often than I was before. Proabably not every day, but definitely more than I was.
  • I'm too tired/lazy to unpack from the weekend away or empty the shopping bags I brought home today.
  • I totally forgot to post a shuffle on Friday, probably because I had my days confused throughout the Thanksgiving holiday.
  • I made a mix CD last night. I haven't made a mix in months. I guess I had gotten bored with making them. Itunes has made it entirely too easy, and I found that I was making mediocre mixes and not really enjoying the process. Last night's mix was fairly spontaneous and completely enjoyable. In light of forgetting to post a shuffle on Friday, here's the tracklist of the new mix.

1. Storm Coming - Gnarls Barkley
2. Glad Girls - Guided by Voices
3. Hot Dog (Watch Me Eat) - Detroit Cobras
4. Car Carrier Blues - Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon
5. Your Little Hoodrat Friend - The Hold Steady (who are quickly becoming one of my favorite groups)
6. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
7. Kick Me to the Curb - The Dollyrots
8. Harder to Ignore - The Features
9. Adventure - Be Your Own Pet
10. This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life - Born Ruffians
11. Fire Sign - The Gossip
12. London's Burning - The Clash
13. Don't Speak (I Came to Make a Bang!) - Eagles of Death Metal
14. If You Have to Ask - Red Hot Chili Peppers
15. The New Seeker - Clinic
16. That Teenage Feeling - Neko Case
17. Fired - Ben Folds
18. Is That the Thanks I Get? - Jeff Tweedy
19. Why Drunky? - The Blacks
20. They're Blind - Kelly Willis
21. Glitter in Their Eyes - Patti Smith

Posted by Robin at November 27, 2006 03:04 PM

Comments

Funny, I made a new mix too. Did it Friday, then gave a copy to Shane on Saturday before meeting up with the old gang.

Being sicks blows. I feel like hell. Hope you don't feel as lousy as me!

Posted by: Exena at November 27, 2006 05:06 PM

Now, see, you're someone who really should post daily.

Since I live near Silicon Valley, if a Middle Eastern cable guy showed up at my house, my reaction would be, "Cool! He'll be great at this. Maybe he could fix my hard drive, too."

Posted by: Lunasea at November 28, 2006 01:06 AM