Ugh, so very sleepy. Now I’m all for more waking daylight, but seriously, can’t the day after the spring time change be made a federal holiday?
I need more coffee.
[Update (17:02): Okay, so work today wasn’t all that bad. And despite the blustery winds outside, it’s still sunny and clear, meaning my office, on the northwest corner of the building, is flooded with sunlight from its western exposure. Very good for one’s spirits, especially when it’s time to go home, off into the not-yet-sunset.]
Now it’s time for some urban-rural rodent perspective: “City Mouse Explains Friendster to Country Mice.” Heh. My favorite thing about it is the illustrations. The mice are so earnest with their heads tilted slightly: what is this, this “Friendster”? (Link via The Morning News.)
Friendster‘s okay, I guess. Maybe I’m just not using it to its full potential? I don’t really use it to contact people per se, so for me basically it’s all about checking out who my friends’ friends are, especially the cute ones, which, I’ll grant you, is kind of interesting in and of itself.
Tell me, O massive database: am I your friend?
“How To Take Travel Pictures Like a Pro” (link via Kelake): this reminds me that I have about four used, yet undeveloped rolls of film at my apartment, and I’m pretty sure most of the shots are from vacations. The rolls have been sitting around for months (years?). I hope they’re still in good condition; they might have gotten slightly wet in my backpack during one of the big storms a while back. My point-and-shoot camera (I think it’s a Kyocera) takes pretty good pictures, but my parents have in their collection an old-school Minolta, fallen into disuse, which one of these days I might appropriate for myself and experiment with. Given my track record on getting film developed, though, it might be a while before we see the results.
I do have quite a few photos I’ve taken with my digital camera, some of which were online in an earlier version of my website. I should upload them again. One of these days.
Okay. I am now the owner of two Madonna tickets. To be honest, when I heard about her new tour (“Re-Invention”), I only half-heartedly thought it would be cool to go check it out. Don’t get me wrong: I love Madonna, but for some reason I don’t find myself generally drawn to huge-venue concerts. Despite that, this morning I went to the Ticketmaster website just before 10 a.m., and bought a pair of tickets anyway, figuring I can decide in the meantime whether to keep or sell them. One thing is they’re outrageously expensive. The only perspective I can give myself is that the price scale is slightly comparable to opera, though definitely surpassing it for the premium seats. So for that kind of money, I’m fully expecting a personally transformative audiovisual experience.
By the way, there are now two D.C. dates (the second one was just added), June 13-14 at the MCI Center.
After reading about The Brini Maxwell Show in last week’s Blade, we checked it out and it’s so kitschy and campy, I love it. Brini Maxwell is the retro domestic-diva drag persona of Ben Sanders, who provides tips on style and entertaining. The actual advice is only part of the reason to watch; most of the fun comes from seeing what over-the-top outfit or hairstyle Brini sports next. I’m so ready to pick out a nice A-line dress, put on some pearls and a pair of heels, and vacuum my way through the condo.
The show airs on the Style Network, Friday nights at 10 p.m., and also shows up on E!, Wednesday mornings at 11:30 a.m. Not great timeslots, huh. Set the TiVo!
I have a little prize for the first reader to correctly identify the allusion in my entry title. No foolin’! Try not to cheat, but hey, who am I to stop you? Anyway, it’s apt today, because it’s April and it’s raining. Like, coming down hard. Happy second quarter. For some reason, I’ve been thinking about “to do’s.” I need to either cancel or scale down my cable TV subscription at my apartment that I’m never at. And I’ve been telling myself, by April I’d get back to the gym, so I can be all toned and ready for summer, but here I am putting it off a few more days. Next week, I promise. And how ’bout them taxes? This weekend, I promise.
[Update (2 Apr): What, no takers? Avril Raines is a character in the 1989 Broadway musical City of Angels (music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel, and book by Larry Gelbart). In our college production, yours truly played the role of crooner Jimmy Powers. And by the way, today here in the D.C. area the April rains continue.]
Air America Radio, which bills itself as a liberal talk-radio network, hits the airwaves at noon today with Al Franken hosting The O’Franken Factor. Air America will be broadcast initially on:
and will also be available as streaming audio on their website. (Thanks to Terrance for the reminder.)
