Well that was clever.
I just reset my iPod to "Factory Settings" which should be a pretty straight
forward way to get rid of a couple of missing file gremlins and other
undesirable behaviour I'd witnessed. I was also thinking that I'd sync it
with my work computer because I spend more time here and my library is
better organized (mostly because it's so much smaller).

But no. The stupid process at no point told me that I'd need to have the
wall plug power adaptor on hand to finish the process. so now my ipod won't
work and I can't do anything about it. until I get home. assuming that it's
sleeping properly, because it sure won't let me do anything else now.

Bah. silly bastard device.

On the plus side that should be a good excuse for me to see if I have all of
my ipod wires etc at the new place or if they are still in boxes in the
'rents garage.
Fun.

and this would be a lot less of an issue if I weren't off to toronto for the
rest of the week on wednesday.
<sigh>

"I think I was a bacteria in a former life. I take cleanliness as a personal
affront."
-Luca Turin

Well that was clever.<br>I just reset my iPod to "Factory Settings" which should be a pretty straight forward way to get rid of a couple of missing file gremlins and other undesirable behaviour I'd witnessed. I was also thinking that I'd sync it with my work computer because I spend more time here and my library is better organized (mostly because it's so much smaller).
<br><br>But no. The stupid process at no point told me that I'd need to have the wall plug power adaptor on hand to finish the process. so now my ipod won't work and I can't do anything about it. until I get home. assuming that it's sleeping properly, because it sure won't let me do anything else now.
<br><br>Bah. silly bastard device.<br><br>On the plus side that should be a good excuse for me to see if I have all of my ipod wires etc at the new place or if they are still in boxes in the 'rents garage. <br>Fun.<br>
<br>and this would be a lot less of an issue if I weren't off to toronto for the rest of the week on wednesday. <br><sigh><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>"I think I was a bacteria in a former life. I take cleanliness as a personal affront."
<br>-Luca Turin

K
So I've gone and done it again.
I have a single, fresh, never used ticket to the New Pornographers show this
friday. yes THIS FRIDAY the 19th at 9pm at the metro. Which I find myself
unable to use. ()&$%%*@#

But this does provide you lovely people with a last chance to get a ticket
to this sold out show.
face was $35

let me know if you're interested and we can figure out how to get the ticket
to you.

oh yeah Emma Pollock & Benjy Ferree are opening.

I'm really annoyed about this... esp since I just did the same thing for
Pitchfork this summer. I really wanted to see these guys... I think I saw
them once before .... back in my first? second year of uni? maybe it was
someone else. the wiki says that they only formed in 97 so they would have
been real new back then, and there is no way my school was that cool.
But Neko Case was freakin' awesome last summer on her solo tour. It would
have been damn good to see her again.
but 'tisnot to be.

back to work.


"I think I was a bacteria in a former life. I take cleanliness as a personal
affront."
-Luca Turin

K<br>So I've gone and done it again.<br>I have a single, fresh, never used ticket to the New Pornographers show this friday. yes THIS FRIDAY the 19th at 9pm at the metro. Which I find myself unable to use. ()&$%%*@#
<br><br>But this does provide you lovely people with a last chance to get a ticket to this sold out show. <br>face was $35<br><br>let me know if you're interested and we can figure out how to get the ticket to you.<br>
<br>oh yeah

Emma Pollock & Benjy Ferree are opening.<br><br>I'm really annoyed about this... esp since I just did the same thing for Pitchfork this summer. I really wanted to see these guys... I think I saw them once before .... back in my first? second year of uni? maybe it was someone else. the wiki says that they only formed in 97 so they would have been real new back then, and there is no way my school was that cool.
<br>But Neko Case was freakin' awesome last summer on her solo tour. It would have been damn good to see her again.<br>but 'tisnot to be.<br><br>back to work.<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>"I think I was a bacteria in a former life. I take cleanliness as a personal affront."
<br>-Luca Turin

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Thinking coherently today about anything work related is really not
happening. Unfortunately it's not a good day to be distracted given that I
have so much that needs to be done today, before I go to Montreal for a
week.
Damn Damn damn. I bring it on myself, I do, and that's what really hurts.

Thinking coherently today about anything work related is really not happening. Unfortunately it's not a good day to be distracted given that I have so much that needs to be done today, before I go to Montreal for a week.
<br>Damn Damn damn. I bring it on myself, I do, and that's what really hurts.<br clear="all"><br>

So I just tried the noname energy drink http://www.drinknoname.com/
formerly known as cocaine. It's pretty hilarious. It's got some kind
of ingredient that is meant to simulate the nasal drip allegedly
experienced by users of the real thing. It's also got "3 and a half
Bulls" of energy (aka caffeine). I'm not really sure that it's
something I'd want to drink all the time but it is a novelty.

Now I've got an hour and a half to make some really serious progress
towards getting this cosmetics presentation finished. Only a week and
a half left to practice so I need to have it done already! <Panic!>

K let's see... I guess it's now been a week. I really should post
something about my little sojourn up to Canada.

I'm going to make this short 'cause it's old news now but, there was
that little fiasco with the train and the storm and the live wires on
the track that kicked the whole thing off. Then mum and I drove up to
Madison and eventually came into clear skies but it was very late.
Woke up drove all day the next day (friday). (As we were going through
Duluth, Dad called us as he flew over Duluth on his way to Shanghai.
It was kinda cool.)

Crossed the border no problem... but I'm a little confused, If I'm
crossing into Canada on a Canadian passport, are they allowed to ask
what my status is in the US? and then ask to see ID that proves it? I
was OK with it when they did it to me when I had my green card... but
I'm a little less comfortable with it now.

Off to the LCBO where we bought canadian wine and I looked at
packaging, the Rockstar energy drink + vodka RTDs and generally was
not able to stop working even though I was on vacation.

Arrived in kenora at 5 or 6 ish, went to Safeway, got some food, then
went and picked up the boat which was full of water and headed off
down the lake. Dinner was a little over the top, but precooked crab
legs were excellent, I think we had an Iniskillin late autumn Riesling
with it.. worked pretty OK.

Saturday was the 6-week return ceremony which was the whole point of
the trip. Bro & co made it back from northern Saskatchewan and
Manitoba safe and had a good little set of sketches.
Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/syrrys/6Week2007ReturnCeremony
I got a lot of sun that afternoon.

I was encouraged to stick around for the staff banquet but it's been
so long since I've worked out there that I really don't know all that
many people anymore. So I didn't. Paddled back to the cottage with mum
and had a nice rack of lamb with asparagus and avocado, accompanied by
a nice Gurestwallen (or whatever) it was.
extra drinks both nites were Woody's Lime and Woddy's Blueberry...
like anyone would care

Had a little more time on sunday morning, before picking up bro & girl
at camp and heading for winnipeg and the flight home. Yay! whirlwind
weekends! Didn't have near as much time to catch up with friends as I
would have liked, but c'est la vie. They could always come visit me...
hint hint.

PS. for those of you observant readers who noticed that we drove up
and flew back: the truck was left for moving duty.

So there I was just about 4 minutes ago... finally taking lunch 'cause
I decided that 3pm was probably getting on even tho I wasn't terribly
hungry.
MMMMm start looking forward to my sandwich (pepper turkey and spinach
on homemade pumpernickel bread.)

First bite. MMmmmm CRUNCH. wtf? that didn't feel or sound like
anything I put in there... turns out I seem to have gotten a bit of
glass from a wine glass I broke a few weeks ago in to the bread.

I was rather surprised that finding glass in my food brought on such a
strong gag reflex.

But that was the end of lunch. I guess I'll have to make more bread
tonight. And remember to pitch the rest of that loaf (Ye GODS I'm so
glad I didn't bring that to dinner last night!)

As if I needed more things to interfere with productivity today.

> wow. that was a boondoggle. riding the metra out to meet mum to start
> driving to canada. train stops. there is a live wire on the track.
> about am hour later they told up that there was no progress and that
> they didn't have permission to back up and drop up off elsewhere. lot
> of good that would have done. about half in hour later they did get
> permission. then just as we arrived and the doors opened they said
> they'd gotten the all clear to proceed

Damn mobile limited entry size. anyway. so they told up we could stay
and woke be going soon. then they said they'd gotten the all clear. oh
wait no it wasn't cleared yet. oh wait it was. Yay! much rejoicing!
what had apparently happened according to a woman beside of who had a
son in law at the westmont FD or something. was that a train had
actually driven over the wire and made a real mess, spreading
everything all over the place. and now off!

wow. that was a boondoggle. riding the metra out to meet mum to start
driving to canada. train stops. there is a live wire on the track.
about am hour later they told up that there was no progress and that
they didn't have permission to back up and drop up off elsewhere. lot
of good that would have done. about half in hour later they did get
permission. then just as we arrived and the doors opened they said
they'd gotten the all clear to proceed

In the Arena of Logic, I fight unarmed.
-RM - http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=070421

T3h 1nt3rw3b5 has failed me.

I've become distressingly addicted to the new heineken draughtkeg ad.
but I cannot find it anywhere except for an industry pay site
(http://commercial-archive.com/node/139556 )
bastards.

I'm no huge heineken fan but.... I do like vocoders.

In the Arena of Logic, I fight unarmed.
-RM - http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=070421