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Lots of interesting things happening. I keep saying I'm going to sit down one night and write a proper post for LJ, but it's gotten to where there's a half-dozen disparate things that I want to talk about all at once.
Maybe it'd be better to just upend the whole box and let you all fit the pieces together.
... and, er. Those were the five major topics anyway. I feel like there's a sixth one that I'm forgetting. Maybe it'll occur to me in the morning.
(*- "my car" not "a car". This complicates my vacation plans a bit, but not terribly. Don't wanna get into the fiddly bits of that right now.)
g'night.
Maybe it'd be better to just upend the whole box and let you all fit the pieces together.
1. "I saved hundreds on my car insurance by switching to no car insurance." I'm always telling folks that Bellingham can be a car-free city, and I aim to prove it. I let my tabs expire in February, cancelled my insurance, drove my Honda waaay over to the other side of Sehome Hill, and parked it there. It hasn't moved since March. I'm hoping to go the entire summer without driving my car.*
2. I'm taking the money I formerly budgeted for car insurance and spending it on DSL. Got a great deal on a Qwest modem/router via Ebay last week, now I'm just waiting for it to arrive. I've been wifi freeloading on open networks ever since I moved back to B'ham, so I am ridiculously excited about getting my very own personal connection to the tubes again.
3. Skype is the main reason I'm shelling out for wired internet right now. I'm still kind of amazed-- and, frankly, skeptical-- that I live in a world that has actual working videophones.
4. Last week I also bought a USB-to-MIDI connector for my Casio piano. I have no idea why it took me so long to get one. My Casio has suddenly gone from being a bit of pop-art wall furniture to a tool that I mess around with for 2-3 hours daily. I am staring down the rabbit hole of electronic synthesizer mega-geekdom. It feels good.
5. I'll be in Portland on the evening of July 1 (that's a Wednesday). There's a lovely bunch of people in Portland that I haven't seen since October that I'd be very glad to cross paths with again. I'm also looking for some place to stay that night. (I'm picking-up some people at PDX airport the next morning and then heading on to Pacific City for the Fourth of July weekend & Hot Damn.) I'll be pinging specific Portlanders and asking more directly over the next week or so; just thought I'd throw the knowledge out there.
... and, er. Those were the five major topics anyway. I feel like there's a sixth one that I'm forgetting. Maybe it'll occur to me in the morning.
(*- "my car" not "a car". This complicates my vacation plans a bit, but not terribly. Don't wanna get into the fiddly bits of that right now.)
g'night.
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