So, today was pretty awesome. One of the first news stories I read was that the Massachusetts Historical Society will be making John Quincy Adams' diary a twitter account. Apparently, the late president made very concise diary entries. For example, from August 15, 1809, "Weather fine-- wind scanty. Lat: 44-13. Long: 53-40. This afternoon I found the Caboose on fire."
HE FOUND THE CABOOSE ON FIRE
This is a man who has mastered the art of the understatement. Follow his tweets at http://twitter.com/JQAdams_MHS
And in other news, I have rediscovered that I really love the Beatles' Yellow Submarine Movie. I watched it with subtitles on for the benefit of my friend who speaks English as her second language so that she could get the puns. And, I discovered a few puns that I had missed before I watched it this time around. It was awesome.
And, I discovered BACON BANDAGES. Not actual bacon acting as a bandage (that would be silly) but bacon-printed bandages. I MUST AQUIRE THESE!
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You can get them yourself at http://fredflare.com. This site has many amazing discoveries for you to peruse.
So...another month without a post. I'm lame, I know. But, this past week has given me more things about whom I thought, "Hm, that would make a good blog post." Item 1: White noise White noise is the background noise that comes from your environment. Birds singing or a radio that's constantly on are examples. My family was eating dinner outside, and our constant gripe is our neighbor's air conditioning unit. It is REALLY noisy and is ALWAYS on. We suspect he either doesn't know that it's noisy and on all the time or knows, but is not in a position to do anything about it. But, after eating for a while, we realized that we had tuned it out. Its noise had become white noise. Everyone adapts. Item 2: I'm finishing up work this week and have loved every minute of it. However, a few weeks ago, the project I was working just stopped working. It was going...and then it stopped. We were just like *shrug* let's try again. And then it got worse and worse..."AAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHH!" just about sums up everyone's feelings. But, hopefully we have eliminated all possible variables but one. And, looking back, this process was more educational than just blindly accepting that it works. I had to look up how the process worked and understand it in order to figure out where it went wrong. Sometimes a setback is a lesson in disguise. Item 3: I am a regular peruser of Cracked.com. I think it's very funny and put up with all the boob and dick jokes because beneath it all...well actually it's just funny. With boob and dick jokes. Anyway, they have a regular video feature called Hate By Numbers by columnist Gladstone. Normally, I only read the articles and avoid the videos. But, this particular HBN caught my eyes and I have to say made me laugh.
And, watching the entire video all the way through, I must agree with all the criticism. Additionally, I cannot believe this was included on the same album as "Boom Boom Pow," a song which is completely different from "I Gotta Feeling." Item 4: Post-it notes are AWESOME.
Okay, so over a month without posts is unusual, but I really only post when I have something interesting to say. I don't want this to devolve into a twitter-like blog where everything that happens to me makes it to the interwebs. That being said, something awesome occurred last night. I went to a rock concert with a friend last night. It was the first time I had seen her since winter break, so it was nice to catch up on stuff. However, that is not the awesome thing I was speaking of. That rock concert I mentioned - not just a rock concert, but a WIZARD rock concert. I had never heard of any of the bands, but went just because of this simple formula. Wizards = cool Rock music = cool Wizards + Rock music = insanely awesomely cool Yes, that is scientific. The music was not great in a musical sense. I wouldn't listen to it for any other reason other than that I can go, "Heh, they're singing about the Whomping Willow..." But, the experience was amazing. People were dressed up, the crowd was excited, and I just got swept away by the enthusiasm. I even got to yell somewhat musically into the microphone! After the show, I got to take photos with Harry and the Potters, one of the founding bands of Wizard Rock. Overall, the entire experience was a complete and total WIN. Woot.
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