"Reload" by Rob Zombie
I have a playlist called "Amphetamine" I constructed to help me chase the dragon at a point in my life when I was running on treadmills in the morning before work. One of my favorite tracks on it (and one of the few songs that I can stand to play on repeat) is a remix of Reload by Rob Zombie.
"Get Together" by The Youngbloods
Trying to think of my first musical memory. I'm not sure if this is it, but Get Together by The Youngbloods stands out. I was born in 1968. My uncle was serving a tour of duty as a Marine in Vietnam. This song made me think of him when I was a child. And boy does it feel appropriate today.
Aurora visible overhead in St. Paul MN, tonight
Apparently, the mechanics of Animal Crossing New Horizons will allow multiple purchases of a legitimate artwork. So now I have two gotchas when shopping and I need to keep an inventory. Yes, I deeply enjoy ACNH.
That feeling when you pre-order the next book in the series you just finished and the projected availability is not for 10 more months. This is better than not knowing if there is a next book in process, but also anticlimactic. Checks watch: Yep. Still 10 months.
Feeling super snarky at work today. I’m aware that I’m feeling snarky and for the most part it doesn’t get out—but I’m not in the clear. I will apologize to one person as one of those after-the-fact realizations that I could have said the same thing without saying the same thing.
Can I just say I was filled with rage today when I was asked to assist a person with a technical issue, and the first time they suggested was 12PM-1PM? I honestly understand that folks are busy with meetings throughout the work day, but lunch is not a free space. No.
I didn’t expect to enjoy lavender in my coffee as much as I do.
The Big Mash-Up by Airiel.
Five stars. Would recommend.
Somehow I made it to 1PM without needing the Authenticator app on my work phone. Which means I didn’t realize I had left my work phone in my car this morning. My gratitude to the FindMy app which showed me a truth I could hardly believe.
Maybe, if the weather was bad overnight so the commute was a challenge even after a co-worker asked for one more thing before you left the house, and the coffee in your travel mug tastes good, and you’re already late, maybe Rob Zombie can finish his song before you go inside.
In practice, I pick up device so it wakes and shows the Lock Screen. I see a stunning number of notifications. I start swiping and tapping to manage them, and then even though I’m holding the device in front of my face, FaceID doesn’t, and the screen sleeps in mid swipe or between taps.
Now, I have to wake the device a second time, make sure FaceID happens, go the Home Screen where hopefully I’m not completely distracted by icon notifications, hope I’m pulling down from the portion of the screen that will allow me to process the notifications I was trying to process, and start again.
I need to reduce the number of notifications. Almost none of them need to be on my Lock Screen. Most of them aren’t adding value to my life. So noted.
American Dreaming by Dead Can Dance
Five stars, Would Recommend
Well, my Hogwarts Legacy level 16 character has already surpassed my previous level 20 character in terms of ability. And, I was able to defeat the Acromantula that I could not previously get past. A couple of tips I ran across have been invaluable.
Afternoon project and soundtrack:
I’ve been doing technology support for three decades. It is so disappointing after all this time that sometimes what you need for an app to do what it was designed to do is to quit and restart. Not to do something special, just for the app to what its designers intended, that base functionality.
And then I spent the rest of the day in deep recovery and have spent a fair amount of time in Hogwarts Legacy starting back from the beginning, in Story Mode. Right now “the story” is more compelling and the tasks and challenges feel like they are leading somewhere. It has been fun!
Today was a day. The people came out a second time. The basement is drained and drying. It’s all over but the crying end cleaning. That was a grand I was hoping I was saving but I paid people who did a bunch of crappy work on our behalf. I’m grateful that issue is resolved for now.
The guy is here trying to drain my basement. I don’t spend time in mine, generally. It’s partially finished and mostly storage. Tonight I made the discovery of the water. Not fully flooded, but standing water in part, water had been higher at some point. Floor drain isn’t draining, etc.
The thing where I was expecting a delivery today, but actually the order I placed is scheduled to deliver in just 6 short days.
Once again, I have learned to never ever trust a tutorial for doing anything in Linux. The chances that you will be able to do what you intend to do right out of the gate are low, and inevitably you’ll need to refer to second, third and fourth sources. And maybe it works, maybe you start over.
I re-watched Madonna: Truth or Dare this week. It came out at what I feel was most likely the zenith of her career, with her Immaculate Collection and her book Sex all in popular media at once.
It was fun to see. I had forgotten there might have been any controversy around any of her performances since she has been eclipsed on a few fronts.
I was a huge fan of hers for a long time and my collection of music reflects that.
But it was a time and a place and others have filled that same place in my heart since those days.
I rewatched Rattle and Hum a few weeks ago and think about the lyrics, still. It was interesting to see even then how America and her culture were both influential, yet not living to her ideals.
I’m looking for a copy of the Depeche Mode 101 DVD.
Not sure if I have an AppleTV issue or a playlist-too-big issue. When I pick a few of my larger dynamic lists, the AppleTV becomes unresponsive for several minutes. Not an issue on my iPhone 15 streaming the same lists, but my AppleTV model is circa 2017. Only seems to be an issue since tvOS 18.
Coffee. Coffee and Tylenol. Coffee, Tylenol and Nintendo.
I need more coffee.
I opened my web browser on my work computer, and once more I have no idea what I was going to do next.