This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on August 24, 2004). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.
Things that are going to be happening in the near future:
- Saturday: get my eyes checked and order new glasses, which should arrive 7-10 days after that. My first new pair of glasses in quite a few years. Hooray for work-provided insurance.
- Saturday: Rent at the Paramount. I don’t really know that much about Rent, but Prairie assures me that it’s wonderful, so we’re going.
- Next month: vacation time! I’ll be in Anchorage from late in the evening Sept. 10th to mid-day sometime (if I’m remembering correctly) Sept. 18th. Birthday celebration for dad on the 15th, genealogical ramblings with mom, and hanging out with as many Anchorage-based friends as possible during the week I’m there. Really looking forward to this, as while I’ve had a few weekend trips from time to time, this will be my first decent vacation (week long, paid, etc.) in quite a few years.
- When it comes out: install MT3.1 onto my webserver to upgrade Kirsten and Dad’s weblogs (and hopefully provide a bit more spam protection) without having to try to migrate them to an entirely new system (and, quite possibly, prepare to move Eclecticism back onto my own server again).
Things I need to get around to doing:
- I’ve been meaning to write something about The Prydain Chronicles for a few weeks now. I really do intend to actually do so. Really.
- Another design (or six, who knows) for the site’s stylesheet switcher would be good, if I ever come up with ideas worth pursing rather than just discarding after they rattle around in my head for a few days.
Things that are distracting me from doing the things in the previous list:
- Making sure all my photos are imported into iPhoto and sorted/dated/labeled correctly, so I can archive my current photo library to CD before updating iPhoto to the newest version (as there have been some reports of issues with the most recent update).
- Watching Buffy and Angel as fast as NetFlix can send me the DVDs. I’m up to Season Five of Buffy, and Season Two of Angel, and am really enjoying both. Much of the fun is that I’ve never seen these before, so it’s all entirely new to me — so things like Dawn suddenly appearing out of nowhere throw me for a loop (and I was quite happy to get some answers to that little plot twist during last night’s Buffy session).
- Procrastination. Hey, it happens.