The past couple of weeks have been odd. I had a good trip back home for Thanksgiving. I found a bunch of old tapes I made when I was a kid. The tapes are falling apart so I’m going to try to convert them to CD over the next few weeks – it’s time consuming. The drive down was fine, but on the way back up I hit a fallen rock and made the car jump in the air about 3 feet. Didn’t seem to do any damage so I kept going. The following day I had a flat tire – but there was a tow truck right there that changed the tire for me cheap – good people in Jersey.

The next night I hung out with my friend L and had a really excellent time.

Monday my computer died at work. It took them three days, but they were able to recover all my data. The problem is they had to re-image my machine, so I need all new software installs – there is no ETA. It’s so frustrating not to be able to do the work I need to do. I can’t even view the websites I’m supposed to be looking at because I don’t have flash installed, and the new company rule is, no one can install any software other than IT personnel – so I’m locked out of my former admin account. Fuckers.

Thursday my friend S had her birthday party and of course the work crew was there and I got tore up. I’m sure I said things I shouldn’t have said – but no one seems the worse for wear.

Friday my friend K called from out of no where to see about getting drinks. I got torn up again. Class the next day was horrible. Learning about database installation is boring enough, but try doing it on no sleep and hungover – blech.

This week there are two, possibly three parties. Computer software is still MIA, so tonight I’m doing it from home, but I can’t charge them my freelance rate or overtime, because I’m staff. I’ll say it again – fuckers.

But adding to the plus column, I picked up a great James Brown boxed-set and the new Nirvana set – both on sale.

SONG OF THE MOMENT: James Brown – “There Was a Time”