Friday, October 30, 2009
Costume Came Out Good!
Lots of folks think I look just like Abby Sciuto! I've very pleased with the tattoo. Straytats did a great job! That is the part of the costume that is getting the most chuckles, because they can't believe I actually have the actual tat...not some generic spiderweb tat that doesn't look anything like it.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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What!?!?!?
Not the SUN!!!! I'm meeeellllllttttttting!
(If you can't tell, I'm in a little bit of a goofy mood today. Hey, better than being in my usually pissy mood!)
(If you can't tell, I'm in a little bit of a goofy mood today. Hey, better than being in my usually pissy mood!)
Clouds Are Back :)
Yes...it is a beautiful overcast day! I'm not getting slammed at work...at least not so far. Tomorrow is a work from home day, because I later have to go see the dreaded dentist with my kids (I hate going to the dentist...I really do).
Today, for the most part, is a good day!
Today, for the most part, is a good day!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Call Me A Vampire...
...but I am no fan of the sun! It is still cool outside, but where did my clouds and rain go? I want my clouds back!!! Weatherman says that maybe they will be back tomorrow, but we all know about the weatherman.
Realized my playlist was gone from Myspace last night. Seems the RIAA and record companies sued playlist.com for copyright infringements simply for creating an index of songs on the web! Seems the record companies want money simply for people playing the songs over the internet...not just owning the songs...saying that if people could play them on-demand on the web, why would they need to go purchase the music? Um...so they can have it on their iPods and when they are not connected to the internet, like in their car where some of us spend a good 2 hours of our day? Seems like stupid greed to me! If people cannot download the song, what is the big deal? They went after many of the streaming radio stations a while back for the same kind of thing. I remember Radio Nigel having something posted a while back about it. Apparently, they even went after Pandora.
In my opinion, a playlist is nothing more than the mix tapes of old! How many of us recorded songs off of the radio, and created mix tapes back in the 1980's? I know I had a ton of them. I'm sure the RIAA and the music labels knew this was going on, and it drove them crazy that they couldn't figure out how to make money off of it! Mix tapes were an expression of the person...favorite songs that had meaning in the person's life...a mix tape about a particular situation...a mix of their music style. You could usually tell something about a person by getting in their car and popping in their mix tape. Playlists are the same thing! We post them on our blogs and social network pages to give insight to who we are and what is going on our lives...an expression of ourselves! Going through a breakup? You will usually find songs on a person's page that express how they feel about it...be it they caught the other person cheating or they just drifted apart...you can tell by the music that person put up on their playlist.
If anything, playlists help people figure out what artist did the song, so that they can go out and buy the CD or MP3s...actually helping the artists make money. I know many of the radio stations around here are bad about saying who did the song and what the name of the song is. I don't know how many times I had to try to Google a song through lyrics because of this, and it's not always easy. If there aren't lyrics, you have to wait until you happen upon someone's page playing the song, and then you can look at the playlist to get the info you were looking for! Now, some radio stations will post a text listing of their playlist, but you have to know the exact time of day you heard the song to figure it out. Not many people really look at the clock when they hear a song, let alone remember it hours later when they remember they wanted to go look up a song. At best, I can remember what I was doing, which gives me a round about time within an hour, but even then, I need to find a way to pull up all the songs listed that I don't recognize so that I can figure out which song it was.
Well, just realized I got up on a soap box! I've said how I feel about it all. I just think it is all stupid! A DJ doesn't have to pay royalties to record companies to spin a record at a party...why should these folks have to pay royalties to stream the music on the web?
Realized my playlist was gone from Myspace last night. Seems the RIAA and record companies sued playlist.com for copyright infringements simply for creating an index of songs on the web! Seems the record companies want money simply for people playing the songs over the internet...not just owning the songs...saying that if people could play them on-demand on the web, why would they need to go purchase the music? Um...so they can have it on their iPods and when they are not connected to the internet, like in their car where some of us spend a good 2 hours of our day? Seems like stupid greed to me! If people cannot download the song, what is the big deal? They went after many of the streaming radio stations a while back for the same kind of thing. I remember Radio Nigel having something posted a while back about it. Apparently, they even went after Pandora.
In my opinion, a playlist is nothing more than the mix tapes of old! How many of us recorded songs off of the radio, and created mix tapes back in the 1980's? I know I had a ton of them. I'm sure the RIAA and the music labels knew this was going on, and it drove them crazy that they couldn't figure out how to make money off of it! Mix tapes were an expression of the person...favorite songs that had meaning in the person's life...a mix tape about a particular situation...a mix of their music style. You could usually tell something about a person by getting in their car and popping in their mix tape. Playlists are the same thing! We post them on our blogs and social network pages to give insight to who we are and what is going on our lives...an expression of ourselves! Going through a breakup? You will usually find songs on a person's page that express how they feel about it...be it they caught the other person cheating or they just drifted apart...you can tell by the music that person put up on their playlist.
If anything, playlists help people figure out what artist did the song, so that they can go out and buy the CD or MP3s...actually helping the artists make money. I know many of the radio stations around here are bad about saying who did the song and what the name of the song is. I don't know how many times I had to try to Google a song through lyrics because of this, and it's not always easy. If there aren't lyrics, you have to wait until you happen upon someone's page playing the song, and then you can look at the playlist to get the info you were looking for! Now, some radio stations will post a text listing of their playlist, but you have to know the exact time of day you heard the song to figure it out. Not many people really look at the clock when they hear a song, let alone remember it hours later when they remember they wanted to go look up a song. At best, I can remember what I was doing, which gives me a round about time within an hour, but even then, I need to find a way to pull up all the songs listed that I don't recognize so that I can figure out which song it was.
Well, just realized I got up on a soap box! I've said how I feel about it all. I just think it is all stupid! A DJ doesn't have to pay royalties to record companies to spin a record at a party...why should these folks have to pay royalties to stream the music on the web?
Monday, October 26, 2009
Cold Rain
Nice, cold, rainy day! Probably the only thing that will soothe my nerves today! I have a lot of work ahead of me already so early in the day. Wish there was a way for me to work outside...under an awning or something...enjoying the cool air and the sound of the rain. I so wanted to work from home today. At least there I can hear the rain hit the roof. Not so in an office building. I can only look outside and imagine....
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Not As Bad Today
The work I had to do went smoothly today, so it truly only took a couple of hours today. Of course, I also have to work late tomorrow...will put in a day of more than 10 hours when done. Not looking forward to that at all!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Hope Tomorrow Is A Better Day!
Well, the couple of hours of work I was promised turned into all day! Eight hours, to be exact. Needless to say, I'm not very happy about this! I've officially worked 13 days straight without a day off, and looks like I'll need to work another 6 before I finally see one!
NOT Happy!!
I was assured we I talked to the boss about this work that needed to be done this weekend, that TOPS the work would only take up a couple of hours of my day! So far, I've been at this for 5 hours, with no sign of being done any time soon! Two systems...on one, the process is taking forever to run. The other? Process keeps failing because of others not doing things the way they should, so I have to work to undo their mess before I can finish my work!
Friday, October 23, 2009
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