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…I would totally pay the cover (or print out a free pass) to listen to Chris Rohn spin some tunes at Luna. I mean, just look at that playlist. Damn.

*looks at iPod*
*looks at Soulseek launch icon*

Playlist. Hmm.

Aaron told me that his podcast got a negative review on iTunes recently. Of course, I had to go read what this person had said, even though I knew it would probably cheese me off.

And, of course, it did.

I mean, I know you can’t please all of the people all of the time, but I don’t see what this guy’s problem was. Aaron’s podcast delivers everything he promises: anime reviews, convention reports, domestic and fansub releases, news, everything. The reviewer in question apparently disagrees, saying that “hopefully someone can learn from this guy’s mistakes and make something worthwhile.” The only positive thing he could say was that Aaron’s show notes were informative. I honestly wonder if he even listened to more than one or two episodes of the podcast.

Now — and this is *totally* self-centered of me — after all this bagging on my husband’s podcast, the guy’s last line was, “By the way, I really hate the album art.”

o.O

I was really proud of that fucking art, you bastard. I composed that shit myself (with Aaron’s artistic direction), and I thought it turned out really classy.

So, thanks a lot, asshole. Thanks for the fucking non-constructive criticism.

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This week, in an attempt to re-align my sleep schedule by about an hour, I’ve been assembling my meals at 10pm, then showering, then reading in bed, and turning off the light at 11:00pm, no matter what. I’ve been laying in bed awake for an hour, to be sure, but I’ve been successfully rising with my alarm clock two days in a row. (Yes, this is an accomplishment.)

Tonight, I got caught up in some genealogy research, so I haven’t gone upstairs to make my food yet — and now my body’s threatening to cart itself off to bed without my brain’s permission.

I’d better go make my food already, before I find myself all tucked into bed with no recollection of how I got there.

I require this shirt. Just FYI.

In other news, tonight involves preparations for Ohayocon, including:

• packing the suitcase
• ironing the costume
• printing the preregistration confirmation
• generally hyping

Which is nothing compared to Aaron’s preparations today. On top of all that, he also printed hotel confirmations and directions, went to the post office for stamps (unrelated to Ohayocon, but still in the list of errands), packed up his iRiver and mics for mobile con recording, and did a bunch of other stuff.

He also pointed out that I have no room to bitch and complain about how my helmet turned out, when I assembled it two days before the con. Good point.

Update, 7:20pm: Why is Norton Security blocking the Threadless banner I posted? Gyarr. I can’t figure out how to manipulate Norton to allow me to view this simple image, so I’m just turning off Ad Blocking. (Not turning off Pop-up Blocking, mind you, although I doubt I really need it with my kick-ass Firefox.)

I wonder what else Norton has blocked before… hmm.

I have so many different ideas queued up for year-end (or New Year’s, as it were) lists and essays and whatnot. Unfortunately, I am so unenthused about writing right this moment that none of them are going to happen today.

(Some of this lethargy is most certainly due to the extra helping of creamed chicken I ate for dinner this evening. Ugh. Yummy, and filling, but man. I do NOT want to move now.)

So, I guess that, for now, I’ll just mention that my New Year’s resolution (apart from losing weight, which is always a given) is to finish the projects I start. I have so many half-completed projects it’s just stupid. So, this year, I resolve to finish what I start. This doesn’t necessarily mean that I resolve to only have one project at a time, because I think that would be impossible for me. 🙂

In future blog entries, expect a Year In Review (a *real* one, not the meme I already posted) and my list of New Music Discoveries for 2005.