fine whine

I just published two new posts, though they appear to be from last month. Both are relatively date-specific, and June only had one post so far.

However I'm still a few posts behind, at least as far as ones I'd meant to write are concerned. The one I really want to write pertains to a date in April, but that's a bit too far back to backdate* and anyway, the funny parts don't really have any connection to the date.

The challenge, of course, is to get it published sometime in the next two weeks so July also doesn't have only one post.

* Never mind the fact that I still have a draft from 2004 that I am intending to finish and publish sometime before I completely forget what happened that night.

Trying to write more frequently is difficult when I'd let so much time pass without posting anything. I didn't even post a link to the most recent threadless $10 sale (sorry!), surprisingly.

I've forgotten a few other things lately. Earlier this month*, for the first time this year, I incurred library fines. They raised the rates this year, some doubled, and I redoubled my efforts to get everything turned in on time.

Or at least, I meant to do so.

Considering I check out some 50-60 books, CDs and DVDs a month, I'd say that's pretty good that I went so long without slipping up. And even then, I only owe them forty cents.

Cheap though I may be, I must admit I've gotten a lot of entertainment out of them for forty cents.

* I suppose it's somewhat telling that I can't even remember what day it happened - considering I meant to remember it to write about it that's pretty bad. Good thing it wasn't anything important.

... looks like I forgot to post anything in February.

If you're reading this in a feed reader, you may not notice a difference, but most everybody else should notice that the site has had another face-lift. Ever since unveiling the drab brown scheme I'd meant to rewrite the site 'theme' files to be easier to update and change, but hadn't made much progress until a week or two ago with actually sitting down* and doing it.

Well, I've done enough for now, and I've gotten tired of the brown. The graphic up top there isn't really finished, but I can easily work on that over the next few months until I decide to change everything all over again.

In between, though, I intend to do some more writing. I've finished up another draft, and have two sitting pretty, almost finished, so watch this space. And let me know if you see anything strange or out of place.

You know, other than new posts, that is.

* Or laying down, on the floor, as the case may be, as I still have not yet built (or even begun building) the desk for my computer.

Last week I wrote about writing more. Until today, though, nothing new appeared.

Well, it's not entirely my fault.

Sometime last week a number of my files disappeared, and tech support took a little while to restore them and give me a vague explanation as to where they'd gone and why.

Basically, they don't know, and I don't really care - I'm happy as long as they're back. I did, however, lose two days*, and I'm slowly patching things back together. My "I've watched" list was probably hit the hardest.

So scroll down - there's more to read, finally.

* I am, of course, backing everything up today for the first time in a few months. If you don't already make regular backups of your data, whatever it may be, well, you're in for a surprise someday. An unpleasant one.

There has been no update on this site since last month.

I have no excuse. Not once did I even attempt to create a draft of a post (I have almost 200 posts I've never completed, and likely never will) other than putting words together in my head.

I even missed mentioning a Threadless sale, though it would've seemed pretty crass to have that be the only interim post, wouldn't you say?

You may notice I uploaded some new pictures* to my Flickr account, none so significant to warrant a mention here, I suppose.

By my incomplete count, I have watched twenty-nine movies and five TV shows on DVD. They weren't all noteworthy, but a few of them (almost wrote "not none") were. Perhaps I'll mention them in the coming days.

I do intend to return to writing, and at least once a week. Even if all I can do is complain about work, or what I think could be better about using my mp3 player.

There's just something about not writing one day that makes it easier to not write the next, and so on and so forth. Nothing necessarily noteworthy happened in the last month, but having nothing to write about never stopped me in the past. Hopefully it won't block me again.

* From home. Scott gave me some pointers on a way I might be able to circumvent our security and use the site from my desk at work, but the complexity of the site (and its many servers) stymies the tunnels. I suppose I'll just stick to doing work at work.