christopher575

Aug. 11th, 2007

I was laid off in late August, 2001. In the second pay period of this month, my salary will finally recover to just over what it was. Six years later.

I still love it here.

When I watch Star Trek shows I always dream of replicators, holodecks, and computers that can scare up anything you want to see or listen to at a moment's notice. But really, the Internet we've got right now, and my decent computer and amazing phone are pretty great.

Example: I've had a song sort of in my head for years, but didn't really know who it is or what they're saying. Searches have failed because I had an important part of the lyrics wrong. I thought it was "pick me, babe" but I heard it somewhere yesterday, and it's actually "it ain't me, babe." I put an appointment in my phone to remind myself to search for it this morning.

Google search: "it ain't me babe" lyrics

It's quite easy to see from these results that it was done by Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and The Turtles. I was kind of surprised to figure out that the version I liked was by the Turtles. I downloaded it and have it on repeat ever since, which is necessary since it's about two minutes long.

Watch on YouTube

We know drama, originally uploaded by christopher575.

Waiting for the movie to start. Guess which one I'm seeing and win a prize. Also, I found a really cool "5" from a sign on the way here. I hid it so I can grab it on the way back. Hope it's still there.