tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739082024-03-14T02:57:23.413-04:00Acid Covered Espresso BeansWhen insanity and caffeine collide...myopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07945237206519153239noreply@blogger.comBlogger260125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-79750463475867915892008-01-14T15:06:00.000-05:002008-01-14T15:07:26.024-05:002008: The Year of Living SelfishlyI'm not one for making New Years resolutions. It's always been my experience that tossing out empty phrases like "I'm going to lose weight" or "I'm going to quit smoking" at the stroke of midnight (usually under the influence of a few glasses of wine) has little or no effect on changing my behavior. Sure, I might do fine for a week or two, but by the end of theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-70990061354133841232007-09-26T11:30:00.000-04:002007-09-26T11:32:38.593-04:00Myo's Massive Midpoint Adventure: The Pre-PlanningSo here we are again. It's that time of the year when downtown Cincinnati is invaded by musicians from all corners of the world. It's that time of the year when Main Street teems with people, actually resembling the Entertainment district it was intended to be. It's that time of the year when I pore through dozens of band websites to map out a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-81346575149997493702007-02-14T20:47:00.000-05:002007-02-14T20:50:33.360-05:00Chocolate. Flowers. Lingerie> Jewelry.Random thoughts for Valentine's Day, 2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap. - Joel Barish, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindOne of the things I had wanted to do more often this year was post more mixes. I had aimed for one a month and, in my usual fashion, I completely blew it on the first time out.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1157954053013995492006-09-11T01:53:00.000-04:002006-09-11T02:29:20.953-04:00Random ThoughtsGah. I'm having issues with my rotating schedule. After seven years of working a regular 9 - 5, this whole weekend thing is messing with my head. While this weird ass weekend schedule has its advantages, I'm still trying to adjust.For the second week in a row, building services decided that Sunday would be an opportune day to wax the floors where my desk is located, which Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1149097449594773362006-05-31T13:43:00.000-04:002006-05-31T13:44:09.610-04:00Planning AheadYeah, I've been MIA for a while. Time passed, things happened. It's probably better for everyone involved if I don't explain it further than that. On to present matters at hand...Over the weekend, Zappagirl gave me the heads up that Blogathon 2006 has been scheduled for the weekend of July 29th. This gives me a little time to plan ahead. On my to do list: - Pick a charity. I'mUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1141150660932875272006-02-28T13:15:00.000-05:002006-02-28T13:17:40.946-05:00Random Music Mix: The Silver Screen EditionIn honor of the upcoming Academy Awards, a music mix of songs from films. Disclaimer: to my knowledge, none of these songs (and the vast majority of the movies) were deemed Oscar-worthy. (But given the way the awards go sometimes, that's probably a good thing.) I simply looked at my DVD collection and selected songs that I immediately associate with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1139973821799687332006-02-14T22:14:00.001-05:002006-02-14T22:23:41.813-05:00Weekly Music Mix: The Anti-Schmoopy EditionWe're rotten fruitWe're damaged goodsWhat the hell, we've got nothing more to loseOne gust and we will probably crumble... - Radiohead, "Backdrifts (Honeymoon is Over)"This has not been the best day for me. Valentine's Day seldom is. I guess I just get sick of society and the media telling me that I must be defective since I'm still single at this age.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1139973197564857332006-02-14T22:10:00.000-05:002006-02-14T22:13:17.576-05:00Confessions of an Undead PriestessMy apologies for being MIA. Part of it was due to being under the weather for a few days and trying to do too much in not enough time, but some of it was due to... um... er...I'm playing World of Warcraft. There. I said it. The first step is admitting it, right?And despite the fact that I'm not very good at it, I'm enjoying myself immensely. Seriously - I am theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1138766553398532392006-01-31T22:59:00.000-05:002006-02-02T09:37:46.390-05:00Weekly Music Mix, The Concert EditionOK, forget that whole Monday thing. It's obvious I'm never going to make that deadline. Let's just say I'll post the mix sometime during the week....I didn't go to many actual concerts last year, but the few I went to combined with the local festivals and shows makes a very eclectic mix. Here's a summary of 2005 in shows:"Planet Earth" - Duran Duran (at Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1138381747665417192006-01-27T12:08:00.000-05:002006-01-27T12:09:07.683-05:00Confessions of a Would-be English MajorI received this meme from my friend Shadow the other day...Here are the current top 50 books from What Should I Read Next?. Bold the books you have read. Italicise the books you might read. Cross out the books you probably won't read, and pass it on.The Da Vinci Code - Dan BrownThe Catcher in the Rye - J.D. SalingerThe Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1138120170976350082006-01-24T11:28:00.000-05:002006-01-24T11:29:30.990-05:00Monday Mix, Somewhat DelayedWow. It took me less than a week to meet my self-imposed deadline. That's gotta be some kind of record.I had every intention of posting a mix when I got home last night, but a much-long-than-planned shopping excursion in search of necessities made me realize how exhausted the day (and the preceding weekend) had made me. I ate dinner, knit a few rows of I-cord, and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1137790824058351482006-01-20T15:55:00.000-05:002006-01-20T16:19:32.586-05:00Friday Randomness, Part 1From The Friday Fiver:1. What do you normally eat for breakfast? Since preparing breakfast takes up valuable sleep time, I tend to go for something simple. This week it's been multigrain bagels, accompanied by a Diet Coke and the morning handful o' pills. 2. Are you more likely to drink coffee or tea? Um, coffee. (Note title of this page.) I do like tea, and at one Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1137695865721185572006-01-19T13:36:00.000-05:002006-01-19T13:37:45.736-05:00Plans for the New YearIn lieu of making a bunch of New Year's resolutions that I have little to no chance of keeping, I've given some thought as to what I can do at this site. I've been increasingly lax in posting here, partly due to being busy with other things (mostly work, but I do from time to time have something bearing a slight resemblance to a social life - shocking!).The main problem, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1135374259466938912005-12-23T16:42:00.000-05:002005-12-23T16:45:32.096-05:00NaNo 2005: The Wrap-upAw, crap. I did it again, didn't I? I completely let time get away from me and almost didn't get a post up for the entire month of December.(Actually, I'd been planning to do a year end wrap-up after the holidays, but I got a nudging reminder from a reader that I'd left the results of the NaNoWriMo thing up in the air. So consider this a brief update until I get all Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1131744841108348352005-11-11T16:33:00.000-05:002005-11-11T16:34:01.123-05:00NaNoWriMo Update, Day 11Ah, November. The best of times, the worst of times. The time to drag every bad cliché and plot idea out of storage and throw them against the metaphorical wall in hopes that something will stick long enough to drag 50,000 words out of it.After last year's experiment ("let's start with no plot whatsoever!"), I decided to do a little planning. I scribbled down a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1130249020499579922005-10-25T09:54:00.000-04:002005-10-25T10:03:40.506-04:00Playing Dress-UpDecisions, decisions...I have two Halloween parties to go to this weekend, and I cannot decide on a costume (or costumes) for them. The first one is Friday night with zappagirl and memnochlv, and the second one is the annual NaNoWriMo Kick Off dinner and drinks silliness at Claddagh.Here are the ideas I'm considering: - an iPod ad. I won't be able to "silhouette" my head, but Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1128698834353834742005-10-07T11:23:00.000-04:002005-10-14T14:23:19.070-04:00Life and How to Write ItBefore I begin... happy birthday, Phil! I owe you a beer the next time I see you.It's official: I'm doing NaNoWriMo yet again. Apparently I have a masochistic streak that manifests itself as a need to try to write 50,000 words of absolute crap in a ridiculously short amount of time. (It's not as easy as it sounds, really.)This will be my fifth year participating, and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1128356328346143332005-10-03T12:17:00.000-04:002005-10-03T12:18:48.356-04:00The Top Five Reasons Why There's No MPMF Recap YetI see you out there, impatiently tapping your foot. "Where's the Midpoint Music Festival recap you promised us, Myo?"(Yes, I know that no one is waited with bated breath for my musings on Midpoint. Yes, I know that I can count my readers on my fingers. Being delusional is fun sometimes!)Anyway, I can explain...5. I decided to restructure the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1127367151309498762005-09-22T01:31:00.000-04:002005-09-22T01:42:48.870-04:00MPMF 2005 Mania: The Pre-planLess than 20 hours until the first bands take the stage at Midpoint Music Festival 2005. I've worked out a preliminary schedule of bands and artists that piqued my interest while listening to audio samples on the electronic press kits. This list will probably change, as I still haven't had the chance to read through all of the band blurbs in CityBeat. I've also Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1126886952807705482005-09-16T12:08:00.000-04:002005-09-16T12:09:12.810-04:00Fifteen for FridaySince I am currently not in a position to access Rhapsody (i.e., I'm at work, and my computer has no sound card), today's playlist comes to you courtesy of Antoinette, my iPod. Apparently she's feeling a bit eclectic today...Flann O'Brien - FluttrThe Gift - INXSInsomnia - Jason LudwigOne Step Inside Doesn't Mean You Understand - The NotwistBullet the Blue Sky - Richard Cheese Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1125821068450589502005-09-04T04:01:00.000-04:002005-09-16T09:20:08.410-04:00Howdy, Neighbor!I got new neighbors today. Now, this isn't big news. People move in, people move out. It's the way of an ever-changing world. But in my building, it's an occasion.I live in a four-family apartment building. When I moved in, I was the only non-related person in the building. My mother had heard about the apartment from a co-worker in her office when she still worked at the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1125202469537413252005-08-28T00:14:00.000-04:002005-08-28T03:04:34.716-04:00Melancholy Midnight MusicOK, so I decided to give the playlist blogging tool on Rhapsody a try, but it doesn't seem to be working all that well for me. I've posted this playlist to Playlist Central if anyone would care to give it a listen. (It's listed under myopic in the Theme/Holiday genre, with the title "Melancholy Midnight Music".)Hopefully this should link to it as well.(For those of you Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1123605638516238522005-08-09T12:30:00.000-04:002005-08-09T12:40:38.526-04:00The Obligatory Vacation Recap - The Missing Friday Entry!(I’m sure that, as it is now August, anyone who was interested what I did on my summer vacation has either given up on getting the missing Friday recap or has already heard it from me firsthand. But seeing as how I just found a printed copy of it on my desk at work – proof that I actually did write it! – I figured I’d post it for anyone Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1122357094091992062005-07-26T01:08:00.000-04:002005-07-26T02:12:05.806-04:00The (Much Delayed) Obligatory Vacation Recap, Part 2(I have no idea what happened to my post about Friday. I swear I wrote one. It had eight bajillion links! Where did it go? OK, I'll reassemble it and repost it. Until then, here's the end of the story... sorry.)Saturday:Once again, we got a late start. (I'm sure you're all shocked by this... SHOCKED!) We re-evaluated our plans (again the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908.post-1120171773836598352005-06-30T18:19:00.000-04:002005-06-30T18:49:35.770-04:00The Obligatory Vacation Recap, Part 1(This has been written for some time; I've been back for a week. It's just been a matter of getting time to code and post it. I'm a slacker. Sorry.)Scene one: So much for Plan A...(Wednesday morning) I'm officially on vacation, off to NYC to see Richard Cheese and Avenue Q with Zappagirl and Memnoch. The plan was to leave at an obscene hour of the morning Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0