Why is it that every "season finale," or half-season "finale" in SciFi's case, has to end in a cliffhanger? I am SO annoyed with SciFi friday's result. 3 Shows in the lineup...all three have cliffhangers until the second half of the season starts in January.
I'd love to watch the next half, but I'm getting rid of cable. I'll be watching IPTV and surfing the net on Fridays in January instead. Screw you, TV series writers.
Go Broncos...first D-1A win in 2 seasons...
There are a lot of things I could talk about today: Rachel being in Germany, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ophelia (you came and you brought me a Turkey, by God!), Hurricane Rita, my obnoxious cat, "Global Warming," the price of gas, what I'm having for dinner tonight, what I had for dinner last night, and the absurd list goes on. What I will talk about is something completely different. Street Musicians.
How do I happen upon these upstanding members of society? Why by riding the Metro, of course! Like a good environmentalist, I've declined to drive my gas-guzzling SUV to work since I started my job in Bethesda last December. So, when I arrive at the Bethesda Metro station, I'm greeted by music from one instrument or another just about every morning.
A lot of Street Musicians are poor. I suppose that's fine. One fellow that is frequently at the top of the Bethesda station escalator plays a trumpet. By the looks of him, he's not that well off. I doubt he's homeless, but he probably doesn't have much. He does have a trumpet, though, and he plays hymns on it every day except when it approaches Christmas time, in which he plays carols of all types. I've almost come to take this fellow for granted, he's always there, and the fact that he's playing hymns that I recognize brings a smile to my face.
This is not the sort of fellow I have issue with. Indeed, when I was living back home in Kalamazoo, I even considered taking my saxophone downtown and trying my hand as a street musician. Not seriously, no, but the thought was there.
The kind of Street Musicians I take issue with are the ones that are very obviously poor, and most likely homeless, that have the newest and shiniest electric guitar. Of course, since it's electric, they all have amps and microphones so they can sing. The first time I saw one of the musicians like that I was like...HUH!? The man had what was convincingly all of his worldly posessions stacked up near a column next to which he was positioned with his gear. My mental thought was "sell your gear, you need the cash." Looking back, I think that's a bad idea...but only if he was getting plenty of donations to the cause.
Recently there's been different guy in the evenings as I head back to the station on my way home. He also has the guitar, amp, and microphone. He did not have all his worldly posessions...which I suppose was good. Maybe he was just trying to make some extra cash. I suppose I can respect that. But I prefer the guy with the trumpet just the same. Maybe because he isn't singing.
At any rate, it's better than pleading for money like the guys that are by the Smithsonian station. At least they're providing some backdrop other than the sound of buses, cars, and people walking. While I don't necessarily enjoy all of the sounds they produce (my man with the trumpet is an amature at best), I do prefer them to the Asian guy handing out -rather, forcing upon me- the "Epoch Times"...whatever the heck that is.
This post really was a bunch of rambling wasn't it? Gah...
-Kal
You were going to get an Audio Blog entry today but I decided not to. Garageband was giving me an error. I'd bet it was because I was playing a song with QuickTime but I don't know that for sure.
I'm home way early today because I had to take Rachel out to Dulles to fly across the "Drink" for work. She'll be back in a week and a half. That means it's just me and the cat for the next several days. One of us might not survive...heh.
You may still get the Audio Blog, so we'll see. But not right now. And now, care of Delilah, your moment of Zen...
In stores now, it's Microsoft Werd 4.11!
This cracks my sh*t right up.
Update: The WMU Broncos actually pulled out the win, but the Detroit Lions are pitiful...38-6 loss to Da Bears.
"Peace"
K-Dawg
My Blog keeps getting SPAM. How freaking annoying. Not that anyone leaves comments, but for those of you that do, please beware. I've posted a word verification to keep the Spam-Bots from posting Homeowners Insurance and Mortgage spam in my comments sections.
As I write this post, the WMU Bronco football team is in the process of going 0-3 again this year. They lost a close one to Virginia in week one and got demolished by Toledo in week two. Right now they are facing an uphill battle against Southern Illinois, that Division 1AA football powerhouse that they are. Sickening. I'm waiting for the MAC to cut the Broncos loose for being awful. Luckily for them, the MAC has a precedent of letting crappy teams stick around. That's how Buffalo and Eastern Michigan still remain...
...give me a break.
Okay, so I love Stargate. However, Season Nine has been less than thrilling. We went from crazy powerful Goa'uld and Replicators to the Priors of the Ori. Why is it that whenever they knock off one powerful enemy, a more powerful one emerges? And why haven't the Ancients done anything yet? And why, having won their hard-fought freedom, are the Jaffa so ready and eager to submit themselves to some new false gods?
We need Colonel what's-his-name to bring the his Daedaleus back from the Pegasus Galaxy and kick some butt w/ the Prometheus.
-Kal
So, I'd written this really long post about iPods and Rachel getting an iPod mini and how I couldn't wait to get my own. I wanted to cap it off with this link...but Camino and Blogger tag-teamed to deprive me. And frankly, I'm not writing it again.
So, here's the link again, because I really want these for my eventual iPod.
-Kal
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