Happy 2000!
Woo hoo! Happy New Year's and Happy Birthday megnut!
Happy New Year's Eve
Safe and happy New Year's Eve to everyone!
A photo you probably shouldn't see
Ev's pic of the day, posted by me, is also of me, and Matt. That's our office, that's me in the foreground, asleep after (Mom, don't read this part:) an all-night drinking binge with Matt that involved lots of Jack & Cokes and Led Zeppelin. Oy!
George is OK
Creepy creepy: Harrison fends off attacker. When I went to England to row in the Henley Royal Regatta in 1993, I went by his house and took some photos. I'm a very big Beatles fan, afterall.
My new boots
Yesterday I bought the coolest boots ever, on sale too! They're even cooler than my "future boots." I call these my über-boots, ooobees for short. So I went to the site to see if I could find a picture of the boots, which I couldn't. But I grabbed this logo instead, since I thought it was cool. Turns out they also make a brand of shoes called Nose, of which Ev owns a pair. We're just so hip here at Pyra! (I'll post a pic of the boots soon, as I'm sure you're dying to see them.)
Watching the watching
Big Brother rules 2000: "With some 75 square blocks of midtown from 35th to 59th Streets closed to all traffic, cars left on the streets will be towed while the police department's six helicopters hover over the city. Sharpshooters will be positioned on area rooftops and security cameras have been mounted atop lampposts."
pb: "Now if they hook those cameras into the web, that would be something cool!"
Cleaning out
Starting the new year right: I just cleaned out my Inbox. From over 1,000 items, I whittled it down to 16! Boy does it feel good.
Home sweet home
Ahhh...it's so good to be back!
A good day
I've received condolences from several people on the Patriots loss, which is funny, because I was rooting for Buffalo! What?!? Loyal megnut readers may recall my affinity for the Pats, but I'm also a Buffalo fan, having been born there. So while I usually choose the Pats over the Bills, since the Bills have a playoff chance, and the Pats don't, I was rooting for the Bills. (Along with my dad, but my uncle and cousins were all rooting for the Pats.) So the overtime win was very sweet. My frozen toes were not. (Don't worry, they're thawed out now!)
Go teams!
The Patriots are playing the Bills today, and I'm going to be there! Brrr...but the tailgating with cousins and the fresh scallops from Nantucket should make it worthwhile.
The holiday haul
Merry Christmas!
Just finished up with presents. Some of my favorites: books from my dad, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, e-topia, and American Beach, the new Beck CD, and lots of soap. Is that a hint?
Down down down, into this tree of fire
How nice, Johnny Cash personally welcomes you to his site. The reason I was there was because tonight I heard a song, "This Tree's on Fire" to the tune of "Ring of Fire" and it was really really funny. I wouldn't have appreciated it until recently, because until I met people from Nebraska, I never had listened to Johnny. Now thanks to the likes of pb, Jake, and Evan, I've been listening to ol' Johnny, and likin' it!
The Nutcracker
Just back from The Nutcracker, which was good, but I didn't enjoy the production as much as I do the one in San Francisco. The choreography wasn't as intricate, though the first act was more humorous and lighthearted. But I just wasn't as moved as I usually am by the grand pas de deux of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Usually it brings tears to my eyes -- this year my nose just ran, because the gentleman sitting next to me was wearing some *stinky* cologne!
Finding the perfect present
A day of shopping on Newbury Street. Exhausting. But I bought some cool presents for two friends. That is one thing I enjoy (I'm looking for the positives at the moment) about Christmastime: finding cool presents that are just right for people. Sometimes the giving *is* really better than the receiving, honestly!
Finally
Woo hoo, made it to Boston! After four hours of delays, I arrived here at 3 a.m. My parents said that was too late to pick us up at the airport, so they made us take a cab. I was very tired. The holidays sure are fun!
Finnish
Oops, yesterday I implemented foreign language headers for Blogger and I switched my format to Finnish to test it out. Looks like I forgot to switch it back! Didn't Finnish look cool?
How to celebrate Y2K
So I'm not the only one who doesn't feel like shelling out $$$$ to celebrate with a drunken mob I don't know. Phew, I was beginning to think I was! My big plan? All I really want to do is sit on the beach and watch the sun come up with some close friends. That's it. That will be celebration enough. Well...and maybe drink some champagne, as it will also be my birthday.
Off to the cold
Oh no! I'm leaving this afternoon for Boston (again) and it's freezing there. I was avoiding looking at the temperature because this is what I feared. Guess I'll have to deal.
A complaint
I hate the Windows key on my keyboard.
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