Week in Review
Posted on March 14, 2005
I've got a few items that don't quite deserve dedicated entries so I'll try to sum them up in one posting.
Trying to listen to a badly ripped version of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States: Highlights from the 20th Century (read by Matt Damon) on the train was the tipping point in convincing me to search for replacements to the standard iPod ear buds. I settled on a pair of Sony MDR-EX71SL in-ear type earphones. They do a great job of blocking out noise on the train, as well as keeping bodily noises in, or rather amplify them in my head. On the way home from work last week I ran into a KFC between stations for a quick dinner, paused the music and removed one ear phone to place my order. As I ate my twister I kept the music paused, put the right earphone back in my ear (for symmetry) and was amazed by the how loud the crunching, gulping, swallowing and breathing sounds got in my head. It was like putting your ear to the abdomen of a pregnant dog.
I made a great vegetarian chili last night, then added ground beef. It's sad how my brain is trained to be suspicious of meatless dishes. I keep telling myself next time I'll leave the meat out. I don't know what's stopping me as the beef really doesn't add much to the dish in the way of flavour (tabasco, chilies, paprika and cayenne take care of that).
Developed my first roll in many months on Saturday. I haven't developed as much as I would like due to the fact that until now I've had to wait until Frankie has gone to bed before pulling out the chemicals. With better planing, quick and thorough cleaning as I went, I was able to finish one roll, from mixing chemicals and loading the tank to hanging the negatives to dry in less than 15 minutes, or the time it takes Frankie to watch her inai-inai-ba DVD.
I buy and read books in quick rapid spurts followed by droughts where I systematically forget about the books I've bought and start adding more to my wish-list. I received the latest shipment from Amazon in the mail yesterday and will post on one of them shortly.
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You know you wrote about ripping out your own earphones recently. On the train today, some clown got my headphone lead caught up in his bag, and almost dragged me off the train with him. Insides of my ears are still raw.
::posted by: Gary at March 23, 2005 10:00 AM
Ouch! That's why I keep the cables on the inside of my jacket. You should get a pair of in-ear type earphones. Instead of the cartilage ripping release the in-ear models simple slide out, mileage may very of course (waxy ears).
::posted by: mhegge at March 25, 2005 04:13 PM
