2. January, 2003 - Start the new year by sleeping late
- The start of a new year is often a time to ask What Should I Do With My Life? Many people think if they just can figure out a way to make enough money, they'll be able to live out their dreams. And in doing so, they might well be killing those very dreams. Another solution (the one I try to pick) is to cut down the expenses and work-obligations to the point where I have time and money to do as I please once in a while. I'm not completely there, but I've got nearly four years of running Polaschek Computing and it feels like I'm on the right track most of the time. Especially when I have a day like yesterday, when I slept a fair part of the day away. [boing boing]
- Yesterday, after waking up too late to even get to one of the New Year's Day hangover-special breakfasts (they all ended at 2pm), I had a bit of a Audrey Hepburn film fest, watching Sabrina (1954), Charade (1963), and Roman Holiday (1953) (again). Beautiful woman. Fun to watch her movies. And it was interesting to watch the leading men, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, and Gregory Peck all acting very suave. Peck and Grant have some great comic moments, too. But then the real attraction was the beautiful woman. My TiVo's already set to catch How to Steal a Million (1966) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) when they come in the next few days. Yeah, I've got a crush on a dead actress (or the characters she played) who'd be about as old as my mom, but she's in her 20s and 30s in these movies, most of which were made before I was born.
- Speaking of TiVo, Tivo's 30 Second Skip Easter Egg really isn't as handy as I'd hoped. You still have to stop after every 30 seconds to see if you're back to the show, because the networks vary the number of commercials, and sometimes throw a 15-second spot in, too. [boing boing]
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Last updated on Thu, 02 Jan 2003 01:42:21.