I'll start off this post by saying that the title is a complete lie. If this post has any cohesive and/or rational point, it would be purely by coincidence. But seeing as how April is here and Spring has 'sprung,' I thought I'd do a little mental spring cleaning and get some ideas down in print. This will also be a good exercise in whether or not I'm able to write and watch the Daily Show at the same time.
Vacation: I need one. I haven't taken a vacation day since I started at BR a year and a half ago. Sure, I've taken a day off here and there, but it was always to do other work. In fact, I don't think there have been any weekends when I haven't turned on a computer to get some stuff done. All this and I still FEEL like I haven't accomplished much of anything. Yep, I think that's cause for unplugging all electronics for a good solid week and running away from home for a while.
Information Fire Hose: Too much information is often worse than too little information. Between the emails, IMs, Twitter updates, Flickr photos, podcasts and RSS feeds, I have a volume of crap flying at me that is completely unwieldy. I've scaled back all of these channels lately and now I just want to cut out MORE! Sometimes you just have to take a hard look at yourself and come to terms with the fact that there is a finite amount of content that you can consume.
Lifting, running. I've inherited a weight bench and a treadmill so I've started lifting and running again. For most of 2006-7, the house project was my workout. I had huge piles of dirt to shovel and rocks and lumber to move around. But now that the house is all in one piece, I need something else. So now my garage is my low-cost, local gym. Come on by if you want to blast your quads and juice your pecs. YEAH!
Cheetos: What the hell is this Orange Underground junk? Am I to believe that eating Cheetos is edgy and anti-establishment? Hip young people are really sticking it to the man with the help of Frito-Lay! Sorry Chester. Not today… Not today.