Time to Relax

Since today was the last day before I started my four day vacation it naturally dragged on forever. In truth I probably only did about two hours worth of work today. The rest of the day I complained about how slow the day was going and tried to personalize my new computer at work. Yes, they finally gave me a new computer at work.

Since we are in a business environment we use Windows 95. At home I have an Apple clone. I definitely prefer the Mac. So I amused myself by deleting as much as possible of what I thought was useless on my new work computer. That grew old very fast.

When I am at work, I always feel guilty if I am not doing something constructive. This must be the only part of my religious upbringing that I have retained to this day. I'm just a Midwest boy with a Protestant work ethic. The devil will find things for idle hands to do. Actually this phrase makes me think of the Smiths song Hand in Glove.

In general I am feeling much better than I was yesterday. The ride home was tolerable. When I got home I ate a little something and went to lie down for a while. Slowly I made the transition to night mode as I was lying on the couch staring out the window and listening to classical music.

I have never been a musician nor will I ever be one. Creating music has always escaped me for some reason. I take great pleasure in listening to music, but making it holds very litle interest for me. The closest I ever came to being a musician was two years of piano when I was in seventh and eighth grade. I knew then that I just wasn't connecting with the music. I didn't have any real sense of time then either and I still don't. The focus just isn't there when it comes to music.

I remember people telling me not to quit and that I would regret it. I don't regret a thing. I was not meant to be a musician. As corny as it sounds no instrument really spoke to me. It wasn't a matter of practicing. It just didn't interest me. Playing an instrument was not like drawing or painting where I can get fully absorbed in what I am doing.

I don't have any real plans for tomorrow which is not unusual for me at all. My home life is never planned as opposed to my work schedule which has a timetable full of meetings and projects. The most that I will do tomorrow is go see a movie and maybe buy some music. Sometimes I just need a day to myself. Plus my house is starting to look like a mess again.

My mother has always called me a pile maker. This is true. I have very neat little piles of books and magazines scattered around my house. Plus the boxes that I talked about unpacking earlier this week are also in the middle of the floor. The only person that can complain is me so there they sit.

I do have to leave the house just once during the day before I can relax for the rest of the day. As long as I do something vaguely constructive then I can justify doing nothing for the rest of the day.

I've been waiting all year for Gattaca, with Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, to be released. As much as I like Uma, I just couldn't bring myself to see Batman and Robin. Now I just hope that Gattaca doesn't suck.

Whoa, Maggy totally redesigned her site, Water. Very impressive.