Archive for September, 2005
Silly Political Test
I got this one from Jessica. It was pretty amusing. It actually came out fairly close to what I thought. I figured I had a 50/50 shot of being on one side or the other of the Democrat/Libertarian line.
| You are a Social Liberal (80% permissive) and an… Economic Moderate (56% permissive) You are best described as a:
Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid |
The Tape
I was cleaning out the truck this evening, and I found The Tape. I can’t believe it. Over 21 years ago, I was passing the time on a summer afternoon recording songs off the radio on my dad’s cassette radio. Basically, if a song sounded interesting, I kept it. I ended up filling up most of one of those good old cheap “low noise” C-60 cassettes.
A couple of those songs became pretty important to me (see this post and this one for two references). Most of it, though, was just random music I found interesting. It’s a real slice of memory that I’m glad I dug up. The cassette itself is going in a case in my “memory box” for safe-keeping (though I don’t know how much longer it will last).
However, now that I’ve had a chance to listen to it again, I’ve decided to dig up all the music in digital form and turn “The Tape” into “The CD”. 
A lot of the songs I already had, of course. All but one of the rest were available from iTunes.
Anyway, just for fun, here it is:
Side A:
- “Caribbean Queen” by Billy Ocean
- “Everything She Wants” by Wham!
- “Smooth Operator” by Sade
- “Every Breath You Take” (AKA “The Stalker Song”) by The Police
- “Walking On Sunshine” by Katrina and the Waves
- “The Search Is Over” by Survivor
- “I Saw The Light” by Todd Rundgren
Side B:
- “One More Night” by Phil Collins
- “Angel” by Madonna
- “Invisible” by Alison Moyet
- “Late In The Evening” by Paul Simon
- “Possession Obsession” by Hall & Oates
- “Can’t Fight This Feeling” by REO Speedwagon
- “One Night In Bangkok” by Murray Head (from the Chess soundtrack)
Another one in the can
Dragon*Con 2005 is now done, and we all escaped amazingly unscathed. The ‘con went incredibly well overall. I spent another 5 days honing my RegencyFu [tm]. I’ll probably write more later, but right now I’ll just say this: I had some really awesome people helping me in the room this year, and it continues to amaze me that they seem perfectly willing to for me to do nothing much more than just let them know what needs to be done next. These last 2 or 3 ‘cons, I’ve always considered myself just as much a technical grunt as room runner, but it’s finally beginning to sink in that I’m probably most valuable concentrating on coordinating the room. If I continue to collect such talented help, I may be able to do just that.