Week in Review

Watching a Blu Ray of Chicago (with Earth, Wind and Fire) and reading about them in Wikipedia and I'm actually quite impressed. I think in a lot of ways the Beatles had to disband in order to achieve their immortality because otherwise they would just be going on and on like Chicago, which has gone through different band members and now is still considered a classic superband, but not quite cemented in music history like the Beatles. Of course, their soft rock adult contemporary playlist wouldn't have qualified them for rock god status, but they're still pretty impressive.

So the week has been pretty low key, just going through the motions of the week. I did get in a little jam with the bosses, evidently I really have to start training my fellow team members on everything I know, so that any of them could do what I do with no assistance. I did a little, but then when I got my hands dirty with work, I was told to delegate it to someone else. So this next week will be my week of putting my hands in my pockets and being a supervisor of sorts. That should be fun since it's completely contradictory with my personality.

No one can rock the flute and keytar like Chicago, dude.

Anyway, been putting a lot of thought into the Roku Player, a set top box that allows you to stream some Netflix to your TV. I currently have Blockbuster Online, so it's just a matter to switching over to Netflix, and plunking down a C note for the player itself. Then after that, other than maintaining a Netflix account, there's no cost to streaming movies and TV shows. That sounds really nice, and of course, if I had an Xbox 360, or a fast computer, I wouldn't need the box, but it's a great alternative to watching shows that I normally wouldn't put on my queue, like the foreign movies or certain TV series. I'm inches away from reaching for that debit card.

The temps have dipped enough to have snow flurries outside, so we're up in the air about going to the Lion Dance at the Bellevue Uwajimaya. It would be fun, but if it's freezing outside I don't know if we'll be up to it. Playing it by ear.

Been trying to get into Facebook a little more, since that's more of a nice social gathering there than my blog. It's a monologue with the blog, and I'm finding out more of my friends are talking with each other on Facebook, so it's good incentive to jump on board. Never really got into Myspace because of the annoying ads, the blaring soundtracks and the tacky, tacky, tacky clipart and graphical overload. Facebook has its issues with the apps, but overall it is a lot cleaner and mature social networking site.

Oh, the job mystery thing is still mostly a mystery. I hear rumors that engineering has a bit of a crush on me, but that doesn't mean I'm going to the prom.