What's been on my mind lately? Read on...
I went out dancing last night for the first time in a while, and enjoyed it more than I have of late. Glad to hear Solomon’s trio again and dance with some new folks.
Lunch today was from the Baguette Box on Pine, and boy was it tasty. The lemongrass beef sandwich was my favorite (though the pork shoulder wasn’t bad), and the truffle oil fries came close to, but didn’t surpass, the duck fat fries from the summer.
The weather’s taken a turn for the colder in the mountains, so I’m off to do some snowboarding tomorrow & Friday. I’ve only snowboarded once before, and my memory is that I had fun, but my tailbone hurt a surprising amount after a day on the slopes. I’m taking a lesson or two this week, so I’m hopeful I can minimize the pain.
I’m starting to feel pretty settled in my apartment, and made even more progress yesterday as I solved one of the things that was hounding me for months. My bed squeaked. Really loudly. And not just when I jumped on it or anything, it squeaked when I rolled over, when I breathed, or when I looked at it funny. I’d tried on several occassions to isolate the noisemaking parts, but to no avail. Finally, I got a can of 3-in-1 yesterday and found the culprits (boards under the mattress – it’s a Murphy bed). Last night’s was a blissful, squeak-free sleep.
I’m thinking about getting a TV. I’ve been without since May, and mostly don’t miss it, but occassionally I do. Not sure if I’ll opt for a Craig’s List Special or go all out and buy a nice, new, fancy one.
Lastly, you can hear an interview with Tova about her art over at ArtFilmDesign.
I’ve got some time off work, so I’ve been working more on PIC programming, and have now figured out all the basic issues – I can program a chip from my Mac (see here for details).
I was hoping to do some skiing this week, but the weather isn’t cooperating at all – it’s 50 and rainy in the city, which means it’s 40 and rainy in the mountains, and many of the resorts are closed between Christmas and New Year’s. Instead, I’ve started making a list of things to do in and around the city. There are some galleries & museums I’d like to visit (the Frye, SAM, and the BAM), along with a few restaurants (notably Salumi).
I’m making more progress towards being able to program PICs from my Mac – check out the latest update here.
Tova and Scott have a joint show called “Doin’ Lines with Scott and Tova” up at True Grounds in Ball Square in Somerville – there’s a reception this Saturday at 5 PM. Check it out if you’re in that ‘hood (I sadly no longer am).
I picked up a copy of Tiger last night and had it installed in record time. I’m used to the upgrades taking several hours, but this one went quickly. I’m liking some of the new features (notably the Dashboard), I expect to like others (like Automator), and once I download Java, I should be up and running with HI-TIDE, an IDE for PIC development on the Mac.