Its Drews birthday, and Im chillin in his apartment, waiting for some files to upload so I can do another (a final??) migration test before releasing the newest version of ShoeHardware. Not an exciting present for Drew, but hes at work, so its probably okay. I think were going to lunch, so Ill do my best to be showered and presentable (ha!) by then, at least.

The flight was uneventful, and I managed to sleep from takeoff through about hour three, so that was cool. After that, I put on music and dozed. This part of the trip is the fun part, – NYC is going to be tough. I have a lot of work to do and not enough days to do it in, and its already stressing me out. At least I have a fun plan for Saturday night that is NOT work-related. So yay to that.

Ironically, I just completed a long to do list that involves running an assload of errands. I should be not driving today, and yet here I am, planning to run around like a madman as soon as things open.

Maybe this Al-Gore-is-laughing-all-the-way-to-the-bank weather will break today, as its been hot as shit the last few days and its finally cooler out, but Im sort of doubting it. At least one of my stops is at Frys deep in the Valley. Go Fig.

Enough of this – have a great Earth Day. Try to drive less or something. Plant a tree.

No?

Thats okay. Its just that the last thing thats never changed since my y2k registration of clapboard.org has finally changed. Over the weekend, I ditched my lame registrars and moved clapboards registry officially over to GoDaddy. Theyre lame, too, but believe me when I tell you that theyre light-years less lame than the guys i used to be with.

That is all. I have no more domains with the old hosts – Im so proud of me.

The gap in updating has been so long that I dont know where to start. List time!

• Bootie was great.
• Im leaving tomorrow morning for Vegas. Moms house needs a workbench, and I need bunny cake.
• Ive been working on the new release of shoehardware, and its a pain in the ass.
• thats pretty much it.

More later.

Oh, and the Clapboard Media Server is almost available again. Better than before.

Its been a long time, I know. Much of the problem is that nothing is happening, really, so I dont have funny pictures to post.

Ive been working a lot trying to get this new website up and running, and working on plans to get others up and running as well. Ive even brought people in to help me, which is weird, because Im supposed to be responsible, but Im secretly not. One things for sure – it makes sure I dont slack off.

As for anything else, there was a party on Saturday night, last night was the Cha Cha for a drink, tonight is nothing (unless you have better plans) and tomorrow is… well, I dont know. Cant read the future yet.

Listen. I know today is a bullshit holiday invented to get college kids and rednecks to spend a little more of their (parents, in the former case) hard-earned money on cheap green beer and hastily-pulled guinness, but I dont care. I like it. Or I like the idea of it.

My moms visit was fun – we managed to go on a massive two-pronged hike on Sunday. Although I was getting over the sickness (that Im somehow still getting over – jesus!) and could only get about 30% of the required oxygen into my system, I enjoyed it. I was sort of scouting potential camping situations for future birthdays. More details as plans evolve.

Despite the Hallmark holiday, there is still going out to be done tonight – its MJMs final party night in LA before he leaves for the grayer pastures of NYC. Thats as good an excuse as any to go out and be irresponsible. Discussions as to the wisdom of that as I cough and expel grossness into tissues are not welcome. Ill take it easy today and thatll be that.

Happy Tuesday, too.

Its amazing how little there is to write about when you spend three days just trying to breathe through clogged airways. Its also amazing how I can go through a box of tissues and eat 1000 calories in 2 days and not lose a pound. Can you say “slowed metabolism”? Man.

Im feeling better now, except for the occasional cough, and my mom is in town. Im looking forward to getting over there to get breakfast and start the day, even more so because I basically havent left the house in 3 days. Im pathetic.

More to come.

Considering that it took me 15 years to visit the town itself, a couple of weeks interrupted by a trip to France to put up the pictures isnt so bad. So go check em out – tell me what you think!

This is a real quick one because Im not going to post any pictures till I get back to LA, but I survived, had a good time, and took a few pictures. I went skiing in the alps, wandered the underground corridors of Paris boneyards and sipped beverages in French cafes. And I walked. A lot. Like a holy-shit-i-wore-out-my-shoes amount.

Im going to Baltimore/DC to see Drew and Krol, the latter soon to be wed. Go Krol.