Osakatomebaby

Thanks to Melbotis for this. It's worth reposting so it can become part of the ever-changing lexicon of the brothers Manning.

BABIES! GRRRRRRRRRRR.

Yes, it's my birthday, thank you thank you. I'm officially halfway to 56 and a third of the way to being able to do math.

I coulda been a contender.

Weird things have been afoot. Universal shifts. Either that or Belgian beer. Probably the latter.

But the truth is, the ironies decided to whack me a good one. Between Sunday night and Wednesday evening I slept <8 hours. That means I was up for...math...about 80 hours.

Why? I got obsessive. I built another website I'll link here when it's more polished...especially considering my state when I wrote it. And yes, unlike this one I hand-coded the whole darn thing. It's so much easier. Why do I use these silly templates? I do learn from them but hand-coding is easier. Albeit I have no idea what I'm doing half the time. But it's like learning Japanese. Better to start with grammar and forms than just memorizing phrases and trying to adjust them.

That, I had a big meeting, learned a lot at work. Lost all hope and got reinspired about 10 times in the last two days. And was asked to define the meaning of life by a friend I thought had written me off.

Personal garbagio, work insanity, obsession, isolation and connections all weaving in and out too fast to keep up. Not in my best mind.

That having been said, I had a great evening out just now with two students. Too much fun. Good guys. Funny.

But I have to clean up my apartment so a bunch of drunken teachers can crash here tomorrow and eat girlscout cookies and milk till the first train comes.

And then I have to get my life in order. Japanese. Defining the meaning of life more practically. Finishing the website so I can stop fussing. So I'm making a concerted effort to do that stuff for a few days. Posting may be intermittent for a week and then I'll be back to proper blogging.

So in the last three days I've:

• Boasted about living simply and minimizing my posessions


• Complained about the Yen getting weaker


• Preached about getting enough sleep

So what did I do? Naturally I stayed up for no reason all night working on a website (not this one). Then today I went and having put my deposit on a trip to India which turned out to be less than I anticipated, I blew my extra money (as if it really were extra) on a printer/scanner/copier and a cheap pair of speakers.

In my defense I must say I have been needing the PSC and I bought last year's model on sale. I didn't _need_ the speakers, but I've been using my tv shoved under the desk as a speaker and it's mono.

That's right, I've been listening to the white album and I don't know what all in mono for the last seven months. C'mon that's an achievement. Now it's in stereo I feel like I've had my hearing restored. It's a miracle...stereo! So shame on me but I'm too tired to care because I knew if I got a nap I was really done for. But now...I...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

Oh sure, as soon as I decide to send some money home the dollar gets stronger. Grimace grimace grimace.