Done yesterday (20100911 Sa)

[mdlbear]

0911 Sa
  * up 7ish, snuggle; drugs, nose, teeth; laundry, coffee
  * post on religious tolerance: 
    @ catsittingstill: Hey! I have an Idea!
    @ mdlbear: River: Stand Up For Religious Tolerance Day 
    x- book burning.  (that conservative thing back at Carleton)
    x- member of 3 religious minorities: jews, pagans, atheists
  @ The Wordsmith's Forge - Poem: 9/11 memorial haiku
    9/11 a Day to Remember Religious Tolerance: President Obama
  @ Google's Android leapfrogging over iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows
  @ Obama Marks 9-11 Anniversary at Pentagon | News | English
  * walk:  about 2 miles
    ! mood volatile.  Down at an estate sale, up when a pretty cyclist smiled
      in my direction.  Grumpy when my hips started hurting.  etc.
  @ String Swing (R) - Guitar Hangers & Instrument Displays
    Rode Microphones NT1A Condenser Mic Bundle
  * buy: pantsu, benadryl, acetaminophen
  & lucked into a dozen microfiber hand-towels at Ross for $10
  & Whole Paycheck had fresh wild-caught king salmon at $10/lb
  @ The Wordsmith's Forge - Poem: "The Conscience of the King"
  & quiet evening watching the food channel, with SF-themed challenges
  * bed ~midnight; snuggle

A very good day, both in terms of mood and otherwise. I'll take more, please. It started with about half an hour of snuggle in the morning. Or was it an hour?

I made my post on religious tolerance, found a couple more links on the subject, took a chunk of corned beef out of the freezer to thaw, and went out for a walk and some shopping. (Stopping at a couple of garage sales and an estate sale along the way.)

My mood was more variable than usual -- noticably sad at the estate sale, happy when a pretty cyclist smiled at me on my walk, grumpy when I decided to cut my walk short so as not to provoke my aging hip joints. The shopping trip was interesting.

At Guitar Showcase I lucked into a String Swing mandolin/uke hanger that clamps onto a mic stand. It's been ages since I've seen a clip-on hanger, so I bought it hoping that it might fit Plink. It doesn't, quite, but perhaps with some mods. But they have a clamp-on guitar hanger at their website.

I also saw a pile of Rode Microphones NT1A Condenser Mic bundles, which I was very tempted by. It's on the web for $140 less, though, and there's the additional question of whether having a(nother) good mic would motivate me to get back to recording. And whether it's sufficiently better than my present low-end CAD mics to make an audible difference. I think the answer to both questions is probably "yes". Especially the second question: see this review.

After that, I went to Big Lots in search of full-spectrum lighting (no luck there), and Ross, where I found a stack of 12 microfiber hand-towels for $10. Colleen uses these extensively, so I snarfed. Then I went to the Whole Paycheck at the other end of the Bascom-and-Hamilton shopping strip, in search of salad fixings for dinner. They were having a sale: fresh, wild-caught king salmon for $10/lb. Forget about the corned beef! I asked for 2 lbs, and got a whole side at around 2.8.

The salmon was delicious, with enough for five people plus today's breakfast and lunch for me.

After dinner, the YD came downstairs and mentioned that there was a sci-fi themed challenge on the food network, so we spent the next three hours in the living room watching food porn.

Good day. I'm especially pleased with what appears to be an improved ability to notice moods.

Some more links under the cut.