Here’s a nifty little device.  You connect it to your mp3 player (or walkman) and it broadcasts the signal on an FM frequency that you can then listen to it on your car stereo.  I wonder how well it works.

Weird, the link wasn’t there at first

I just got done watching Chobits episode 8 and while it started out a little oddly, it did get back to the same feel it had been before.  Along with just a hint of some interesting things going on in the future.  This really is becoming another of my favorite shows.  And a big thanks out to all those cool people doing fansubbing of this show (I think like 5 groups are doing it right now).

1. What’s the last vivid dream you remember having? I remember that it was a pretty boring dream.  I was at work and the only thing that was really odd about it was that a lot of people who don’t work here anymore where there.  My most vivid ones though, are usually the ones that feel like I’m in a movie.
2. Do you have any recurring dreams? Not that I know of.
3. What’s the scariest nightmare you’ve ever had? My nightmares are odd.  As far as the scariest ones I never really quite remember what happens.  I just always find myself terrified and almost struggling to wake myself up.  Luckily I at most seem to get these every other year or so.
4. Have you ever written your dreams down or considered it? why or why not? I’ve thought about it many a time, but I’ve never actually done it.  One of these days I’ll get around to doing it. I’m just too lazy.
5. Have you ever had a lucid dream? What did you do in it? Not as far as I know. I’d love to be able to.

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Steven Weinberg. “The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.” [Quotes of the Day]

Well, after waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to. Today’s going to be annoying. The first part of the day is fine, rehab then work. But then around 1:30 I need to zoom home to wait for the cable guy. I hate having to wait for the cable guy, hopefully they’ll be able to figure out what is wrong pretty quickly.

It is 2:30am, which means I’ve woken up again. This is where the problems start. On the bad side it’s 2:30am and I’m awake. On the good side it means I discover that BBCA is now showing The Young Ones and it is on in 30 minutes. Though now I have to decide if staying up 30 min to watch it is a good or bad.

(Btw, if you don’t want to read about some personal stuff, feel free to skip.)

So, it was a year ago tonight that I got a phone call at around midnight. I can still remember it now. The voice on the other line said that I was a backup for a lung. If they needed me they’d be calling within the next four to five hours. They’d call me if they wanted me to come in.

After that I made a few calls. I called my friend Emily, called my parents, basicly telling them all what had happened and that there wasn’t anything to do now but wait. And wait I did. I tried to sleep, but I just couldn’t. I tossed and turned for a bit got online, tried to talk to people online. In the end I just kind of freaked out for about five hours.

By the time they called me back I was a bit of a wreck. I basicly told them I couldn’t do it right now. I needed time to think about it all. Looking back, I am kind of glad that I told them no. I don’t think I was really quite ready to go through it all back then.

My biggest mistake back then was also thinking I could face it alone. Instead of having someone come over to my place to hang out and wait with me I told everyone I’d be okay. Needless to say, I was wrong. I have also since gotten over my stubborn streak and learned that it is okay to ask for help. Thanks to all my friends out there for being so supportive.

So here’s to a wish that I get the call soon. Given that I’ve now been on the list about a year and a quarter, my time should be coming soon. Of course, knowing my luck I’ll be getting the call tonight.

I can’t type the actual name for the show because for some reason Radio likes to think it is a URL (I need to look into how do fix that).

Bandai has announced it has licensed hackSIGN. Pretty neat news.  It also sounds like they are going to be releasing the PS2 game(s?).  I’ve been kind of enjoying the series, but I’m still waiting for more to happen.  On the other hand, the game part sounds pretty cool too.

Could the occurance of a few weeks ago at the Phoenix Landing become something regular?  Supposedly there is a plan to make bars and clubs no-smoking in Boston and 11 surrounding communities.  While I don’t have a problem with people smoking, I do admit that it bums me out that there are so many places I can’t go to because smoke bothers me.

I finished Small Pieces Loosely Joined by David Weinberger yesterday.  Overall I thought it was a really interesting look at the the web.  I actually think I need to go back and re-read parts of it sometime soon, since there were a lot of parts of it I agreed with.  His comments about how things link together and what people are like online were perfect.  One of the few times I’ve read something about the net and not been cringing.

Another recent book to check out is Lori Kendall’s Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships Online.  It’s either just out or due out any moment now.