Music day

I forgot how dreary Portland Fall/Winters are. Don't get me wrong, they are a large step-up from those WI winters (which I never want to live in again), but the lack of sunshine really sucks the life out of one.

So, I'm trying to take more things off of my to-do list, which seems to grow everyday, no matter how many things I accomplish. Ah well, at least I currently have the time and physical resources to do them.

Today is take care of organizing some music, updating the ipod and fixing the shuffle for S to listen to Spanish with. I would like to say that Missy Elliot is amazing. Her new album, Cookbook, is just perfect, wonderful, fantastic. Thanks, a bunch!
I've also discovered that the Brian Jonestown Massacre's old music is all available for free download at the official website. If you haven't seen the rock documentary Dig!, you should, it will at least make you curious about BJM and the Dandy Warhols, their feud and the crazy-ass genius of Anton Newcombe.

To satisfy curiosity and to prepare for the movie viewing, I've read the first two Lemony Snicket books. They are quite entertaining, well-written for children and tell a good story. I don't think I need to read any of the rest of the series, they are really written for younger kids and the story doesn't capture my attention like it could, but I still very much would like to see the movie. I wish I had been able to read these when I was in elementary school, likely they would have made life a bit more bearable.

Off to research how to refinish a claw-foot bathtub. We would like to paint it before installing the new hardware. That's it to the left. It will be for our claw-foot tub, and won't have tile behind it. Instead, it will look so lovely, and feel so amazingly wonderful, that we are going to be thankful there is limited hot water in this house.

Also have to list some things on eBay that I no longer need and try and recoup some money from the GST spent in Canada. That and try and figure out how to successfully unzip and play .ogg files in itunes, so I can get them on my ipod.

So the rest of my day is decided. What I like best about my current life is that I have no timelines. I only have to worry about getting outdoor chores done in the daylight, and the rest I can do whenever. Sweeeeeeeeeet freedom.