Sunday, December 26, 2004
The obligatory holiday entry that's tangentially Mac-related at best
I'm not entirely sure, but I think this is the point where most Mac websites post a story about their holiday experiences that just happens to be vaguely Mac-related, so they can create the appearance that their site is still in full-publishing mode over the holidays when, in fact, it is not. But sorry, I'm just not that kind of guy.
Oh, wait. What? You actually want one of those cheesy, tangentially Mac-related holiday stories?
Alright, let me see what I can whip up...
I had pegged this one as being a fun Christmas, in the hopes of making up for last year. It's not that last year's Christmas wasn't fun, it's just that the gifts I gave out were, uh. yeah...no words. You see, I'd just left my day job behind a month earlier, LoadPod wasn't on the radar, even the iPod Garage was still two weeks away from launching, and I was getting by on the advertising revenues from -- you guessed it -- this site. As I said, the gifts I gave out were...yeah.
So this was the year to make up for last year, and while I wasn't exactly handing out a new car to everyone I know, I think I did OK, and I figure I'm finally off the hook for the debacle that was 2003. Having immediate family in two places meant figuring out travel plans as always, but things seemed to fall in place well enough this year. I would spend Christmas Eve at home, then hit the road Christmas morning and arrive just in time to settle in for Christmas dinner down south.
My plans were in a bit of trouble when I woke up Christmas Eve morning and had what I feared were flu symptoms. This would derail everything, and I wasn't having any of it. So I spent all morning in bed, and by late afternoon when it was time to rock and roll, I just shook off whatever it was, and it decided to mostly cooperate, as I don't think anyone caught on that evening. Lots and lots of fun. So many presents under the tree, you could barely navigate the living room -- and that's not counting the dozen or so warm bodies stuffed into the room as well. I've actually got little kids around me that I can give gifts to now. Fun stuff.
But my big fear was that I would then wake up Christmas morning and not be in any kind of condition to spend several hours fighting holiday traffic. No worries, though, as I felt just fine, and traffic was easier than I'd expected, and dinner was fun (as was watching the Heat beat Kobe even with Shaq on the bench).
Today I've been conducting probably too much business for my own good (on a Sunday, no less), and certainly been consuming too much leftovers for my own good (seeming to have totally forgotten how I'd physically felt just 36 hours earlier). Tonight I go to the final Miami Dolphins home game of the season, and although it's been the worst season in Dolphins history, things are looking up both in the fact that their young quarterback is finally starting to play well, and in the fact that they just hired a new head coach last night for next year. Most highly-recruited coach out there, no less. Said no to five other pro teams, said yes to the Dolphins. I guess if he thinks things can get better for the team next year, then so do I.
Sometime this afternoon, I've got to publish this week's iPod Garage Q&A column. Tomorrow, at some point in the day, I'll head home. Tomorrow night, I'll write Garage Music. So much for holiday break. :)
Oh, right, I was supposed to make this whole story somehow tangentially relevant to Apple or the Mac. Well, I've had my PowerBook with me the whole time, and I'm writing this on it right now...does that count?
Happy Holidays,
Bill
I'm not entirely sure, but I think this is the point where most Mac websites post a story about their holiday experiences that just happens to be vaguely Mac-related, so they can create the appearance that their site is still in full-publishing mode over the holidays when, in fact, it is not. But sorry, I'm just not that kind of guy.
Oh, wait. What? You actually want one of those cheesy, tangentially Mac-related holiday stories?
Alright, let me see what I can whip up...
I had pegged this one as being a fun Christmas, in the hopes of making up for last year. It's not that last year's Christmas wasn't fun, it's just that the gifts I gave out were, uh. yeah...no words. You see, I'd just left my day job behind a month earlier, LoadPod wasn't on the radar, even the iPod Garage was still two weeks away from launching, and I was getting by on the advertising revenues from -- you guessed it -- this site. As I said, the gifts I gave out were...yeah.
So this was the year to make up for last year, and while I wasn't exactly handing out a new car to everyone I know, I think I did OK, and I figure I'm finally off the hook for the debacle that was 2003. Having immediate family in two places meant figuring out travel plans as always, but things seemed to fall in place well enough this year. I would spend Christmas Eve at home, then hit the road Christmas morning and arrive just in time to settle in for Christmas dinner down south.
My plans were in a bit of trouble when I woke up Christmas Eve morning and had what I feared were flu symptoms. This would derail everything, and I wasn't having any of it. So I spent all morning in bed, and by late afternoon when it was time to rock and roll, I just shook off whatever it was, and it decided to mostly cooperate, as I don't think anyone caught on that evening. Lots and lots of fun. So many presents under the tree, you could barely navigate the living room -- and that's not counting the dozen or so warm bodies stuffed into the room as well. I've actually got little kids around me that I can give gifts to now. Fun stuff.
But my big fear was that I would then wake up Christmas morning and not be in any kind of condition to spend several hours fighting holiday traffic. No worries, though, as I felt just fine, and traffic was easier than I'd expected, and dinner was fun (as was watching the Heat beat Kobe even with Shaq on the bench).
Today I've been conducting probably too much business for my own good (on a Sunday, no less), and certainly been consuming too much leftovers for my own good (seeming to have totally forgotten how I'd physically felt just 36 hours earlier). Tonight I go to the final Miami Dolphins home game of the season, and although it's been the worst season in Dolphins history, things are looking up both in the fact that their young quarterback is finally starting to play well, and in the fact that they just hired a new head coach last night for next year. Most highly-recruited coach out there, no less. Said no to five other pro teams, said yes to the Dolphins. I guess if he thinks things can get better for the team next year, then so do I.
Sometime this afternoon, I've got to publish this week's iPod Garage Q&A column. Tomorrow, at some point in the day, I'll head home. Tomorrow night, I'll write Garage Music. So much for holiday break. :)
Oh, right, I was supposed to make this whole story somehow tangentially relevant to Apple or the Mac. Well, I've had my PowerBook with me the whole time, and I'm writing this on it right now...does that count?
Happy Holidays,
Bill
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