Lots going on you know. Long hours at the office this week – big pitch coming up in addition to being insanely busy to begin with. Didn’t get home until about 10:00 last night and tonight’s not looking any better. But while I always prefer to spend time with my family, there’s definitely a satisfaction that comes from working long and hard on something. It feels good.
That being said, The Other Drummer has been neglected. Poor blog. There’s no time to write about my first experience voting (doesn’t seem quite as anonymous as I’d expected…but then again, the poll worker never asked to see my ID so who’s to say it was really me who voted that way?) and last night’s Super Tuesday primaries (I’m baffled that anyone is taking Hillary Clinton seriously).
I will, however, be making updates to my Twitter feed (it’s much faster than writing a whole post) so check that out here or in the sidebar of this here blog under “What I’m Up To”.
Meanwhile, here are some of my favorite posts: the place where I record the funny stuff we all say, the completely fictitious story about the first and second Thanksgivings, my fan mail, and my idea for a Broadway musical involving Don Cheadle.
Wish me luck, and see you on the other side.
Paperwork image courtesy of this site from across the Pond.
For anyone who’s interested, I’ve added a nifty little app in the sidebar that let’s you follow what I’ve been reading in my RSS feeds. It doesn’t show all of my feeds – only the latest five I’ve decided to share.
Check it out and if you have any sites you think I should be following, please leave word in the comments.
Much love,
Me
While I’ve been on the Twitter bandwagon for a while now (1,300+ updates) I haven’t really promoted it as part of this site, other than to have a feed in the sidebar which, I would imagine, goes quite unnoticed most of the time. I think I’m going to try to use it more extensively, so if you’re interested, I’d love to have you follow me on Twitter. Here’s the URL:
http://www.twitter.com/theotherdrummer
If you’re not sure what Twitter is, here’s the explanation from their site:
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
With Twitter, you can stay hyper–connected to your friends and always know what they’re doing. Or, you can stop following them any time. You can even set quiet times on Twitter so you’re not interrupted. Twitter puts you in control and becomes a modern antidote to information overload.
Good luck Twittering!
After cutting me down, you, my faithful readers, are right there to lift me back up. First, you overwhelmingly tell me I look like a/the Yellow Wiggle. Then you immediately swoop in and buoy my spirits with comments such as these:
“Hey, a Wiggle isn’t too bad…it could be worse.”
“In another 20 years you may not look anything like him anymore. Thank you time.”
“If you could somehow score the sweet looking Wiggle-mobile the look a likeness might not be a bad thing.”
And my personal favorite: “Don’t go and kill yourself over it.”
Readers, thank you. I feel much better about everything now. Your (kind?) words have warmed my heart and comforted my soul. Thank you.
I’m guessing that based on the above photo you assumed my resolutions included getting chiseled abs, rippling biceps and perky pectorals.
Well, you’d be wrong. I had this statue of myself commissioned last year.
Here are some of my resolutions for 2008. The rest weren’t fit for publishing.
• Stop offering kids candy from my car.
• Write more posts this year than last (at least 248).
• Continue with my other site, LivSimpl, at a rate of about three posts per week.
• Fill a large Moleskine journal.
• Stop trying to hit cats I see in the road (my wife’s idea, not mine).
• Get 100% home teaching (and report it by the third Sunday).
• Really put some effort into getting my modeling career off the ground.
• Work out at least three times per week (maintaining this physique ain’t easy).
• Go to bed and get up early.
• Go to the temple at least 12 times.
• Learn how to drive a car on two wheels. Preferably not my own.
• Be consistently reading a book.
• Vote in some kind of election. Maybe the presidential one. I’m still not sure.
• Stop urinating in the hot tub (when other people are in it).
Now you know what my next year will, and won’t, consist of. Any other suggestions? How about your resolutions? Leave word in the comments.
P.S. I also resolve to use the word “jaunty” more in casual conversation.
