Let’s see, my computer went down during the development of a freelance project. The irony is, this was the first freelance project (for pay) that I’ve taken on since buying my new Mac, which means this is the first opportunity it has an opportunity to pay me back (my creative side projects are on hold). The good thing is, that even in times where my computer is acting up, I’m able to press on and move forward. The end-result fix wound up being me archiving my hard drive and reinstalling the OS. In a PC world, I’d likely have had to erase everything. On my Mac, it meant that I could keep all of my files and settings. I did have to update the OS all over again, though. But, in the grand scheme of things, the actual fix took about an hour (including re-updating the OS and key apps), but getting to that point did take more than half a day. I’m just glad my computer is back up and running as it should. Ya boy was stressing for a sce--but just for a sec.

I also spent time with the baby bro and saw my pops for his birthday, my sister and her children a.k.a. two of my lovely nieces and my oldest nephew. Baby bro is really a good guy. I’m ha-ppy to see how he’s coming along. He still needs to do more of the basic things (be proactive in cooking, get more cardio in, etc.) but these are things he can work on/grow into. Character-wise, the guy is really coming around, and for that I’m so thankful. I think when he pulls everything together, he’s going to be a great catch for some fortunate young lady.

My reading has been stalled kinda w/ Anne Rice’s Queen of the Damned. It’s a good book, but I’m forcing myself to push through it, and have been for weeks. I only read it on the train, and not even all of the time with that. Mainly, it’s because I have a vampire story that I have had in my head (and on paper), and I don’t want to have another vampire concept competing with what’s already bubbling in my head. So far, not intersection, but still—I don’t wanna feel like there was some significant outside influence on my work. The Count of Monte Cristo was 681 pages, and I read that in far less time than this book which is 200 pages shorter. I would stop, but I put this book down years ago, and I don’t want to have to re-read everything, or do any refresher reading again.

Social life is looking really basic right now, but it’s perhaps for the best. Still putting things in perspective. At a stage I didn’t think I’d ever be where—lust just isn’t enough any more. Can’t get into a groove, or feel a spark off of just lust like a used to. Difference being, I’ve seen that it really is better to be into someone on more than just the physical level, so it’s kind of hard to back pedal. It’s gotta be on monster status for me to feel that way, and right now, that just ain’t happenin’.

So, that takes care of personal, creative, hobby/recreational, familial and professional. I think that’s a good recap. Oh, I so want to do some remodeling/home redecorating in my spot. Love to pull up the carpets and put down some wood flooring and put some new tile in the bathrooms. Change up the paint scheme, too. Reading all those Interior Design magazines has me feeling like I can do this, man! By the way, that is an awesome magazine, and I suggest subscribing if you ever have the extra duckets (under other when they ask how you heard about them, you can say leethepoet.com sent you—lol). But alas, all of this costs money and uh, yeah—that’s something I don’t have a lot of right now. Sonn come though, soon come.

PS - on a completely random note, while NBA 2K10 looks better (especially ion HD--good Jesus) and allows you to do more offensively (touch passes and off the backboard alley-oops), the lack of intelligent defense and the inability to really control your players movements on defense like last year have givemn me mixed feelings on the game. Also, the game made the Wizards (who I think are going to be a big (positive) surprise this season) look terrible. I'm going to need a dynamic update that allows my players to not be run down in the open court on a fast break, for real.