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Random stuff for August 29, 2005

Ok, technically we're only half an hour into 8/29, but whatever.

-Cool beans: I got a mention on L.A. Observed about my Hollywood Bowl rant. I also noticed that jozjozjoz is listed as one of the selected sites, too. Double cool beans.

-Bossguy already told me that I should "plan on staying late this week" at work. So if I'm not blogging, it means that I'm working. Sorry I haven't gotten around to "Joz's Island Adventures" yet.

-One of the first bloggers I ever met in person, Chris Filkins (Filchyboy), got written up in the L.A. Times Magazine cuz he's a swinger (registration required, but use bugmenot). That sounds all kinky and all, but it's really not.

(Photo borrowed from filchyboy's site. I dare not steal the one of him features in the Times.)

Hang Time
In the scene around Santa Monica's traveling rings, the regulars have found an art form, an ad hoc family and, in some instances, salvation
By Nicole LaPorte, Nicole LaPorte is a staff reporter at Variety.

"Filchyboy" is in the zone. He reaches up, grabs the first ring and solemnly lowers his head, then begins running back and forth to build momentum. He takes off and kicks his feet, toes pointed, out to one side. His face tilts back to greet the sun. He grabs the second ring with his free hand and pushes himself higher by cranking downward with his ropy arms. For a split-moment he makes contact with a supporting pole and alights there, Spider-Man style. Then he swooshes down, chest forward, arm outstretched for the next ring, and the next, down to the 10th ring and back, along the way completing a series of twirls, flips, dislocates and then, finally, a daredevil dismount into the sand.

His return to earth is met with claps, compliments. "Great, man." "Nice swivel." Filchyboy pulls off his headphones, grins, and is absorbed into the cluster of swingers waiting their turns. [full story]

-I took some time this weekend to do something really geekily organized: I finished putting all my take-out/delivery food menus into plastic sheet protectors and in a binder. Now all my menus are categorized. This either means I'm a really big geek, or that my food is very important to me. I think it's both, but primarily the latter.

-I've been told all my life that I have bad posture. Yoshi says that I'm developing a little hump on my back (kind of at the back of my neck). I don't think it helps that I'm in front of a computer 90% of my waking hours, hunched over a keyboard. Today I started sitting up straight. I had to think about it and everytime I started to slouch, I sat up again and threw my shoulders back. It's tiring. Also, now I have pain in my shoulders/neck. I think I was using muscles that haven't been used in a while. Anything to get rid of a hump.