Okay, sorry about that last one. It was a case of Very Bad Timing. Here’s hoping the rest of the day is upbeat and enjoyable for everybody!

Oh, and I’m going to see about making the page load faster by removing some of the extraneous stuff. You know, stuff that loads off of other servers, that sort of thing. Wish me luck, eh?

Okay. I’ve moved my Currently Hearing info up, removed the random image, BlogShares, Memes List, one of the Syndication buttons (the auto-add aggregator-friendly button, that is), the Dead Pool link and the iMood indicator. I’m keeping the blogroll, though, so I sure hope blogrolling.com doesn’t hiccup.

I’m in the process of (sitka?) sprucing up the song listings in the Currently Hearing display. Doesn’t it look better already? Oh, wait… let me guess, none of you even knew it was there before, huh? It used to live right below the calendar. Dunno where it’s gonna go once the ‘thon is done, mind you.

Yes, I am crazy for tinkering with the layout during the ‘thon. Your point? And don’t worry, all the stuff that’s missing now will return tomorrow. Probably late tomorrow, but you get the idea…

Oh yeah. Someone loaned me Serial Experiments Lain, and I’m only six episodes in. That’ll give me something to do for at least some of these little half-hour breaks, won’t it?

What do you mean, you don’t think I’m ever going to get off my arse and do anything other than chat, websurf and check email? Well, I never!

I’m not that bad. Really. (Right?)

So I’ve put away the 7th episode of Lain, and I’m still not sure if I’m going to end up really liking or loathing the series. It keeps skating the edge of being really trite and annoying in its little routine of dancing around the plotline and being oh-so-mysterious.

I’ll keep watching, though. Hopefully there’ll be foodstuffs arriving soon, so I can snack and watch anime to my heart’s content. Between housework, chatting and email, of course!

I have an organized collection of music files here on my computer, but I don’t rip all of every CD I have for my listening pleasure. This means that I have a catch-all directory, and when I got done listening to some anime soundtrack selections I decided to queue up a few tracks out of “AllTheRest.”

A few. Okay, it totals three and a half hours of music, and it’ll give you an idea of the kinds of things I listen to:

49 tracks in playlist, average track length: 4:16

Playlist length: 3 hours 29 minutes 35 seconds

    Playlist files:
    1. Lindsey Buckingham – Go Insane (3:05)

    2. AC-DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (4:10)

    3. Alanis Morissette – Uninvited (4:37)

    4. Apollo Four Forty – Stop The Rock (3:33)

    5. Arcadia – Goodbye Is Forever (3:44)

    6. Bangles – Hazy Shade Of Winter (2:47)

    7. Bankstatement – Diamonds Arent So Hard (5:12)

    8. Bankstatement – Queen Of Darkness (4:26)

    9. Basement Jaxx – Red Alert (4:17)

    10. Brainbox – Wet Pavement (4:25)

    11. Caroline’s Spine – Sullivan (4:05)

    12. Cocteau Twins – Blue Bell Knoll (3:23)

    13. Control Machete – Si Senor (3:58)

    14. Cranberries – Zombie (4:14)

    15. cult – fire woman (5:10)

    16. Cusco – Montezuma (5:17)

    17. Days of the New – Enemy (5:11)

    18. Dirty Vegas – Days Go By (7:07)

    19. Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee) (3:30)

    20. Emerson Lake and Powell – Touch and Go (3:38)

    21. Fastball – The Way (4:20)

    22. Foo Fighters – Next Year (3:22)

    23. Gorillaz – Tomorrow Comes Today (3:12)

    24. Guns N’ Roses – Civil War (7:36)

    25. Information Society – Mirrorshades (5:37)

    26. Johnny Clegg And Savuka – Cruel Crazy Beautiful World (4:25)

    27. Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (3:50)

    28. Love Spit Love – How Soon Is Now (4:26)

    29. Men Without Hats – Moonbeam (3:38)

    30. Men Without Hats – Walk on Water (3:28)

    31. Mint Royale – Show Me (feat. Pos from De La Soul) (3:43)

    32. Nikolaj Steen – Tainted Love (3:39)

    33. Paul Simon and George Harrison – Homeward Bound (2:37)

    34. Peter Schilling – Major Tom (Coming Home) (4:59)

    35. Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi (3:29)

    36. Queensryche – Real World (4:22)

    37. R.E.M. – Stand (3:12)

    38. Russ Ballard – Voices (5:34)

    39. SES – Dreams Come True (3:51)

    40. Space Brothers – Shine (6:30)

    41. Telepopmusik – Breathe (4:58)

    42. The Breeze – Shine Your Love (4:00)

    43. The Damned – Grimly Fiendish (5:11)

    44. The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds (Radio Mix) (4:03)

    45. The Sighs – No Caroline (2:54)

    46. Thompson Twins – Play With Me (3:39)

    47. Vitamin C – Vacation (3:20)

    48. Wallflowers – One Headlight (5:04)

    49. ZZ Top – Cheap Sunglasses (4:47)

What do you think, eh?