Updates and such

Not a whole lot of big going on right now, but some littles...

Got Final Fantasy XII last week. Which means I'll be spending a lot of time in front of the Playstation. We are talking about the game franchise that has determined my console buying tendencies over the past 10 years.
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Good music playing week. Me and Matt look to have found a drummer. That was Sunday and will hopefully be a good shot in the arm. Nothing helps the motivation like progress. And then I jammed again with Eric last night for some of my "solo" stuff. Even after only two jams it seems to be coming along well. I have to get off my ass and get some lyrics written for these songs so that I can nail down the arrangements a little more permanently. But there are some ideas flowing that I'm really digging.
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A couple of people were let go from my work this morning. When this happens it always makes you concerned about your own position, but this one hit a little closer to home as it was two people from a department that used to be under the same umbrella as mine. Not that I'm seriously concerned for myself right now, but you can never fully banish that worm of worry. We no longer live in the days where you can work for the same company for an entire career, and the 'B is also coming in line with that philosophy.
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So the Democrats hold a majority now? And Rumsfeld's gone? Wonder what this means for the old US of A. I'm thinking the hindsight will be a lot more balanced than the "shock and awe" of the past few days.
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New music? Mostly old music. With a few exceptions---the new Sloan album, a Patterson Hood (of the Drive By Truckers) album that's a couple of years old, Edwin---most of the "new" stuff that's been making its way on to my iPod is old stuff. Billy Joel, Boston, The Who, Fleetwood Mac, Van Halen, Motorhead. Getting my fill on the classics.
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So, yeah....ummm....I really got nothing else. Christmas is coming. So, tis will be the season and all. Another birthday on the way. Whee. Slow days here.