Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Happy 2 Year Anniversary, Dear

On February 5, 2006 I was in the library trying to write. I wasn't working on anything for school (heaven forbid I do that), instead I was trying to work on some "creative fiction." And it was hard. No matter what I did I couldn't get anything (decent) to come out. So I got up, and stretched my legs a bit.

I was on the top floor of the Thomas Jefferson Library, which is where they keep the "periodicals." That's just a fancy name for "not books" or "bought at a news stand." Anyway, I started picking up these "not books." They had so many, on a variety of subjects, most were pretty boring (HERBS, the magazine? I'm sure you find that interesting, but I don't...) eventually a writing magazine caught my eye, I leafed though it--looking for an answer to my problems.

"An article on writer's block! Perfect," I mumbled among the stacks of magazines.

One of the things the author suggested was starting a "blog." I'd heard a lot of "blog" talk, but didn't really know too much about them. I knew that a lot of annoying people used them as public diaries. Which isn't what I wanted to do...but I'm afraid that's all THOUGHTS OF A LIMEMONKEY is, at the end of the day.



I can justify it, though, because I don't live in KC anymore. Maybe someone there is interested in the small, mundane things I do out here in "arch-land." I will say that this blog has kept me in contact with people who I'd otherwise probably never hear from again. That's a good thing. Anyway, if I stopped today--I'd still have two years worth of strange, boring, and sometimes mildly entertaining posts. And at the end of the day, that ain't bad.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Two years? Call me when it's Two HUNDRED...

Anonymous said...

Congrats man! You check out the new stuff on Rockband today?

Jason said...

Thank you Becky. Of course I did!!! In fact, I have the wiki page bookmarked that lists the content (it gets updated the day before the items are put up for sale). They actually have a bunch of new stuff listed on the wiki page that goes beyond this week.

ANYWAY (that was a bit too much info)...today I downloaded the B52 song. I'm not interested in the Kiss song too much, though (as Kiss are WAAAAAY to over-marketed). If I had more money, I'd get the Smashing Pumpkins and Coheed and Cambria songs from last week. But I only had enough points to buy one song, so I got "Roam." It's great.

Also, Leah beat the vocals on HARD today.

Anonymous said...

Have you seen this forum site for Rockband: http://www.rockband.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=5. All the wiki stuff comes from there announcements forums I believe.

Jason said...

Yeah, I've nosed around on the forums a few times...I like the Wiki article because they break the songs down by difficulty for you (I hate how you don't know how hard a song is until you buy it). They announce the new songs every Monday...one week at a time...isn't that lame?

I want the whole months worth of new content!!!

What's up with the "Full albums"? When is that happening? No one seems to know, have you heard?