Aloha amigos. In these times of woe, it's nice to remember that there's never a financial meltdown here on codypowell.com, largely because we have no money and no clear ideas on how to get money. That really simplifies things, I find, and allows me to focus on my specialty: producing content that doesn't make a lot of sense.
I hate to continue harping on this whole economy thing, but I can't help but think I made a really great decision at the start of this year to go way over-budget on a house and then a bunch of wedding stuff. Sorry, world markets, you can't take money from me that I already spent! It's almost like there's this part of my subconscious that devotes itself to world class economic analysis, but doesn't happen to inform the rest of my brain about any of this.
I've been very busy lately, and I think that for the most part, it's hard to tell. I still find time to eat well and exercise and read and everything, but one area has slipped through the cracks. It's my Netflix queue. Laura and I have two queues going, and I think we've watched a grand total of 1 movie in the past 4 weeks. (In all fairness, that movie was Casino which should count for 2.5 movies.) I imagine someone at Netflix gets a huge guffaw everytime I add something onto my queue, knowing that we'll probably hit the heat death of the universe before I make it through the 170 movies listed there.
The only solution I can come up with here is to start watching my movies in little bitty chunks. You know how prisoners dig their tunnel to freedom by emptying one pocketful of dirt into the yard a day? That's the same as my Netflix Queue Freedom strategy. If I'm falling down on something, I'm glad it's Netflix and not eating, sleeping, or going to the bathroom.
Posted by Cody at September 30, 2008 9:11 PM