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Friday, Two Months Ago
Oh, where does the time go? This should paint a fairly accurate picture of what moving looks like for GenGuYs post-college, pre-living with significant other…
You stop keeping track about a 3/5 of the way through.
Yes, that is a basketball hoop - I had a bit more room in my Minnesota apt.
No, books are not strategically placed and I may or may not have stolen Michael Porter’s Competitive Strategy from school. (I read it before going to bed every night.) Shhh.
Keeping In Contact
How is it that Ticketmaster can let me know my $60 Beastie Boys tickets have been confirmed as purchased, printed, and sent (all as separate updates), but my moving company can’t give me an update on all of my stuff? Thousands of dollars of items somewhere in Minneapolis (or New York) and thousands of dollars being paid to move them and I can’t get anyone to call me back to give me an update on the status. When I finally do get in touch they give me an extended timeframe. No, not the cable company sometime between 9am and 2pm on Wednesday timeframe; the sometime between June 28th and July 4th timeframe. Problem is, they didn’t even make that. “It’s a busy week, so the best we can do is deliver it Friday (July 6th).” So I’ve been paying rent on an empty place since July 1st, now have to take a day off in my first month of working, and still don’t have my tennis racquets, wine glasses, or Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind DVD (nor my DVD player). Thanks Liberty, Mohawk, United Van Lines and all the other companies you’ve swallowed up to make this move a more difficult, costly, and a generally unpleasant experience.
P.S. Please call me back if know an hourly timeframe for Friday.
Forget Superman
Read about our local hero in action: http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S16799.html?cat=1
In My Hood
OOH (out of home) media is at a premium in Minneapolis. Wouldn’t you expect to see such billboard advertising (sitting at 3 stories high) in New York City? But of course if you know me, you know why I snapped this photo - notsomuch for the medium as the message. It’s hard to believe no one in SuperAmerica’s marketing department knows the slang meaning of Hot Lunch. Well, on second thought, maybe it’s not that hard to believe. Either way, thanks for giving me a giggle at the bus stop.
I’m (Way) Below Average
Until today, that is.
According to Technorati, which now tracks over 35.3 Million blogs, 19.4 million bloggers (55%) are still posting 3 months after their blogs are created.
So now that I’m back in the game, I guess I can go back to being part of the majority. Though I don’t know the stats on blog resurrection, I do have to believe that I’m part of a smaller group of “fighters” who believe it’s better late than never. Kind of like the Dwayne Wade commercial for Converse, except that I’ve only fallen once and it took about 2 months to get up rather than 2 seconds. (In my defense, the lapse period included St. Patty’s Day and a sprained ankle… unrelated incidents.) Anyway, I’m back (I think) and reporting live on - wait, what was my original vision/dream for this site… something about my life in Minneapolis. I’ve gotta change the heading, ’cause these next facts have nothing to do with the Salvador slogan.
Other interesting facts about blogs:
- The blogosphere is doubling in size every 6 months
- It is now over 60 times bigger than it was 3 years ago
- On average, a new weblog is created every second of every day
- Technorati tracks about 1.2 Million new blog posts each day, about 50,000 per hour
Weather in Minneapolis: Clear skies, 65 and sunny.