Nothing to say today

A few random Air Supply pics from over the years..Jonni, Jed, Mike.

So..because of the title, I'll likely ramble on here for pages and pages....

Song of the day: Neil Sedaka-"Me and My Friend"

Gripe of the day: Our nearest Home Depot and Borders are over an hour away, and I didn't feel like driving that far.

Wants: Go to Yellowstone Park again before they ban cars like Yosemite.

Good thing from today: I did not get hit by a truck.

Blast from the past

As unlikely as it seems to my mind, this summer I will have been out of high school for 30 years. EEEK! I have been reconnecting with some old friends these past few months and it's funny how little (and how much) things have changed. We've all had life altering experiences, yet we are basically the same people we were in 1979. It's also funny how the mind tends to weed out the bad memories keeping only the good ones in the forefront. I read an interesting term the other day..."friendemies", which is what you have become with those people from high school that you didn't really like then, but now they want to be your best friend. Then there are the ones who really were good friends back then, but somehow you drifted apart and are genuinely glad to reconnect with them now.
I'm tempted to go to the reunion, (if only to see how old and fat the basketball players have gotten) but perhaps the only ones there would be the cheerleaders who have NOT gotten old and fat like everyone else, and they would spend the entire evening telling me how much they have missed me.
Ironically, in grade school, i was good friends with one of those cheerleaders, but by the time high school came along, we didn't speak 2 words to each other those 3 years. I was "middle class" in high school, mostly due to my involvement with music/and or/drama, and I was content with that. I had wonderful friends and retain some great memories of those days. I'm not sure if I want to subject myself to those "friendemies". I'll consider...

Russell's "Take Time"

OK...go check out Russell's web site. There is a nifty video of him putting to rest all the rumors that it "really isn't his site". LOL... He says the Unreleased album is titled "Take Time" (which is a great song, by the way) and is on the way soon, claiming it will make a great Valentines gift. No word on where to get it though. I checked http://www.cdbaby/ where Graham has his solo album, but nothing yet. (i would imagine that is where it will be sold, but we'll just have to wait and see)

(Picture is from a show in North Bend, Oregon a few years back. Gee, I miss those red pants....LOL..)

Small town error

Well, I have a new printer courtesy of Staples.com. Did all kinds of research before deciding on the thing. So far I'm happy with it, even though it's much heavier than the old one was. I thought technology was supposed to make things smaller...not bigger. It prints good pics, but ya need an electronics degree to run the thing. I imagine I'll get used to it eventually.

Now...that's not why I am writing here. I'm writing to gripe about my local Staples store. I went in to pick up my printer and the girl behind the counter had apparently worked there for about 18 seconds or so. She kept running over to another girl for help...then would peck away at her keyboard for awhile...then run back to the other girl...you get the picture. After 3 or 4 runs like this, she asked me what I had ordered. I told her an Epson printer. She went to the other end of the counter where my Epson was in a big box, dragged the thing over and said "here it is". Never once did she ask for my name, order #, identification, blood type, or any other thing that might have proven that this was indeed my printer. I picked up my big box and left the store.
So...my point is anyone could've wandered into the store, saw my big box behind the counter, said "that's mine", and left with it. Perhaps this store doesn't get a lot of dotcom orders or something, and yes, this is a small town, but I strongly believe that they should have at least asked for my name!! Sheesh.

Happy New Year and all that stuff

Ok...another year come and gone, and with the big winds and horizontal rain we had here today, we are off to a wild start. Last Saturday presented me with the opportunity to get my tickets for our March Air Supply concerts in Lincoln City. It was a very frustrating experience; one that I have never had in buying tickets and hope to never repeat. I begged with my supervisor so I could go to lunch a few minutes early to be home in time to get my tix. I was all ready....then put on hold (normal for this experience)...they hung up on me. I called back...was put on hold...they hung up on me again...I called a third time...said "NO... you CAN'T PUT ME ON HOLD AGAIN cause you hung up on me twice already. She apologized and said she would take my phone number to give the operaters and they would call me. (sheesh) I decided to go online and try my luck there, though I don't really like that option, as with this casino you are at the mercy of the computer for seat assignments.
I got some seats, which I was really not that happy with, then failed to complete my account set-up within the 5 minute time limit, so my seats were released. AAARRRRGH!!!!!
The people still had not called me back, so i tried online again, searching numerous times for better seat assignments. Finally decided I'd better cut my losses and take what I could get as I was rapidly running out of time to return to work. Got the darn things completed...still not too happy with the positioning of said seats, and was 5 minutes late getting back to work. I've gone to several concerts at this venue and never had such problems before. I guess I can attribute them to the wild popularity of Air Supply fans wanting seats and clogging all their systems, eh?

Russell Hitchcock album

Well, this has been an interesting week. Air Supply's Russell Hitchcock officially announced the upcoming release of his "Unreleased Solo Album"!! (I'm embarrassed to say I don't know exactly when that was originally recorded...best guess is early 1990's following the release of his first self-titled solo album in 1988) Anyway, he says specifics are forthcoming, so we do not yet know if those 2nd album songs have been re-recorded or are the originals. Stay tuned to http://www.russellhitchcock.net/ for details as he releases them. (and yes...I have heard these songs and they are quite enjoyable, though as none of us SHOULD have heard them....forget I said that.)

So...all the "Airheads" are quite happy about this bit of news, and this "Airhead" is smiling and saying to herself...."Never Say Never".

Missing in Action (or Oregon)

Well, been ages since I've posted here. Way to many rotten things have gone on, so I won't dwell on those. I still have a ways to go medically, but I'm doing OK for now. We have had snow and very cold stuff this past 3 days, with more to come this weekend. The valley is lots colder and has more snow than we do. (ours all melted today with the rain) Might get some more Friday. I must admit it's fun to watch it snow. (as long as I don't have to shovel the stuff....)
My winter photo has failed to load....hmmm....