{"id":570,"date":"2011-03-01T01:30:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T07:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shawnbakken.net\/?p=570"},"modified":"2011-03-01T01:30:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T07:30:09","slug":"this-never-happens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shawnbakken.net\/?p=570","title":{"rendered":"THIS NEVER HAPPENS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[As handwritten on Feb 27th]<\/p>\n<p>(Of course, writing that title makes it false since &#8220;this&#8221; is now happening.)<\/p>\n<p>It feels like [February] 17th and 18th all over again.  I almost never have evening plans&#8212;I&#8217;m boring like that&#8212;and somehow, I got triple-booked on Thursday and quadruple-booked on Friday.  Seriously, WTF doesn&#8217;t begin to describe it.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, I&#8217;m still trying to avoid using computers, but somehow, I ended up having to use one for doing paperwork.  (Homework can wait for another day, but this stuff needs to get mailed out tomorrow.)  I&#8217;ve been able to limit my usage to MS Word, music, e-mail and the blog&#8217;s dashboard, but today still feels like I cheated.  I (almost) never <i>have<\/i> to use a computer on a given day&#8230; this sucks.<\/p>\n<p>Since I&#8217;m not helping my friends move today, I&#8217;ve had more time (and greater temptation) to plop down in front of the TV to watch sports&#8230; thankfully, the Oscars are on tonight, so I&#8217;m feeling an instinctive urge to avoid the television no matter what channel is on.<\/p>\n<p>I have been doing some more reading since yesterday, in part because I woke up at 5:30AM and couldn&#8217;t get back to sleep.  Still, I polished off one bookmarked book, so I&#8217;m down to probably two dozen.<\/p>\n<p>Reading is actually another reason why I want to use my laptop.  I&#8217;ve got my textbook for class next to the bed, but it&#8217;s slow going.  The prof made PowerPoint slideshows to outline Chapters 1 and 2&#8212;looking at those might help with quicker reading comprehension, but &#8220;Hey, Foot, I&#8217;d like to introduce you to Mr. Gun and his sidekick, Bullet!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s about all I can think of at the moment.  I may finish this experiment with a recording describing my final thoughts, but if I do, it&#8217;ll probably be an audio recording.  That way, I won&#8217;t have to worry about lighting, shaving, wearing pants&#8230; I&#8217;ll probably be wearing pants.  Remember, this is a laptop and I have no desire to devise a new experiment that resembles &#8220;Shawn nuts roasting on an open fire.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[As handwritten on Feb 27th] (Of course, writing that title makes it false since &#8220;this&#8221; is now happening.) It feels like [February] 17th and 18th all over again. I almost never have evening plans&#8212;I&#8217;m boring like that&#8212;and somehow, I got triple-booked on Thursday and quadruple-booked on Friday. Seriously, WTF doesn&#8217;t begin to describe it. 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