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Boston to Seattle trip log
Saturday, March 9, 2002
Caught up on much-needed sleep, visited the Mall of America, and generally hung out with Eldy and Priscilla.
…that's it for that day! So let me write a little bit about music for the trip. Conveniently and fortunately, the original iPod had been released back in October 2001, and I'd purchased one right away. I loaded it up as full as possible with a carefully-selected set of albums, totaling 1,103 songs, or 2 days, 19 hours, 39 minutes, and 55 seconds worth of music contained in 4.55 GB. Out of that, we played 626 songs, which was 39 hours, 58 minutes, and 8 seconds of music without repeats. In addition to my iPod, I had my collection of mix tapes and other cassettes, but we only played four of those. The full list of albums played is long enough (even without a few annotations) that I'll save it for another post.
Some highlights of 2006
Saturday, March 9, 2002
Caught up on much-needed sleep, visited the Mall of America, and generally hung out with Eldy and Priscilla.
…that's it for that day! So let me write a little bit about music for the trip. Conveniently and fortunately, the original iPod had been released back in October 2001, and I'd purchased one right away. I loaded it up as full as possible with a carefully-selected set of albums, totaling 1,103 songs, or 2 days, 19 hours, 39 minutes, and 55 seconds worth of music contained in 4.55 GB. Out of that, we played 626 songs, which was 39 hours, 58 minutes, and 8 seconds of music without repeats. In addition to my iPod, I had my collection of mix tapes and other cassettes, but we only played four of those. The full list of albums played is long enough (even without a few annotations) that I'll save it for another post.
Some highlights of 2006
- Finished my orthodontic treatment, and had bone graft surgery to fill in the gap in my upper jaw where the dental implants would eventually go.
- Visited Portland, Oregon, for the first time while Doug was here for a visit, and also drove out to Seaside, Oregon, stood in the open Pacific Ocean, and signed my name on the beach.
- Played a fantastic role-playing game series run by John Harper, dubbed "Tales of the Aether, Vol. 1: The Thought Lords of Mars"—which itself was a follow-up to another fantastic series that Tony Dowler had run way back in 2002 that featured some of the same characters.
- Received my Mac Mini as a bonus from work.
- Was laid off from my job two days before I'd planned to give notice, which worked out to my advantage.
- As planned, began working as a freelance editor.
- Purchased my first Mac laptop.
- Worked with Tony Dowler, John Harper, and Brandon Amancio to plan and hold the first Go Play NW, which was a great success.
- Purchased my first iPhone, which also provided me with my first digital camera.
- Began volunteering with KEXP.
- Visited Las Vegas for a third time, for Brandon's wedding.
