One Midnight Gone

[mikekn]

Overall I think last night can be put into the "got stuff done" column. I did dishes, put away bottles, removed bottle labels, put away more bottles, dumped a gallon of cider that just didn't work, and generally picked up around the kitchen - I can see the table now! And most of the counter!

Sprayed a few wasp and hornet nests that I'd spotted outside. Started some work in the dining room. Didn't play WoW or surf the web. Hopped on-line a few times to check email and LJ, but that was about it.

Played lots of loud music. I'm exploring the concept of comfort music - like comfort food. The music need not be "mellow" or something similar, it just needs to evoke feelings of comfort due to whatever connection you have to it. It makes sense, and I'm sure others have their own comfort music, I've just never looked at it in those terms. So I'm going through music seeing what strike me and how - trying to listen to stuff faster the I can actually play it :/

I pulled together 24 CDs to bring into work (I've got the office to myself again today - the others are down in DC looking for a grant or something). I won't get to hear all of them, but I may be able to hear the bits I want while ripping the rest. (6 down, 18 to go).

Tonight: finish some kitchen stuff. Bring full carboys up from the basement for racking/bottling soon. Start laundry. Work on dining room and living room. Play more music.

Comments

[maccuswell.livejournal.com]

I can see the table now! And most of the counter!

Your house sounds like mine, except for the "see the table and counter" part.

[mikekn]

Heh. The house was in better shape when we were hosting stuff on a regular basis, but it's been awhile now.

[suba-al-hadid.livejournal.com]

Congrats on getting stuff done!

[mikekn]

Thanks!

[suba-al-hadid.livejournal.com]

And yes, someone has to make the beer. Picking up around the house is optional, but not the brewing of the beer! Or preferably the mead (my downfall of choice).

[mikekn]

The beer is for the War Party (Pennsic, Thursday, EK Royal). I've got about 20 gallons of mead that need to be bottled so I can bring some to Pennsic...

Looks like the Heather Mead (Heather Honey from Castlemark) will not be ready for a year or so.

[suba-al-hadid.livejournal.com]

I'm getting the impression that mead is like that sometimes. Yay for Castlemark Honey though!

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

Pretty Little Hate Machine is comfort music for me. So is Faure's Requiem. And showtunes *jazzhands*

[mikekn]

Don't really know those two (heard of them, but never really heard them). Grew up with a lot of show tunes so some of them fit the catagory for me :)

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

Basically they are both albums I sing along to when I'm driving :)

[hughcasey.livejournal.com]

Please call me tonite about "Serenity"! It's this Thursday, right?

Or, let me know when would be a good time to call you.

[mikekn]

This Thursday, yes. I'll try and call you - just need to remember, or can call anytime after 5 tonight - I'm not going anywhere.

We're currently eating before we get together, and then gathering to leave my house around 8 PM. If we can go earlier, we will but we need to wait for one person.

We'll be heading right up

[kandy-elizabet.livejournal.com]

Remember, you're not waiting on us, we'll be heading right up from work (with a stop for supper), and try to get line space early :)

Re: We'll be heading right up

[mikekn]

Yep!

Comfort Music :)

[starseeker1221.livejournal.com]

I've always used to music as a sort of comfort... I tend to find "summer" songs or songs that were played at concerts I loved are especially good for cheering up, motivating, and getting stuff done... Based on how loud I play things though, I'm sure my neighbors wish that I would rely on music a little less in my everyday life!!! :)

Re: Comfort Music :)

[mikekn]

Heh - I'm lucky none of my neighbors are close enough to be bothered by my music.

Movie Music

[joef-johnm.livejournal.com]

I tend to listen to showtunes and movie soundtracks for comfort tunes. Especially John Williams stuff...

Speaking of music, having just finished watching the Firefly DVDs, does anybody have any thoughts on what the last verse means?

Re: Movie Music

[mikekn]

You may need to be more specific. I'm guessing you mean the Ballad of Serenity:

"There's no place I can be,
Since I found Serenity,
You can't take the sky from me."

I always took it to refer to how the Browncoats don't really have a place within the Alliance, but with Serenity (the ship) they've got the freedom of the sky.

Re: Movie Music

[joef-johnm.livejournal.com]

You have a point. It makes more sense if you put a period after "...I can be". See you tomorrow.

[dreamingbear.livejournal.com]

Wow.... your to-do list is giving me flashbacks of the lists we have at home... sunday was toss the old computer desk and chair, drop the old entertainment center and pack up random and sundry and haul over to new place... last night was excavate and put up the pantry shelves I stained the other day... tonight might be pull the rest of the kitchen stuff from the old place and haul it into the new place.

¡Congrats on the productivity!

[mikekn]

The joys of a new place :)

We've been in this one for over seven years - we've just let stuff get away from us.