As some of you may know, Lenka is probably my favorite music artist ever. There’s something about her that is so very me. My husband always smiles whenever I bop around to The Show.
And now that Wordpress has made it so easy to embed YouTube videos (all you have to do is put the url onto its own line), I can’t help but share some of my favorites. (You guys might be flooded with videos for a little bit. :D)
The Show is probably the theme song to my life. :)
Here’s her latest, Trouble Is A Friend. Cute video; kind of Pink Panther-ish. :D
And my favorite off of her album, the wistful and (alas) oh-so-accurate We Will Not Grow Old.
Afterthought: Sometimes I wonder what I’d tag myself. How would I describe myself? Quirky flower-child? I’d say that’s about right. :D
Ever since we ditched our HP home scanner/copier/printer monster, I’ve been agonizing over whether to get another printer or not. We wouldn’t need it 99% of the time … but that 1% when you do, there’s not really anything else in the world that can substitute. Running to the nearest copier shop gets old pretty fast. So what to do, what to do?
Of course, all my troubles would be over if they had a tiny printer, maybe a long stick you ran paper through, or even a handheld wand of sorts — it does seem like you ought to be able to do that, right? But alas, they don’t make those … or do they? Check out this Panon PrintStik, only 1″ x 2″ x 11″.
And it gets even better. Freehand printer wand? You got it:
So are my problems over? Well almost. These are great options, but both are around $160, and the PrintBrush isn’t even available until May 2010. I’m not usually a trendsetter — I like to let a new product test itself out on someone else’s wallet before investing my own mullah — but I’m sorely tempted to be avante garde here.
Three weeks ago, my husband took a new job in Boulder, CO. It all happened so fast. Within a week, he had signed on with the new company, visited Boulder, and turned in his resignation to his old place. We were set to move in another week.
If you’re thinking this is crazy, oh just wait, it gets so much better!
Very, very long story short, our car’s transmission dies mid-move, and we find ourselves in Boulder carless, homeless, and creditless. Meaning we can’t rent a car, we can’t get a loan for a new one, we’re living in hotels and trying to find an apartment, all while having to walk everywhere in the freezing cold. It’s probably been the longest two weeks of my life — I feel like I’ve grown up two years!
Anyway, you can bet that this experience is going to spawn blog posts galore. I plan to write up everything in full gory detail, plus maybe a post on how to live life on the go (read: moving every six months).
I keep googling “married to a software contractor” thinking that some other woman must have gone through this before and written about it. No luck so far. Maybe a call to my pioneering spirit … ? :D
Even considering the rough introduction, I’ve grown very fond of Boulder. It’s the best of Los Angeles (big city) and Los Alamos (small town) all in one. I can’t wait to explore!
