Jazzlife - because all of life is jazz

Today is the day after my move… almost everything’s here, I still have to get a few smaller items at the old place, and I have weeks of unpacking to do… but I’m here.

I just got rid of my old computer desk. One more day of packing here, and I’ll be moving.

It’s a little weird adjusting to a “new” desk (I’ve had it for years, just never used it), but this is the same space saver I’ll be using at the new place, so I’ll gladly live with it.

I saw a tremendous basketball game tonight, in this year’s Playoffs, with the Boston Celtics vs. the New Jersey Nets.

The Celtics used to be the franchise of basketball. They won a tremendous number of championships - but since Larry Bird retired, I don’t think they’ve even been in the running. Longer-time fans than I can correct me if I’m wrong.

It didn’t seem any better by the third quarter of this game… they were trailing by an embarassing 26 points at one time - on their home turf (the Fleet Center) yet.

Fourth quarter, they really turned things around, going from a 26 point deficit to a win by four points.

That’s the kind of determination I like in the Playoffs.

This was almost an inevitability, but the remains of Chandra Levy were found yesterday.

While over a year has passed, making finding the murderer difficult, I think many have an idea where blame can lie, at least as the man who ordered it: Gary Condit.

I hope this doesn’t remain an unsolved mystery. We have enough of those.

I showed my new apartment to a friend tonight. He came over to help me pack, and after we were done, we went there.

The bus to get there didn’t go close enough. We had a two block walk from the bus stop that left me exausted. On the way back though, bus connections were easier.

He definitely feels the new place will be a major step up for me, with the neighborhood much better. I still see the place as much smaller; something I’ll really have to get used to.

In exactly one week, I’ll be in my new apartment.

I still have a lot of packing to do, and even with friends coming here to help me, the speed-up in packing seems negligible.

Oy.

Four days since my last post here. Since my birthday. Oy.

A large part of it is the fact that I’ve been devoting a lot of time to the Live Journal I started months ago.

Considering how I already post on three blogs, adding another one may seem crazy… but Live Journals have a level of community involvement that I find lacking in other blogs right now. You can use a separate utility like Blog This, but that costs extra. A shame.

Today marks my 35th birthday. To mark it, I use my favorite song from Xena:

For he’s another year older,
Yes he’s another year older.
Oh he’s another year o-older…
- and that’s a cryin’ shame!

WIL WHEATON DOT NET

OK. I was one of the millions who despised him as Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: the Next Generation. Still, he puts together a fascinating weblog.

Besides, how could I hate a member of Andre the Giant’s posse?

Katherine Hepburn turns 95 this week. With her and Bob Hope in their mid- to late-nineties, that’s pretty amazing.

How sad that Milton Berle isn’t with us anymore too, to join them in a trio.