Amazon.com: Books: The Power of Persuasion : How We're Bought and Sold

Current title I'm reading. So far, so good... Review to come :)

Why did I let Chris make me buy barbeque Fritos? These nasty things are going to be with me all week.

The Digging Begins (washingtonpost.com)

Just got back from a trip to the grocery store. What normally is a five minute walk took well over an hour. Got stuck more than three times. Met lots of good samaratins who seemed to appear out of nowhere to help us.

One person has managed to leave the house successfully. So we are averaging about one person a day. Not to bad. Of course, on the way home, he spun out of control and would have been killed if the 18wheeler behind him hadn't reacted as quickly as it had.

Gotta love the snow.

Snowstorm Pummels Washington Area (washingtonpost.com)

I am trapped in my own house. I have never seen a snow storm like this before. Its really coming down, and the wind is fierce. I have five friends trapped in the house with me. I feel bad that they cant go home, and it doesn't look like they will be able to leave until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest. Cabin fever has set in.

But I am grateful they are here. If we are going to prisoners, might as well have some nice cell mates.

Amazon.com: Music: Global (Bonus Dvd)

So the new Paul Van Dyk cd has come out and I've had a day to listen to it:

Its good. Anything by Paul Van Dyk has to at least be "good" and this is a collection of some of his best work. It has "Tell Me Why" and "We're Alive" and one of my all time favorites, "Words." Unfortunately, its not the best mix of Words out there, but its not like I dont have that on three other disks. Its also missing some really great tracks from Out There and Back (probably his best cd), but makes up for it with some really old school stuff from before Seven Ways.

But the real draw on the CD is the bonus DVD that is included. Its a great continuous mix featuring music-inspiried imagery and scenes from PVD perfroming everywhere from San Francisco to Tokyo to Gatecrasher in Germany. Plus there are interviews, and all of his music videos!

Have I talked about PVD enough?

Chiasso

I really need someone in my life to play chess with.

Paul van Dyk

Three more days!!

Terror Alert Raised to 'High Risk' Level (washingtonpost.com)

As Wanda Sykes would say, "Sumthin' gonna happen! Sumthin' gonna happen!"

**Pictures John Ashcroft crouching behind a corner, then suddenly jumping out, and yelling BOO!**

Damn! Scared me to death! I got fruit loops all over the wall!

Its snowing!! yippie!

I had a "Pacesetters" meeting today. Thats the meeting where all of us Borders' up-and-comers get together and listen to corporate big-wigs pat us on the back. They told us today that our little pacesetter pilot program was going to be implemented in almost all the major markets. They kept saying how everyone was really happy with "what we were doing here."....I kept wanting to ask what the hell we ARE doing here? As far as I can figure, all we do is sit around and listen to people tell us their job description. Oh well. At least its paid.

Looks like I will be going off to work at the Friendship Heights store for a week or two. I met the GM...His name is Sterling. I called him Sylvan. I hope he didn't hear me.

My DM said she would be open to me traveling more if my absence didnt hurt the store so much. She asked if I would mind moving to a higher-volume store, one where the tasks are more diffused and one supervisors absence isn't so crippling. I said, HELL YES! So I might be moving back to the Pentagon store or to 18th and L. I told her I am desperate for a new challenge. It was nice: She said she could tell I was getting bored and that my talents were being vastley underused at my present store.

But I really do love this store. It will be hard to leave it.

I am standing on the edge of something monumental. All I need to do is take a step and I might break the barrier on to something great; something profound that will add a new richness to my life.

But I'm paralyzed. I cant take that step. I'm in the dark and I dont know if that step will lead to a solid path of beauty and truth, or if that step shall be the first in to a gapping maw of uncertainty.

These feeling are all too familiar. But those journeys always ended in pain. These steps always lead to a road I'd rather not tread down again. But maybe this time will be different. Maybe I have grown enough to take this step with confidence, to allow someone into my life and down my own road. Maybe they will want to take this step with me.

There are a bunch of people out in the hall of the apartment. I really need to go to the store, but I dont want to have to walk past them. I know they will try to talk to me, and I will have to feign interest. I'm not in the mood for that.

What am I in the mood for?

Paul van Dyk

New DVD comes out February 11th!

Ooh. Drool not good for keyboards.

CNN.com - India mourns space heroine - Feb. 2, 2003

For some reason, I feel a connection to Kaplana Chawla. Maybe its just because she comes from a part of the world that fascinates me. Or maybe because I'm moved by her ability to rise up despite daunting obstacles -- leaving her home, moving thousands of miles away -- and pursuing her dreams. I find myself searching for stories about her...reading everything I can.

Uh oh. Is this Spike's birthday? Jeez. Tommorow is Matt's. Thursday is Mark's.Who else?

Another day. My cats are staring at me. "If you are going to sit here all day, you might as well pet us." Ungrateful leeches.