Man, I am so close to my Xmas vacation I can almost taste it! I've got work tomorrow, then a half-day Wednesday and then I won't be back to work till January 12th 
During the second week of January (from the 6th through the 10th) I'm gonna be in Texas visiting my Mom, my sister Johnetta, and a bunch of my relatives. I haven't been to Texas to see all them in a little over two years, and since I was there last my Mom opened a coffee shop/restaurant/bistro thing which I am anxious to check out. It occurred to me that I very well may not be able to blog at all while I am out there, so you people who read this (all 2 of you) will maybe have to somehow make do without ye olde blog here for a couple days. How will you ever survive? 
Speaking of not blogging, I haven't blogged much the last couple days, so here's a quick recap: After the big Xmas party for work on Thursday, everyone showed up to work on Friday (most people were probably hung over, I'm sure). Friday we had our Secret Santa gift exchange, and we got our company presents. Friday night I didn't do anything, just relaxed and watched "Manhunter". I hadn't seen "Manhunter" in a few years and seeing it again I was really impressed with how good it is and how well it stands up. Some people might think I'm nuts, but I actually like it better than "Silence of the Lambs" (which as many people don't know was the sequel to "Manhunter"). Anyway, after watching the movie I naturally checked to see if the soundtrack is available, which of course it isn't (it was never released on CD). There's bootleg copies I've seen on Ebay, but I'm not gonna get into some bidding war over that. I really loved the song that plays while Francis Dollarhyde and Reba McClane are laying in bed together (when Reba covers Francis' mouth), so I looked around and found the group that made that song was named Shriekback. Since 4 of the songs off the soundtrack are by Shriekback, and 3 of them were on the album "Oil & Gold" (including the one I was looking for), I decided 'what the hell' and ordered it off Amazon for about six dollars. Hopefully it won't blow.
Saturday I went to see my friend Chris' band play (they're known as the Nick Luca Trio) at Zen Sushi with Dave and Jen. Chris and the rest of the band live in Tucson, Az. so it was nice to see Chris, as it always is. We didn't get to hang out with him for too long though, but it was a fun time anyway. You can check out Dave's in-depth review of the show if you want to.
Sunday I slept in and then went to my Dad's house for a fish dinner. My Dad cooked up some salmon and halibut he caught in Alaska last summer (and which had been flash-frozen, so don't think it had gone bad or anything like that). As always it was a delicious meal over there. It was nice to see my Dad and Rebecca (my youngest sister), and it was just a good, peaceful evening. I'll be seeing them again on Wednesday night and Thursday, of course.
Anyway, today was a pretty mellow day at work as we don't have a whole lot going on right now as we're all getting ready for our big Xmas break. Not much to report there, so on that note I'm gonna end this entry.
Comments (8)
"...so you people who read this (all 2 of you)..."
Oh come on, Mr. Yams... ^_^
Methinks you need to get a cell phone so you can moblog with the best of 'em! How are you going to get by without Internet access?!
BTW, did you make the smiles directory inaccessible? :(
Posted by Koganuts | December 22, 2003 11:45 PM
Posted on December 22, 2003 23:45
Nope, Mr. Nuts. what has happened to the smiles directory is not something I'd even know how to do. I suspect that may be a result of moving to this server or something, I dunno. You'd have to ask Riggs about that one. As for getting a cell phone: NO!
Posted by Yams | December 23, 2003 12:01 AM
Posted on December 23, 2003 00:01
Actually, no, I'd been able to access the smiles directory up until a few weeks ago. Then I would get a 404 error if I tried accessing it:
http://www.wildyams.com/smiles/
That is the URL, right?
Posted by Koganuts | December 23, 2003 8:42 AM
Posted on December 23, 2003 08:42
Yeah, exactly. It used to work, but now it gives that Webair 404. My only thought is that it might have happened when Dave switched me over from Jason's box, cause I wouldn't even know how you could make something display a 404 instead of just showing the contents. I noticed it was doing that too though, just didn't have any idea why.
Posted by Yams | December 23, 2003 10:17 AM
Posted on December 23, 2003 10:17
No, this error happened after the move. And like I said, it just happened a few weeks ago. Hm. Me sad now. :(
Posted by Koganuts | December 23, 2003 1:20 PM
Posted on December 23, 2003 13:20
the songs you're referring to are on shriekback's *incredible* album 'big night music'. too bad it's for some reason out of print and impossible to get ahold of without aforementioned bidding wars. ope! but wait, the terrible has a friend who happens to think it is one of the best albums ever and has previously tracked down a copy. what's this? said copy will be delivered to terrible tomorrow? can't be. yep.
Posted by elvispanda | December 23, 2003 7:43 PM
Posted on December 23, 2003 19:43
Actually, according to IMDB's page for "Manhunter's" soundtrack and Amazon's page for the Shriekback album "Big Night Music", none of the songs from "Manhunter" are on that album. However, from what I heard of "Big Night Music" it sounds pretty cool, so I most definitely would appreciate a copy of that album as well. Much obliged, Terrible
Posted by Yams | December 23, 2003 10:49 PM
Posted on December 23, 2003 22:49
i stand (or sit, in reality) corrected.
Posted by elvispanda | December 24, 2003 9:35 AM
Posted on December 24, 2003 09:35