As everyone is aware, Saturday was 7/7/07. A neat calendrical oddity. What makes it even coincidencier for me is that it was also the seventh anniversary of my move to San Diego. Yes, I made up the word “coincidencier”. The day was now officially the most popular wedding date in history. I'm not surprised. I had a little Housewarming/move anniversary/777 party on Saturday night, and about half the people I invited couldn't come because of prior wedding commitments. So it was more of a “get-together” than a “party”. Coincidentally, there were seven guests at the party, if you count my Dad, which I do since he doesn't live there. So I bought seven lottery tickets. But I'm a dork, and chose the wrong lotto, and wound up with the one that draws on Tuesdays and Fridays rather than the one that draws on Saturdays and Wednesdays. I won nothing, by the way.

I was off work for 5 days last week for the holiday, but I didn't do any writing on here because my dad was in town, and his mission in life is to prevent me from sitting in front of a computer. I can't really say that's a bad mission, now can I?

Can you believe I've been in San Diego for seven years now? I can't. I've mentioned before how the lack of seasons here has contributed to my declining ability to notice the passage of time. I'll not go into detail since I already covered it here.

My co-worker just turned on the show “Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?” First of all, knowing or not knowing the answer to a question is no measure of smarts, just knowledge. The show should be called “Do you Know More than a 5th Grader?” But, if they renamed it, it would be the first intelligent thing done on the show. How stupid has America gotten? This guy just lost a ton of money because he thought the Atlantic ocean was East of Africa somehow. Now he doesn't know how many incisors he has in his mouth. Count them! TV is stupid.

On a similar note, a “forward happy” friend of mine sent me an “amazing photo of the moon and sun from the North Pole” that is so obviously not real that I'm amazed anyone would actually believe it, but they do. *sigh*

Independence day once celebrated our freedom. Now, it is a day to remember the freedom we once had. Are you ready for a new America? How about an Orwellian brave new American Union with Mexico and Canada? Haven't heard about it? That's because our president is doing it without asking permission of the voters, or even congress. Here are some videos. Go to the youtube link for the embedded video to see more related vids. See them, spread them. Let's wake up this country.

Well, I'd mentioned a month ago that I'd take some pics of the new place when we got it finished. Well, this past Saturday we finally got a couch and coffee table, so we were finally able to arrange and finish unpacking the living room. Nice couch, too. Huge. See for yourself.
 
Here's the living room as you come in through the front door. The coffee table needs a new top, but it was free. Shut up. You all remember the throne, I'm sure.

Here's the living room from as seen from the hallway, featuring the new couch. Yes, it's blurry. No, I'm not going to re-take it. Doesn't that couch look cozy?

Here's the view into my bedroom from the living room.

Here's my computer corner, with my new desk and chair. And a glass of soda. And my Mexican Strat. Check out those snazzy LCD monitors!

Blurry shot of my bed, messy nightstand, and my American Strat, bathed in a holy light. OK, bathed in a fluorescent light.

The other corner, closet, and my music stuff. Notice the “Appalachin” street sign. Yes, it's misspelled, I presume that's why it was in a dumpster. Just to the left of it, there's a license place that says “Boone”. I didn't include it in the picture because I don't want you to think I'm a sentimental, homesick dork. (I figured I'd just tell you instead).

Here's an artistic interpretation of my screen door. Just because.

Not pictured:
The kitchen, which is, once again, filled with empty boxes that were once stacked in the living room (and not empty).
The Bathroom. Who needs to see the bathroom? If you must, you can see some if it here.
Mike's room. That's up to him to show. He does have a desk just like mine, though.
The outside. It's dark. Did you really want to see the car-port, storage room, and patio? Didn't think so.

The couch folds out into a queen sized bed, by the way. So come on over for a visit!!

Happy 4th tomorrow, if I don't post anything.