i seem always to find a way to be alone on major holidays. my guess is that i must actually like it that way, or i would not repeatedly allow it to happen.

i found myself on my living room floor, sitting on a pillow embroidered with the word “SORABJI”, watching the ABC coverage of Times Square. i actually like watching those festivities but i would never want to be present on ground level. the only downer of the broadcast was when they let Dick Clark talk. evidently he’s had some strokes, and he talks like in slow-motion, like a 78rpm record playing at 33rpm. i guess i shouldn’t call it a downer, since he’s doing the best he can, and he’s earned enough respect in the business that his colleagues are happy to have him make an appearance. and in his pre-Iternet world i think these appearances might have been treated with more dignity. but the Internet’s makes cynical backwash so easy to transmit, and no one is afforded the dignity of respect any more.

the new TV seems to be working out well enough. i mean, it’s a TV, and it is a suitable device through which to see television programs and movies. so far, though, that’s about all i can say for it. i have not explored the myriad of bloatware functionalities lurking under the surface, the flat and very thin surface. i could not get the Internet to work at first, but maybe i borked something.

i hooked up the computer to the TV last night, and watched the first half of “Boogie Nights”. i forgot how that movie actually runs a little long (huh huh, I said long).

i have a 2TB hard drive full of movies and TV shows downloaded off Usenet. that Usenet service is one I might finally cancel, after years of gluttonous downloads. it’s becoming inefficient with lower-cost streaming and infinite libraries. plus, Usenet kinda isn’t what it used to be, even where the binaries newsgroups are concerned.

i was thinking how easy it would be to shave $500 or more per month off my useless, bullshit expenses. I am thinking of moving to a 2-bedroom place in this area, and cutting useless expenses could make a move virtually cost free. i need more space for various things, most importantly a home office, a dedicated room for work. at present i use the living room. other ueless expenses include: landline phone, one of my 3 leased web servers, monthly contributions to a poorly-performing mutual fund, pub beer, and … other things.

who cares…