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I know it's not the end of the year yet, but I probably won't log before the end of the year, so here it is from post number 400:

Went to Badger Hockey Showdown featuring Wayne State vs Western Michigan, and Northern Michigan vs Wisconsin. Claimed to want to start a college hockey podcast (obviously never materialized). Watched Buffalo '66. Put some old Failure live shows on DVD.

House of Freaks tragedy, and the history of weird music becoming normal (the story of the first CD).

Kept a log of mileage on "the land yacht". Broke the 20MPG barrier with Tank #6.

Found a way to slow down audio on a computer, without affecting the pitch, using applescript. Then realized it's easier to just open a file in Quicktime and use the A/V Controls window to alter the speed. This is good for figuring out how to play songs.

Max got his ears cleaned. Max gets stuck in a basket, Kasha waits to be served at the dinner table.

Got an Elliptical Trainer which was, like, 5,000 lbs. De-wired, and re-wired coaxial cable in the house.

Bronze Corydora #1 dies. Debated on what the most human way to euthanize a fish was.

Paid the least amount of money ever for a car when buying a used Turbo New Beetle. Tried to start a travelogue with it but failed. Tried out an iTrip with it, and was disappointed. Worked on fixing the cassette deck in it, until it worked acceptably.

Went to my first waterpark. Couldn't decide if I was wearing the wrong type of swim trunks, or if I was too heavy to slide down the water slides without a tube (kept getting stuck). Finally heard some of Jeff Halland's project, Hal Scanlon. Found out about Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys, and never really followed up with it.

Tried to make a vote for a 5 hour work day (no one listened!).

Updated the mcliiportal to include rotating header images, Focus. information, and some mcliimusic stuff.

Found a Picture Formosa "record review".

Met our friend's boyfriend (now husband) who's from Scotland. Played one round of "cereal box". Debated capitalism vs socialism.

Wondered about dreams, and goals.

Pulled my back shoveling snow. Watched the olympics (long live curling on TV), and the Frozen Tundra college hockey game (the one at Lambeau Field) on TV. Really started digging into some funny Stephen Colbert stuff.

Drove through a ton of snow in the New Beetle.

Our trees got a trim from the city. Pulled my back again, shoveling snow.

Went to a wedding. Did some videographing.

Saw Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Thought about making a podcast of music I'd digitize from tapes or vinyl. Got stuck on some songs, debated on how I can "present" other songs done in the future. Wondered why nobody just "hangs out" anymore.

Saw Walk the Line. Debated about country music, and why I disliked it, but now like it (depending on the artist).

Got a PSP. Tried to lock the cats out of the upstairs of our house with gates.

Watched The Squid and the Whale.

Thought about building a MythTV setup. Built a MythTV setup. Recorded some shows. Trashed MythTV setup. Brandy got Tivo for her birthday.

Went to MadisonFest, and saw a bunch of bands and people I haven't seen in a bunch of years.

Listed my JCM800 amp for sale. Didn't sell it (but sold the speaker cabinet).

Met with an old friend from my Osseo childhood, and went to a game demo of a game he created called Cineplexity, during the Wisconsin Film Festival.

Pulled my "superfan" status of college hockey. Wisconsin won Hockey National Championship.

Wanted to retire.

Picked up Eisley CD, Marvelous Things.

Brandy and I went out to San Francisco. I'm still not a good flyer, but SF is definitely a cool city. Saw Eisley, Simon Dawes, Fair, and Brighten.

Got new cell phones for free (Motorola RAZRs). Didn't like the fact that the OS on the phone is crippled and is very difficult to get photos off of.

Read A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906" by Simon Winchester. Drooled over Dipinto Galaxy 4 guitars.

Had squirrels in our attic. Beetle turned 111,111.

Got an Alesis Multimix8 mixer for my computer, and some guitar hangers for the wall.

Thought about the sounds of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system.

Painted our dining room.

Attempted to make a word "Guitapolidextertech". Didn't work out too well.

Picked up the Gathering's record called "Home". Listened to it on repeat for a good long while. Picked up Fair's "Best Worst Case Scenario". Talked about the lack of CDs I buy now.

Got a kayak. Wondered about poison ivy.

Found out we'd need 5.6 planets if everyone lived like me.

Fixed our sump pump.

Grew a goatee.

Played through a Fender Blues Deluxe amp. Started playing with a new tuning on one of my guitars. The "real" drop-d tuning.

Tried to paddle upstream on the Wisconsin River.

Scanned an old Picture Formosa picture.

Saw Clerks II. Went into a fog for nearly three months. Turns out I have migraines, but I'm not going to take any medicine for them. Last Bronze Corydora died in the fish tank.

Debated the "validity" of my college degree as the program folded.

Laptop hinge broke, and is now duct taped open.

Rolled my own Mii, and wanted a Wii.

There it is, the year that was logged. Too bad a bunch of stuff didn't get logged. It's just too hard to keep up I guess. Maybe I'll try harder. Maybe I won't. I wish I could condense my thoughts better, and it wouldn't take so long to log.