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On John’s nightstand is a clock radio that is set to go off at 4:30 am for the mornings when I have to go to the docks. The actual buzzer no longer works but it’s still set for what was my favorite adult alternative radio station, which was sold to a Spanish language station, then to a “party station” which seems to be mostly dance music. Normally the volume is so low it doesn’t wake us up, which is why I’ve never bothered to turn off. When it does, I don’t mind lying there in the dark and listening to the music, until I fall back asleep, or John wakes also and turns it off (he has to have silence to fall asleep by).

This morning it woke me up, and I lay there in confusion, because I was hearing Gordon Lightfoot’s If You Could Read My Mind. However, it was being played with female voices, as a dance tune. It wasn’t totally unpleasant, but it was strange hearing such a melancholy song played in such an upbeat fashion.

It must have bothered me more than I thought. I couldn’t go back to sleep for an hour.


If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old-time movie
‘Bout a ghost in a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I won’t ever be set free
As long as I’m a ghost that you can’t see.

God, I haven't listened to Gord in ages....

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On John’s nightstand is a clock radio that is set to go off at 4:30 am for the mornings when I have to go to the docks. The actual buzzer no longer works but it’s still set for what was my favorite adult alternative radio station, which was sold to a Spanish language station, then to a “party station” which seems to be mostly dance music. Normally the volume is so low it doesn’t wake us up, which is why I’ve never bothered to turn off. When it does, I don’t mind lying there in the dark and listening to the music, until I fall back asleep, or John wakes also and turns it off (he has to have silence to fall asleep by).

This morning it woke me up, and I lay there in confusion, because I was hearing Gordon Lightfoot’s If You Could Read My Mind. However, it was being played with female voices, as a dance tune. It wasn’t totally unpleasant, but it was strange hearing such a melancholy song played in such an upbeat fashion.

It must have bothered me more than I thought. I couldn’t go back to sleep for an hour.


If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old-time movie
‘Bout a ghost in a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I won’t ever be set free
As long as I’m a ghost that you can’t see.

God, I haven't listened to Gord in ages....

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One thing that irks me about LJ communities - if the community been around for awhile, you know a topic has come up before. But other than scrolling through the entire thing, there's not an easy way to find it. Plus if you do, no one but the original poster is going to see your comment, because it stays back in the depths of the old stuff. Interesting topics get dropped because once they leave the first page - or fall off your first couple of friends pages - no one sees them anymore and they are forgotten, and you get people asking or posting the same thing over and over.

I think I like traditional bulletin boards where something with a current comment pops to the top of the list, so even if it was forgotten before, conversation on a topic has a chance to continue. I haven't really participated in many since ChickClick and EstroV2 died. I'd look for some, but that's just what I need, something to waste more time on the computer with.

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One thing that irks me about LJ communities - if the community been around for awhile, you know a topic has come up before. But other than scrolling through the entire thing, there's not an easy way to find it. Plus if you do, no one but the original poster is going to see your comment, because it stays back in the depths of the old stuff. Interesting topics get dropped because once they leave the first page - or fall off your first couple of friends pages - no one sees them anymore and they are forgotten, and you get people asking or posting the same thing over and over.

I think I like traditional bulletin boards where something with a current comment pops to the top of the list, so even if it was forgotten before, conversation on a topic has a chance to continue. I haven't really participated in many since ChickClick and EstroV2 died. I'd look for some, but that's just what I need, something to waste more time on the computer with.

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I scored a 34% on the "How Orange County, CA are you?" Quizie! What about you?

Interesting. Although I wasn't born here (I was born in Whittier, L.A. County), I have spent most of my life here. But I don't really care where the rich and famous live, and I went to Dismalland so much as a teenager, I got rather jaded with it ( I certainly never made out on Pirtates of the Caribbean; being much too nerdy as a teen, no one was interested). It has changed a lot since I spent much time there - California Adventure is interesting, but I don't think people from out-of-state really think so, and therefore it's been losing money since it opened.

( Boring Sardine Stuff )

My two favorite quotes from the meeting:

"I'm not sure that's a representative sample."
"That's ok, it fits with my preconcieved notion."

and

"Well, I really think it's easier for you to change 25 years worth of data, than for me to change an arbitrary birthdate".

I get a little intimidated at meetings like this where most everyone from other agencies has at least a master's if not a doctorate. But I also have to laugh at some of these people. The Dr. who is the cheif mathematical modeler at that particular NMFS office must wake up fairly vibrating (he's a very intense person), then he goes to Starbuck's for his java ("extra caffeine please") and he literally cannot sit still. He gets up to write on the whiteboard and he's bouncing around on one leg. He often left the room for an hour or so at a time, and I'm sure it was to jog up and down the 2-mile long hill that is La Jolla Shores Drive, just to burn off some energy. He made me tired just watching him.

The other amusing incident occurred after we got back from dinner; we were hoping to go out with some of the other biologists but everyone took off after the meeting. When we got back to the hotel lobby, we found the Canadian biologist talking with the guys from La Paz. He was telling them how he had called his wife to tell how wonderful and warm the weather was, compared to back home on Vancouver Island. The Mexican guys just stared at him in disbelief, shivered and pulled the collars of their jackets a little closer around their necks.

It actually was pretty chilly and windy for San Diego in April, but at least it was weather. And I'm glad it was cool since our room was just a sauna; apparently the entire building does not turn the AC on until May, and the fan blew hot air even when set on cool.

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I scored a 34% on the "How Orange County, CA are you?" Quizie! What about you?

Interesting. Although I wasn't born here (I was born in Whittier, L.A. County), I have spent most of my life here. But I don't really care where the rich and famous live, and I went to Dismalland so much as a teenager, I got rather jaded with it ( I certainly never made out on Pirtates of the Caribbean; being much too nerdy as a teen, no one was interested). It has changed a lot since I spent much time there - California Adventure is interesting, but I don't think people from out-of-state really think so, and therefore it's been losing money since it opened.

( Boring Sardine Stuff )

My two favorite quotes from the meeting:

"I'm not sure that's a representative sample."
"That's ok, it fits with my preconcieved notion."

and

"Well, I really think it's easier for you to change 25 years worth of data, than for me to change an arbitrary birthdate".

I get a little intimidated at meetings like this where most everyone from other agencies has at least a master's if not a doctorate. But I also have to laugh at some of these people. The Dr. who is the cheif mathematical modeler at that particular NMFS office must wake up fairly vibrating (he's a very intense person), then he goes to Starbuck's for his java ("extra caffeine please") and he literally cannot sit still. He gets up to write on the whiteboard and he's bouncing around on one leg. He often left the room for an hour or so at a time, and I'm sure it was to jog up and down the 2-mile long hill that is La Jolla Shores Drive, just to burn off some energy. He made me tired just watching him.

The other amusing incident occurred after we got back from dinner; we were hoping to go out with some of the other biologists but everyone took off after the meeting. When we got back to the hotel lobby, we found the Canadian biologist talking with the guys from La Paz. He was telling them how he had called his wife to tell how wonderful and warm the weather was, compared to back home on Vancouver Island. The Mexican guys just stared at him in disbelief, shivered and pulled the collars of their jackets a little closer around their necks.

It actually was pretty chilly and windy for San Diego in April, but at least it was weather. And I'm glad it was cool since our room was just a sauna; apparently the entire building does not turn the AC on until May, and the fan blew hot air even when set on cool.