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Mixer? Me?

I look in the mirror and see my reflection, and I think to myself "I know you so well." Where many people have no opinions on things, mine tend to be strong and well thought out.

Take religion for example. By age ten, I was asking questions for which those around me had no answers. By age fifteen I'd admitted to myself that I don't believe in 'god' - any god. By age 21, I giggled at the thought of ever having debated the issue. I think the entire concept is downright silly.

What about politics? I initially registered Republican, because my dad had been a Republican. It didn't take me long to realize I cared too much about my fellow man to be a Republican, not to mention my lack of contempt for the rest of the world.

I think I know myself soooo well, so you can imagine my shock when, while talking about *MYSELF*, someone corrects me.

I see myself as a minimalist. I like to keep things simple.

"No you don't. You change things. You mix things to suit your taste. You actually make things more complex."

WHAT?!?!? That's just absur...

"You mix your coffee..."
...sure, but...

"You mix your cereal. What's that stuff you're eating?"
...right, but...

"Beer at McMenamin's..."
...yeah, but it's...

"And your iTunes thing?"
...well sure, but...

"...and then there's..."
OK, I'm shutting up now...

• Coffee: Freshly ground beans each morning - half regular, half decaf. My favorite is some sort of dark dark DARK roast for the regular beans, and a mocha java for the decaf.

• Cereal: 2/3 corn flakes with 1/3 oats/flakes/strawberry something or other, mixed in a plastic cereal container. I then recycle the two empty boxes.

• Beer: McMenamin's currently has a Lambic Ale on tap. I usually ask for a mixture of 1/3 a pint of the Lambic and 2/3 a pint of Terminator Stout.

• iTunes: Let's just say that I've got 7600+ songs on my Mac and I use it as my stereo. The songs are filed by genre and then by a 5 star ratings system. I LOVE my iTunes!!!

I guess I'm more complex than I thought...

OH - and speaking of iTunes, there's a fun new gizmo called Audio Scrobbler that logs playlists and posts favorites on the web, allowing people who enjoy similar music to discover other artists they might like as well... and of course, I had to have it. The Audio Scrobbler plugin took less than 30 seconds to set up, and it's quite cool. Here's my Audio Scrobbler page.

What will they think of next? (and how will I want to alter it to suit my tastes?)

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::::: | Posted Tuesday, Nov 16 2004 at 10:08 AM
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