trivial pursuits

so it appears that tv guide is most definitely transitioning into the “special double issue” mode --read: soon it will be the case that they won’t be publishing weekly editions. i can’t help but feel cheated on the horoscope front. it wouldn’t be that bad if they ran two horoscopes pages per issue, one for each week. as it is, they just give you one page, one set of horoscopes that is meant to cover the whole of the two week period. and it’s not even like the horoscopes are longer or more detailed than they were before. i’m currently at the half-point in my double issue week and the focus (according to them) is to watch out for getting caught up with trivial things and/or people. word.

“The sun in your sign will inspire you to try something new, but you should make sure whatever you choose is worthwhile. If you allow yourself to be distracted by trivial things, or trivial people (again: word), you’ll waste time you can never get back.”

i might have done well to have read this yesterday before i went all spazz-tastic and became highly distracted by my not being able to control how the cable box is currently (not) functioning and then engaging in yet another seemingly pointless go round with the external drive. i clearly am not going to outsmart, outplay or control either of these items/situations short of sending the products back to their makers and requesting replacements.

so yeah. distractions. trivial pursuits and people and things. to think i'll have another week of this. as for newness? i started reading books and watching tutorials on html, css, xhtml and action script last week so that counts as something new. it's not "new" in the way that taking up skydiving, camping, fishing, or karate might be new (at least for me) but it's new in ways that matter most to me--meaning it's something new that i can still do while remaining at home, working in my upstairs study and/or while sitting on the couch.