Today is the day after my move... almost everything's here, I still have to get a few smaller items at the old place, and I have weeks of unpacking to do... but I'm here.

I just got rid of my old computer desk. One more day of packing here, and I'll be moving.

It's a little weird adjusting to a "new" desk (I've had it for years, just never used it), but this is the same space saver I'll be using at the new place, so I'll gladly live with it.

I saw a tremendous basketball game tonight, in this year's Playoffs, with the Boston Celtics vs. the New Jersey Nets.

The Celtics used to be the franchise of basketball. They won a tremendous number of championships - but since Larry Bird retired, I don't think they've even been in the running. Longer-time fans than I can correct me if I'm wrong.

It didn't seem any better by the third quarter of this game... they were trailing by an embarassing 26 points at one time - on their home turf (the Fleet Center) yet.

Fourth quarter, they really turned things around, going from a 26 point deficit to a win by four points.

That's the kind of determination I like in the Playoffs.

This was almost an inevitability, but the remains of Chandra Levy were found yesterday.

While over a year has passed, making finding the murderer difficult, I think many have an idea where blame can lie, at least as the man who ordered it: Gary Condit.

I hope this doesn't remain an unsolved mystery. We have enough of those.

I showed my new apartment to a friend tonight. He came over to help me pack, and after we were done, we went there.

The bus to get there didn't go close enough. We had a two block walk from the bus stop that left me exausted. On the way back though, bus connections were easier.

He definitely feels the new place will be a major step up for me, with the neighborhood much better. I still see the place as much smaller; something I'll really have to get used to.

In exactly one week, I'll be in my new apartment.

I still have a lot of packing to do, and even with friends coming here to help me, the speed-up in packing seems negligible.

Oy.

Four days since my last post here. Since my birthday. Oy.

A large part of it is the fact that I've been devoting a lot of time to the Live Journal I started months ago.

Considering how I already post on three blogs, adding another one may seem crazy... but Live Journals have a level of community involvement that I find lacking in other blogs right now. You can use a separate utility like Blog This, but that costs extra. A shame.

Today marks my 35th birthday. To mark it, I use my favorite song from Xena:

For he's another year older,
Yes he's another year older.
Oh he's another year o-older...
- and that's a cryin' shame!

WIL WHEATON DOT NET

OK. I was one of the millions who despised him as Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: the Next Generation. Still, he puts together a fascinating weblog.

Besides, how could I hate a member of Andre the Giant's posse?

Katherine Hepburn turns 95 this week. With her and Bob Hope in their mid- to late-nineties, that's pretty amazing.

How sad that Milton Berle isn't with us anymore too, to join them in a trio.

When I got home from my usual Friday get-together (man, the wind made it feel cold!) I had an answering machine message from my mom. She's back home for the weekend, but will be going back to my aunt in Vermont early next week.

My 35th birthday is this coming Tuesday - but it doesn't matter.

By the end of this month, I'll be moved to a new apartment. I'm still nowhere near done packing, I still don't know when we'll do the move - but that too doesn't matter.

What matters is that my uncle is in ICU there, with about 10% heart function, his best hope right now being a heart transplant -- and with the long wait on the waiting lists, that is a faint hope right now.

I've heard stories of miracles before, and I hope there's one here too...

Web Junkie -- canada.com

Mark is the sysop of a local science fiction-themed BBS I've been a member of for many years now. That guaranteed him a link.

I'm less than a month away from my move now... a few weeks, really.

I'm nervous about the fact that I still have a ton of stuff to pack, though.

With the sad news of my uncle's situation, and all the uncertainty from it, it really doesn't help.

I've been having trouble focussing this evening: one of my uncles, just shy of his 60th birthday, is in a hospital unconcious from two heart attacks. From what I've been told, we may be facing the worst.

In part, I'm feeling angry. For years now my aunt and others have been trying to get him to see a doctor about his wide girth, to make a healthier diet, but he stubbornly ignored all attempts to help him get healthier. He wouldn't see a doctor out of either fear or ignorance... and now that has led to what could be a sad loss for us at a far too early age.

I'm worried more for my aunt and cousins. I know my aunt has had heart troubles of her own, and high cholesterol - but she's been taking more care of herself. My cousins are in their early 20s too.

The Infinite Matrix | Bruce Sterling | Schism Matrix Current Day. A blog by author Bruce Stirling, ome of the fathers of cyberpunk.

April showers bring May flowers. So, what do showers in May bring, other than aggrivation?

It was raining most of today... and it was also cold enough that my breath was freezing in the air. Since I had a meeting to go to in the afternoon, and an eye doctor appointment early evening, I was stuck "enjoying" the lousy weather.

Stuff like this makes it less likely I'll miss this apartment. As a basement place, humidity always leaves it feeling chilly until mid-August. Then it becomes a sauna.