I went to see Shrek 2 with Mom at Northside Cinema One. The theater was mobbed with kids. Mom made the comment that most of the humor would be over their heads and I tend to agree. This is true of a lot of Disney and Pixar films, though, too.
I finally found a happy medium between archiving audio CDs as a single image file or files for each track. I found that I could make an image file using Exact Audio Copy and then use foobar2000 to perform batch conversion to individual lossless files from the image CUE file. The resulting files can be decoded and recombined without loss using foobar2000 should the need to re-create the original CD ever arise. I also found The GodFather to be an extremely handy tool for tagging and organizing albums after conversion. It has some cool options for retrieving album data from the Internet (for tagging).
My co-workers forgot that today was my special day. I had to drop some hints to save them from later embarassment. They took me out for lunch at the El Bambo Mexican restaurant in Ashford. Vicki also presented me with a candy cake from the Petal Pusher.
We met Grammy and Granddad at Longhorn for dinner at 4 p.m where we were served by a pleasant Polish waitress. We all returned to my house afterward for cake and ice cream. I made off with a pair of Sennheiser HD280 Professional headphones, a Cribbage board, a “Last Exile” DVD, and additional funds. (Add to that list: a nice birthday card from MeMe and PaPa.) Grammy and Granddad helped me break in the Cribbage board with a game of three-hand.
A cute birthday card from the Roberts arrived today. I was a bit surprised that it wasn’t a handmade card. (Aunt Kathy usually goes all out.) I wanted to see that see was using the chop that I brought back to her from China.
Mom and I watched the network television edit of American Pie 2. I don’t think I’d ever previously watched it from beginning to end (just bits and pieces). The editing really didn’t detract much from the humor like I thought it might.
One of my co-workers, Debra, had a birthday today. Everybody pitched in and brought something to eat. (I brought sherbet.) I wonder if they know that my birthday is only two days away.
Dad and I took the Supra to Ken’s Pro-Colours on the way home. Ken inspected Dad’s paint job and gave his approval. He shared some of his own experiences and gave Dad some suggestions. Dad picked up a few supplies for his Stag project before we left.
Mom had Swedish meatballs waiting when we got home. Mom and I went to Baskin-Robbins after dinner to pick out a cake. I settled on “Pralines ‘n Cream” this year. I’m quite fond of their “Daiquiri Ice” but I figure it just wouldn’t do for a cake.
A blood drive was held at Farley today as part of the NEI’s fifth annual “Energy for Life” blood drive. I decided to give blood for the first time. (My arm is still sore.) The nurses asked many questions before they would begin drawing blood. I received extra questions because I’ve traveled to China recently. I’m apparently at no risk for malaria from any of the regions I visited while in China.
