On the subject of fish, fish, fish

I'm sitting in my room trying to come up with a good away message for use while I play a computer game. I put something trite up and am about to leave be when Michele IMs me and comments on the inadequacy of it all. Considering the challenge, I replace the offending prose with a nice and random little lyric concluding with the word fish.

After a while of chatting with Michele, I figure the whole away message facade really isn't getting me anywhere, especially when I'd rather chat anyway. It is dropped. Soon afterwards, Becky IMs me. Having lost the message in all of its glory, but still mentally on the theme, I sprinkle my vocabulary with the word fish throughout the conversation. Becky, thus prompted, mentions that she shall be going fishing for the first time in her life tomorrow. Of course, in preparation for the event I direct her to homestarrunner.com to watch the "Jigs and Lures" cartoon.

After watching said cartoon and discussing its finer and more esoteric points, along with a variety of other fish-related anecdotes, Becky and I come to the conclusion that fish is a very entertaining word when said several times in succession. You can try it at home - fish fish fish fish fish.

Song of the moment: "Dedication" by the O.C. Supertones (three stars)

I've often though about having a blog

I've often wondered what it would be like to have a blog. A place to dump my inmost thoughts for all to read. A public forum of Robness. The concept has struck me variously as egotistical, embarrassing, cumbersome, a waste of time, and mildly amusing. It is the last of these opinions that I hold now, and so I've gone ahead and done the deed. Only time and updates will tell the wisdom of such a step.

Speaking of updates, though I imagine I'll be mostly posting random thoughts on this blog as they occur to me and as I find personally amusing, I'll also set up a few conventions. The only one which seems necessary at the moment is a little tag at the end of every post indicating the current influences on my state of mind that looks a little something like this:

What song is playing on my iTunes as I post this: "Hello Sunny Weather" by Poor Old Lu (four stars)