Well, as 2006 draws to a close, I find myself spending it pretty much the same way I’ve done so for years now. Earlier today we went to Seibu’s depachika and loaded up on food. We’ve eaten a good part of it, waiting until around 23:00 or so for the soba. I’m flipping through all the TV specials, including of course the venerable KOHAKU on NHK, mixed in with some K-1 for good measure — poor Akebono continues his losing streak, and in record time! I am quite sad that Takashi Okamura of the comedy duo 99 won’t be doing his annual New Year’s show — I did get a kick out of his appearance on KOHAKU though — it just doesn’t feel the same. A bit after midnight we’ll walk over to Gokokuji, a rather large temple not too far from where we live, for hatsumode (first prayer of the New Year). I always look forward to the food stalls set up in front of the temple — gotta get me some buttered potatoes! Strangely enough, despite the couple of beers I drank earlier — some delicious amber Kohaku Yebisu, which I highly recommend — I’ve taken the time to install a program, Tracks, to help me get started on the whole GTD craze. I’ve also been cleaning up the computer a bit, leaving me with a beautiful clean desktop (although I tend to be pretty good with that at all times), and changing the desktop after about a year with no change to what you see above (photo taken during Tokyo Design Week at the Design Tide main exhibition space). Tomorrow, it’s 2007, and I look forward to a first bowl of ramen wearing my brand spankin’ new sneakers! Happy New Year, everyone!
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Same to you, Jean! Not sure if you’re aware or not, but the tokyo boy link up top links to a non-category. perhaps your own choice, but i always like that feature of the site
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Thanks for the heads-up — I’ll go and fix it.
Happy New Year to you too :)
I just read the GTD link. I had no idea it was a “craze”. I’ve been writing a list everyday since I was a child, not knowing that I was doing something craze-worthy. I suppose we all have. Anyway, Mr. Snow Jeangles, you’re always playing with news apps, and I was waiting for one that I could try as you were trying it. It think this is the one. I’m downloading TRACKS 1.043 now, and I’ll let you know how far I get.
Yes, please share your experiences with Tracks. I got it working on my Mac using Locomotion with no prob, but I encountered a problem while trying to get it working on my server space (I prefer to have my stuff online).