ACCOZZAGLIA

so, for the last two days, i’ve been overhauling my Mac to run on OS X. courtesy of ximnot, i was able to finally make this possible, despite not being able to do so since the completely new system came out two years ago. briefly, i used the beta version in 2000, which was pretty, but clunky and slow since, well, it was a beta.

in a way, it’s like learning everything all over again. for someone who’s used the Classic environment since 1990, it’s compelling me to rethink how i work with stuff.

while my learning curve isn’t so steep, there are lovely little features i have to get accustomed to. but i’m sure that in three months, i’ll have forgotten that there was ever a need to have actively think about what i’m going to do next.

for now, it’s just a matter of trying to replace everything that i use regularly without running out of drive space (something, ironically, that’s been an issue since the day i bought that 60GB drive in summer 2001) or without killing myself trying to afford upgrades for stuff i use for my faltered profession. like photoshop. or quark. or illustrator.

anyhow.

i’ve spent this entire week pulling out music from the early 1990s out of this deep-seated sense of misplaced nostalgia. like, suddenly, this is profound as someone promoting the early 1980s in 1993. it’s dizzying, cos this last decade just slammed by without much of a warning. like that, it’s over. i hit thirty, and it’s all over with. my twenties, after all, were when i wanted to get my footing on these next ten little years.

i guess that a couple of unusual diversions will take you away from the direction you were hoping to pursue in the first place. not like i can share the experiences with anyone, cos no one else has lived through them. save, perhaps, for John Doe back home. but we don’t exactly keep in touch.

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so. note to self: i need to get back to brainstorming that idea regarding lighting.