I'm on Blogger for the simple reason of starting afresh from LiveJournal, though it has been a long while since I last updated that. I still read my LJ friends' entries, so that isn't really helping my cause, but I do like Blogger, maybe because of its association with Google, and anything Google seems holy these days. I wish Chrome for Mac would come out soon. What the fuck is taking so long?

How does one find friends on this thing, anyway? That is really the only inconvenience I've found with Blogger, as opposed to LJ, which seems to be more network-/friends-oriented.

On November 22, I went to the Coldplay concert here in Salt Lake. It came as a complete surprise days before, when I received an e-mail confirming my selection to volunteer for Oxfam, which is traveling on the Coldplay tour to promote its cause. Volunteering meant that I would get a free ticket for the show, which was a no-brainer not to pass up. The volunteer job entailed being like an Oxfam salesperson of sorts. I can't say I enjoyed it no matter how good the cause. Going around approaching random people about e-mail sign-ups was rather torturous, but I was glad by the time it was over and we were dismissed to watch the show.

As for the show, the set list was amazing. I felt rather embarrassed when Coldplay played a couple of songs from their album X&Y, and I had virtually forgotten all the lyrics to those songs. It's been a hell of a long time since I've bothered listening to that album, for it disappointed me so. I think the band has come out and agreed with me about it, too--that its production and creative process were too contrived and too calculated. Viva la Vida feels much more natural and poetic, I think. They better keep it up, because I constantly have to vie for them against Matt's back drop of punk and rap music. Check out my Facebook for shitty pictures. I have not been able to figure out why my 1GB card will only allow up to 20 photos at any one time, so throughout the show I had to delete the shitty ones before I could take any new photos. I was using my compact camera, too, not the SLR.

What I really had in mind as I began this post, though, was the fact that I think planning is really all I ever think about and all I ever do. Admittedly, 30% of that might involve dreaming. In any case, I strive to accomplish a breadth of things. The obstacle to this involves a lack of direction, however. Considering how much foresight I seem to do, one would think that I had a whole host of endeavors I wish to pursue. I suppose I do have a good list of things, just not a way in which to accomplish these things. I don't know how I will afford my own place in New York City again, this time not a dorm but my own home. I just know I will try my hardest and work very hard to make it happen. Will I be able to reach my goal of living with a zero carbon footprint? What about taking care of my children? And those unholy New York property taxes? The list goes on. I am open to suggestions, by the way.