Okay...things are somewhat "functioning" now and I've managed to tinker with some drum programs (as in shit I didn't loop over and over). Still think tones/samples suck but I'll worry about that later. The point is everything is up and running and I'm mindlessly consuming hours upon hours on this shite again. Like a fountain of youth!
On another note, I got out on the bike today and did a brisk ride down Lakeshore. I make it a point to only ride hard out of the mainstream of traffic. In Chicago, I've come to define this as being south of McCormick with various areas one must come to a crawl (the beaches basically). I go into a tuck in the most remote places, but even then one encounters people. This is when I yell "On your left!" (or right as the case may be). Well, I don't do that, everybody who's ever passed anybody on a trail in the history of mankind has done that. Nevertheless, there's always that one fucking idiot who thinks you're trying to be a prick or challenging their position on the trail (said person in this mindset is usually some fatass waddling down the middle equally occupying oncoming and concurrent traffic...and generally on rollerblades). Today I was moving along as isolated as one can be on the lakepath in Chicago when this bitch buried in her ipod (!) walking/oozing along failed to respond to my "On your left". So I yelled it again (louder). She turns around and her grasp of the fact that force = Mass x Acceleration was firm enough to realize that me on a roadbike near warp speeds was imminent danger. So she stepped off to a side, but only after yelling at me (cue head swirl):
"Oh Honey No You Didn't Just Snap at Me!".
Of couse I was moving to fast to respond and/or care. But I can't help but think this woman is under the impression I get my rocks off by sneaking up on people on the trail and then yelling at them to get out of their way. In fact, I encounter at least one person like this on a monthly basis.
So let this serve as my official position on calling out if I'm on somebody's right or left:
"When you hear me announce to you that I am on your right or left side on a trail in a fairly non-trafficked area...this is not an attempt to suppress women, challenge your authority, keep the black man down, hog the trail, cop an attitude, demonstrate my superiority or be an all around dickhead...rather this is my way of alerting you that I am sitting on top of a bike going 25 miles an hour and unless you move to the side and don't swerve into my path, it will ram you in your asshole...hard...please take the necessary precautions to avoid this fate"
Thank you