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Dear Reader/Listener:

Lest I be judged for it, I inform you now that this web space is a scratch pad, a space for experimentation. Have fun, enjoy, and read much of it, but try not to read too much into it!

--Harold

Want some background music? Please consider tuning in to my Internet radio station VoyagerRadio while you're reading this blog.

Want more blogging fun? You may also be interested in reading my other blog, Transmitting to Earth.

These blogs/sites are also happening:

Joe Frank
Web Feed Central
Anne...Straight from the Hip
Momentshowing
Theory of Everything
Slowmotionlandscape
Netizen News

Something that Happened to your ears (AKA Podcasts, or audio downloads):

"Goodwill Hunting"
"Sampled"
"The Fir Tree, by Hans Christian Andersen
"Sundae Silence"
"iRiver Test"
"Subscription Special"
"From Jay Dedman"
"The Big Sleep"
"Walking Man"
"Resolution"
"It's Gotten Out of Band (Part 3)"
"It's Gotten Out of Band (Part 2)"
"It's Gotten Out of Band (Part 1)"
"Create Your Own Podcast Station"
"Echo"
"Tinkering"
"Explanation/Send Me Audio"
"Neighbors"
"Percentages"
untitled audio post 11/05/04
"Post-Election Blues"
"Audio Commentary (with audio commentary)"
"Open Source Schizo"
"(Somewhat) Traditional Radio Program"
"Not Poor Enough"
"Junk Mail"
"Everybody Has Something to Say About Podcasting"
"Dream Job (Part 2)"
"Dream Job (Part 1)"
"Vent"

Something that Happened in the past (AKA Archive):

12/01/2002 - 12/31/2002 01/01/2003 - 01/31/2003 02/01/2003 - 02/28/2003 04/01/2003 - 04/30/2003 05/01/2003 - 05/31/2003 06/01/2003 - 06/30/2003 07/01/2003 - 07/31/2003 08/01/2003 - 08/31/2003 09/01/2003 - 09/30/2003 10/01/2003 - 10/31/2003 11/01/2003 - 11/30/2003 12/01/2003 - 12/31/2003 01/01/2004 - 01/31/2004 02/01/2004 - 02/29/2004 03/01/2004 - 03/31/2004 04/01/2004 - 04/30/2004 05/01/2004 - 05/31/2004 06/01/2004 - 06/30/2004 07/01/2004 - 07/31/2004 08/01/2004 - 08/31/2004 09/01/2004 - 09/30/2004 10/01/2004 - 10/31/2004 11/01/2004 - 11/30/2004 12/01/2004 - 12/31/2004 01/01/2005 - 01/31/2005

Need more blog? Read Transmitting to Earth, my other blog.

A narrative experiment by Harold J. Johnson, Master Architect of VoyagerRadio and Humble Operator of The Great Glass Elevator (currently out of commission).

Just remember, not everything you read or hear is true. Everything else is - or can be, depending on your perspective.

Sunday, December 21, 2003

Friday plans were unveiled for the world's tallest building, a skyscraper that will be constructed at New York City's World Trade Center site. Dubbed the Freedom Tower, the building's design borrows from architect Daniel Libeskind's design of last year, including its height of 1,776 feet tall (mark the significance of that number).

The model looks impressive, and I believe the building will be the ideal addition to New York's skyline. There have been some other impressive designs, including an interesting Jules Verne-ish throwback, but the chosen design has that Fortress of Solitude (Superman's crystal city) look that marks the center of the city while not imposing upon it. Plus it's really, really tall. Some even say too tall.

I'm awed by skyscrapers, even though the tallest towers I've been exposed to are the relatively minor-in-comparison-to-New York buildings of Los Angeles. I believe in their sublimity; their overpowering grandeur stirs a quiet spot of my being into action. (I usually get a hard-on when I see an image of a skyscraper.) Perhaps because of the architectual developments, this past year or two I've been drawn more and more to New York. I've never had any attraction to the city and have never had more than a passing desire to visit, but lately--and especially in light of the upcoming additions to the city--I've been feeling the pull. I'll hold out, though, until the Freedom Tower rockets into the skyline.
12/21/2003 12:37:48 PM

Friday, December 19, 2003
Okay, it's been long enough. I'm such a perfectionist, I always have to wait until I have something brilliant to say or do before I make an entry here. But if I wait around for something brilliant to come, I may be waiting a very long time. So here I am, posting an entry.

Speaking of brilliance, are you aware of my Internet radio station, VoyagerRadio? That is what consumes most of my time, besides selling on Amazon. This past month and a half have been a struggle financially (okay, the whole year has), and so I've been selling CDs to make ends meet. It's helped out alot--I've even begun to entertain fantasies of making a business out of it. [Link courtesy of Your Mac Life.] I guess I'll do anything to keep my Internet radio station "on the air"!

I just realized I was trying hard to find appropriate links for this blog entry. That's common practice in the blog world, but Something That Happened isn't your typical blog. This is a space for experimentation (as noted in my little introduction on the left side of this page--at least, today that's where it's located). This is not a restrictive, 3-journal-entries-a-day-this-is-my-life-in-a-nutshell blog. This is me, and then it's not me, it's my other self. (No, I'm not schizophrenic--I'm referring to my subconscious self.) This is that creative impulse, that spirit of producing that overcomes me and simply must be wrought via electronic bits. This is...

Oh boy, I'm ranting. Perhaps I have nothing more to say today? We'll see.
12/19/2003 10:46:29 AM