Just add water

I hate the Instagram phone app (Android).    Maybe I should suck it up and see if there's some help site. Am I one of those guys who rarely is befuddled or confused but is embarrassed to seek out help?  No. I'm MISTER INTUITIVE.  It's not like applications in general are super-complicated.  On a phone, there are only so many things one can do, like add stuff, tag stuff, delete stuff, and see other people's stuff, etc.

I took a pic of Rocky and managed find the instagram "button" that is the camera button.  I like the various masks and effects.  Nothing says 21st century like a current pic that looks like a bad polaroid. How do I add tags to a pic that was already "posted"?  Nope, no edit thingie.  And how do I share an existing pic on my phone?  There's a browse feature where you can search various tags, like #SeattleDogs or #dogs.  I noticed that many people feel compelled to add a hundred tags.  Anything more is like reading the full header in an email message.  (Knock yourself out with the metadata, NSA.)

Even when I owned a digital camera, I never took many pictures, so having a smaht fone wouldn't change that.  I'm far more fascinated by buildings and scenery than drunk 20-somethings.  The Tumblr app, which I don't use much, made more sense, and you would enter notes and a context. I think Yahoo now owns Tumblr and Facebook owns Instagram.

I did take Pinterest for a spin but quickly gave up when half the pics were commercial.  If I ever post a pic of food, you can believe that I made it or someone in the room made it.

Today was cold, windy, wet and 100% depressing.  I really, really, want to record this cheerless city for all time.  #gray #gloomy  #friggincold

You're Mr. Blindfold

I like the gym (Planet Fitness) even though the other members (total strangers are the lot of 'em) can be irritating. But what do you expect for $10/month?  I wish it was a little easier to get there by car.  The north part of town where the gym is might as well be the North Pole by way of a Walmart Black Friday sale.  I have to drive defensively because people with cars are complete fucking idiots.   Last week I went to the Planet Fitness website to see if there were other locations around here.  There's one in North Boofoo but most locations are between Podunk, The Toolies and Timbuktu.

Today it snowed.  It was the lightest dusting of the white stuff but it was enough for everything to be messy.  Christmas is less of a single day than a whole month, so lots of people used inclement weather as an excuse to stay home.  This means there are less cars on the road!  Score one for your truly.

I do need to kick up the workouts.  One mile run and 20 minutes walking "uphill."  The sucky thing is that the weather put the kibosh on satellite tv, so I had my choice between a Mexican soap opera and local commercials.  When Direct TV started working again, all I saw one some long.....long...really long press conference about whether Aaron Rodgers can/will/possibly/conceivably play.  Damn!  And here I was wanting to see 3D renderings of Kobe Bryant's knee.  At least it's about some dumbass redneck who got canned.

I wonder if Netflix has that old version of "A Christmas Carol."  I like all those B&W movies.  Or maybe they have something w/ Boris Karloff.