The Imbalance

Funny how sometimes good news and bad news seem to trickle out at the same time. Something bad comes out and yet something else comes along to offset it. Funny how that works. The sad part I think is that most of it is self-indulgence, replaced better items that apply to my family.

Over the weekend, I missed out on a really cool gallery that I had know idea of: the Giz Gallery. Gizmodo had a sweet setup going with all kinds of snappy new devices. The king to top it all off was 103-inch plasma that had gaming and movies alike. All weekend long! Bummer! Yet: this was offset by the much better news was that hopefully this week, my sister's twin were finally leaving the hospital to go home. Way better news! Obviously, much bigger and better news to replace the bumming.

Then another today: I read the melancholy post of Trent Reznor regarding the lack of a live DVD for the current tour. Really, really wanted to see this tour, as it was billed as this year's must-see show: everything was totally interactive, with huge displays, live video rendering, and more. Further to that, Trent went on to say this may the last NIN as it exists for a long time (ie this could be the unofficial hiatus announcement). Though I'm sure Trent will continue to write and perform, and that we'll see NIN in some form again, I do regret not being able to see them, at their peak prime right now. (Could have made the trip up to Cleveland back in August, but in an effort to save for the move here, held off. After that, we were in opposite cities of where the tour landed.)

The good news to today? Reiko got her permanent residency card! The real deal! It's even got a cool looking holographic picture of her on the back. So once again, the greater good of having her fully registered clearly outways my own wants to see a band live.