Oh how I wish I could fall asleep. When you’re in a zombie-like state the time just sorta drifts by and all of a sudden it’s 6am. How did it get this late/early you might ask yourself. Nobody knows really. I’ve been hitting the “next blog” button a lot and have been finding a lot of junk out there. I’m ever reminded how much I don’t like pop-up message java bomb things, that cute little writing where every other letter is in caps, the annoying songs people have playing and pink….oh, how I don’t like the color pink tonight. I sometimes wonder what people think when they happen upon this place.
After 12+ hrs of watching tv shows via my trusty computer I got quite sick of that and switched back to movies. Watching House of Sand and Fog right now…before that was The Last Samurai and Zulu. That last one is such a classic. Who can say no to Michael Caine leading some redcoats back in 1800 something fighting off the Zulu hoardes? I sure can’t.
I was watching Lost in Translation the other night and it struck me how Scarrlet Johansson spent most of her time in her hotel room minus pants. I do that too. If there’s nobody around to be offended, why be constrained by your pants? Some people just need to learn to let loose once in a while. The only bad part is when your doorbell rings cause then you’re like, ‘crap! where’s my pants? i can’t answer the door like this.’ I guess that just keeps you on your toes or something and makes life interesting.
It’s at times like this I wish I was still living in a dorm. There was always somebody awake. Now I just get to ramble by myself. I wish I could concentrate enough to not get bored reading a book after 10 lines or so.
Man this movie is kind of a downer. I’m at the point right now where Kathy hits rock-bottom and calls her big brother up looking for help. I still can’t believe he just tells her to bug off with her crying on the phone pleading for help. What a jackass. Someone shoulda kicked that character in the head but it really has nothing to do with the plot at all.
Well, enough of this rambling. Sometimes I think I come up with great ideas when I’m tired, can’t sleep and can’t breathe. They always turn out to be stupid later on. I’ll have to come back and read this later and see if any of it makes sense.
Jazzy Dave: dinner?
Me: pancakepants?
Jazzy Dave: ewwwwwww
Me: and that’s coming from the man who once dressed up as wall street journal man for a lounge lizards game
Jazzy Dave: what can i say
Jazzy Dave: except that i love that newspaper
Me: you could start by apologizing to aunt jemimah
Jazzy Dave: oh…….joe was such a good aunt jemimah
Me: haha
Me: i forgot about that
Me: that was back when i still lived with the kid
Jazzy Dave: kid’s married?
Jazzy Dave: i’ve heard from andy?
Me: yeah
Me: aparently
Jazzy Dave: who’d have guessed?
Me: your mom?
Jazzy Dave: probably not
Jazzy Dave: maybe not even aunt jemimah
Me: that’s what i was thinking
Jazzy Dave: =-O
Me: that’s why parents usually get someone else to teach their kids how to drive
Jazzy Dave: i may have pancakes for breakfast
Jazzy Dave: i don’t have syrup though………
Jazzy Dave: crap
Me: don’t do it
Me: joe and aunt jemimah would be dissapointed
Jazzy Dave: what the………..?
Me: you know what i’m saying
Jazzy Dave: i have no idea
Jazzy Dave: you just sitting around thinking about pancakes?
Me: no
Me: it was the first random thing i could come up with when you signed on
Me: cause i knew you were gonna ask about my dinner
Jazzy Dave: nice
Jazzy Dave: and i did
Me: it’s true
Jazzy Dave: you know me too well
Me: mystic pizza!
Jazzy Dave: ok
Jazzy Dave: ttfn
Jazzy Dave: enjoy the rest of your saturday
Jazzy Dave: k?
Me: jazzy]
Me: when did you get all 13yr old trendy on me?
Me: ttfn?
Jazzy Dave: :-[
Me: what’s with all these acronyms?
Jazzy Dave: :’(
Me: tummy tooting for nannies?
Jazzy Dave: i try to be nice and look what i get………..
Me: tickle tommy for nougat?
Jazzy Dave: 
Me: if you like nougat that’s a good deal
Jazzy Dave signed off at 10:25:53 PM.
Yeah, so I’m having a Stargate marathon and JRod is giving me play by play updates on the episodes of In Living Color he’s watching. Not much new to report. I went outside today for the first time since Wed. Went and picked up my laundry. I’m feeling a lot better, but still am no where near 100%. I’m definitely able to walk about the apartment more, but that also just tires me out more. Hopefully I’ll feel alright for work on Monday….only problem being there’s crap in my building that bothers me the way it is.
Liz has rejoined the ranks of netflicks. I feel jealous. I should do it too…..I’ll have to think about it. If I were to join up I’d probably not be able to afford going to see new movies. That’s a hard decision to make. Maybe it’d be something better to do in the summer. I’d definitely have a lot more time for watching movies.
Since I’ve felt like crap as of late I haven’t gotten around to my normal haircut or shaving. Just too much effort. So now if I were to do a little trimming, I’d definitely have a noticeable full beard going on that wouldn’t look too bad. Every time I see myself in the mirror all I can think of is Napoleon asking Pedro how long it took him to grow that mustache and Pedro answering with, “eh, a couple of days.” I could so use that line.
Made some spicy cheesy dip last night cause it just sounded good. Then I ate the rest of my left over mashed potatoes from a while back drenched in it this morning; scooping it up with tortilla chips. Man was that good. Too bad I don’t have any more mashed potatoes.
Well, unfortunately I just don’t have much to say today. Lack of contact with people kind tends to lead to a lack of stories for telling. Remember folks - Keep it real……but just not too real. Thanks Dave Chappelle.
Well, this week I got a 4-day weekend. A 2L of Mt Dew bought me 4hrs or so of sleep late this morning. Thank you Pepsi Co. I haven’t really done much today. It’s a bit hard to explain, but when you’re having breathing problems it’s kinda hard to concentrate on stuff or be completely “with it”. So even though it’s 11:30 or so at the moment I don’t really know where the day has gone. It’s just kinda hazed by me. Watching Ronin right now. I’ve also watched Deer Hunter, The Big Lebowski, Clerks……and I can’t remember what else.
Bente called me today. That was cool. I haven’t really talked to him since fall of 03 I think. He’s doing pretty well. He’s getting married in like 9 weeks. Seems kinda crazy but awesome at the same time. He told me that Eryka is a bit of a movie collector just like us. That’s awesome. It’ll be good to see him.
Well, not much else going on this weekend. Need to pick up my clothes from Nate’s sometime…..probably watch some more movies too…
I didn’t work today. I spent the whole day watching TV episodes on my computer and a couple times shuffled to the kitchen to make some food or get a beverage. For lunch I took some tortillas, spread some ground beef on them followed by a layer of ricotta cheese, some other shredded cheese and then chopped green peppers on top. Baked them a bit then folded them over. Now that’s what I call a taco. Also downloaded the rest of the Stargate Atlantis episodes I didn’t have and am almost done watching them all. It’s been a great day except for the part where I’ve been having asthma problems, my lips were purplish blue most of the day and……sadly I missed my class. Ok, so I’m not that sad about my class. When I get to take all these extra drugs to keep the ol lungs open it usually kinda messes me up and my one solace is that lovely drug called caffeine. Now for most people this keeps them up, gives them a boost of energy, gets rid of that headache or keeps them going through the day. For me it’s calming, cools me down, lets me think just a tiny bit better, lowers my heart rate a bit and makes me tired. Why? For some reason it counteracts side-effects of that crack cocaine they call asthma meds. Unfortunately all I had was some Ale8 which is a nice drink, but just doesn’t really do the trick. Luckily Toll and Butch did a mountain dew run for me. I owe you guys one. So now as I type this, I’m enjoying some nectar of the gods from my quart sized star-wars cup. If things go as they usually do I’ll probably need to take more medicine and not sleep at all tonight. Sounds fun, eh? Well, I better get back to some more of that hard-core relaxation cause all this up and moving around isn’t doing this body any good.
Today we finally used those webcams I’ve been working on in a class….and they worked! I’m really looking forward to when we can use the little polycomm units because they are so much more reliable. Since we’re relying on messenger services to try and make the webcams work that’s kinda dependent upon the service working and other things that are out of my hand. I’m just glad we were able to get through the firewall issues on both ends.
Today while lifting I saw a commercial about keeping kids from smoking. The sound wasn’t on, but I’m pretty sure it was Alfred’s wife from Garden State. You know, the people that live in the boat and watch over the abyss. I always feel cool when I recognize somebody from something.
I’ve been listening to a lot of Batanga radio lately. It’s awesome. I suggest you try it. It even works well with dialup cause my brother and I were talking to day and he’s been listening to it at home just fine.
I’ve been getting some comments lately and I gotta say…..keep em coming. ¡Me los encantan! It gives me something to read.
Yeah, so I’ve written about this before, but this is another one of those days where I took a “nap” after work and now will be up sorta late before taking another short nap before work. Even though I can be either a morning or night person, staying up late just seems cooler, more fun, etc. Can’t really put my finger on why. If you’re into “la música de la raza” as my brother and I refer to it, check out http://www.batanga.com they have lots of stuff to listen to on there. It’s a streaming radio station.
Well things are going pretty well here. Don’t really have much to say. Another good day of my class and work wasn’t too bad. I think we’re finally gonna try out this webcam deal I’ve spent so much time trying to get working around firewalls and proxies and whatnot. It’ll be nice if it just works, but that would be too easy. The last time we were testing it and it wouldn’t work, the problem ending up being the network guys turned off the port for the offsite guy where he works w/o telling him. I know IT people sometimes get the bad rap for being inpersonable but this just kinda screams irresponsibility. Then they were conveniently gone for 2 days while the somewhat computer illiterate offsite guy was trying to figure out why it wouldn’t work. How is that supposed to make the people you support happy? Well I guess I’m off to occupy myself until I get tired again. Maybe watch some TV shows I’ve downloaded or eat some cake…
well, the cake turned out pretty well. but on the other hand, how can your really mess it up? you just add water, oil and eggs. you pre-heat the over, grease the pan, pour in the batter and cook it for 35min. that’s simple. toll and lofton ended up coming over and enjoying some with me. i was sure to give them generous portions cause they aint no girlie men. oh, i beat that ant game. i was a little let down. no special end screen, no special ending, no warning it was getting close no nothing. in fact, i didn’t even think i was close to 1 billion yet, but then out of nowhere this screen popped up saying “1 billion ants. you win.” that was about it. it got kinda ridiculous cause after a certain point nothing could touch me. the police force would attack me - they even sent in the army and i walked all over them. it was like they never had a chance….poor saps.
so the song take me out by franz ferdinand has been on repeat for a while in my winamp. it’s good enough that i don’t mind it looping, however it’s not awesome enough that i’m super super stoked about it either. does that make sense? i also really love the beginning cause it sorta reminds me of The Strokes. Speaking of which I should listen to some of their stuff……..ok, that’s taken care of.
let’s see what else…..oh yeah, finally threw something out there on my spanish blog. i sometimes forget about it. and i don’t think anybody really reads it so it’s not like anybody ever inquires if nothing new shows up there for a while. another thing that needs to be fixed is the lack of entries on the movie blog. i’m sorry folks but i haven’t been out to see a movie in like forever. basically my last post on there is the last movie i’ve been to. i think that was in good company and finding neverland. i feel so out of touch. i couldn’t even tell you what’s in the theaters right now. it’s like i go in cycles where i see tons and tons of movies and then i hardly see anything for a few months. maybe i got movie watching waxing and waning periods like the moon or something.
well, i gots to get into work at 7 tomorrow cause we weren’t able to get some equipment setup last week that needs to be there for an 8:00am class tomorrow morning. hopefully we can get it up and going in the morning. so with that i’ll bid you good night.
p.s. - jrod’s smitten
Well, got stuff cleaned yesterday but not the cake. I found a new game to play. It’s called Ant War. It’s kinda fun but I’m gonna be sick of it within 7 days. I can just feel it. Basically you choose what kind of ant you want to be. They have different bonuses as far as gathering food, building your colony, hatching new ants and fighting other ants/predators. Your goal is to have 1 billion ants and conquer the world. I think I’m up to 13-14 million ants at the moment.
Just got back from the grocery store where I bought a box cake, some frosting and some ice cream. When I paid I told the cashier to have a nice day and then she gets this weird smile on her face and sorta wiggles and says, “have a happy holiday tomorrow”. I had no idea what she was talking about til I got out the door. Then I realized she meant Valentine’s Day. I always forget about that one cause it’s my brother’s birthday the next day. So look out Saint Valentine cause it’s not really your day, it’s Andy’s day.
Well, I better get on making that cake so I’ll have something tasty to eat soon.
Yep, that’s basically what the weekend is and some weeks you really look forward to it. This week was one of the first times I wanted to scream and punch something. You get pressure from “important” people to get their pet projects done so you work work work work work on them and get other people coordinated to help work on their project. Then the “important” people change their minds time and time again. It’s not so much that they’re yanking my chain, it’s that I feel like I’m yanking other people’s chains by having to call them and request something, then un-request it, then request it again. It’s not fair to them.
I think I officially have some fungus growing on my arms because of how often they clean stuff in the weight room. It might even be ringworm. Awesome, right? It’s really pathetic how much they don’t take care of some stuff in there. You wouldn’t believe how some people restack weight.
Tonight neighbor Steve and I watched the Friday line-up on the Sci-Fi channel. That means Stargate. A few changes have happened since last season. Unfortunately I haven’t been keeping up with the show since I no longer had the satellite.
Well, I’m officially declaring tomorrow a cleaning day. Hopefully I’ll get around to something cool as well….like making a cake or something else tasty.
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