Is it just me or is this week dragging by with the intensity of a ship adrift, the insightful drive of Rosemary Kennedy, and the excitement of standing in line at the DMV?
Perhaps it’s just me, but I can’t wait for the weekend. I sure could use some much-needed sleep. I just wish the crowd would stop mocking me every time I dozed off:
Is anybody else watching Top Shot and hoping that one of these guys snaps after being eliminated and goes on a shooting rampage?
Did these contestants have to undergo psychiatric evaluation before being accepted as a contestant on this show? I mean, if you get one guy…just one that’s a poor loser, that can’t handle being isolated, critiqued, and judged by a small group of his peers before being dismissed from the show for not measuring up to an arbitrary standard agreed upon by the alpha males of the pack, who’s to say that that person being told to go pound sand won’t pick up the nearest loaded weapon of the day and pop a few shots into the gloating chest of the most convenient target of opportunity?
In my opinion, staging a game show revolving around deadly weapons doesn’t seem to me to be the most responsible thing to do. Some peoples is crazy. You can never be too sure who’s going to snap for being belittled…
…but then again, that would make for some great TV. Who knows. Perhaps the producers secretly wish that the worst case scenario would come to pass?
If that’s the case, then lock ‘n load Biff. Lock ‘n load.
The blur that is the weekend doesn’t linger around long enough to wipe away the stink of the work week, but doing what I could with those fleeting hours that bookmark the drudgery of Monday to Friday I managed to:
Go running at my favorite training trail. Me and my mutated right foot had a great time running the Ellie Lane trail at Iron Mountain.
Cleaned up the house. In this picture, Nemesis takes up a defensive position to guard herself against her sworn enemy…the vacuum cleaner.
Started and completed the collected series of Concrete. If you haven’t read Concrete, I highly suggest that you take a peek. It’s one of the finest examples of independent comics from back in the day when the word “independent” really meant something.
Started and am now halfway through Chuck Palahniuk’s newest novel, Tell-All. Man, that Hazie Coogan sure is one possessive, controlling woman. If you’re an aging movie star, for God’s sake steer clear of her.
Got in a few sessions of running through all of the Cubes. I geeked out hard on this, but I find it relaxing.
Played a round of Arkham Horror. My poor investigators never stood a chance againt the onslaught of ancient horrors that infested the good town. Chalk one up for the bad guys…
Watched a few movies from the collection. Managed to squeeze in Green Zone (Bourne IV it is not), The Book Of Eli (chock full of post-apocalyptic goodness), and Shutter Island (this movie requires multiple viewings).
And to top it all off…bath time!
And that, my friends, was my weekend. Hope yours was just as relaxing and enjoyable!
Forgive me, but I’m a new father and am very impressionable on the proper ways to raise a child. Tell me, is this the route I should take?
*Throws up the devil horns* Rock on!
…and that’s how I wrap up a weak blogging week. Seems I put almost no effort into my posts this week. Heck, I’m impressed that I managed to catch my tyops. Ah well, some weeks are like that I guess.
Here’s hoping that the pre-sickness feeling I’ve been experiencing since Thursday doesn’t blow up into a full-fledged illness. ’Cause, ya know, I have a few trail runs that I want to attack this weekend.
I went running after work yesterday. As I approached a Hometown Buffet I noticed two guys pushing each other in the parking lot, then punches were thrown, and soon both of them where on the ground and scrambling around the parked cars.
It was a bit surreal, actually. I wondered if they were arguing about who was going to pay for dinner? Regardless, I kept right on running. Half a mile later two cop cars sped passed me with sirens blaring, and I knew exactly where they were headed.
I think instead of fighting they should have settled their differences on the Pop-A-Shot court:
“That’s embarrassing,” said the referee, just before having his ball cap batted down by Kobe. Heh…
Oh, and in case you hadn’t noticed, take a look at the new soccer ball button on YouTube:
I suggest that you go to this link and give it a whirl…
