Well, it's but time for the moving all the furniture, etc. today. I don't know why but I just can't seem to find the motivation to finish packing. It's not like the last time when I dumped, literally, nearly a dozen trash bags full of junk. I just don't want to do it. What's up with that?
Oh, well, regardless, tonight will be my first night at the new place.
Oh, yeah. Once the move starts, I'm going to be offline for a couple of days. I don't get internet service till Tuesday. :(
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Cool-ness
Well, last night was pretty uneventful. I left work a little early to get to the sales office to get the keys. The house hasn't changed much in the last twenty-four hours. :) The main difference is that it's all mine now. Mine! My Own!
After a run to the local Wal-Mart, I picked up a few things to make the house a little cozy and grab some non-perishable food. Dinner at the house consisted of a Coke, a peanut butter sandwich and same sour cream and onion potato chips. Yum.
it arrived today. My fridge, that is. It's a lot bigger than I remember from when I saw it on the outlet center showroom. I need to find something to clean all the smudges off the front doors. I also need to call Sears and see about getting a copy of the instruction manual.
Well, back to packing and stuff. Gonna be a looong weekend.
After a run to the local Wal-Mart, I picked up a few things to make the house a little cozy and grab some non-perishable food. Dinner at the house consisted of a Coke, a peanut butter sandwich and same sour cream and onion potato chips. Yum.
it arrived today. My fridge, that is. It's a lot bigger than I remember from when I saw it on the outlet center showroom. I need to find something to clean all the smudges off the front doors. I also need to call Sears and see about getting a copy of the instruction manual.
Well, back to packing and stuff. Gonna be a looong weekend.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Who needs caffeine on day like today?
I'm less than two hours away from closing on the house and I'm so pumped up right now that I don't need caffeine. 1 hour 44 minutes and counting!!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
1st sign of the impending
I bet you thought I was going to say 'Armageddon', didn't you? HaHa.
It's more like 1st sign of the impending move. I close on the house tomorrow so today, at lunch, I went out and bought a (slightly used) refrigerator. It's a nice model made by Kenmore. Side-by-side. Stainless finish with a lot of fingerprint smugs and a few scratches. Nothing I can't live with. The price was pretty reasonable, too. It cost a few hundred less than a brand new model.
(I'm one step closer to the edge and I'm about to break!)
It's more like 1st sign of the impending move. I close on the house tomorrow so today, at lunch, I went out and bought a (slightly used) refrigerator. It's a nice model made by Kenmore. Side-by-side. Stainless finish with a lot of fingerprint smugs and a few scratches. Nothing I can't live with. The price was pretty reasonable, too. It cost a few hundred less than a brand new model.
(I'm one step closer to the edge and I'm about to break!)
Monday, November 07, 2005
Weird Dreams
So, okay, I put in a lot of hours in Saturday on my current work project. Naturally, on Sunday, I can't hook up to my work pc to keep working.
Well,I'm kinda stuck. There's still plenty to do, but I can't access the files to work. What's a guy to do?
Segue back in time to earlier last week. Revenge of the Sith came out on dvd, so naturally I bought a copy.
Since I can't work on Sunday, I figure that if God could rest on Sunday, so can I. I spent the entire afternoon watch Episodes I, II and III back to back to back. Yeah, I know. It's a sucky way to spend an afternoon.
Anyway, last night, I had another weird dream. I'm in a music video, with Gwen Stefani's 'Hollaback Girl' playing, and instead of Gwen, there's Darth Maul and Obi-Wan Kenobi battling it out with lightsabers.
Here's where it gets a little surreal. Instead of the 'Shit is bananas' line from the song, the video keeps cutting to a headshot of Obi-Wan saying 'The Sith is bananas. b-a-n-a-n-a-s' over and over.
Really, really weird.
welcome to the inside of my mind.
Well,I'm kinda stuck. There's still plenty to do, but I can't access the files to work. What's a guy to do?
Segue back in time to earlier last week. Revenge of the Sith came out on dvd, so naturally I bought a copy.
Since I can't work on Sunday, I figure that if God could rest on Sunday, so can I. I spent the entire afternoon watch Episodes I, II and III back to back to back. Yeah, I know. It's a sucky way to spend an afternoon.
Anyway, last night, I had another weird dream. I'm in a music video, with Gwen Stefani's 'Hollaback Girl' playing, and instead of Gwen, there's Darth Maul and Obi-Wan Kenobi battling it out with lightsabers.
Here's where it gets a little surreal. Instead of the 'Shit is bananas' line from the song, the video keeps cutting to a headshot of Obi-Wan saying 'The Sith is bananas. b-a-n-a-n-a-s' over and over.
Really, really weird.
welcome to the inside of my mind.
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Vacation day
I don't often take vacation days. Well, I do but I rarely go anywhere or do anything. This weekend was different.
I was supposed to go visit friends this weekend, but those plans fell through. So, I took the opportunity to go to Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Tx. It's been nearly fifteen years since the last time I went. The rides are much the same as they were when I last visited and, surprisingly, little has changed. There are a number of new rides, of course. Most of which I wouldn't go near if you bet me.
I realized early on that I don't really care much for the first second of weightlessness when you make those sudden drops. That was made very clear when I got on the Conquistador. It's kinda like a really big schoolyard swing shaped like a Spanish galleon that goes nearly straight up as it swings back and forth.
As the ride got into full swing (pun intended), my stomach would rise up into my chest and for a moment I couldn't breath. Then, there's another moment as the ride swings back in the other direction and my stomach returns to its normal place. It's fortunate that the rides generally only last a couple of minutes. I'm not certain how much more abuse my stomach could have taken before things got really messy.
There's something about roller coasters that just make me queasy. I don't mind the speed the operate at, but those seconds where they defy gravity are tough to handle. Whenever I hit that moment of freefall, it feels like the whole world comes to stop, then it kickstarts with a bang as gravity reasserts itself and you hurtle around at breakneck speeds. Intellectually, I can see the appeal, but my stomach wants to know what the blazes was I thinking.
Not all the rides are quite as stomach churning. Some are worse. Heh. Runaway Mountain is a little daunting cause it's an indoor roller coaster. Pitch black indoors. I distinctly remember moving at angles I didn't think possible. The two ten year-old boys riding a couple of rows before certainly enjoyed, judging from all their screaming. I recall them saying they were going to do it again. Crazy kids.
The most fun I had was on the Splash Water ride. It's one of the shorter rides, timewise, but is guaranteed to get you soaking wet. You go up an incline, roll gently around a bend, then wham! Down at a steep 60 degree angle as the ride slams into the water, kicking up a huge wave of water that completely drenches you! Even more fun is, as you exit the ride, you have to cross a bridge which places you in the path of the water wave. Two dunkings for the price of one! LOL!!
The rest of the park is pretty much as I remember it. There are more restaurants and snack shops (including Ben & Jerry's ice cream shops which had my favorite B&J Triple Caramel Chunk. yum.)
The great adventure only lasted a few hours. The temperature was a scorching 102 when I left. All in all, it was a fun day. Lots of good clean fun and a day away from the ratrace.
Next time, I'm going to the museum.
I was supposed to go visit friends this weekend, but those plans fell through. So, I took the opportunity to go to Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Tx. It's been nearly fifteen years since the last time I went. The rides are much the same as they were when I last visited and, surprisingly, little has changed. There are a number of new rides, of course. Most of which I wouldn't go near if you bet me.
I realized early on that I don't really care much for the first second of weightlessness when you make those sudden drops. That was made very clear when I got on the Conquistador. It's kinda like a really big schoolyard swing shaped like a Spanish galleon that goes nearly straight up as it swings back and forth.
As the ride got into full swing (pun intended), my stomach would rise up into my chest and for a moment I couldn't breath. Then, there's another moment as the ride swings back in the other direction and my stomach returns to its normal place. It's fortunate that the rides generally only last a couple of minutes. I'm not certain how much more abuse my stomach could have taken before things got really messy.
There's something about roller coasters that just make me queasy. I don't mind the speed the operate at, but those seconds where they defy gravity are tough to handle. Whenever I hit that moment of freefall, it feels like the whole world comes to stop, then it kickstarts with a bang as gravity reasserts itself and you hurtle around at breakneck speeds. Intellectually, I can see the appeal, but my stomach wants to know what the blazes was I thinking.
Not all the rides are quite as stomach churning. Some are worse. Heh. Runaway Mountain is a little daunting cause it's an indoor roller coaster. Pitch black indoors. I distinctly remember moving at angles I didn't think possible. The two ten year-old boys riding a couple of rows before certainly enjoyed, judging from all their screaming. I recall them saying they were going to do it again. Crazy kids.
The most fun I had was on the Splash Water ride. It's one of the shorter rides, timewise, but is guaranteed to get you soaking wet. You go up an incline, roll gently around a bend, then wham! Down at a steep 60 degree angle as the ride slams into the water, kicking up a huge wave of water that completely drenches you! Even more fun is, as you exit the ride, you have to cross a bridge which places you in the path of the water wave. Two dunkings for the price of one! LOL!!
The rest of the park is pretty much as I remember it. There are more restaurants and snack shops (including Ben & Jerry's ice cream shops which had my favorite B&J Triple Caramel Chunk. yum.)
The great adventure only lasted a few hours. The temperature was a scorching 102 when I left. All in all, it was a fun day. Lots of good clean fun and a day away from the ratrace.
Next time, I'm going to the museum.
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