Three Words Back...

Time For Work

It's time for work, and all I want to do is sit and write and read and listen to music all day.

And yeah, I could say that on most days.  But especially today.

My head wants to explode.  But in a good way.  Kind of.  Maybe not explode, exactly.  Maybe just concentrate on something other than bank stuff for the next ELEVEN HOURS, then drift off to sleep and be right back at it in another six.

This time last year I was looking out over the Pacific Ocean.  I think I'm having withdrawals.

A Shave and A Haircut

I walked in and asked for a haircut.  It was going well.  The Asian woman cutting my hair picked up some clippers and asked me  a question that I understood to be something akin to "Is this where you want your sideburns to stop?"

Apparently I misunderstood.

Next thing I know she's using a beard trimmer sans guard to trim down three days of stubble.  Then she's running an electric razor.  All over my face and neck.  She was surprisingly gentle at getting the area right below my nostrils, so she got a pretty good tip.

Chat Transcript

me: MC Hammer has a reality series. 6 words that will make your day.
Alicia: Please Hammer don't air it.
me: heh.  Too legit to cancel it.

Somehow we both missed the obvious "U Can't Watch This" pun.

YouTube Tuesday: Wish I Worked At Championship Vinyl

One of my top 5 films, hands down.

Don't watch the last clip if you don't want the ending spoiled for you.

All Day On A Couch

I've spent all day on my couch.  And now I'm tired and ready to go to bed.  Or maybe I'll move over to the love seat to read (better lighting ten feet to the right).  Ken Follett's World Without End is his follow up to the extremely long Pillars of the Earth, a book I liked so much I read it twice.  I just started World Without End, so we'll see how it goes.

Somehow, I am equally boring whether I'm always traveling or settled in a little corner of a big city.  If nothing else, I am consistent.

I Will Try Again Tomorrow

Somewhere in my travels over the last 18 months I picked up a magnet with a quote from Mary Anne Radmacher that reads "Courage does not always roar.  Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'"

I found this magnet, along with half a dozen others from parts all over, while unpacking boxes a few weeks ago.  I read this one almost daily while fighting the urge to drink straight from the OJ bottle.  It's a nice pep talk on the days when I over exaggerate my problems to a Sisyphusian level.

Waiting On The Coffee

I've got until the coffee finishes brewing, and then I'm out the door.

These days I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed.  Trying to get my feet under me at work, motivate eight other people to care as much as I do, and stay ahead of the curve.  It's a 25/8 undertaking.

And now the coffeemaker is quiet.  Time to go.

Today

Finally, a day off after three consecutive brutal days at work.  But I'm going in today for a few minutes (thank you, first of the month, for falling on a Sunday).  It never ends.

I watched all of Lost season three this week.  If I saw visions of the future (a la Desmond), I think I'd see my purchasing season 4 sometime today.  I am officially re-hooked.

I need to get a tv, an entertainment center, some prints framed, a new tail light, and then a long overdue state inspection for my car.  Pay day can't get here soon enough.

I think there's a football game on today, too.

And there's the usual laundry, cleaning, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

Today is.