Straight journalizing……(try to
remain in the awake position)
……I did the Work Thing on Saturday
and spent the evening farting around.
Writing, surfing, smoking way too many
cigarettes. Suzie and Sandy both
emailed me and said they wanted to play
on my coed team. They rock! Coco
and Carrie stopped by to say hey.
Carrie had never been to my house
before, so she was strangely impressed.
She thought I lived in a slum-hole. It
must be that whole Single Guy Lifestyle
Syndrome. I went back to work at 3 am
just to see what my overnight crew was
doing. Well, how about that? They were
all working. It's good to surprise 'em
every once in awhile.
……Sunday was a snow 'n' ice day, so
Barney and I wandered about the house,
bumping into each other. We were
planning on attending a Super Bowl party
at la casa de Kenny ("U-Haul") in the
sticks, but the zamboni was in the shop.
I finally managed to convince the
Barnster to go up to Thursday's for the
game--only after I offered to buy. And
therein was my mistake. Sure, the
pitchers were only $5, but the buffet
was 20 bucks a pop. Jesus! I tried to
order a bologna sandwich, but--as
usual--they didn't have any (as if I
actually liked bologna sandwiches
anyway). So I spent $80 and we skidded
back home in the 3rd quarter. Another
fine day. Well, at least I didn't have
to work.
……Monday, Monday, Monday. Hmm.
Must not have been that important. What
the hell did I do Monday? Lessee, I
worked and then…nothing? Hell, I think
the highlight of my day was getting a Pokemon Coupon Value Book with my Burger
King Value Meal. Jeanne sent me a nice
email, so maybe that was the highlight
of my day. Tough to compete with a
Pokemon Coupon Value Book, though.
Anyway, I spent the night on ICQ with my
pals Christie and Lisa shootin' the
shit. Actually, Lisa is an ex-……well,
let's save that for another day. I also
spent half the night chasing my
hermaphrodite cat around the house
trying to keep her from pissing in
corners. Don't ask…
……And today. I feigned work for 4
hours and then bolted on the pretense of
doing some paperwork at home. Hey,
being the bossman has some benefits to
it. Some. Actually, I did play around
with next week's schedule a bit, but
that's about it. Barney and I watched
some telly and I took a break from any
computer-related activities (except for
this). I read, listened to some U2, and
did some heavy-duty fingernail cleaning.
Woo-hoo! Yeah, that's a sign I should
be off to bed.
So, the mindset lately has been one
of calmness. Boring? Maybe. But
dullness does have its advantages.
There's no relationship turmoil, work
stress, and I'm not being tortured in a
foreign country. That's a plus.
