December 7th thru the 13th, 2003

Did some bowling. My goal was to be more consistent. And I was: 162, 150, 140, 149. 140, 137, 159, 163. I also wanted to bowl all games above 150... maybe next time.

Played some Literati. I was beating someone rated a hundred points higher than me, when my timer ran out and she forced the forfeit. technically, she has the "right" to do that, since the game allows for it. But it is very bad ettiquette. It's an unwritten rule on the Literati boards, and anybody who has played more than a few games knows it. When I asked her what gives, she abandoned the room. So she knows she copped out just cause I was kicking her butt. So, if anyone ever plays "irisheyes175" just be aware.

RW stopped by and we watched had some tea, ate some wings from the Wingzone, and watched Finding Nemo and Amélie. Both were quite good. Yes, it was the first time I had ever seen Amélie. No, I wasn't avoiding it before; I had just never gotten around to it. I still don't think it's a "must see" movie, but its definitely worth paying attention to if the opportunity arises.

I'm going to be participating in the Jingle Bell Run next Sunday. I'm on a team with people I've never met, and we are called "The More the Merrier." RW made the acquaintance of S through her friend L and since S is friends with someone at the Arthritis Foundation, she's getting as many people as she can to help out. Guess I'll be missing spinning that day. That means I have to go on Thursday at 6:00 am in the morning. YES, I know, "a.m. in the morning" is redundant.

Had to go to the gym. Had to. Did the swinging leg Precor thing, and weights, and ran a few miles. Then had me a 25 minute nap at the tanning salon. But at the gym, I listened to music. Take this totally pointless and rewardless quiz to see if you can match the musician with the song.

Bowling League tonight. Me: 138, 160, 125. Damn-nation! Our team only got 2 out of four points against ANOTHER absent team, thanks to me. Well, I blame me, anyway. Anyway, after that, Literati against a nice girl from PA, and then a friend of mine, T, all the while me drinking Porto Rocha 1996 and eating Cacio de Roma and St. Olof's Herrgard cheeses.

At coffee tonight, J couldn't remember a word, which I remembered, but pronounced wrong: callipygian. Also, the group sort of wrote a Dr. Suess-esque poem (which I have to write down still and I will link for you later). All in all, there were about 15 people at SBC tonight. And after we went to Rosita's and I had the Enchilada Mole Pablona.

Here's something E and I drew on Yahoo! Instant Messenger. Click on it to get the full size version. I drew the sun. E drew everything else. Not just saying this: she's a natural. Anyone want to do a psychological evaluation of why she drew the things she drew?

Here is my new recipe. I made it yesterday. Its called a "Boring Sunset." Poor yourself a glass of orange juice around 4:30 or 5 or whenever the sun sets in your neck of the woods in winter. Add a dollop of dark rum. Not regular old rum, not coconut rum, not spiced rum, but dark rum. Now drink it. Don't tell anyone you drink before 5 PM or they'll think you're a lush, no matter HOW dark it is outside.

Take a looky over here. Isn't funny how, with so few visual cues, you still know what that is? That aside, ask yourself this: on a scale of one to ten, how "weird" is it to photograph and display such a thing, where 5 is "not weird," 1 is "it is to be expected," and 10 is "that's weirder than licking brick walls."

Oh, what did I do today? Not much. Work. I am on six proposals right now. How does that stack up? I usually complete 4 to 5 per month. This month I will complete 6 or 7. My all time high is 9. So I should stop complaining. And I'm done!

The car dealership where I bought my Kia Spectra a few months ago sent me a ballcap today to show their appreciation. Weird.

Went to the gym. Precor is the name of the company that makes the Elliptical Fitness Crosstrainer that I keep calling the swinging leg thing. So I did that, weights, ran three miles. Sweaty.

Work. Lots of it. I am working on proposals for: Broadview Networks, Albertsons, two for Time Warner Telecom, IDT, Cox, and US Cellular.

Went and tutored CC in her Algebra. Quadratic Equations. Use negative b over two-a to find the vertext of a parabola written in the form y equals a-x-squared plus b-x plus c. She taught me that. Who's the tutor here?

Watched the first episode of Buffy Season 5. Best lines in the episode:

P has informed me that the Boring Sunset drink I invented is NOT new to the world. Oh yeah? Well tonight I added pineapple juice to it. So there!

I have made a Linkography (I was going to call it a bibliogralink). Its just a list of all the urls referenced on the site. Purely for archiving purposes. I have to go to bed. I want to get up at 5 AM. Yeah, right.

Happy Stu Day!

Christina Aguilera - Britney Spears	= Pink.
Justin Timberlake X Two Live Crew	= Eminem.

Then I did 3 miles on the treadmill, listening to my own tunes (same as last time as well as Mad Capsule Markets and System of a Down). Got BVN to the printers, and then took my neighbor's brother and his wife to the airport. They flew up a few weeks ago so he could give his sister one of his kidneys. Then more work. Got a con-call with US Cellular in 15 minutes. Blarg!

My dad is a stand-up comedian. He's performing this Saturday at the Blue Rock Shoot Cafe in Saratoga. Details on this web page I made for him.

They woke me up early for work, so I decided to go to the gym, too. Busted out 500+ calories on the ol' elliptical trainer, than grabbed them weights, then did me some running on ye olde treadmill. I forgot to mention yesterday that when I was running on the treadmill, I had on my Homestarrunner t-shirt, and in the reflection in the glass in front of which I was running, it looked like Homestarrunner was dancing at my shirt moved back and forth with each stride. Today it was Sifl + Olly dancing along.

Bored waiting for input to come in on the top secret deal I was working on (please don't click on the link, since no is supposed to know about this and if you click on it I could get fired), I downloaded and played Combo Chaos, played it once, made it to level 23, scoring 13,667,750 points, then uninstalled it.

Ended up spending most of the night playing Literati. My rating took a beating cause when you lose to lower-rate players, you lose more points then you gain than when you beat them. Also, add shadowfax1987 to the list of jerks who force a forfeit just cause they're losing. Chump.

(Do not try this at home. Professional fool on a closed set. No spines were actual harmed during the making of this nonsense.)

Today's meaningless music quiz. Match the song with the lyric:

Did the gym thing. 90 minutes on the Elliptical, in 30 minute bursts. Burst one: slam a Mountain Dew Amp, eat a banana, go for it for 30 minutes. Heart rate between 140-150, 400 calories burned, rest 5 minutes, eat another banana. Burst two: 30 minutes, heart rate closer to 160, 450 or so calories burned, rest 5 minutes. Burst three: 30 minutes, fight to not get too enthused, keep heart rate below 150, 400 calories burned. Then over to the tanning salon for 25 minutes of quality nap time.

Dropped by The Garage for a drink and some billiards-- played horribly. Then Board Games at T's place. I was the only white person there! Don't worry: I kept it real. Eventually, a white couple showed, but then they had to leave. We played Catch Phrase, Cranium, Uno, and Pictionary. We started to play Beyond Balderdash, but that's when the other honkeys showed up, so we switched back to Catch Phrase.