Monday, July 26, 2010

We Are Old. Are We Lame?

Of late: the J-Dog and I have taken up watching Thirtysomething streaming on Netflix. It is corny but I find myself identifying with several things in it.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Late Night With the Geeks

Tomorrow's pay day! Woo-Hoo! I guess, really, that pay day doesn't have the same punch now that it used to have in the olden days because the money is automatically added to my bank account by my employer, and then 90% of our bills are paid by money automatically coming out of the bank account. No more leaving work with a check in hand, going to the bank to cash said check and heading to one of Baltimore's more questionable establishments (such as the bar I saw the other day near Fell's Point called 'Bad Decisions') with pockets a'jingling. Whatever. I'm a fan of direct deposit. As well as online bill paying.

Anyway, it's been a decent week. On Tuesday night I headed down to Pat and Teresa's to get in some good playing-with-Finn time and then some good playing-geek-card-games-with-Pat-and-BJ-until-3am time. And we also ate Chips Ahoy cookies and Doritos by the fistful. It was a good time, and nearly shameful that we only managed to get together once for a geekout during the 2 months that BJ's been in town. Oh well. It'll leave us hungry for next time. So anyway, Tuesday night I stayed down at Pat's and then on Wednesday I drove up to Ellicott City for some set building. 'Much Ado' is going to be traveling down to Fenwick Island, Delaware next week, and the show and set need to be adapted to play in a different space. So Wednesday I found out what Ian wanted built and then BJ and I spent the afternoon building it and then taking it apart. It was much easier than I was expecting it to be. And I'm looking forward to heading to the beach next week. In my mind, it's all shaping up like some sort of Saved By the Bell special episode, like the one where Zack and the gang went to Hawaii. But really, most things in my life are like SBTB episodes in my head.

Jeannie and I started on some electrical work in the bathroom over the weekend. Got some decent work done. Not sure what to do next. Time to circle the wagons and plan the next few weeks, I guess.

Homemade pickles are brewing in the refrigerator. Yum.

Been hitting the gym pretty hard this week, which is good because a couple of days I ate like a 6 year old with a credit card.

The Jeanners has been busy and stressed at work. I'm hoping that that will end soon so that she can go back to devoting her time and attention to ME. Waaaa.

OK. Bedtime. The J-Dog is already conked out over there. Cute.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Workin' For A Livin'

I have just finsished day 12 in a row at work and am looking forward to a day off tomorrow. Today before work the Jeanners and I tried our hands at doing a little bit of wiring, and it seemed to go alright, and now that I'm home again it looks like she worked on some painting and cabinet door hanging in the bathroom while I was gone.

Last night we went out for a dinner date and tried out a Tibetan/Nepalese restaurant that we've been wanting to try, and it was quite a tasty dinner. Thanks to J. Knese for introducing us to this tasty variety of food while we were in St. Louis last time! Speaking of the Kneser, he's talking about coming out to the B-more for a visit in a couple of weeks. Should be a good time. I plan on whipping him with a belt until he drywalls our bedroom.

Hmmm. I'm sure there have been things I've been meaning to write about, but this G&T I'm sipping seems to be melting my brain and I can't think of anything interesting.

I am currently listening to a song called "Across the Alley from the Alamo," by the Mills Brothers. My dad likes the Mills Brothers, but I don't know that I've ever listened to anything by them before. They've got some pretty nice barbershop-esque harmonies going on.

The coming week is all about getting a set built for 'Much Ado About Nothing,' which will be traveling to Fenwick Island, Delaware on July 29th. Should be a good time, because BJ and PKP and T-Pain and FKP and I will be traveling down to ensure that the show goes on without a hitch and then staying overnight to party hearty at the beach. I'm definitely packing my thong. I'll also have to pack something to wear at the beach. So anyway, I've got to get the set and lights all planned out and ready to go this week.

That is all.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Rural Juror

It's been a weird week.

You know how a DVD sometimes has on its cover a little snippet from reviews that the film has received? Like, it might say something like "Exhilarating!" or "Sensational!" or something like that. Yesterday I was sorting some DVD's at work and out of the corner of my eye I thought that on the cover of one particular DVD it said "Abortive!" I'm fairly sure that that's not what it said, but I didn't look again to see what it actually said.

And then yesterday my old friend Colleen sent me this news link about a grade-school classmate of ours, Joel. It was nice to hear from Colleen, who I haven't talked to in a few years, but it was a weird damn story.

And I've been working a lot. Today was day 8, and I'm working through Saturday. Nothing too exciting, but it's kept me from doing much of anything productive.

And I've got jury duty tomorrow, which I've never done before. And while I normally like sitting for 8 hours and doing nothing, I'd really just rather have a day off. Tonight I'm heading over to the Rec Room for a going away party for a co-worker who's going to Korea to teach for a year. I was looking forward to it this afternoon, but I am feeling less enthusiastic currently. Right now I'm just feeling kinda sad and bummed and I'd rather just sit and listen to music and then eventually go to bed. Hopefully being around folks will perk me up.

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

It Was the Heat of the Moment

Today it was hot.

Last night I had a dream about Tom Waits. I dreamed he was playing at Baldwin Auditorium and I was the auditorium manager.

Yesterday I spent a good portion of the day reading old e-mails. E-mails from 1999 and 2000 and 2002. I'm glad I still have all of those old e-mails because there's a lot of good shit in them.

The Jeanners and I now have a place to put our extra toilet paper. I'm going to stick it in here:



I'm assuming Jeannie will stick it in there, too.

Today I went back to work after having 4 days off. During my days off I found myself missing the opportunity to dedicate large portions of my day to reading celebrity biographies. For the next week or so, though, I won't be able to read a lot at work because I actually have things to do.

Such is life.

Sunday, July 04, 2010

There Were Two Dicks.

The other night, Jeannie and I finally got to hang out with the Beej and A-Train, and we headed over to the Hamilton Tavern for dinner. The Beej and the A-Train both had burgers, and both agreed that they were good burgers, and furthermore also agreed that much of the burger's power comes from the "sticky spicy" bacon. So I would just like to reiterate: if you ever have a Crosstown Burger, get it with the bacon. Feel free to decline the optional fried-egg-on-top, though.

In addition to the tasty burgers, we tried a few desserts, too, one of which was a cupcake with, you guessed it, bacon on top. Reviews were generally not very positive, although it wasn't bad, just weird. Anyway, it was a pretty good dinner, and then we went back to the house and shot the shit for awhile, it was seriously one of the best times that I've had in a long time. I laughed a lot harder than I have in a long time. There were some new nicknames that were given out:

The Jeanners = Two Dicks.
The A-Train = Sweet Greasy.
DOB = Nutty Sweet.
The Beej = well, he didn't get a new name, so he's just the Beej.

Jeannie solved the mystery of Billie Jean's twins, Aimee demonstrated her Michael Jackson dancing, BJ googled something funny but I can't remember what it was, etc. You get the idea. Hilarious antics all around.

The Jeanners and I have both had the last couple of days off together, and we've been doing a lot of work building some storage shelves and cabinets into one of the bathroom walls. I think it'll be really nice when it's done, and it'll be nice to have places to put all of our toiletries. Now there's a word that I hate, "toiletries." Other words that I hate: tissue, muffin.

Today is the 4th of July. We're going to do a bit more work in the bathroom, but also try to set some time aside for a tasty celebratory meal. I believe we might be dining with Katie the North American Traveler. Anyway, it's been nice having some time off, and the weather has been beautiful, and now I'm gonna start on the day's projects.