Archive for October, 2006

We had this big idea that there would be trick-or-treaters at Phil’s apartment tonight, since his apartment doesn’t look so much like an apartment as it does half a house, so we had dinner at the Pizza Cafe (I had two glasses of happy hour-discounted RedWood Creek Cab, yum) and then went to the liquor [...]


One at a time

30Oct06

I still haven’t gotten back into the gym. I am scared shitless. I can’t figure out what I’m so goddamned afraid of. Mostly judgment from Jade if she sees me, but I know she’s not going to give two shits about me or my personal problems, so what’s my deal? Laziness? Probably so.
The good news [...]


Did you remember to set your clock back? I sure didn’t, so when I woke up at 1 a.m. — without a shred of guilt, mind you — I was more than happy when my computer — my omnicient, brilliant computer — did the dirty work for me. Thanks, computer. You’re a pal.
So to [...]


My vacation is just three hours in progress, but already I’ve resorted to crouching and scuttling along the walls in my apartment, easing the windows up and the doors open so I can get a better vantage point to see and hear the two — TWO! — separate bouts of drunken relationship re-evaluation happening outside [...]


While everyone with a life is out tarting it up this Saturday night, I’m sitting here sipping on a Cab, reading news stories, and marveling at the sheer number of articles out there chronicling the pornification of young girls’ Halloween costumes. Here’s one. Here’s a localized one, which I will not take the time to [...]


I’m out of booze and it’s only 1:12 a.m. Sunday.
Effing blue laws!!!


Oh, yuck.
I knew today was going to be tough because the usual routine on Saturday (and one of the many reasons why I’m so goddamned fat) is to go to the Mexican restaurant with my good buddy Dill*. It’s kind of our time to hang out since we see very little of each other during [...]


Cosas al azar

28Oct06

1. It’s pretty cool when you’re the first person to call and tell your dad — who’s at work and unable to watch — that his favorite team just won the World Series for the first time in nearly 25 years. Last time they won, I was about 10 months old.
2. I am using [...]


Drink and pee

26Oct06

To this day, any time I get sick, my dad offers one piece of sage advice: Drink and pee. In his quite right estimation, the best thing you can do to get well is flush out the nastiness from your body.
I’m doing a similar thing now. Drink and pee. Drink and pee.
My diet’s got me [...]


This year’s specimen is such a 180 from last year’s Señor Spiketooth Evil and 2004’s Jack Skellington (the pinnacle of my pumpkin-carving achievement).
My dad got this year’s pumpkin for a dollar at some stand in Hardin County. Actually, he got eight or so, and I picked out the tall skinny one with the silly [...]