Fucking Hell. What a terrible day. Our - Jenny (my roommate) and I - fish died tonight. Sometime during the day "Barcroft" jumped out of his tank, took a long plug off the dresser and died on the floor. When I got home from rehearsal Jenny and I ceremoniously scooped him up in a paper towel and threw him out with the kitchen trash. In the most reverent way of course.
However before I got home, some rat-bastard motherfuck broke into my car and stole: my cd player w/ cd in it, cell phone car charger, bag of lollipops, sunglasses, and various mix tapes. And my car was parked right outside of a church!!! And (I’m guessing here) it occurred only 30 minutes or so before rehearsal ended. I say this because they left my car door open, however when I started my car it turned over without hesitation, meaning that the battery was not being drained for long. Like I said, I'm just guessing.
I'm still pissed, violently, seeing red mad at the punk-ass bitches that did this, however as I drove home I realized it could have been worse. A lot worse. I lost little things. The big, important things were left alone, or most likely just not noticed. My mom's watch and bracelet that I had repaired for her but not given back to her, my checkbook which was in my work briefcase, and my car.
Stupid Sad Sack Day.
It's time for a sympathy beer.

I hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day weekend. Friday and Saturday were used to relax. The girlfriend and I camped out in front of the tv and watched AMC's Memorial weekend movie marathon. We watched a bunch of WWII movies - The Glory Brigade, Force 10 from Navarone, To Hell & Back, Deer Hunter, Casualties of War and Platoon all courtesy of the magic of American Movie Classics. I also finally watched the new re-release of "Straw Dogs" on DVD that was loaned to me. Disturbing movie, slow and violent, but then that's Sam Peckinpah for you. Sunday I had kickball practice. However since the weekend was a wash-out weather-wise only 6 people from our team showed up. So everyone took turns kicking and fielding in the rain and mud before we moved the whole event over to a friend' house for BBQ in a garage. Oh, and I got my muffler problem fixed to the tune of $200 dollars. Stupid car...

My day off from work was spent seeing "Matrix Reloaded". Good, not great, in my opinion. I found it clunky in the beginning and slow to start, however once the gang got around to 'doing something' about their problem the film didn't let go. I'd recommend it, however I already know that the people that read this blog have already seen it. Hi Sam, Hi Adam, Hi Kim.

So far X-men 2 is the best bet for this summer. Okay, time for bed. I've got run rehearsal tomorrow night so I don't know if I'll be around to update this. Peace, y'all

Early morning blog! I woke up early this morning for some strange reason so now I'm all ready to leave for work the missus is still asleep in bed. Oh, wait. she's unearthed herself and is now in the shower.

X-Men 2 was van-tastic. I would say it is even better than the first film. Matrix Reloaded got moved to sometime this weekend since we've got a three-day weekend. The weekend will also include shopping for new shoes (both casual and running) and getting my muffler fixed. The silver lining about having your muffler broken is that in today's world (and especially this area of fairfax county) your car just sounds 'tricked out' rather than old&busted. Thank you, society.

Well, sounds like the missus is done with her shower. I best go get breakfeast ready. Will that be corn flakes or Cheerios, my love....

peace.

Tuesday turned out to be a good day. Lots of reasons why. First off, girlfriend didn't have to be cut open again at the doctors. She was quite elated, as I'm sure you can guess. So she's on the road to being fully recovered from her sugical procedure last week. Second, my request to join a kickball team was confirmed by the World Adult Kickball Association(WAKA). A friend from work formed a team and asked me to join. Third (and lastly, to keep this tidy), tonight's episode of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, was the series ender. While, it's a shame that a smart show like that went off the air, it was a very good send-off for a show the hit way more than it missed.

In theatre related news, the girlfriend's summer project of directing "Godspell" for the Springfield Community Theatre is under way. Last night was the 1st read through and it went well. She's excited, and as the stage manager, I'm happy to be there. However I get all this week and some of next week off since all they are doing is rehersing the musical numbers. Which leaves me plenty of time for GTAIII and finally seeing "X-Men 2" (tomorrow night) and "The Matrix(Reloaded)" Thursday night.

Tonight's task was to update my resume so maybe I'll give that a try before the evening is done.

I got "Quiet Nights" by Miles Davis on the stereo...

So we had a yard sale today. "We" meaning my mom, the missus, and I. The community that my mom lives in held their annual yard sale so the missus hauled a bunch of her junk over. We sold about half the stuff, which is good for two reasons. One, it will only take half the work to return the junk to her apartment, and Two, it is less junk that she will be bringing to the house / apartment that we will eventually be living in. Also, she made $70.

After the yard sale, the missus and I drove all over creation looking at houses for rent. We found a crap shack that is close to work and a nice townhome that is too far away from her work. So maybe next week we will look in Mclean since that is also a good middle point for our commutes. Like the cleaning of the house....it never ends

peace out.

Boy, is Sam going to feel bad for yelling at me for not updating my blog like I promised. Here I am, being a perfect saint, taking care of my sick and injured girlfriend and all he can do is talk smack. Tsk Tsk.

Even so, I hope he has a good time on the mini-vacation with his law school chums. See what a saint I'm being?

yo. for some stu-pid reason it is taking way too long for me to download something from C-net. I'm try to download a 'zip/unzip' program so I can watch the 1st four of the "Animatrix" videos posted at Matrix.com. Grrr...it's a grr kinda week.

My poor girlfriend. She's been sick since Friday and on Tuesday she was in such bad shape that I had to take her to the doctor's so they could do a surgial procedure on her. She was in that much pain, poor lass. The crisis has been averted, but she's confined to her house. Now most of us working stiffs would think that a note from our doctor telling our boss that we can't come into work this week + painkillers is a vacation. However, it's kinda boring at her house. She ain't got cable, internet access or a computer. It's a good thing she's hot, otherwise..... ;-)
Even she is admitting bordem. I dug up my old Gameboy (B&W 80's represent!) and grabbed some DVD's for her to watch. So, yes, she's at least got a DVD player.

I'm not going to spell check this cuz I'm beat and I still can't watch the animie videos so y'all can bite me. I'm going to watch Futurama. But first, something to entertain you. Check out the mp3 section.
Fuck the Creationists!

So I cut out of work early today to get a haircut. They'd finished up the hair cutting part and were edging around my ear with a straigh razor when the lady nicked my ear. At first I freaked out cuz I couldn't see how bad it was due to excessive amounts of shaving cream (and maybe she couldn't either). Once she cleared away the foam and staunched the bleeding we could see it was that bad. Phew. for a mintue there I though I was going to be the next Vincent Van Ghog. So I still have 99.9% of my ear and a new haircut for my weekend in city of brotherly love - Philly!

check you on sunday, maybe. definately, monday. peace

A while back, when Adam and I visited Sam for his spring break Adam gave me three cds of complete albums in mp3 format. Until recently I hadn't spent much time with it. Currently I'm having trouble listening to anything but that first disc, having become quite enraptured with the DoseOne / Boom Bip / Clouddead albums. Taking a 'quick break' from work I called up the All Music Guide and looked up each artist, then added the albums to the ever-growing (never-ending?) list of cds I wish to buy. Let's put aside the fact that such a list makes me a music geek and continue to the next paragraph.

I've been thinking of late if I'm ever going to become disinterested in music and stop buying cds. Freshman year of high school I made the transition from 'buying' cds to 'collecting' them (yes, there is a difference). Student-run radio at college gave me access the vast tributaries of musical styles, increasing my music intake. Acquiring a full-time job gave the much-convented cash-flow to buy cds at a rate of 5 or 6 a month. Not immune to the current state of the economy, my cash-flow as been...'reduced' so that I can not collect cds at the rate I once did. This means going many weeks, sometimes months without purchasing any type of music. File sharing has been a godsend; however I do plan on purchasing 95% of the music I download. Honestly. I believe in supporting the artist (or rather, thier music label in some cases). In fact of the last 10 cds I've purchased 6 of them were albums that I'd already downloaded. Arg, getting off-track. Where I'm trying to go is: I wonder what will be the 'why' that my collecting music will end? Will I simply lose interest in listening to music. I would think that would be a personal change, rather then there being no more interesting music to hear. There is always someone, somewhere, with something interesting to say be it in the past or present. So I doubt that will be the reason. I've always seen the cause being budgetary / family reasons, I.E. saving for a wedding, purchasing a house, newborn child. All of which I see occurring in the next 5 years. Just something that I wonder about from time to time since music is a very important part of my life. How could I not? It sounds corny, yes, but it is. Listening to music is an experience for me; going to shows are like Christmas day (although sometimes the wrong presents get laid out under the tree).

So, Adam, thanks for the great cds. Maybe I have some stuff that I can burn for you as a thank you - jazz, psych or folk albums

Second Day of Continous Blog....Hurrah!
My roommate - Jenny - just walked in, wanting to show me the mother's day card she got [for her mom].
Jenny: "Want to see the card I got for my mom?"
Me: "Okay. I'll show you the one I got for my mom"
Jenny: "Okay. But mine is better"
Me [after seeing Jenny's card]: "Actually, mine's just as good"
We got the same cards. Good times.

Back to blog.
Part of the reason I've not updated this is because I was sick. Actually I am still sick. I can't seem to get rid of this cough. Of course, maybe if I didn't drink while taking antibiotics then maybe I'd be better by now. The other 1/2 of 'why' I've not been updating is because there's been a lot going on of late. Hurray things to do. Had the three-day video shoot for a National Guard training video. Got to hang out with some very cool soldiers from Philly, PA. The misses scored a job moonlighting as a Lighting Designer for a local high school. So I accompained her to opening night of "Titanic" by West Potomac High School. Over the weekend, the misses and I got a last-minute invite to see the Baltimore Orioles play the Kansas City Royals. Said friend chartered a bus for us and 48 other people. They've dubbed it the "Baseball, Beer & Bus Bonanza". Good People + Good Weather x Home Team Winning = Excellent to the Max!
I picked up the somewhat old lp by the Hot Hot Heat. It's quite good, if you're in the mood for a more pop-version of Clinic. They've got an organ too. Maybe if everyone hopes at once I'll get rid of my cough....on the count of three, people...