Random Access

Wednesday
I was up late again last night… and I can’t even blame Donkey Kong for it. How wrong is that?!

I went to the gym at 11:30 and got home around 1:00. It was good, but I can see that I still have a way to go before I’m back to where I was a few months ago. That’s fine – getting there is part of the fun. I’ll probably go again tonight. While I was working out, the video for Alicia Bridges’ I Love the Nightlife came on. Imagine my surprise not only to see Agent Smith Elrond Hugo Weaving in the video… but to see him in drag! (Note: I have never watched The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and didn’t know that he was in it.) It made me laugh. Quite a bit. I may have to rent the movie.

I came home and helped my self to a Hungry-Man® sized portion of Wasting-Time-Sitting-on-My-Lazy-Ass until 3:30. This, of course, meant that waking up this morning wasn’t fun. The early part of the day wasn’t bad, though. I even managed to be productive. Always a plus. After picking up Jess at work, we met up with and Christopher for lunch.

Then it was off to the title company! Matt, the title company agent/lawyer, was amusing. A seemingly nice guy, but definitely amusing. At one point, he was talking about his regular poker game with John (our real estate agent) and told him that he would love to take his money. He made another comment about someone else “cheating” at the last game. I corrected him and told him that it was “creative poker management.” He laughed at that. Forty minutes later, the deed was done: The funding should go through tomorrow (maybe Friday, at the latest) and we should have the keys no later than Friday! And then, we’ll begin the process of moving small items. The big move will be 26 June 04.

And tonight’s a beer night. How cool is that?!

NPR and Other Stories
Talk of the Nation: Bloomsday
All Things Considered: Deep Suffocation and Climate Change
All Things Considered: Confederate Widow
Fresh Air: Interview with ‘Six Feet Under’ Producer Bruce Eric Kaplan

Stray Toasters

• First off: “Thank you” to everyone who sent well wishes and congratulatory greetings about the house!
• I’ve found (yet) another webcomic that amuses me:Check out the newbie guide for the backstory.
  (…and : I think you’ll appreciate this and this.)

• forwarded this link to me. The payoff makes it worthwhile.
• One of the best pictures of Storm that I have seen in a long time.
• 1. Put head between legs.
  2. Kiss ass goodbye.

• Paul Allen’s Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
• I wonder what it’s like to be a superhero.
  I wonder what I’d do if I could fly around downtown…

• Oreo cookies. Tasty.

And, in the words of A Modest Destiny‘s Sir Hubert: Beer! Need Beer!

Namaste.