Monday: 11 July 05
When Elastica said “Waking up and getting up has never been easy,” they weren’t kidding. The alarm went off this morning… and I just stared at the clock. I finally managed to roll out of bed and start the morning, but it was a slow process. When I made it to B&B for a cup of frozen wake-me-up, I wasn’t thinking about the fact that “Mocha Monday” not only means free espresso shots, but also that the Grande sized drinks are reduced price as well. I walked out with 32oz. of two-shot frozen goodness.

Work was good. There was a last minute’s notification of a staff meeting. That’s always fun. Fortunately, it was good news… followed by more good news. That made it even better. But, the best part of the meeting: It was short. Fifteen minutes, tops. Nothing wrong with that.

After work, I watched a couple of CSI reruns with and Connor (her nephew, who is in town for a couple of weeks). I hadn’t seen either of them. I think that they were first season shows – the cast, with the exception of Jorja Fox, looks significantly younger. I am almost convinced, however, that Ms. Fox is secretly Dorian Gray. She doesn’t look like she’s aged at all. After dinner, I decided to take a ride. It was a short-lived hope: Apparently, I punctured my tire on the ride. Fortunately, it stayed full of air on the ride back home. *sigh* I have to get a new tube before the weekend.

So, I decided to go to the gym instead. I went around midnight. Sure, most people sleep… I go to the gym. *shrug* I did 18:00 on the recumbent bike; I need to start taking headphones so that I can listen to something while passing the time. I did another chest and biceps routine. It went well… considering that before last week, I haven’t been in a gym in FAR too long. I even did crunches with resistance weight. Before I left, I weighed myself. Haven’t done that in a while. And apparently, it was a LONG while. I’m up to 168 pounds; I’ll subtract five to seven of that for gym clothes, but this is a new high weight for me. I knew that I had gained “some” weight, but this is easily 10 pounds over my previously known high. I’m kind of jazzed about this. Now, all I need to do is make sure that it all gets in – and stays in – the shape that I want.

Stray Toasters

  • If a person can “jump the shark”, I think that I may have done so today. As I’ve mentioned before, Eric (one of my coworkers) has been introducing me to the world of Homestar Runner and Strong Bad. And today, I learned of the Homestar Runner Wiki. But, I digress… My jump the shark moment: I sent an email to Strong Bad. I’m curious to see if it gets read and/or turned into a toon. That would be neat.
  • Yo, Joe!
  • My friend, Don, is the band director at a high school in North Scare-o-lina. (In an “It’s a Small World” kind of coincidence: This is the same school where my stepfather was an assistant principal, before moving to a principal position at another school.) He’s also a former member of a few corps in Drum Corps International. He keeps me abreast of happenings within DCI and some of it’s affiliated organizations. One such organization was Star of Indiana, who left DCI and was reborn as Blast! It turns out that Blast! is touring North America (and Japan); they have three shows in Utah – one in Logan, two in Salt Lake. I will be making arrangements to see one of the SLC shows. , you might want to make sure that Jeff knows about this, too.
  • Also, for my favorite Bat-fan: These.
  • In our next item of “Has Elton John Lost His Mind” news: Sir Elton and his musical collaborator are bringing forth Vampire Lestat: The Musical! (I’m not making this up.) It’s due to arrive later this year.
  • I was looking at a Brickfilms.com and came across a video for tt Lester’s song Mr. Miyagi. Yep… based on that Mr. Miyagi. My cheesy 80s movie sense kicked in and I was compelled to watch it. It made me smile.
  • Michael Chiklis: It’s Clobberin’ Time!
  • In a related note: I think that it’s great that Fantastic Four has opened at Number 1… despite the overall critical drubbing it has taken.

    FANTASTIC OPENING ENDS BOX OFFICE SLUMP
    BoxOfficeMojo reports Fantastic Four to be the number one movie of the weekend, with an estimated 56 million dollars. Despite scathing reviews from major critics, the film has scored surprisingly well with families and comic book fans. (Well, Buzzscope gave it an A*) The film is also the third 20th Century Fox film this year to have an opening weekend gross of more than 50 million dollars, joining Revenge of the Sith and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The film also exceeded most box office predictions by as much as 20 million. Obviously, the lighthearted tone of the film, coupled with strategic marketing made it the perfect family film, not to mention an alternative to most dark, brooding comic book films. Hopefully, word of mouth stays positive as the film will have to go up against Tim Burton’s Charlie & the Chocolate Factory remake and the Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson comedy, Wedding Crashers. Should be an interesting competition.

  • Hey, …. It’s Rob Liefeld!
  • Doomed: How id Lost Its Crown

Namaste.