This is a strange-ish schedule for me this week. Sunday = Work. Monday = Off. Tuesday = Work. Wednesday = Off. Thursday = Work. Friday = Off (with a Managers Meeting at 2 PM). Saturday = Work. Sunday = Work. Monday = Unknown at this point but probably Off.
Working every other day (or having every other day off…your choice) is a bit…strange. It’s nice to have this much freedom but at the same time really fucks with the flow of life. I’d much perfer to have a couple days on and a couple days off…in a row please.
With this new “me” of sorts I’ve found myself with a hell of a lot of energy and desire to…well…do stuff. So I’ve been going rather crazy with doing stuff. Hell, I spent nearly the whole morning/early afternoon on Wednesday power washing the front driveway. Why? Because I thought it would look cool. It does look nicer…but that was a rather crazy thing to do.
We got paid yesterday so this morning I deposited my check and headed off to Fry’s for a little present for myself. I had a couple things in mind…a subwoofer for the home theatre setup, maybe a new computer game (or video card), perhaps some other cool electronic gadget that I could play with. I’ve got the money to toss around a bit…so let’s see what I can find…
I found lots of cool things…but bought nothing. Everything I found that looked cool and neat just didn’t do it for me. I held whatever it was…checked out the specs…and found myself eventually wondering why the hell am I going to buy this for? I haven’t turned on my “big” PC for…oh, 2 weeks or so now. I have the stereo playing in the living room all the time but it sounds fine to me…no real need for better/fancier equipment. I’ve got the PS2 hooked up all clever and fancy now…and the games I have are fine, why get another? There was nothing I really “needed”…and as it turned out…nothing I really “wanted” either.
I suppose this comes back to the huge amount of mental projects I’ve got going on (Lego Star Destroyer that is sitting in the box in my room, the Subaru GL-10 that is sitting in the barn up at the farm, the giant box of computer bits and pieces sitting in the garage as my PC gets dustier, etc etc). Why buy some cool new toy when I’ve got all these other things I could play with?
What it all comes down to is that I don’t want to spend money on anything new/cool right now. I’ve got all kinds of cool stuff around here to fiddle with. Sure a new TV, speakers, video card, shoes, dress pants, whatever would be nice…I don’t need any of those things (maybe some clothes…but I’m waiting to see if my sizes change at all due to my experiment). I don’t need anything…and for (perhaps) the first time in my life…I went to one of the greatest toy stores of all…and bought nothing.
But WOW am I hungry now. So I’ll go eat.
PS: I saw that last night (and this morning) I got a couple people diving deep into my site. They read pages, downloaded videos, and generally spent a ton of time looking around. How cool…I wonder who they were? Actually, I know who one of them was. Isn’t technology cool? I thought about playing a little joke on them…posting some funny made up story to see how they’d react…but I changed my mind. I’d rather make ‘em sweat a little by posting this (if they read it). In summary…I know who is reading my site…and I think it’s hilarious…woot!
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May 21st, 2006 at 3:59 pm
Thanks for last night…and by last night I mean fish boobs and woman panties.
May 29th, 2006 at 12:57 pm
Okay, so maybe I’m not into fish boobies and panties, but I am addicted to your blog. I need my fix, so you had better update soon! GIMME GIMME!
May 29th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
I haven’t been around to read but I see that doesn’t matter because you haven’t been posting. Give Mary what she wants- MORE DONKEYS, dammit!
May 31st, 2006 at 8:00 am
Google…
Google news and reviews…
May 31st, 2006 at 10:39 am
I hope you’re not still at Fry’s.
June 19th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
Okay. It’s been a month since you have updated your blog. What does a girl have to do to get somre more donkey love around here?!
July 1st, 2006 at 9:51 am
You heard the girl, give her what she needs!
July 14th, 2006 at 11:09 am
Ok, are you trying to make it to two months without an update?
I also love Anonymous’s comment, very compelling.
July 14th, 2006 at 4:23 pm
Are you going to go see Clerks II? You know you want to see the donkey scene…
July 14th, 2006 at 4:23 pm
Sorry, that was me leaving ^^.
July 24th, 2006 at 11:33 pm
fish boobs
July 25th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
mmmmm fish boobs.
I think Donkey boy died.
September 10th, 2006 at 10:05 am
Where’d you go?!
September 18th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Reader: ‘Ello, I wish to register a complaint.
(The Blogger does not respond.)
Reader: ‘Ello, Miss?
Blogger: What do you mean “miss”?
Reader: I’m sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!
Blogger: We’re closin’ for lunch.
Reader: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this blog that I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
Blogger: Oh yes, the, uh, donkeysarecool.com…What’s,uh…What’s wrong with it?
Reader: I’ll tell you what’s wrong with it, my lad. ‘E’s dead, that’s what’s wrong with it!
Blogger: No, no, ‘e’s uh,…he’s resting.
Reader: Look, matey, I know a dead blog when I see one, and I’m looking at one right now.
Blogger: No no he’s not dead, he’s, he’s restin’! Remarkable blog, donkeysarecool.com, idn’it, ay? Beautiful words!
Reader: The words don’t enter into it. It’s stone dead.
Blogger: Nononono, no, no! ‘E’s resting!
Reader: All right then, if he’s restin’, I’ll wake him up! (shouting at the blog) ‘Ello, Mister Donkey blog! I’ve got a lovely fresh meme for you if you show…
(Blogger hits the refresh button)
Blogger: There, he moved!
Reader: No, he didn’t, that was you hitting the refresh button!
Blogger: I never!!
Reader: Yes, you did!
Blogger: I never, never did anything…
Reader: (yelling and hitting the refresh button repeatedly) ‘ELLO DONKEY!!!!! Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o’clock alarm call!
(Takes blog out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.)
Reader: Now that’s what I call a dead blog.
Blogger: No, no…..No, ‘e’s stunned!
Reader: STUNNED?!?
Blogger: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin’ up! Norwegian Blues stun easily, major.
Reader: Um…now look…now look, mate, I’ve definitely ‘ad enough of this. That blog is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not ‘alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of updates was due to it bein’ tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.
Blogger: Well, he’s…he’s, ah…probably pining for the fjords.
Reader: PININ’ for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got ‘im home?
Blogger: donkeysarecool.com prefers keepin’ on it’s back! Remarkable blog, id’nit, squire? Lovely words!
Reader: Look, I took the liberty of examining that blog when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the first place was that it had been NAILED there.
(pause)
Blogger: Well, o’course it was nailed there! If I hadn’t nailed that blog down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent ‘em apart with its beak, and VOOM! Feeweeweewee!
Reader: “VOOM”?!? Mate, this blog wouldn’t “voom” if you put four million volts through it! ‘E’s bleedin’ demised!
Blogger: No no! ‘E’s pining!
Reader: ‘E’s not pinin’! ‘E’s passed on! This blog is no more! He has ceased to be! ‘E’s expired and gone to meet ‘is maker! ‘E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, ‘e rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed ‘im to the perch ‘e’d be pushing up the daisies! ‘Is metabolic processes are now ‘istory! ‘E’s off the twig! ‘E’s kicked the bucket, ‘e’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-blog!!
(pause)
Blogger: Well, I’d better replace it, then. (he takes a quick peek behind the counter) Sorry squire, I’ve had a look ’round the back of the shop, and uh, we’re right out of blogs.
Reader: I see. I see, I get the picture.
Blogger: I got a slug.
(pause)
Reader: Pray, does it talk?
Blogger: Nnnnot really.
Reader: WELL IT’S HARDLY A BLOODY REPLACEMENT, IS IT?!!???!!?
Blogger: N-no, I guess not. (gets ashamed, looks at his feet)
Reader: Well.
(pause)
Blogger: (quietly) D’you…. d’you want to come back to my place?
Reader: (looks around) Yeah, all right, sure.