Weekend escapades
Blog 073007
Ugh, my sibling closest in age to me just turned 40. I’m not far behind.
Crazy dreams lately. The other day I had one where I was in the backfields of my parents place with some people. There was heavy construction equipment there in the form of two large bucket loaders. For whatever reason, my family has always called them Michigans. I think that that was the name of the company that made them. These two machines came to life and started driving after me despite having no drivers. One I got away from easily but the other forced me to run across my neighbor’s field and into their woods. Their 7 acres are mostly lawn so I had to run along the trails in the woods to keep from being seen.
Another I had today was weird. I can’t recall the exact order of things but at one point I was on an island that was full of rich people, mostly celebrities. Rod Stewart lived there along with Herbie Hancock and Patrick Stewart. It was a weird place. Huge town houses clustered together like a small rich town and in the center square lawn chairs were set up where the celebs would sit. It was known I was new to the island and the celebs wanted to recruit me. I was to be some sort of skilled slave or something. I was presented nicely with offers to join ‘houses’ – essentially guild houses owned by the celebs. They had family crests and shields and everything. Patrick Stewart’s house was the Borg. He was all done up as a Borg when he showed up. Then some random cloaked figure showed up. This person, pretty certain it was a woman, I think really, REALLY old, maybe hundreds of years, was there to sort of warn me. She had a white mask on reminiscent of the mask from the movie V for Vendetta. I headed off and hid behind some of the townhouses and lost everyone.
Eventually I was an airbrush artist working at a clothing store on the island. Somehow I ended up at a skating rink where one of the young girl celebs was performing. I watched her for awhile before returning to the store. Then I was behind on all the orders I had. I sort of B.S. a kid costumer why his order wasn’t ready. It was just bizarre stuff.
I saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It was okay but I liked Transformers a lot, LOT better. This Potter movie didn’t seem to have a whole lot of fun to it. It felt really dark. I do have a big crush on Tonks though. I haven’t read any of the books but I have been enjoying the movies. I didn’t dislike this movie, I just didn’t feel that there was much to make me stand up and cheer for it. Looney Luna was suitably weird and I liked her. The blond haired snot kid hardly appeared in this movie which was surprisingly. The actors getting older may be throwing off some of my enjoyment. The older twin brothers of Ron look like they should be in college. Not having read the books, I do not know how long the students are allowed to attend Hogwarts. It’s still a really fun universe though and I’ll be asking for a book or two from the series for Christmas presents this year.
I saw my aunt and uncle from Florida today. I try to make these visits whenever I can because my relatives are getting older and each time might be the last time I see them alive. This uncle is 76! He’s very lively and a fun man to be around.
I learned that my sister has not been fired from her band. Instead, the two guys that wanted her out are out of the band. I’ll have to find her Youtube performance and post the link.
My brother that agreed to buy the 2007 Ford Mustang is getting the run around from the dealership. He wanted a blue Mustang and they can’t find one. Then he agreed to take a red one from the lot but that one’s been sold. So he’s threatening to take his money elsewhere. We’re going down to his house in Rhode Island this coming weekend for a day long party. It’s usually quite fun with horseshoes and swimming and teasing all his ducks, geese and chickens. The horse flies from the horses next door are monstrous though.
On a related note I can’t seem to locate a bathsuit despite stopping at four separate stores. One had some for $2 but they were sized 3x and 4x! I need a suit not a potato sack.
I had $44 to spend because I worked some OT last week. I’m trying to spend a little more on myself now as a change of philosophy. I save like I’m losing my job tomorrow. So instead of all my OT money going to bills I took $44 of it for myself. I bought a pair of sneakers for $30 on total impulse. I can’t recall the last time I bought a pair of white sneakers. I literally think it’s been over ten years since I did, maybe even 15. The other $14 is for my bathing suit that may become just a pair of athletic shorts.
My nephew is kicking butt on Nintendo Wii as I write this. He just bowled a 173 and then a 207 and now a 163. He’s on fire and could actually possibly beat me now.
I’m a bit disappointed that I once again missed San Diego Comic Con. It’s the biggest comic con in America. G4 even provides TV coverage of it although they really focus on all the Hollywood stuff there. In fact, of the coverage I saw, I was somewhat bored by it because it was almost all stuff on movies.
It’s shutdown at work so it’s going to be like a ghost town there tonight. My department is the only department besides maintenance that stays open. I signed for some OT for this week but I guess I didn’t win it as I never heard anything. Still, I may ask in the morning to stay if there is some time available. A simple 4 hours is pretty handing resulting in a quick $60 take home.
Some day I’ll get back to working on the grayscales of the comic. I did some here and there doing some basic coloring stuff. I ended up doing this long blog instead of grayscaling before my nap so that I don’t pass out at work tonight. Gotta go, napping for 2 hours in 15 minutes!
Ugh, my sibling closest in age to me just turned 40. I’m not far behind.
Crazy dreams lately. The other day I had one where I was in the backfields of my parents place with some people. There was heavy construction equipment there in the form of two large bucket loaders. For whatever reason, my family has always called them Michigans. I think that that was the name of the company that made them. These two machines came to life and started driving after me despite having no drivers. One I got away from easily but the other forced me to run across my neighbor’s field and into their woods. Their 7 acres are mostly lawn so I had to run along the trails in the woods to keep from being seen.
Another I had today was weird. I can’t recall the exact order of things but at one point I was on an island that was full of rich people, mostly celebrities. Rod Stewart lived there along with Herbie Hancock and Patrick Stewart. It was a weird place. Huge town houses clustered together like a small rich town and in the center square lawn chairs were set up where the celebs would sit. It was known I was new to the island and the celebs wanted to recruit me. I was to be some sort of skilled slave or something. I was presented nicely with offers to join ‘houses’ – essentially guild houses owned by the celebs. They had family crests and shields and everything. Patrick Stewart’s house was the Borg. He was all done up as a Borg when he showed up. Then some random cloaked figure showed up. This person, pretty certain it was a woman, I think really, REALLY old, maybe hundreds of years, was there to sort of warn me. She had a white mask on reminiscent of the mask from the movie V for Vendetta. I headed off and hid behind some of the townhouses and lost everyone.
Eventually I was an airbrush artist working at a clothing store on the island. Somehow I ended up at a skating rink where one of the young girl celebs was performing. I watched her for awhile before returning to the store. Then I was behind on all the orders I had. I sort of B.S. a kid costumer why his order wasn’t ready. It was just bizarre stuff.
I saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It was okay but I liked Transformers a lot, LOT better. This Potter movie didn’t seem to have a whole lot of fun to it. It felt really dark. I do have a big crush on Tonks though. I haven’t read any of the books but I have been enjoying the movies. I didn’t dislike this movie, I just didn’t feel that there was much to make me stand up and cheer for it. Looney Luna was suitably weird and I liked her. The blond haired snot kid hardly appeared in this movie which was surprisingly. The actors getting older may be throwing off some of my enjoyment. The older twin brothers of Ron look like they should be in college. Not having read the books, I do not know how long the students are allowed to attend Hogwarts. It’s still a really fun universe though and I’ll be asking for a book or two from the series for Christmas presents this year.
I saw my aunt and uncle from Florida today. I try to make these visits whenever I can because my relatives are getting older and each time might be the last time I see them alive. This uncle is 76! He’s very lively and a fun man to be around.
I learned that my sister has not been fired from her band. Instead, the two guys that wanted her out are out of the band. I’ll have to find her Youtube performance and post the link.
My brother that agreed to buy the 2007 Ford Mustang is getting the run around from the dealership. He wanted a blue Mustang and they can’t find one. Then he agreed to take a red one from the lot but that one’s been sold. So he’s threatening to take his money elsewhere. We’re going down to his house in Rhode Island this coming weekend for a day long party. It’s usually quite fun with horseshoes and swimming and teasing all his ducks, geese and chickens. The horse flies from the horses next door are monstrous though.
On a related note I can’t seem to locate a bathsuit despite stopping at four separate stores. One had some for $2 but they were sized 3x and 4x! I need a suit not a potato sack.
I had $44 to spend because I worked some OT last week. I’m trying to spend a little more on myself now as a change of philosophy. I save like I’m losing my job tomorrow. So instead of all my OT money going to bills I took $44 of it for myself. I bought a pair of sneakers for $30 on total impulse. I can’t recall the last time I bought a pair of white sneakers. I literally think it’s been over ten years since I did, maybe even 15. The other $14 is for my bathing suit that may become just a pair of athletic shorts.
My nephew is kicking butt on Nintendo Wii as I write this. He just bowled a 173 and then a 207 and now a 163. He’s on fire and could actually possibly beat me now.
I’m a bit disappointed that I once again missed San Diego Comic Con. It’s the biggest comic con in America. G4 even provides TV coverage of it although they really focus on all the Hollywood stuff there. In fact, of the coverage I saw, I was somewhat bored by it because it was almost all stuff on movies.
It’s shutdown at work so it’s going to be like a ghost town there tonight. My department is the only department besides maintenance that stays open. I signed for some OT for this week but I guess I didn’t win it as I never heard anything. Still, I may ask in the morning to stay if there is some time available. A simple 4 hours is pretty handing resulting in a quick $60 take home.
Some day I’ll get back to working on the grayscales of the comic. I did some here and there doing some basic coloring stuff. I ended up doing this long blog instead of grayscaling before my nap so that I don’t pass out at work tonight. Gotta go, napping for 2 hours in 15 minutes!
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