Wow! I felt the need to post about this little bit of news. Scotty has always been one of my Star Trek Hero’s (prolly cause he is an Engineer). Big Salute to James Doohan! Please Gods, Let him go easy.
Yahoo! News – ‘Star Trek’s’ Scotty Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
Ok. We need to talk about this “Hurricane Season” thing. People go around saying this like it’s ski season or duck-hunting season; something during which those people who are so inclined as to participate go and purchase odd-looking and expensive gear, disappear on a three day weekend and come back with a brace of pheasant or a full-body cast. This is misleading in extremis. There’s no choice here, innocent bystanders get the shaft right along with the storm-groupies and heavy-weather-whores. And there’s the major problem: I like my power. My internet. My gaming console du jour. My Inter-freaking-net. And dame hurricane lays trump on all that mess. All she allows for is beer-drinking and candle-light fornication. Which, in case you’re wondering, I have no problems with. But I want it on my own terms. Human beings long ago broke from the estrus cycle; I see no need to have some nasty wind and rain dictate a return.
I’m not even going to dignify comments about the bread-milk-egg hoarding that commences as the first damp gales roll in, nor will I stoop to comments about the relative plunge in driving skill as the season approaches; let that be another ran- er, blog all it’s own.
And now its time for our first edition of “What not to do!” with our host, Kensai!
Well, thank you very much. Ah! It’s that wonderful time of year to celebrate the birth of our country. (*sniff* She was so cute when she was little. Where does the time go?) The hotdogs, hamburgers and fireworks, what a way to celebrate but go camping with your family by a beautiful lake. *BZZZZTTT* Wrong! Never take anyone under the age of 4 camping. I have two daughters at the ages of 1 and 3.
The 1 yr old can’t walk yet and so would have to crawl around the campsite. Sounds okay right? The camping location was on the side of a mountain and so was a huge slope. Each camping spot was a 20′ by 20′ wooden platform that you could hammer down your tents on. The wood was old and mossy, slippery as hell (several people took nose dives) and rather splintery, not a good place for a baby. So, she stayed in her playpen a lot…And complained. The 3 yr old is in the process of potty training and so my wife had only brought her underwear instead of pull-ups…Need I say more? Well, my 6 yr old had a bit more fun since he got to play with his cousins, but for the most part, he was bored…And complained about it.
Camping up in the mountains should be nice and cool. *BZZZZTTT* Wrong! Not thinking, I only packed jeans and no shorts. It was hot and humid as hell, plus much in the way of biting bugs. I stayed in my swimsuit the whole time and sleep wasn’t much of an option.
Aside from us and a few other groups, most of the people at this site looked like rejects from an old biker gang. It was this shy of a KKK rally. Everybody was blaring their cassettes of Lynard Skinard and various country. If I hear “Freebird” one more time I’ll… Anyway, the people at the site next to us even had a pig. Which inspired us to make loud comments like “Shall we cook bacon for breakfast?”
Well, it rained on us three times, soaking the hell out of our stuff. One of those times was a wonderful thunderstorm that scared the kids to death. To top it all off, when we finally got out of there, the car broke on the way home. It’s at the repair shop today.
Well, not all the weekend was bad. The food was good and we did get to spend time with the family. Plus, my wife and I got to go kyacking for a little bit.
Ah well, I’m glad its over. Can’t wait for this weekend since I get to drive up to DC by myself.
Well, I certainly can’t say that it was an Un-interesting weekend! With So much happening, I would have to say, (you knew it was coming) YET ANOTHER day by Day run-down!
Saturday: Well Saturday was nice and quiet for the most part, I Picked up Amy and we went to see Spiderman 2. It was Amazing! better than the first. I am a huge spidey fan so this was important to me. They did a wonderful job in relating a (closely)true to comic interpretation. The effects were Great but they didn’t overpower the story. GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!! The rest of the evening was filled with a Trip to the coffee shop, and Playing a bit on the computer, Not to mention getting my laundry done! (Must have clean clothes)
Sunday: Happy 4th of July!! We headed down to the Parade at the Pattons house, Amy volunteered to be our Photographer. Got down there and the Cast was: Me, Caleb, CC, Marc P., Lori P, Shipley, Jenny, Amy, and Ken Knight. The Golf Cart looked Cool, and it looked even cooler with Troopers on it. You can check out the Gallery to see Pictures and a Wonderful Video of the “Event”. After the Parade the Rain came in and pretty much wiped out the Picnic, Shame too, the food Looked good. So we hung out at the Pattons and had a Grand time. After that it was back to the DC area to Check out some Fireworks and Call it a Day. Except that, I fell asleep ): I was so tired from the Parade that when I got back home I had to take a Nap. Well before I Knew it I was waking up to Firecrackers going off outside and it was 9pm. Ah well, the day was not wasted and I certainly got some rest.
Monday: Woke up before noon, Prolly due to the incredible amount of sleep I got! (: ok, now this story is gonna involve a little backstory. ok, so at the Party on Sunday at the Pattons, Jenny, Amy, Doc and Marc started singing some stuff that I personaly have never heard. Very Broadwayish. But the Point being that, They were singing something that I Had never heard (and it wasn’t country) So I became Intrigued. I told Amy that I had to see what it was. Turns out it was the Musical Buffy Episode. So on Monday, we Watched it. Doc can cuss and swear all he likes about watching them in order. But it worked, I was hooked. From 5pm to 11pm I sat and watched 7 Episodes of the first Season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer back to back. Why didn’t anyone tell me this was a cool show? (I know I know, you did). So now, my problem is, My Back is KILLING me. I Layed down too much yesterday and my back is complaining to me.
So that was the weekend. I do want to apologise to Doc, I know he wanted to see me out at Nations on the 4th but to be totaly Honest, I was out like a Light. Sorry Bud. Now to go Nurse my Back.
I feel more dumber now than I were before. I went to see Dodgeball today. Ummm Yeah, How to explain using words that the normal population would understand. Well, there were some funny lines. And Lots of gratuitous babe action. But other than that, I felt my IQ dropping during the movie. I would have probably been more entertained by watching the Cheese on my nachos coagulate. I feel the need to go watch a good movie. Spiderman here I come!
On the flipside. Things are going as planned for this weekend, should have some good pictures from the Parade on Sunday! Hope everyone has a Great weekend and Enjoy the 4th!!!
OK. Summer’s been fun. It can end now. No, really, I’ve had enough sweaty ass-crack to last a lifetime. I’m over it. Change the channel.
Good day at work. Bad day getting home. Need to get the car in the shop pronto … and that’s my kid’s college education down the drain (good thing I’m not a dad yet). Looking forward to demonstrating to Wizzer that I can actually show up to a planned event, this 4th’s gonna rock …
More later. Out.
Ugh, What is it today, I just can’t seem to get going. Went to bed around midnight last night, and Honestly, thats Early considering I get up at 8am. Lee and I were up till about 11 trying to get a direct connect with X-Wing Alliance to work. Getting really annoyed with that too. Also checked out the new “Anaversary Award” in Galaxies. It’s some crappy painting, no, wait I can’t even call it a painting cause it’s a Drawing, Thats it, a Pencil drawing that they turned into a Painting. I mean it’s nice of them to give out the stuff, But I have seen some paintings in the rest of the game that look amazing, and they give us Sketches. Sigh. Only two things are holding me to the game and thats the Upcoming Smuggler Revamp and the Space Expansion.
In Other news, The 501st will be part of a Golf Cart Parade this 4th down near Richmond. I will prolly post more about this as the dates get closer. Umm thats about it for now.
