Wet Beaver
First off, get your minds out of the gutter...Gotta start this blog by talking about my big dumbass moment this morning...On my street, there's a lot of road work being done. It got to the point where the machinery was causing the house to literally shake for a half-hour this morning. After usual shower and gussying up, I drove out to venture on my morning commute today to find that it was near-impossible to drive on my street. Construction equipment and vehicles everywhere. I started to creep along the street, hugging as close to the curb as possible to avoid the pockets of newly-filled potholes. As I inch along the street, the front-right side of my car dips. It feels like I hit a dip or a pothole. I accelerate a bit and hear this crunching noise that sounds like I'm driving over gravel. I continue driving until I get out of the construction zone. When I do, I notice that my hubcap is all wet and gray and that my tires look all light and powdery. I had dipped into a cement puddle. AAAAARGH...I debate about what I should do. I end up wiping of the wet cement splotches off my hubcaps and tire and continuing along my commute. The car seems to drive fine. The only weird part was hearing the cement flakes fall off and rattle under the wheel. Woo-ha!
Anhoo, it's been crazy busy this week. It's been a while since I've had this much of a workload. Been working my tail off on some new projects. It can be a bit manic and nerve-wracking some times, but it's pretty damn fun...
A little recap time...Last Saturday night, I got together with my friend Michael from San Diego as well as Gary, Steve, Nathan, and Gary's friend Sean at the Abbey. Compared to most Saturdays, it was not super-crowded. Spent lots of time catching up with everybody. Ya know...the usual...
Sunday night, Ted, Larry, Matt, and I did dinner and a little holiday shopping. Mmmmm...Sizzler cheese bread. :-) Later that evening, I picked up Drew from the airport which wasn't quite as crazy as it was when I dropped him of before Thanksgiving.
This week's evenings have been pretty mellow. Lots of "just hanging out" with friends. Monday night, it was with Drew at his place. His friends Ray and Jesse were also there. We played this "Friends" game that's based on the game Monica and Chandler played to swap the apartments. Then, last night, it was the parade of visitors at our house beginning with RJ whom Ted, Larry, and I haven't seen in a while. Then, Drew dropped by and before we all headed to pick up some dinner, Eddie arrived. By the time we got home from grabbing dinner, we found Nathan in our living room. We all ended up watching the "Muppet Christmas Special" from last week mainly because Nathan, Drew, and Eddie hadn't seen it and also because it was so damn good. The "Moulin Scrooge" scene is one the most clever Muppet scenes I've seen in a long time. In the midst of the Muppet mayhem, John dropped by as well. After our Muppet fix, some of the bunch filtered out. We then fired up that night's "Osbournes."
That brings us to tonight...Didn't get home from work until later than usual tonight...Matt and later Gigi came over. Watched "Amazing Race" to find out Teri and cranky ol' Ian have advanced into next week's leg. (BOOOO!) Larry and I introduced Matt to the wonders of the board game "Can't Stop." Such an simple, addictive game. For those not familiar with the game, it's a board game that was released in 1980 that's kind of like "Press Your Luck" meets "High Rollers" minus questions. It's a very tense game that actually requires a bit of strategy. Matt, being the Matt that he is, kicked both of our asses the three times we played it. Grrrrrr....
First off, get your minds out of the gutter...Gotta start this blog by talking about my big dumbass moment this morning...On my street, there's a lot of road work being done. It got to the point where the machinery was causing the house to literally shake for a half-hour this morning. After usual shower and gussying up, I drove out to venture on my morning commute today to find that it was near-impossible to drive on my street. Construction equipment and vehicles everywhere. I started to creep along the street, hugging as close to the curb as possible to avoid the pockets of newly-filled potholes. As I inch along the street, the front-right side of my car dips. It feels like I hit a dip or a pothole. I accelerate a bit and hear this crunching noise that sounds like I'm driving over gravel. I continue driving until I get out of the construction zone. When I do, I notice that my hubcap is all wet and gray and that my tires look all light and powdery. I had dipped into a cement puddle. AAAAARGH...I debate about what I should do. I end up wiping of the wet cement splotches off my hubcaps and tire and continuing along my commute. The car seems to drive fine. The only weird part was hearing the cement flakes fall off and rattle under the wheel. Woo-ha!
Anhoo, it's been crazy busy this week. It's been a while since I've had this much of a workload. Been working my tail off on some new projects. It can be a bit manic and nerve-wracking some times, but it's pretty damn fun...
A little recap time...Last Saturday night, I got together with my friend Michael from San Diego as well as Gary, Steve, Nathan, and Gary's friend Sean at the Abbey. Compared to most Saturdays, it was not super-crowded. Spent lots of time catching up with everybody. Ya know...the usual...
Sunday night, Ted, Larry, Matt, and I did dinner and a little holiday shopping. Mmmmm...Sizzler cheese bread. :-) Later that evening, I picked up Drew from the airport which wasn't quite as crazy as it was when I dropped him of before Thanksgiving.
This week's evenings have been pretty mellow. Lots of "just hanging out" with friends. Monday night, it was with Drew at his place. His friends Ray and Jesse were also there. We played this "Friends" game that's based on the game Monica and Chandler played to swap the apartments. Then, last night, it was the parade of visitors at our house beginning with RJ whom Ted, Larry, and I haven't seen in a while. Then, Drew dropped by and before we all headed to pick up some dinner, Eddie arrived. By the time we got home from grabbing dinner, we found Nathan in our living room. We all ended up watching the "Muppet Christmas Special" from last week mainly because Nathan, Drew, and Eddie hadn't seen it and also because it was so damn good. The "Moulin Scrooge" scene is one the most clever Muppet scenes I've seen in a long time. In the midst of the Muppet mayhem, John dropped by as well. After our Muppet fix, some of the bunch filtered out. We then fired up that night's "Osbournes."
That brings us to tonight...Didn't get home from work until later than usual tonight...Matt and later Gigi came over. Watched "Amazing Race" to find out Teri and cranky ol' Ian have advanced into next week's leg. (BOOOO!) Larry and I introduced Matt to the wonders of the board game "Can't Stop." Such an simple, addictive game. For those not familiar with the game, it's a board game that was released in 1980 that's kind of like "Press Your Luck" meets "High Rollers" minus questions. It's a very tense game that actually requires a bit of strategy. Matt, being the Matt that he is, kicked both of our asses the three times we played it. Grrrrrr....
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