Well…had fun out with Tom last night but made a huge mistake of continuing to drink when I got home…feel like crap today..but I did win at pool so maybe that makes it okay…nope….it doesn’t. I guess it’s just from boredom but that’s no excuse. Oh, well…
Not much to do today…man…I’m just not thinking right now so I’ll stop…you don’t want to read when I’m not at my best so come back later…I’ll have had coffee and a shower that might make me feel and think human….
On my way home from shooting pool with Tom and we ran across some kids that were having fun jumping off the camelhump bridge between Ada and Cascade…something that every kid that lives in the area has done since the bridge was built…I’ve gone off it too many times to count as has everyone I know…what made this wrong was a Kent county cop had to stop and give those kids crap about it..”hey teacher, leave those kids alone”, leave them to be kids…why do we have to criminalize doing what every kid has done since forever? geez….
Well…need to get this one out early today since I have to be ready, willing, and able by 10 when the US faces Algeria in the World Cup this morning…but why did they have to have the England/Slovenia game on at the same time…might have to go out where I can have two screens…nope, can’t do that…going to shoot pool with Tom this aft and can’t start drinking that early…will need to take a nap and there just isn’t enough time before 3. Of course, I could just power through the day but I think I lost that ability about 20 years ago…along with the desire to do it….might be a thing to try at some point in the near future, though; just for scientific curiosity mind you…not that it may be fun.
That’s enough for now….it looks like big storms here in about an hour and if the damn dish goes out (again) I am going to scream….
Well…had a fun night out with G last night…finally found a dive bar to replace the LC that has Keno and we won some cash…at least enough to keep playing all night. Have a bunch of stuff to get done this morning so this one is going to be kind of short…take a look at the last one if you really need to read more…or should I say please, please look at the last one? Nope..that’s just not me…read if you want…I do have something to say to the repubs who think Obama’s arm twisting to get BP to pay for the spill is unconstitutional later so come on back…it will fit a theme that I have been trying to get across….
Well…no Sunday Funday yesterday and I’m a little disappointed, but having 3 days off with no booze was probably a good thing for both me and my liver…I do feel better and I do have Monday with G to look forward to. Have a bunch of stuff to do today which, of course, include more World Cup but I have to work on the wreck a little…I think the sleeping pills are starting to work…not a long duration of sleep but much deeper and less flailing around…have not found a pillow in the hallway outside my bedroom in almost a week…hey, I’ll take my progress anywhere I can get it. Hope you didn’t get turned off about yesterday’s post…but if you’ve read any of this stuff before you’ll know that there are still lots of things that I struggle with…even at my age…and that is one of the problems that I see with life…you’re supposed to get better at it as you get older….just a big lie; I think everyone hides that they are still the unsure, confused people they were when they were younger and the extra experience just makes you more experienced…that’s it…more later.
I’m hoping the newspapers will give me a topic for later this morning, but working on the wreck will push the next post back til later in the aft….or not, you’ll have to come back to check…
Hmmmm….don’t know where to start with this one…I could get philosophical and ruminate on what it means to be a father but I don’t know if I’m the person to do that since it has always been somewhat uncomfortable to me. The problem is I don’t know why…my kids are the best people I know, certainly better than I ever was.
Do you have clear memories of your father? I only have two; one really bad and one really good…I guess there was just not a lot of interaction between us; how could there be with 9 kids in the family? You can’t fault him for that, but as I get older I can see that we may have been more similar than I remembered until now. When I talked about my memories of Ernie Harwell, one of the clearest ones was of my father sitting in the red and white 55 Ford station wagon with the radio on listening to the Tigers; just trying to find some time to himself….something I find necessary for my mental health. Among the many thoughts that have recently worked their way into my consciousness is the fact that I am now the same age that my father was when he died…did he feel like I do now? It would be nice to be able to ask that question…I hope my kids feel comfortable enough to do what I never had the chance to….
Well…up again at 5:13 this morning….this is getting old but slept okay really…there is a weird thing about the sleeping pills, when they shut off they shut off…and you wake up with no chance of getting back to sleep. Isn’t watching the sun come up supposed to be romantic? Oh, I guess if there is someone there with you…alone, not so much and after 5 in a row it’s stating to be a pain. So, I decided to get the post done early. Not much to do today except take care of C’s house and buy some groceries at least…I’m down to the last thing I had in the freezer…some turkey soup that I made after the last turkey around Feb or so…a long time but it still tastes great. Need to put some aloe on my head from getting sunburned over the last couple of days but at least I’m getting a little color. More later…
Well…I did get the newspapers bagged but not out to recycling…too much World Cup and naps to take so that won’t get done until tomorrow. It was just so nice outside that I had to get the chair out and sit in the sun for a while….and, as you know, I’m trying to even out the biker’s tan…similar to a farmer’s tan and I’m sure you know what that is. So, of course, I stayed out for too long and got scorched but damn, is 45 minutes too much? Oh, well….have done lots more stupid things. Hmmmm….you’ll have to wait for outrage until later…I know I still have the Jon Stewart thing to write about but I’m just not feeling it so I’m not going to fake it…the outrage that is….more later…
Well…up early again this morning…but feel a little better now and hope that will continue for the rest of the day…no booze for the rest of the weekend since I really do need to take a rest for a while…need to do some cleanup around here…the leaning tower of newspapers is getting dangerously large and needs to be disassembled before there is mayhem everywhere….would probably register on the Richter scale if it falls over. I probably should go the the grocery store this morning, too, but just have no motivation to do it…so it may be fast food for the first time in about a month..or maybe more. Hmmmm…tacos from Taco Bell sound pretty good right now…I’m sure they’re not open at 6:30….they should be…haven’t you ever wanted a taco in the morning? More later…
It’s later…had what, at the time, sounded like a great idea for a new novel last night…I understand now how some of the great authors used booze to fuel their writing…but, I think you need the booze then to make sense of them…not a road I want to go down at this point but I may create a new category like new novel or something and try to write it in real time…would give me something to do.
Well…four nights out in a row and I am starting to feel the effects…going to skip coffee and newspapers this morning since I feel like crap, and the US takes on Slovenia at 10….watching the Germany/Serbia match right now and Germany is down 1-0…quite a surprise but the reffing is kind of off with way too may yellow cards.
Not too much to do today since I have no money in my pocket…well…75 cents and I can scrounge up some more change; I do have some money coming in this aft so I guess I can survive until then if I don’t go out. Heading back to the couch to finish the match…more later…