Okay…that was almost an outrage overload but I had to get that stuff out…you know how that feels. But I also feel conflicted that I am adding to the anger in everyday discourse but, at least in the examples I’ve cited, I think the anger is justified. There’s a difference in being angry about things that exist and just inventing things to be angry about…
Let’s move on to more fun stuff…did go fishing with Tom in the Grand River this aft…I caught two suckers, one of them almost 15 inches long, and Tom caught a smallmouth…drowned a dozen nightcrawlers to do it but it was kind of relaxing to be doing things we did from the same bank of the river 35 years ago. And, this time, there were no bubbles in the river from the runoff from Amway or the smell of soap that used to permeate the air in Ada. Yay!
I think I’ve used up all of my outrage for a couple of days…but don’t let that stop you from coming back..I’m still working on that change thing that I have been promising…maybe just a chronicling of what changes have happened? But change only exists as to it’s effect on people so I think that needs to be part of it. It’s gonna hurt but not talking about it is even worse….more later.
Well…not so long a night last night but was up watching tv at 4…oh, promised I would talk about that any more…so I won’t. It was kind of a busy day yesterday but that means that today will be kind of slow. Found out some things last night that I was expecting to hear but that didn’t make it any easier. I may share it at some point but let’s just say that it involves more and more change that has left me kind of numb to the effects over the past year or so…or not really numb but resigned I guess…
I am going to go fishing today with Tom so that will be fun and relaxing even when we don’t catch fish…what can be better than sitting in a park, watching the water, and getting some sun? I’ll let you know how it goes later in the day and I also will have another somewhat lucid comment I hope…the environment is getting target-rich again. More later…
Oh, the comment will probably be about Rick Barber and Sharron Angle and the absolute craziness coming out of their campaigns…it makes me smile….
Well…I’m kind of reluctant to share yesterday with you since it was really quite a boring day…no calls or texts from anyone, which I’m starting to get used to but don’t want to. There was the Germany England match in the world cup but it was so lopsided that I didn’t watch the whole thing. I did watch “Crazy Heart” with Jeff Bridges that I got from Netflix and I think that his Oscar was not earned for this one…kind of pedestrian writing, but was more a career thing.
What’s happening today? Hmmmm…not too much…need to work out and get a ride in and then do a bunch of stuff around here…still haven’t recycled the newspapers or worked on the wreck yet so that has to be done but I’m still not too motivated right now. Maybe after coffee…and I’ll try to get outraged about something and put together a post that will be of some interest…more later…
Well…I was right…I knew I was going to feel like crap this morning…but I should..getting started with beer and tequila with K at 2 in the aft is not that good of an idea…but it is fun. Going to skip the bike today since there are storms that have already come through and more on the way…and I need a rest anyway.
Not much to do today except watch the Netflix movie that has been in my mailbox for two days…oh, and it’s spider patrol day, too…have spiders in every corner of my bathroom so I guess it’s time to get out the vacuum. More later…
Well…another early morning…up at 5:30 again…yeah, I know, you’re getting tired of hearing about that so I’ll try not to comment on that anymore…but no promises….It’s the big day today! USA/Ghana and I think that is going to be the focus of my efforts…didn’t drink a lot last night so I feel pretty good today and will be having beer at the Mex place during the game…maybe food, too but I have some chicken and pork loin chops marinating in a Jamaican jerk mixture that was so good the other day that I had to make it again. So, I might just grill some stuff instead…who knows?
Other than that, it looks like a normal, kind of boring weekend but I just need to start finding more things to do by myself….there is free HBO on the dish this weekend so I’ll take some advantage of that after the game…so I’ll warn you right now….going to feel like crap tomorrow and will probably be much less lucid than normal…if I am lucid at all…there are times that I feel I am but not every day…although it’s getting better as I get farther into this thing…I guess practice helps…more later…
Well…did it to myself again last night and feel like crap again today…I hope this is just a spasm and not something more serious..we’ll see. Was thinking about the World Cup a bit and despite the diving, bad calls, and horns…I have really enjoyed the run that the US has put together. It’s a funny thing about soccer here in the US, there’s probably only one person in my group of friends that even care about the sport, but when I was out watching the last match surrounded by the guys from the Mexican restaurant, I could see really what the sport means to the rest of the world. I think I must look like an alien to those guys…an American that knows and cares about soccer…but it was their cheering for their adopted country and the chants of USA, USA…with a Mexican accent that made me grin.
I am going out for the next one…back to the Mex place for beer and food….go USA!
Oh…forgot to fill you in on the doings for today…having lunch with T at the Beltline but have to go grocery shopping this morning and maybe a haircut…I know a breathtakingly dull morning but that’s what my life looks like most of the time…
Well…the shower and coffee did work pretty well this morning…I felt pretty good after the bike ride; this was a pretty easy hangover and I think it has something to do with the fact that I’m sleeping better with the sleeping pills…but I’m going to stop them after this weekend just to see if my brain has been reset yet…hope so.
Where the heck can you find one of those cheap plastic webbed lounge chairs? I have been looking for a couple of weeks now and have looked at every store around here but Walmart…you know how I feel about them. It would seem like a relatively simple task to find one of those, they used to be everywhere you looked a few years back…maybe I’m out of touch? Just trying to get the old vitamin D up some by sitting in the sun…oh, well…
Nothing more right now…looking forward to just hanging out here tonight, watching Burn Notice and the new episodes of Futurama…yeah, I know, a cartoon, for an old guy like me? I appreciate comedy in any form (well, not Jackass)…and the writers do a great job…
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….
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….