It would explain a lot...

Tonight Stacey and I are going to pay a visit to little Elliot James Kurtz (or is it James Elliot?). I think we might also see his parents Charissa and Micah, I don't know, they might be around. I cannot believe that friends of mine have a child. I just know that I am not ready to be that selfless. I mean, when you have a baby, there is no more partying, no more staying out late, no more wild sex romps. Huh. Wait a minute. Maybe I already have a baby...

All I want for Christmas...

I did not post yesterday, as I had an uncharacteristically busy day at work. Nothing to be too concerned about just some loose end-tying and up-wrapping before the long break. You see, the drug production facility at which I work is shutting down for the holidays. I go home on the 23rd of December and do no return until the 3rd of January. But the best part is that all the while I get paid. And let me tell you, (and trust me because my two months on unemployment qualifies me to make this statement) there is nothing sweeter than free money. So for that upcoming week and a half, I plan on making a career change to professional napper with a snowboarding side-job.

Stupid Kevin brought his stupid free Ipod over to our weekly Amazing Race viewing. He is such a showboat. As I sampled the 40 hours of music that he has already loaded, I considered craftily swapping it out with one of my household items so that I might keep the device. Unfortunately as I surveyed the room the only objects in reach were my television remote control and the cat. I gave up on the idea figuring that he might catch on when I handed him back a grey tabby with a pair of headphones sticking out its ass.

Falalalalalalalala

I had a pretty good weekend. Lots of good happenings. Stacey and I finished up shopping for a few people on the Christmas list. Now all that is left is those who are truly impossible to buy for. You know the type. I am talking about those people who decide that they want something and immediately head out to Target or Best Buy or the local Mazda dealership and pick it up. How are you supposed to buy something thoughtful and fitting for the person who literally has everything? You basically have two options:

Option A is to get something that you are sure they will like. This route might seem great, but essentially all you achieve is the recipient’s possession of this particular item in duplicate. In fact, they will probably be wearing the item as you hand the gift to them.

Option B is a bit more daring. You can try buying something that you are sure they don’t have. A risky proposition as more often than not the reason they do not have it is because they think it sucks. Remember from Option A, if they liked it they would already have one (or maybe two).

Also, for you American football fans, the Seattle Seahawks got their first victory against a winning team. Narrowly skirting disaster in the last seconds of the game, the Hawks held on to a 4-point lead against the Minnesota Vikings. Perhaps they will be able to get to the playoffs after all.

Not to mention the new Husky football coach. UW brought on Tyrone Willingham to turn around their pathetic team. I have heard mixed reviews, but I am optimistic. Besides how can you get worse than 1-10? (Other than 0-11 of course.)

Shameless Plug

Our friend Kevin just got confirmation that his Ipod from freeipods.com is on the way. With a DHL tracking number in hand, this is conclusive proof that you can get something for nothing. I have redoubled my efforts to obtain my own Ipod absolutely free of charge, but need a little more help. If you are interested then please click the link cleverly named “Ipod” to the right. Sign up as one of my referrals and you can begin your own exciting quest to get five friends to sign up. Also, there are links to get a TiVo and $300 free as well.

I have managed to master the basic tasks that my new boss has charged me with. When I first started here, I was busy scurrying about completing these tasks from the time I walked into the door until closing time. But now, after some optimization, I have got the work down to mere two or three hours a day. I am now free to spend the rest of my time pretending to work at my computer.

Take me to another place, Take me to another land...

Only just recently, I stumbled upon a treasure mixed in among piles of unoriginal, uninspired and just plain stupid television programming. On Sunday nights on the FOX network, immediately following The Simpsons (a program that has somehow managed to take a spectacular nosedive from the pinnacle of hilarity into awe-inspiring inanity), there exists a sitcom, nay, a work of art, entitled Arrested Development. Now you may have already heard of this show as it did win the Emmy for best comedy last year, but if not then I suggest you start watching immediately.

I am not sure what it is exactly that I love so much about this show. It may be the smart writing, rife with irony-rich dialogue and clever sarcasm. It may be the unusually large but extremely talented cast. Or maybe it is the theme of Familial Dysfunction, something that everyone can understand in one way or another.

What is even more confusing is why the FOX network has decided that 8:30 on a Sunday night is the optimal slot for what has to be their best showing in years. It was probably decided by the same mastermind behind the Family Guy shuffle that ultimately led to the premature cancellation of that cultural phenomenon. I think I heard that FG had close to five different timeslots in its short two-and-a-half season run. A bloody shame.

So head out to your local Blockbuster and rent the entire first season of AD on DVD. Or if piracy is more your thing, check out Suprnova.org. You can easily burn through 6 episodes commercial free in the same time it would take you to watch one of those boring "classic" films. But this is in color.

Triumphant Return

It seems that my blog has suffered from a personal flaw that always seems to re-offend. When I experience something new and exciting, I attack the practice with great zeal. Be it hobby, pastime or task, the story is always the same. I will devote my whole self to the activity, passionately…..for about two weeks. At that point, I have lost interest in what might have recently seemed to outsiders as my life’s pursuit.

At several distinct points during my adult life I was convinced that I was going to be a photographer, a sculptor, a painter, a pianist, a beekeeper, a hockey player, a banjoist, a guitar maker and a magician. Each phase lasted such a short time, yet cost me so much money.

So, I have come back to my blog after several of you have suggested that I update. I am going to make an entry at least every couple of days. Thanks for the motvation.

As for my personal life a quick update: At the end of August, my contract with my employer expired. Try as they might, they could not find the resources to extend me a permanent position. This essentially left me unemployed. Always the optimistic one, I assumed a position in my field would be an easy find considering the experience and knowledge gained over the last eleven months. I had not considered the fact that the companies I could potentially work for would not be hiring. At all. Long story short: two months, a drained savings account and one strained marriage later I accepted a position at a major pharmaceutical company doing exactly what I was doing at the last major pharmaceutical company. YAY!

(OK, I was not going to be a beekeeper. But the rest are true.)