Tired now... must sleep....

wow what a few weeks this has been. work has been like being in a slave farm or at bootcamp or something (not that i have ever experiences either of the aforementioned allegorical situations… but i believe my experience to be … well at least comparable. at the very least. am i being overly ostentatious? pretentious maybe? perhaps).

Bridget and i will be at a really promising halloween party tonight. we both helped decorate the venue a little, and Dave, the host and his wife Joyce really get into the whole halloween thing so i am excited too. it is kind of an ‘office party’ actually but there will be spouses in attendance and of course there will graciously be made available a healthy dose of everyone’s favorite social lubricant.

sunday will bring with it the other party that we will be attending this halloween. we will be having a very civilized, southern themed dinner at the home of some good friends. and more like than not, some prodigious quantities of alcohol. premium quality, lest there be any confusion.

after sunday’s party comes something else that i have been yearning for, for some time now: a little bit of absolutely nothing. period. it seems like lately both Bridget and i have been so preoccupied with everything extra curricular, it is just gotten to be ludicrous . everyone needs to have some time to spend with someone you love and not do anything.

absolutely nothing.

just being there… or maybe playing a little 1-on-1 tekken on the ps2.

anyway… i really don’t feel like ranting right now (i know, i know: it is too late. you are all firgging hilarious. hah ha ha.), these last few weeks have really take it out of me. but i am making a conscious effort to keep this baby updated. so there.  

also, i did take some cool pictures of the setup of dave’s basement all festooned ala ‘night of the living dead’ or ‘tales from the crypt’  or something. i’ll throw up a link after i post them.

out for now

The Dilbert Blog: Good News Day

please please please read this:The Dilbert Blog: Good News Day.

sorry for not being here the last couple of days... i should have some time to sit down and write tonight.

A Homecoming... of sorts.

this last weekend was edinboro's homecoming ...  and in spite of the annual drunken stupor, amidst the hedonism that was abound... bridget and i decided that we'd have a nice, quiet weekend
 
... and we did, so much so that we were even the recipients of a pleasant surprise... some old friends from ol'centennial hall dropped in to visit their old alma mater and were nice enough to pay us a visit.
 
but that was sunday... saturday we avoided the town , with dyed-in-the-wool tenacity, as much as humanly possible... bridget actually, got to go up to the outlets have some time with her mom, i was in erie helping prepare for what promises to be one (of two that we will be attending) kick ass halloween party .... but that is another story for another post... back to our guests...
 
it really was nice to see missy, mervi and cecil again. man ... so much has changed since we were all college students.... that was some fun times and i would be lying if i said that i didn't miss that life. martini's in mark's room, red deaths' and wop-me-downs at the boro, watching a legally blind ken kick frat-boy ass at pool in the keg..., breakfast philosophy with keiser in the caf, making everclear punch and watching 'black-sxploitation' movies with rummer... killer uno and risk tournaments in the lounge.... and of course there was the simpsons... every night man... just like, no, it was religion.
 
and so much more.
 
lest we get distracted, let me reiterate: i miss that life, truly i do, but given the chance to relive it i would invariable, but politely decline. i love my life and where i am; being all too aware that i am (to steal a quote from a soon to be released game) On the Rain-Slick Precipice of ... Adulthood.
 
anyway, in passing miss had made mention of this little post of mine from last fall and too of her enraged reply... truth be told i do remember reading it and had good intent to comment on it. alas this too was swept along the wayside in my usual languor, and while i have been quoted as saying that is not better late than never, i believe that is does deserve, at the very least a redaction or even an addendum ... of sorts:

there are those friends, friendships that get, for lack of a better word, adjourn. those relationships that, due to inescapable circumstances get put to stasis. theses relationships are still special though, because just like a maple in spring that buds all over to the point that you almost forget it was bare just a few months ago, these friendships seem to pick up almost exactly where you left off, almost like there was not divide between then and now. almost...

i neglected to mention these friendships in my aforelinked rant and for that i apologies. whether it changes the message or the core emotion i was trying to get across with my harangues.... well i'll leave that to you.

i have rambled on enough for today.

~m  

Spending some quality time with Pandora

wow... what a week this has been... i have probably had one of the most rigorous work weeks i have ever had... ever...

tgif baby, seriously...

anyway i don’t really know how this has gone on without me hearing about it for so long! it is absolutely one of the most wickedest internet radio stations/concepts/ideas i have ever seen... it is called pandora and is from the same guys that did came up with the music genome project... here is that wiki. basically it is billed as a “a music listening and discovery service” and truth be told... i actually did discover some interesting stuff.

anyhoo... i am having an absolute ball with this thing... here is the first station that i created. check it out... if you don’t like it... just create your own...

have a good weekend yall.

~m

Welcome to The Black Parade

i have only just started listening to my chemical romance... not a bad band.

this is from their upcoming album the black parade. quite good really... i may actually pick this one up when it comes out later this month.

~m

Of Roto-tillers, Antiquing and a Standing Rib Roast

this weekend was a blast... Bridget’s parents were up to visit and it was just great! she and i made chicken with 40 cloves for dinner on friday and then we all sat down in the newly finished room and just killed a couple bottles of good wine...

Jim and i actually got a lot done on the house on saturday ... and i have to say that using a roto-tiller is probably one of the most manly or ‘guy’ kinda things that one can do with out breaking the law... that bloody bugger just tore right through everything....

that evening we had a perfectly cooked standing rib roast, done in our RonCo™ (the ‘set it and forget it’ guy) rotisserie... couple that with a couple bottles of some really nice 2003 Bordeaux... ah... the good life

sunday was all about the antiquing in Meadville, lots to see but most of it was really overpriced.

hope you had a similarly good weekend...

~m