Frankenstein Feet
April 30, 2001
[Just for the record, I am not having the best day. Definitely down. Not much to do at work, which starts stuff out on a somewhat frustrating note. The company is so clearly in dire straights, and each new sign I see of it saddens me more. And then, stupid Wine.com is already out of business and is ripping me...
[Just for the record, I am not having the best day. Definitely down. Not much to do at work, which starts stuff out on a somewhat frustrating note. The company is so clearly in dire straights, and each new sign I see of it saddens me more. And then, stupid Wine.com is already out of business and is ripping me...
Lots 'o Time to Think in Left Field
April 27, 2001
I have to say, in a weird self-referential sort of way, that writing these daily missives has done a nice job of focusing me on the weird stuff around me, and making me more receptive to new experiences. When my brother called to see if I wanted to play softball tonight, I didn't have to think twice about it, even...
I have to say, in a weird self-referential sort of way, that writing these daily missives has done a nice job of focusing me on the weird stuff around me, and making me more receptive to new experiences. When my brother called to see if I wanted to play softball tonight, I didn't have to think twice about it, even...
My Entire Life Is Tracked
April 26, 2001
Much like the mountainous shaggy-mane wildebeest, I have been tagged, and my life is tracked down to the nearest half hour. When did everyone become so interested in how I spend my time? A couple of months ago, the cc ditched their old way of tracking volunteer hours, which consisted of volunteers writing a line into a log book at...
Much like the mountainous shaggy-mane wildebeest, I have been tagged, and my life is tracked down to the nearest half hour. When did everyone become so interested in how I spend my time? A couple of months ago, the cc ditched their old way of tracking volunteer hours, which consisted of volunteers writing a line into a log book at...
Pizza Party
April 25, 2001
It helps us communicate if we have a shared baseline for the worst movie ever. For purposes of ScottMcJ and my life, the worst movie ever was Lost In Space. It was terrible, it was random, it had absolutely nothing to redeem it other than pointless and not very impressive special effects. In the seventh circle of Hell, the damned...
It helps us communicate if we have a shared baseline for the worst movie ever. For purposes of ScottMcJ and my life, the worst movie ever was Lost In Space. It was terrible, it was random, it had absolutely nothing to redeem it other than pointless and not very impressive special effects. In the seventh circle of Hell, the damned...
Reptoids
April 24, 2001
I have been living with this game of Reptoids for so long that I can't remember any other way of being. Every time I pick up my little handheld Visor, I'll flip over to the Reptoids game in progress and try to rack up a few thousand points. Going to the bathroom at home? Take the Visor and put in...
I have been living with this game of Reptoids for so long that I can't remember any other way of being. Every time I pick up my little handheld Visor, I'll flip over to the Reptoids game in progress and try to rack up a few thousand points. Going to the bathroom at home? Take the Visor and put in...
Lost Wallet AGAIN!
April 23, 2001
Appallingly, I lost my wallet again on Saturday. I know I had pulled it out for the Visa at lunch that day, and now, six hours later, going through the McDonalds drive-through, I reach back and go to pull out ... nothing. It is deeply embarrassing not to be able to pay for your food. So I called Chinooks, and...
Appallingly, I lost my wallet again on Saturday. I know I had pulled it out for the Visa at lunch that day, and now, six hours later, going through the McDonalds drive-through, I reach back and go to pull out ... nothing. It is deeply embarrassing not to be able to pay for your food. So I called Chinooks, and...
Old Friends
April 20, 2001
What are you supposed to think about the steady menagerie of people who flow through your life? They stay a while, you make friends, you trade information and get vested in each other, maybe you have relationships, you help out with their problems, they weigh in on your issues ("Scott, you're weird"), you get bonded. You rarely, if ever, build...
What are you supposed to think about the steady menagerie of people who flow through your life? They stay a while, you make friends, you trade information and get vested in each other, maybe you have relationships, you help out with their problems, they weigh in on your issues ("Scott, you're weird"), you get bonded. You rarely, if ever, build...
No Time
April 19, 2001
Why don't pretty girls ice skate? I've been ice skating at least once a week since July of last year, and I can say with a fair bit of confidence that the world is full of pretty girls, and that not nearly a proportional sample of them make it onto the ice. I haven't paid much attention to the guys,...
Why don't pretty girls ice skate? I've been ice skating at least once a week since July of last year, and I can say with a fair bit of confidence that the world is full of pretty girls, and that not nearly a proportional sample of them make it onto the ice. I haven't paid much attention to the guys,...
Drugs and My Dad
April 18, 2001
My dad suggested we meet at a bar or something somewhere and talk about my whole drug thing over drinks when I approached him last week for feedback on my ecstasy curiosity. He's my dad. The source of almost all my humor and quirks. I am positive he was aware of the irony. We ended up having dinner at Racha...
My dad suggested we meet at a bar or something somewhere and talk about my whole drug thing over drinks when I approached him last week for feedback on my ecstasy curiosity. He's my dad. The source of almost all my humor and quirks. I am positive he was aware of the irony. We ended up having dinner at Racha...
Lawn Triage
April 17, 2001
Scott appeared in the garden in paint-splattered overalls and a sweatshirt with a cordless phone and a empty paper bag. He surveyed the garden with all its dandelions and other assorted weeds and grass, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Fifteen square yards of dirt and annoying greenery. Life to him seemed...
Scott appeared in the garden in paint-splattered overalls and a sweatshirt with a cordless phone and a empty paper bag. He surveyed the garden with all its dandelions and other assorted weeds and grass, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Fifteen square yards of dirt and annoying greenery. Life to him seemed...
Is It An Antique If It's Garbage?
April 13, 2001
Someone who goes to antique stores and can defend them should write me and tell me about the appeal. Last week, the promise of DVDs on sale led me into this big antique store on Highway 99 north of my house. It was bizarre. So very much crap, so lovingly displayed. This store was modeled on a flea-market/consignment shop concept....
Someone who goes to antique stores and can defend them should write me and tell me about the appeal. Last week, the promise of DVDs on sale led me into this big antique store on Highway 99 north of my house. It was bizarre. So very much crap, so lovingly displayed. This store was modeled on a flea-market/consignment shop concept....
Dogs, Trees, Butterflies
April 12, 2001
I realized this weekend that I am entirely okay with my dryer giving up the ghost any day now. It was an interesting feeling because there's a lot of stuff in the $300 price range that I would expect a lot more of than I do my dryer. A computer monitor, for example, should live forever. Lamps, which cost a...
I realized this weekend that I am entirely okay with my dryer giving up the ghost any day now. It was an interesting feeling because there's a lot of stuff in the $300 price range that I would expect a lot more of than I do my dryer. A computer monitor, for example, should live forever. Lamps, which cost a...
LSD's Still Unlikely
April 11, 2001
I talked with J~ on Sunday about my wanting to try ecstasy. He wasn't instantly on-board. Not terribly compelled by my enthusiasm for the possibilities offered by universal love. Which was fine. As expected, really. We didn't have a whole lot of time to talk because there was this whole big birthday party thing happening around us. Eventually we ended...
I talked with J~ on Sunday about my wanting to try ecstasy. He wasn't instantly on-board. Not terribly compelled by my enthusiasm for the possibilities offered by universal love. Which was fine. As expected, really. We didn't have a whole lot of time to talk because there was this whole big birthday party thing happening around us. Eventually we ended...
My Anti-Sex Amulet Protects Me From Spring
April 10, 2001
I've had two condoms in my satchel for the last two months or so. I put them right in the front pocket where I keep change and Chap Stick. Now, every time I need change or Chap Stick, I reach in and inevitably end up groping one of the condom packages, with all its chilly plastic squishiness. When I do,...
I've had two condoms in my satchel for the last two months or so. I put them right in the front pocket where I keep change and Chap Stick. Now, every time I need change or Chap Stick, I reach in and inevitably end up groping one of the condom packages, with all its chilly plastic squishiness. When I do,...
Maybe MDMA
April 09, 2001
Ask me how many drugs I have been around, and the list is pretty long. Not huge, but respectable. But to date, I've never sampled any myself because of the dreaded McJannet addiction profile. Apparently every link in our family DNA is permanently facing outward, crouched and ready to jump on the first passing bandwagon. Whenever a neat thing comes...
Ask me how many drugs I have been around, and the list is pretty long. Not huge, but respectable. But to date, I've never sampled any myself because of the dreaded McJannet addiction profile. Apparently every link in our family DNA is permanently facing outward, crouched and ready to jump on the first passing bandwagon. Whenever a neat thing comes...
Swordplay Under the Freeway
April 06, 2001
If you asked me if I ever thought I would find myself standing in the dark of night under the freeway at the 65th Street Park & Ride with a sword in my hand facing off against an SCA devotee, I would have laughed my head off. And yet, that is exactly where I found myself last night. Who would...
If you asked me if I ever thought I would find myself standing in the dark of night under the freeway at the 65th Street Park & Ride with a sword in my hand facing off against an SCA devotee, I would have laughed my head off. And yet, that is exactly where I found myself last night. Who would...
Ducks and Jesus
April 05, 2001
The women besides me are talking about daylight savings time, and how they just can't handle it. They're trying to compare it to jet lag, but I have to disagree on that. Of course, I've never had jet lag more than the tiniest bit, so maybe I'm not qualified to say, but it seems to me that the magic of...
The women besides me are talking about daylight savings time, and how they just can't handle it. They're trying to compare it to jet lag, but I have to disagree on that. Of course, I've never had jet lag more than the tiniest bit, so maybe I'm not qualified to say, but it seems to me that the magic of...
Bowling
April 04, 2001
Went bowling Friday last, of all the peculiar things to be doing. Whatever else you might say, bowling has found something of a niche for itself. It's one of the few remaining places that you can smoke in public, and it's one of not too many all-ages venues in the city. If there's an odd juxtaposition there, far be it...
Went bowling Friday last, of all the peculiar things to be doing. Whatever else you might say, bowling has found something of a niche for itself. It's one of the few remaining places that you can smoke in public, and it's one of not too many all-ages venues in the city. If there's an odd juxtaposition there, far be it...