September 15, 2004

Assorted Things

Despite this being my Summer of Not Much to Say, I've come across a few things that I've wanted to mention, but didn't quite to seem to warrant their own entries. So they're all here.

* I've gotten a little hooked on online Boggle. I've tied for first a few times, but never won outright. If you try it out, I'm usually in the 5x5 room under the name "bunko". It's go time!

* I've gotten into Aqua Teen Hunger Force bigtime. This would be the same A.T.H.F. that my friend Carter was telling me to check out two years ago. You may remember it took about two years of needling to get me to finally see The Big Lebowski. So if you have any ideas about what I should check out in 2006, start taking notes.

* Red Sox. Shhhhh. No comment at this time.

* Jessanne moved to New York last month to get started on her adult life. Some of us took a road trip to NY on Monday to visit her in her new place. Very cool. She'll do great.

* Speaking of one-day road trips, if you really want to know what caused my August 13th meltdown (scroll or whatever if you didn't read it), here's what happened. I drove up to Montreal with the intention of carousing and having -- y'know -- fun. Instead I watched four innings of a dismal Expos-Diamondbacks game, got disgusted, and drove home the very same night. In a pouring rain (the first rain I had seen in a week and a half...but I had only seen the sun from out the window of the bookstore). In quite a state. That's 12 hours of driving for a bowl of poutine, if you're keeping score.

* The quote that sums up this summer. A couple weeks ago, a new shiatsu massage place opened up in Harvard Square, and celebrated its grand opening by giving free massages to anyone who works in the area. My friend Stef (she of the mountain-climbing expedition) went over on her lunch break, came back completely happy and recommended it to me. "Nah," I said, "I don't like to do anything that feels self-indulgent." Does that sound as pathetic to you as it did to her?

* I updated the map I made of all the counties I've visited. My next trip may be to finish off New Hampster and Vermont.

* I despair of the upcoming election. My very serious fear is that a "terrorist attack" will cause a National Red Security Alert and the election will be postponed indefinitely. I guess we'll see.

Comments

i always tense up when someone tries to give me a massage. which is not said to give the impression that a whole lotta people are trying. but even the casual i-see-you're-at-the-computer-i-will-knead-your-shoulders-as-i-look-over-them move: tense. and i kinda feel you on the self indulgent thing.
AND did you say new hampster on purpose ? cuz i giggled for reals.

Posted by: christinie at September 16, 2004 10:35 AM

I enjoyed the map of counties you've been to. It's beyond me, though, how you can have missed beautiful McKean County, PA, home of Bradford, home of Zippo lighters. Shape up!
Oh, and, "Go Sox!"

Posted by: davey boy at October 25, 2004 03:02 PM

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