Scatterbrain
You know, as much as I love October and think this is the best time of the year, I’m really anxious for this October to be over.
– The weather has been crap. I want a crisp, brisk, autumn. Instead, it’s rained like all but 6 days this month. I’m usually not affected by weather (I live in Minnesota, after all) but this garbage is for the birds.
– I’m staying up until midnight or later almost every stinkin’ night trying to get my new book(ANNA 2.0) done during Shocktober. Seriously. I had an EMT call last night and didn’t get home until 10:30. I sat down when I got home and kicked out a couple scenes like it was nothing. Of course, when I went to bed, I had ideas and plot twists and character developments circling around in my head. I ended up falling alseep somewhere around 1:30.
– We still have to make my kid’s ‘Pope’ costume. My wife asked her mom if we could use her sewing machine to put the whole thing together. She said: ‘You know, you’re making a mockery of the Pope by doing that.’ To which my wife responded: ‘That’s the point of Halloween, Mom.’ I wonder, do cowboys, French maids, and zombies get all riled up when they see people dressed like them on 10.31.07? I’m thinkin’ ol’ Pope Benedict won’t lose a wink of sleep.
– A few days until I get the ultimate obstacle in the way of my writing progress. Despite warnings from some of my faithful readers, I’m going to ‘nerd-out’ and get an Xbox 360 and a copy of Halo 3. (I already bought Dead Rising and I’m STOKED to play that) It’s going to be a battle of willpower this weekend with the wife n’ kid out of town and my penchant for blowing stuff up on the 60″. Bliss.
Random Thought: This morning on the radio, one of the ‘personalities’ I listen to used the expression ‘sick as a dog.’ I’ve heard it a million times, but I never really thought about it too hard. I mean, sure. We’ve all seen a dog yak in the yard or make a brown yard malt when their stomach’s are upset, but really…is that the pinnacle of sickness?
Oh…man, I’m sick as a parakeet.
Yeah. I guess dog is better.
I wonder what she would think about the chest my friend made from me. It has a picture of Vishnu with a pope head glued over Vishnu’s head in the main section. It’s my favorite piece of furniture.
Surprisingly enough, I’ve lived in Minnesota. I went to Gustavus Adolphus College.
Wendy – If I had that, I think it’d be my favorite piece of furniture too. For now, I’ll have to settle with my ‘Jeaus Hates It When You Smoke’ ashtray.
Since I don’t smoke, it’s a coaster for my delicious soft drinks.
I’ve had a few dogs as a kid, and I can’t remember them getting sick at all. A few ran away. Some got hit by cars. One was put to sleep because of a problem with her leg. But throwing up. That’s what cats do. So why not, sick as a cat?
“make a brown yard malt”
Thomas,
Where do you get this stuff? ROFLMAO!!
AH! 360! Hit me up with an e-mail and we’ll get a game of Halo3 in together. I’ll find some time when the kids are asleep or something. I haven’t played it online yet so I’m prepared to get schooled.
And Dead Rising was so awesome that I’ve beaten it 5 times. Normally, I can’t even get all the way through a game.
Done and done. I’m a night-gamer too, since my wife gets motion-sickness watching 3rd person shooters.
As long as you don’t make fun of my voice, it’s a done deal. Hopefully, I’ve still got you on my account. I haven’t used it for over a year.
Dead Rising. I can’t wait. Seriously. It’s over for me.
So, I just dropped a mortgage payment keeping my Miniature Schnauzer Lucy alive last week. I am very comfortable with the phrase “Sick as a dog” now, when I may have previously been confused by it.
Now that she’s feeling better, I am rewarded for my monetary investment with a dog that does nothing but sleep on my couch. I know what you may be thinking: “Let sleeping dogs lie”.
My life has become a series of animal related metaphors.
Once again, you made me laugh outloud. Sick as a parakeet? How do you think of those things? Mr. Shumway wants to get an xbox 360. “It’s only 500.00 for the whole package honey.” “Yes, but I’ve been wanting a new sofa for the living room for over a year and you keep saying we can’t afford it!” I think I won. For this month. It would make his day if only I would learn to play HALO. But I tried for a whole day once, and after my 13 year old son got me out of the “room” I was spinning circles in for over an hour, I decided I wasn’t cool enough for such a cool game and haven’t tried again.