!sdrawkcaB nettirW si eltiT sihT
See, I'm being clever with that title.
That's what I do now, obviously.
So...this is the big update. I hope the sock situation adressed in my previous psuedo-update has been seen to, as I do not want to deal with an legal problems later.
Good.
So this is going to be a strange update, because I am going to try and incorporate as much as I can from the lost update from earlier in the week, where I accidently closed the window, losing all my hard, hard work (my average blog takes upwards of 7 hours to prepare; 16 if you include research and storyboarding!). So hang onto your kilts, because we are about to go on a ride more exciting than the fastest rollercoaster.
So as I never mentioned earlier, my folks have gone away for a couple of weeks. They left me $60 of grocery money, so that I would be able to eat and not startve to det, as I am wont to do. Here's the thing though...the little hamster wheel got turning in my head; "that's $60 for groceries," I thought, "but what if, by some stretch, I DIDN'T spend it on food at all? Why, I'd be up $60!" And this began "Operation: Acquired Taste". I started planning out my meals based on stuff we have around the house. We ran out of bread, so I had been making turkey sandwhiches on tortilla wraps until we ran out of those. I've been rationing my Oatmeal Raisin Crisp to make sure it lasts, which has been going well. I mostly drink water because we ran out of good drinks almost the day after my parents left (it took me a couple of days to get the hang of a more "liberal" food definition). Microwaved hot dogs? You've got it! Cheese and crackers? Damn straight! The one great thing I did manage, though, was a kick-ass omlette. It was really simple, but damn was it good. It's also funny to picture me cooking it, because flipping it over was a two-handed, two-spatula'd affair. Whatever works, right?
Along the same lines, at work earlier this week, there was a little celebration for someone who is getting married this weekend. The thing is, this celebration included Thai food. That got me thinking, which is always a dangerous thing. I signed the guy's card with probably the worst message ever ("Good work! -Dan"), and then proceeded to attend this party, and eat a really big lunch, which was good for me, because of the last paragraph.
Speaking of work, while walking to the catch the bus after finishing a hard day of not getting payed, I spotted something shiny on the ground. Ass I walked past, I saw that it was, in fact a CD. A Moby CD, at that! I contemplated picking it up, but at that point, I had already passed it by, and was almost at the bus stop. I did a lot more thinking, until I finally decided that I would, in fact, pick the CD up. By this time, I was already at the bus stop, so i walked back and picked the disc up. As far as I could tell, someone got to the stop-sign , and then just tossed the CD out their window, complete with jewel-case and booklet. I haven't, you know, listened to the CD or anything, but, damnit, I have a Moby CD!
Oh, EXCITEMENT:
Everyone remembers good old popcan fly, right? Well, the other day, something interesting developed...ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to POPCAN MOTH! Exactly the same situation as last time...annoying moth, empty popcan, heartless prison. This time, though, there were no promises of cheeses or anything of that sort. No, the fly experiment showed me that making promises like that only lead to dissapointment. Oh, and for the record, Moths are pussies. He didn't even last 2 days, but I assume that is just because he was in the darkness under that can, and I'd like to think that moths eat light, which is why they always fly around lightbulbs. It makes total sense if you think about it.
So this weekend, I am going up North, which is good, because there is food up there. There is also rum, which is another good thing.
I'm going to leave off with this, for now, because I beleive it is just about time to jam some food into me, and then see what is going on around here (SPOILER: The answer is nothing). I might add a little something else if anything comes up, but for now, I leave you with something i came up witha few months ago while drunk and in a cab. They are words of the greatest wisdom, which I spewed forth in the front seat, while drunken revellers sat in the back:
Life is like a simile
It was quite funny, and I even got the cab driver to laugh, which is a feat in itself, as they are known for their stoicism and "straight-shooter" attitude. For those of you who don't get it, christ, would it hurt you to open a book once in a while? Here. Seriously...
Anyways, I am off, like I said earlier, but will add a bit more if anything interesting should surface in the old hat-rack. If nothing else, I hope to have some more stories from the great up North to share when I get back tommorow afternoon. That bastard with the broken knees had better not show up if he knows what's good for him.
Dyko