1-Last night as I was feeding the animals, I switched between three TV sitcoms that all featured the same exact theme: Kramer, Balki and Carlton were all being auctioned off as bachelors in fund raisers. Should I take it personally that I've never been offered as bait to raise a few bucks for a local charity? I'd probably get at least a pity bid of 75 cents or so, enough to buy some napkins of plastic forks for a more productive fund raiser.
2-In the cats vs. dog battle, you have to give major points to the feline crowd for rarely feeling inclined to eat their own (or others) feces.
3-I'm hoping to really get in some great snow climbs this winter. I've been plotting out some new adventures in Rocky Mountain National Park so to my Colorado friends--get ready to have me bugging you to spend your winter mornings getting up way too early, spending the entire day in sub-freezing temperatures, getting lost in snowy forests and chipping your teeth struggling to ingest flakes of frozen Powerbars.
4-Shane MacGowan has to be one of the most intriguing artists out there. On the outside he's an unreliable, scatter brained, Irish drunk with the worst mouth of teeth you'll ever see on a human skull, and this includes the fossilized skeletons of Neandrathals. Yet, putting his gravelly voice to good use, he's produced some of the most moving and sincere words and poetry, almost like he enters a seance of brilliance before retreating back to his ragged exterior. I give him credit for having an incredible amount of heart and for somehow, still being alive.
5-For some unknown reason, I'm a big fan of Defender of the Crown for the old NES. It's admittedly a pretty crappy game but the idea behind it is cool--a strategy sim with some action sequences that pits you as a Norman Lord trying to reunite England in the middle ages. Recently I found out that the same developer, Cinemaware, put out an updated version of the game for the PS2 in 2003 called "Robin Hood-Defender of the Crown". I'm not a huge Robin Hood fan (well, maybe the Men in Tights version) but I may give it a shot. I assume it won't be too pricey.
6-Speaking of gaming, I really lost momentum in writing my Einhander FAQ for unlocking the secret "Selene" ship. It was a good three weeks of intense gaming focus to do so and one of my greatest gaming achievements to date (you must defeat the game on the hardest setting in using 2 or less continues; not an easy task for a rail shooter!) I completed the task right as I went through my last set of job interviews and prioritized the new gig at NatHab. Going back to something that focused is probably near impossible without dedicating some major time and plus I have a slew of new NES games to play, amongst them StarTropics and PinBall Quest.
7-I'm going to be doing some writing for Men's Journal in December, so I spent some time reading the online archives. They do have some decent articles, manly things like how to rebuild your car engine and getting all sorts of lumps where your abs should be. One article I found of interesting note was a suprisingly sincere analysis-quiz for men that pinpointed some of the possible things men look for in a woman's personality based on the outwards things we find attractive. It was refreshingly free of the perceived giant-boobs, weird plastic-like skin and bizarre, confused, vapid facial expressions that the media (including uhh.. Men's Journal) seems to think is a hit with the fellas.
8-Please take the Elmo shirt off your cat.
9-I wonder what kind of demonic region of the soul still causes an involuntary chuckle when watching some poor mtn biker go flailing over his handlebars? I mean, I've done it enough times to know it's not terribly funny from a first-hand perspective, but man that third-person view... I blame the Three Stooges.
10-For some bizarre reason, our restrooms here at work have no lights. Seriously, we leave the doors open and you just do your business with the ambient light from the hallway. Either it's a brilliant want to stay "green" or someone forgot to pay a very specific power bill.
