Been Busy
Hey y'all,
It's been a while since I've posted anything but it's been a hectic could of weeks around here, actually.
Starting back a couple weekends ago, my dad came to visit/work on our house. The plan was for him to come up on Thursday and install new doors on our house while Liz and I were at work on Thursday and Friday. When we came home from work and over the weekend, we could visit a good bit. Well, the weather report called for rain all day that Thursday so Dad decided to stay home and come later that evening. Naturally, it didn't rain.
So, anyway, Thursday night, the three of us bummed around the town to "see the sights." In Rochster, that didn't take long. However, we did go out to a new place to eat called Newt's. I had a burger with two fried eggs on it. Is it breakfast? Is it dinner? Who cares!? It was delicioso! Num, num, num, num, num! (For any of you suddenly feeling the need to burst into a rousing chorus of "Backpack, Backpack" I'm very sorry for you...both of you.)
Work on the doors began the next day while Liz and I were away at work and continued sporadically throughout the weekend. Dad finally finished them up eatly in the week. They look great and, unlike our old doors that preferred to devour keys, these work!
Aside from that, we spent time just hanging out. We rented Kung Fu Hustle (which we later purchased) and loved it. This movie has something for everyone. If you like comedies, this one's just hilarious. If you like action movies, well, it's still a Kung Fu movie so there's plenty of action to be had. And if you're one of those folks that likes those artistic movies, well, this one's damn funny. Deal with it. If you haven't seen it. Watch it. It's hilarious. Better yet, just come over to my house (unless of course you're some weird stalker-type that I don't know...exceptions can be made for remarkably hot lady-types) and watch it with us.
After Dad left, Liz and I spent the rest of last week trying to get the house ready for a fantasy football draft party to be held at our place last Friday and Nate to come and visit for the weekend. I also got a few more coats of paint on the shutters and got them back up on the front of the house. Somewhere in there, we had to wedge in a soccer match that ate up most of last Wednesday night (which we did manage to win). So, that was most of last week, honestly. Unfortnately, I still haven't finished cleaning out the garage from the door/shutters project so I have more work to do. *sigh* But soccer again tonight, so it won't be happening just yet.
So we made it to last week Friday, the night of the draft, and I get a call from my good buddy, Nate. Turns out his car has decided to chirp like a cricket instead of purr like a panther and he was unable to make it to Rochester for the weekend. (See the "Nate Misses Out" section later on...) Anyway, without Nate present, we missed out on our first opportunity to have everyone together for our fantasy football draft. Ahh, well. Lizzy had Nate on the headset all through the draft and, really, it went very well. As long as the greatest fantasy team ever is lead by players such as Jake Plummer, Edgerrin James, and Torry Holt, I believe I've succeeded in drafting the best fantasy team ever. Don't think so? Too bad. You're wrong! :D
With Nate not coming, Liz and I suddenly found ourselves with nothing to do for the weekend. As it turns out, some friends of ours (Mary and Ryan) in Rochester had just bought a boat and decided they wanted to go up north and try it out. So off we went.
After a couple hours driving, we made it there and managed to get the boat in the water (although trying to back a boat trailer up to the water is no picnic) and, apparently, not something any of us do with any sort of regularity. Mary tried to get it backed in for quite a while before getting frustrated and had me do it. Ahh, well. A little practice and she'll be golden.
So, after getting the boat into the water, we headed out to the lake. It didn't take us long to realize that was not such a wise decision. The wind was blowing straight in off the lake and fairly hard. Being total landlubbers, we didn't think much of it, but we weren't far out before we realized that a little 16 foot boat doesn't do well in 3-4 foot waves. So, out the channel we went and then right back around and back in to dock. Disappointed, we all sat on the dock and drank our sorrows away with some drinks. Heck of a maiden voyage, really. :D
The rest of the day was spent hitting balls on the driving range, gorging ourselves on delicious food, and sitting in the hot tub until we, like the old people that we are, got tired and went to bed around 10 PM.
The next morning, we had breakfast and packed up to head for home. Liz and I just relaxed for most of the afternoon and then Liz was kind enough to make me a wonderful birthday dinner. We had rib eye steaks on the grill with home-made onion rings and a bottle of wine. For dessert, we finished off with grilled pineapple in butter rum glaze topped with ice cream and fresh blueberries. See what you missed out on, Nate?
After dinner, we sat down to watch a movie. Apparently, we picked a poor time to do so as my entire family called within about a 15 minute time-span during the movie. Ahh, well. It's always good to talk to the fam and I can watch a movie any old time.
So that was the end of the weekend. Now it's back to the same old, same old. Work is irritating as I now need to wait until Thursday to meet with a doctor to give "her blessing" on a project that she'll have little interaction with. Of course, the project should have been in production two weeks ago, but that just seems to be the way things work around here. So, for now, I'm just biding my time, I guess. Grrr....
Anyway, I should run - I've got a soccer match in just a little while.
Cheers, all!
It's been a while since I've posted anything but it's been a hectic could of weeks around here, actually.
Starting back a couple weekends ago, my dad came to visit/work on our house. The plan was for him to come up on Thursday and install new doors on our house while Liz and I were at work on Thursday and Friday. When we came home from work and over the weekend, we could visit a good bit. Well, the weather report called for rain all day that Thursday so Dad decided to stay home and come later that evening. Naturally, it didn't rain.
So, anyway, Thursday night, the three of us bummed around the town to "see the sights." In Rochster, that didn't take long. However, we did go out to a new place to eat called Newt's. I had a burger with two fried eggs on it. Is it breakfast? Is it dinner? Who cares!? It was delicioso! Num, num, num, num, num! (For any of you suddenly feeling the need to burst into a rousing chorus of "Backpack, Backpack" I'm very sorry for you...both of you.)
Work on the doors began the next day while Liz and I were away at work and continued sporadically throughout the weekend. Dad finally finished them up eatly in the week. They look great and, unlike our old doors that preferred to devour keys, these work!
Aside from that, we spent time just hanging out. We rented Kung Fu Hustle (which we later purchased) and loved it. This movie has something for everyone. If you like comedies, this one's just hilarious. If you like action movies, well, it's still a Kung Fu movie so there's plenty of action to be had. And if you're one of those folks that likes those artistic movies, well, this one's damn funny. Deal with it. If you haven't seen it. Watch it. It's hilarious. Better yet, just come over to my house (unless of course you're some weird stalker-type that I don't know...exceptions can be made for remarkably hot lady-types) and watch it with us.
After Dad left, Liz and I spent the rest of last week trying to get the house ready for a fantasy football draft party to be held at our place last Friday and Nate to come and visit for the weekend. I also got a few more coats of paint on the shutters and got them back up on the front of the house. Somewhere in there, we had to wedge in a soccer match that ate up most of last Wednesday night (which we did manage to win). So, that was most of last week, honestly. Unfortnately, I still haven't finished cleaning out the garage from the door/shutters project so I have more work to do. *sigh* But soccer again tonight, so it won't be happening just yet.
So we made it to last week Friday, the night of the draft, and I get a call from my good buddy, Nate. Turns out his car has decided to chirp like a cricket instead of purr like a panther and he was unable to make it to Rochester for the weekend. (See the "Nate Misses Out" section later on...) Anyway, without Nate present, we missed out on our first opportunity to have everyone together for our fantasy football draft. Ahh, well. Lizzy had Nate on the headset all through the draft and, really, it went very well. As long as the greatest fantasy team ever is lead by players such as Jake Plummer, Edgerrin James, and Torry Holt, I believe I've succeeded in drafting the best fantasy team ever. Don't think so? Too bad. You're wrong! :D
With Nate not coming, Liz and I suddenly found ourselves with nothing to do for the weekend. As it turns out, some friends of ours (Mary and Ryan) in Rochester had just bought a boat and decided they wanted to go up north and try it out. So off we went.
After a couple hours driving, we made it there and managed to get the boat in the water (although trying to back a boat trailer up to the water is no picnic) and, apparently, not something any of us do with any sort of regularity. Mary tried to get it backed in for quite a while before getting frustrated and had me do it. Ahh, well. A little practice and she'll be golden.
So, after getting the boat into the water, we headed out to the lake. It didn't take us long to realize that was not such a wise decision. The wind was blowing straight in off the lake and fairly hard. Being total landlubbers, we didn't think much of it, but we weren't far out before we realized that a little 16 foot boat doesn't do well in 3-4 foot waves. So, out the channel we went and then right back around and back in to dock. Disappointed, we all sat on the dock and drank our sorrows away with some drinks. Heck of a maiden voyage, really. :D
The rest of the day was spent hitting balls on the driving range, gorging ourselves on delicious food, and sitting in the hot tub until we, like the old people that we are, got tired and went to bed around 10 PM.
The next morning, we had breakfast and packed up to head for home. Liz and I just relaxed for most of the afternoon and then Liz was kind enough to make me a wonderful birthday dinner. We had rib eye steaks on the grill with home-made onion rings and a bottle of wine. For dessert, we finished off with grilled pineapple in butter rum glaze topped with ice cream and fresh blueberries. See what you missed out on, Nate?
After dinner, we sat down to watch a movie. Apparently, we picked a poor time to do so as my entire family called within about a 15 minute time-span during the movie. Ahh, well. It's always good to talk to the fam and I can watch a movie any old time.
So that was the end of the weekend. Now it's back to the same old, same old. Work is irritating as I now need to wait until Thursday to meet with a doctor to give "her blessing" on a project that she'll have little interaction with. Of course, the project should have been in production two weeks ago, but that just seems to be the way things work around here. So, for now, I'm just biding my time, I guess. Grrr....
Anyway, I should run - I've got a soccer match in just a little while.
Cheers, all!
posted by MC at
Monday, August 29, 2005
2 Comments:
Ha , Kung Fu Hustle...funny you should mention that. Last week a coworker told me I would like it. He described a scene where some guy was trying to be an assasin, throwing cheep rusty steak knives at some guy with his partner. apparently, each knife thrown managed to bounce around the room and stab the poor stupid wannabe assasin. After the 4th throw, his partner takes one, and proceeds to pull back to throw it...stabbing the poor fellow again.
While my description is not nearly as amusing as a subtitled botched assasination surely should be, it set the tone for the movie for me. I must see it now, especially as it is now recomended twice over :)
-dave
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Anonymous, At
1:33 AM
Ahh, yes. The scene you describe is a real gem. After getting stuck with three knives (the third being stuck into him from his partner), the partner, feeling bad for having stabbed his friend inadvertantly, pulls the last knife from his arm. Of course, the stabbed man winces in pain. At the sight of that, the partner feels bad again and, in order to "right his wrong" sticks the knife back where it came from - directly into his friend's arm.
That, of course, was just before the partner dumped a handful of live cobras onto his friend.
Truly excellent.
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MC, At
12:38 PM
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