Yep, I’m still alive, though I don’t much feel that way.
Last weekend was a quiet one, which was good. We had planned on doing some cleaning, maybe some further planning for the party next weekend. Shortly after lunch, though, I started having some nasty abdominal pains. I attributed it to gas pains (something unusual for me, but not out of the question), dosed myself with some Pepto and we vegged out on the sofa, clearing the accumulated progammage from the TiVo (The verdicts: Firefly, John Doe – added to season pass. Push, Nevada – not added to season pass, may watch one more episode but probably not). I skipped dinner and went to bed feeling crappy.
On Saturday I felt somewhat better, only like someone had punched me in the gut a few times. We got some shopping done, and laid out tentative menus for the weekend (and we’re surprising folks with what they’ll be this time, so there. Nyeah 🙂 A little more laundry and some pizza for dinner and that was about it.
This week is tough for both takaza and me. He’s got the end-of-year accounting blitz going on, and I’m trying to get out some product for a customer on very short notice. We’re both busy and preoccupied, which really sucks, but that’s the way life goes sometimes. Dan’s allergies are acting up (due to leaf mold?) and the ache in my gut hasn’t subsided, so I’m off to the doctor tomorrow afternoon. Such fun.
Last night my gaming group made characters for our new Shadowrun campaign. I haven’t played Shadowrun in fifteen years, os I’m taking a while to re-learn the system. I promise not to ever gamer-geek in this space, but I did have quite a bit of fun creating my character: an 8’11” troll adept (think magically-enhanced martial artist) named Cletus. He’s quick and intelligent, things trolls aren’t supposed to be. He’ll be a fun character to play and wildly different from the ones I usually have played in the past.
Tonight it’s an evening of cleaning, doing laundry, and generally getting the place ready for company, since our first visitors start arriving Thursday night. Eek! So much to do!
Incidentally, I’m looking at the weather forecasts and see the very real possibility of not one but two different hurricanes/tropical storms whacking us this weekend. If that happens, NC Pride will be pretty much a washout but on the bright side, but on the bright side I can’t think of a group of folks who I’d rather be cooped up in the house with.
Oh, by the way – Serinthia, e-mail me about plans for this weekend.
Well I hope the weather works out for NC Pride this weekend. I really hoped to attend this year(would have been my first)….but venturing up to DC to see my wolfie and for Pandaguy’s picnic. Guess I’ll make an effort to get to the festival next year. Get well soon guys and make sure to bulk up on the Clartin….my allergies are going haywire as well.
If you get a lot of rain this weekend, drag everyone out for the afternoon show of Camp: the Movie at the Rialto Saturday afternoon. Lowbrow, silly, fun..
My returning love affair with the idiot box…
Push, Nevada is just too surreal for me. The shows I’m looking forward to this season are Birds of Prey (Smallville for the Gotham City set. I hope they don’t screw that up.), Alias (I watched one episode last season that rocked but it was in the middle of the season so I was lost.) and Fastlane, a cop show on Fox by McG, the same guy who directed Charlie’s Angels. So, it should be slick and mindless, which I need sometimes. Being out in the midst of BFE with cable and no car tends to cause you to watch just a bit more teevee, especially since the computer and idiot box are in the same room. 🙂
Geek away, I say.
Feel better.
The one thing I remember hearing about Push, NV is that it represents a return to the days in which advertisers had their products “pushed” during the actual show, and not just during the commercial. I forget what the advertiser/product is, but apparently the show is partially underwritten by some company that, in exchange, has it’s products displayed prominently during the show.
So does the action stop from time to time so people can bite off a big chunk of Velveeta? 🙂