…only a day late.
So Friday afternoon I picked up takaza from work; because it was a Friday afternoon and it was raining slightly, traffic was of course a complete wreck. We opted to take our time heading back into the city, stopping by the Mount Prospect post office and checking out a cute little ice cream parlor nearby. The rest of the evening was a quiet affair, watching some Tivo and laptop-geeking.
On Saturday, mirkowuff came by, and we debated whether or not we would try to attend Irishfest. While it no doubt would have been fun, there was no one on the schedule who I just had to see, plus I wasn’t looking forward to the three-hour round trip. In the end, we bagged Irishfest and instead had lunch at Juicy-O’s (again) with crim_ferret, wyldekyttin, and Linnaeus. The place was as fabulous as it had been the week before, and I again ate way too much. Oog. The chicken and mushroom skillet was quite tasty, though.
After lunch Mirko and I headed over to LAFF Softball, where we wound up just hanging out and chatting with folks. Quite fun. And because we hadn’t had enough punishment, we went to LAFF Bowling, though I mainly just hung out with some friends and chatted (and enjoyed some Tasty Beverages). It’s not quite how I had envisioned spending the day but it was enjoyable nonetheless. I had fun chatting with ramalion, quasiskunk, rcfoot, bullethc, perro and darkwolph.
Sunday brought the Midwest FurFest Board Meeting, followed by the staff meeting. Useful meetings, and we got a good bit of stuff taken care of. Afterwards Dan and I had lunch with roho and genet, making plans for their upcoming wedding, where Dan will be acting as their photographer and I will be providing the music. When we got home, Dan laid down for a nap that became a very long night’s sleep instead; I noodled on my laptop and got some con-related stuff taken care of then it was off to bed.
Yesterday? Eh. Work. Last night we did watch the season finale of Treasure Hunters, the bastard child of Amazing Race and National Treasure, with some Survivor thrown in. All in all, the show was just dreadful, and we watched more out of obligation than anything else, since we had watched it up until then. The idea that the final three teams ended up in a small room that looked like an Egyptian tomb, but was actually in an abandoned factory on Baltimore Harbor was perfectly ludicrous, and the key to the final puzzle was…underwhelming. This is the kind of show where they don’t hint at any production interference, yet it’s patently obvious in places and leaves you deeply suspicious of the whole thing. The “reunion” segments were poorly paced, and their milquetoast of a host (who finally stopped [literally] phoning in his performance) had no control over the contestants; it was quite entertaining to watch him try to maintain order as everyone ignored him completely. Yeah, I suspect this show won’t be back, and if it is I recommend that everyone avoid it. But here’s something to look forward to: The Amazing Race 10 starts September 17! Yay!
And now, back to work…
I sadly gave in to watching the final episode of Treasure Hunters, simply because Hell’s Kitchen was done with. And I whole-heartedly agree with everything you’ve said. The whole “let’s make this look like an ancient tomb” was laughable, though I applauded the use of the square and compass in many of the puzzle props and associated symbols.
But, like every single other challenge, I figured this one out without even trying. They panned around the room upon first entering, and even remarked “The only symbol that isn’t repeated in here is the star.” I said ‘Press it. That shit always works in the movies.’ Lo and behold…
But how anticlimatic! Hey, you press the star, the fake door opens, here’s some shiny Scrooge McDuck coins! Whee. End.
I did tune out most of the live reunion, but also had to laugh how the host kept trying to wrangle everyone into order and the cast just completely ignored him. I knew going into it, especially when they said ‘We’ll reveal exactly how much the Genius’ have won, right after this’, that they’d each end up getting a million. Which leads me to believe that the amount would’ve increased or decreased according to the amount of players on each team. Not exactly fair, but eh, the show didn’t quite live up to any of the hype it tried to paint itself with.
Hi, The Amazing Race sounds fun, I wish I lived in the states to see it.
hi I’m Lynsey (a new furry) who happened by your journal. I’m 18 and live in Scotland and I was just wondering if you’d mind my adding you to my list you sound like a great fun person to know.