Huh

I'd forgotten stuff about "The Black Hole".

Mainly I forgot the cheesy 80's intro. Still cool, though.

It was a bit annoying to have to sit through the main suite with a static screen before seeing any of the actual movie. Ah well. Stupid Disney.

My ADD prohibits me from taking in the entire movie in one sitting. I'm feeling oddly restless today. Dunno why.

Oh wait. ADD. Yeah. I knew that.

I got around to downloading my pics from the Kaboom party.

They came out pretty well. Only one really crappy pic that I didn't even bother to upload.

The Flickr uploader acted weird so I have duplicates appearing randomly, but I think I bumped most of 'em off.

Marc handed off more Naruto and Bleach to me. Joy! Sweet anime goodness.

Erik's latest blog post hints at possible illness, so I guess I should consider a "plan B" for Saturday. Maybe I'll finally see "Iron Man" if the game goes south.

Eh. I'll worry about it if it happens.

Another week begins

Nothing says awesome like coming back to the office on a Monday morning and having a package from Amazon.

"Army of Darkness" on DVD. Yes!

And on a truly random whim, I got "The Black Hole" (the Disney flick) on DVD as well. I have no idea what prompted me to get those movies, but there you are.

Good lord. It's nearly halfway through May already. What the hell happened this year? It feels like it was January just yesterday.

Of course the unseasonably cool weather probably has something to do with that. The weather wonks claim we're getting hit with a heat wave as soon as tomorrow. A sudden spike in hot temps does not fill me with joy, but alas, I was not consulted by Mother Nature on what lies ahead.

Probably revenge for my claim yesterday that dry winters tend to give us cool summers.

Damn you, ironic universe!

So Steve's final Kaboom party along the Embarcadero was quite enjoyable. It was a solid nerd-crowd of gaming developers and Second Lifers, for the most part. I passingly knew about half of the party's crowd. I was more than a little surprised to meet someone among Steve's co-workers who is associated with my friend Vicky, formerly from my company.

Small world indeed.

And Mother's Day went quite well. I love living in the 21st century when Amazon gift certificates satisfy. I was able to perfect the brownie recipe in this "all edges" pan and present it as part of dessert for everyone.

Mmm... brownies.

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Friday's sci-fi offerings were tolerable. I'm still enjoying the "Sarah Jane Adventures" even though they're very much kiddie-fare. The "Dr. Who" episode entitled "The Planet of the Ood" wasn't as preachy as I'd feared. The Doctor's latest companion, Donna Noble, isn't as screechingly annoying as I'd feared. Overall I'm enjoying this season a lot.

And then there's BSG.

I found Friday's BSG a tad lackluster. I find the scattered portrayal of Starbuck more than a little irritating this season. Who the hell would follow such an obvious crazy person? And some of the decisions they made... I mean who would seriously risk an injured man's leg getting amputated just to risk meeting and making a tenuous alliance with the fuckers who nearly annihilated humanity?

When the Cylon woman is saying "this is a bad idea", it should've been a tipoff. And the writers had her just randomly jump over to volunteer to help Starbuck... gah!

It's like the BSG writers are dropping a lot of acid now. The character motivations don't make any sense anymore.

Saddens me.

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This coming weekend is our next game, this time at Chez Erik. It's nice to have something to look forward to.

That reminds me. I must load up on the allergy drugs.

Aaah... Zachary's

Best 'za I've ever had.

And that pretty much does it for me for the immediate future. It was delish, but the powers on-high have spoken. I gotta keep away from the yummy stuff.

Getting old sucks.

'Za!!!

Aaah... stuff done.

While I await news, I treated myself to what was possibly the most magnificent breakfast ever.

Soon... Zachary's.

Mmm....

Yes. I'm food-fixated.

I'm comfortable with that.

Chez Panisse

Has GREAT lunches.

Just sayin'.

Aaah...

This week has been utterly insane.

My company had its major software release on Tuesday. That essentially meant that Tuesday was non-stop patching of information wounds all over the place. I think I was pretty much spinning around from 5am 'till about 3pm and still had stuff to do yesterday.

It's nice to feel needed. It would have been nicer if I hadn't been savagely brutalized by allergies.

Now everything's out-the-door and the celebrations begin.

The allergy meds have the annoying side-effect of making me really hungry, in addition to all the other fun things they do. So yesterday, I was starving. I decided I wanted pasta (something filling but not likely to jack up my cholesterol and all that fun stuff). So I had an impromptu lunch at Pasta Pomodoro and talked one of my co-workers into walking over to share lunch.

Pasta is the best food on Earth.

Just sayin'.

So today my department has our department lunch. I'm not supposed to say where we're going but suffice it to say... it's really nice.

My manager is the best ever.

No exaggeration.

After that we'll come back to the office and the company is having an ice cream social to celebrate the release.

Yes. Ice cream.

I love working here. I'd probably be happier if I weren't lactose intolerant.

I'm taking tomorrow off to deal with appointments. I've decided to personally celebrate the release and other things by having dinner at Zachary's.

Zachary's Pizza... oh how I've missed ye.

I can't wait.

Then it's the Kaboom party on Saturday and Mother's Day on Sunday.

Non-stop celebrations! Woo-hoo!

Now I'm hungry.

Endtimes?

I admit I'm a bit sketchy about watching most television. If it's not action-driven or sci-fi-ish, I'm probably not going to be into it.

That said, I find myself startled when I look at IMDB's television listings and see shows called "Wife Swap" and "Supernanny".

And they've apparently been on for a while.

What the hell?

I can't figure out if this is one of the reasons why the average American has the comprehensive skills of a fifth grader or if this is just a result of average Americans being so... ah... challenged.

Boggles the mind.

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I don't know exactly what's blooming or filling the air right now, but sweet mother of mercy are my allergies killing me. I usually shun allergy drugs because I've developed a resistance to them in the past and I want to save them for when my allergies are really bad.

I'm loaded on drugs right now.

I'm taking Friday off to deal with personal stuff. I can't wait to be able to sleep in.