Wow!
Hi, my name is Chris and it's been 22 days since my last blog entry. Three weeks people? Really? That's just crazy. I've had tons of things to complain about in that amount of time and plenty of things to talk about also. I just haven't shared any of it with any of you. I apologize for that. I am alive and well. I might even say that I'm "thriving" though that might jinx me. I've been wrapped up in a lot of time at the gym lately among other things. I'm on a quest to hit 160 lbs. by Nov. 1. I don't think it's going to happen, but I am adding some muscle so it's fine. I guess that's something. Anyway, here are some things that I wanted to blog about but didn't take the time -
1. Somehow, I managed to win best in show at a pumpkin carving contest. This was semi-insane. There were like 8 entrants or something so it's not like I'm Picasso. Still, I'm no Picasso so this is wild. I might even get a picture up at some point. At the rate I'm blogging lately though, don't hold your breath. Bishop Allen has a song called You Ain't No Picasso, by the way. Great song.
2. I figured out that the manager of my local Starbucks is named Shamus O'Toole. I have a business card with this name on it. Have you seen Wedding Crashers? It's one of the pseudonyms that Owen Wilson uses. When I quizzed the barista about this, she started laughing right away. She knew all about this apparently. I guess I was the first non-employee to pick up on this though. I'm not sure if this is good or bad. My caramel macchiato was excellent that day though also. The evil empire can really rock on a weekend morning/noon time.
3. As I've been in the gym a lot, I wanted to talk about the silly people that spend way too much time on weight machines. I do about 3 sets of whatever I do and take 30 seconds between sets and I'm off. If you want to take a minute between sets, I'm down with that. Anything more than that and I wonder about you. I sometimes notice these "slow" people on my machine when I've got my eye on it from afar. It seems like they take forever. On this one particular day at my Bally's though, I actually happened to check the clock. I watched this guy sit on the Incline Chest Press for a solid 20 minutes! I only saw the guy do one set too! This was just crazy. The gym isn't for napping people. Do your thing and move on. This guy probably goes home and tells people things like, "man I really worked out hard, I was at the gym for 4 hours today." His friend all wonder why he still looks so out of shape.
4. I surprised Swartz in AZ for his birthday. We watched the WSOP episode again and had all kinds of good times. It was top-notch all around. The Swartz clan are dynamite hosts. They are so good in fact that I'm going back again on Friday. This time, I'm thinking there will be a lot more poker involved. I'm quite fired up for this. The fact that it's 85 degrees there doesn't hurt much either.
5. I'm working hard at my poker game again. It feels good. I can't play on Party Poker anymore though as they are no longer accepting U.S. players. This is pushing me to the Democratic Party people. I'm serious. I care about relatively few political issues as I feel like our gov't is mostly impotent. Taxes is one. What happens with online poker is probably number two on the list. I can't get over this stupid legislation. What is happening in our country? Every European nation makes it legal, and we go the idiot direction? Don't even get me started on the state lottery and how this so hypocritical. It makes me ill. How am I am going to afford to herd sheep full-time if they keep this crap up?
6. The World Series is going on. The Cubs have a new manager. None of this do I care about at all. My baseball appetite might not return until 2009.
7. The Blackhawks looked great. Then they lost Handzus (our number 1 mullet guy, hands down) for the season and Khabibulin and Havlat got hurt. This is no good. The number of people that care about this might exceed 100 if you include me. I might be number 101.
8. Is there a time short of fighting in an actual military conflict where wearing camo is a good thing? I say no.
9. Conversation I overheard in Macy's -
Husband (late 20's): I like these from CK (pointing to some white v-neck undershirts).
Wife (also late 20's): Is it really that important? Do we really need to pay $16 for undershirts?
This is a slippery slope for this chap. If he concedes the point and just says "fuck it she's right" and gets Hanes, well then he hosed. I'll tell you why. First off, if he makes this concession, there is really no going back without a fight. Secondly, there is a big difference in my mind between Fruit of the frickin' Loom and a quality undershirt. You know what? I want a good one just like this guy. I like some that DKNY makes. I dig the CK ones also. I also like this silly brand they have at Target that is cheap though too. Still, the bottom line is that this is a quality decision, not a financial one and it shouldn't be. This shirt is against your skin all day. Compare the cost to whatever undergarments his wife is wearing and I'm pretty sure he's not even in the ballpark. Wisely, he didn't try to go down this comparison road though, which I applaud. That's not getting him anywhere productive. In the end he got his CK undershirts. He might have done a better job explaining why he wanted them, but he got them. This made me smile.
I think that too many times men get married, have kids, that whole deal and suddenly they don't care about what they wear anymore. They give ground on things like this really quickly and from there it's just a spiral down. Truthfully, some men never cared about these things. That is it's own issue. I won't touch that. Still, I think this is a sad commentary on the state of male fashion in America. This guy had to tussle just to spend $16 to get some decent undershirts. Five years from now he's likely to be wearing jean shorts, a mesh tank top, and a fanny pack walking around Disney World. This from a guy that used to have his act together. *tear falls*
10. Are skinny jeans cool? I want to say no but with the right jeans on the right person, it might be legit. Is the right person a man? No.
11. Did we need a 9th posthumous Tupac album? I didn't. Did you?
12. I made a bet that the Bears will lose more than 2.5 games this year. When is it okay to make such a bet, a bet against your own team? It's okay only when betting with a fellow fan of your team. That's it. You can't make such a bet against anyone else. It's just bad gambling karma.
13. Would you say that sexy is back yet or is it still being brought? I'm not sure. My gut feeling is that it still isn't here yet but I'm hoping it gets here soon.
Okay, I'm out of steam now.
1. Somehow, I managed to win best in show at a pumpkin carving contest. This was semi-insane. There were like 8 entrants or something so it's not like I'm Picasso. Still, I'm no Picasso so this is wild. I might even get a picture up at some point. At the rate I'm blogging lately though, don't hold your breath. Bishop Allen has a song called You Ain't No Picasso, by the way. Great song.
2. I figured out that the manager of my local Starbucks is named Shamus O'Toole. I have a business card with this name on it. Have you seen Wedding Crashers? It's one of the pseudonyms that Owen Wilson uses. When I quizzed the barista about this, she started laughing right away. She knew all about this apparently. I guess I was the first non-employee to pick up on this though. I'm not sure if this is good or bad. My caramel macchiato was excellent that day though also. The evil empire can really rock on a weekend morning/noon time.
3. As I've been in the gym a lot, I wanted to talk about the silly people that spend way too much time on weight machines. I do about 3 sets of whatever I do and take 30 seconds between sets and I'm off. If you want to take a minute between sets, I'm down with that. Anything more than that and I wonder about you. I sometimes notice these "slow" people on my machine when I've got my eye on it from afar. It seems like they take forever. On this one particular day at my Bally's though, I actually happened to check the clock. I watched this guy sit on the Incline Chest Press for a solid 20 minutes! I only saw the guy do one set too! This was just crazy. The gym isn't for napping people. Do your thing and move on. This guy probably goes home and tells people things like, "man I really worked out hard, I was at the gym for 4 hours today." His friend all wonder why he still looks so out of shape.
4. I surprised Swartz in AZ for his birthday. We watched the WSOP episode again and had all kinds of good times. It was top-notch all around. The Swartz clan are dynamite hosts. They are so good in fact that I'm going back again on Friday. This time, I'm thinking there will be a lot more poker involved. I'm quite fired up for this. The fact that it's 85 degrees there doesn't hurt much either.
5. I'm working hard at my poker game again. It feels good. I can't play on Party Poker anymore though as they are no longer accepting U.S. players. This is pushing me to the Democratic Party people. I'm serious. I care about relatively few political issues as I feel like our gov't is mostly impotent. Taxes is one. What happens with online poker is probably number two on the list. I can't get over this stupid legislation. What is happening in our country? Every European nation makes it legal, and we go the idiot direction? Don't even get me started on the state lottery and how this so hypocritical. It makes me ill. How am I am going to afford to herd sheep full-time if they keep this crap up?
6. The World Series is going on. The Cubs have a new manager. None of this do I care about at all. My baseball appetite might not return until 2009.
7. The Blackhawks looked great. Then they lost Handzus (our number 1 mullet guy, hands down) for the season and Khabibulin and Havlat got hurt. This is no good. The number of people that care about this might exceed 100 if you include me. I might be number 101.
8. Is there a time short of fighting in an actual military conflict where wearing camo is a good thing? I say no.
9. Conversation I overheard in Macy's -
Husband (late 20's): I like these from CK (pointing to some white v-neck undershirts).
Wife (also late 20's): Is it really that important? Do we really need to pay $16 for undershirts?
This is a slippery slope for this chap. If he concedes the point and just says "fuck it she's right" and gets Hanes, well then he hosed. I'll tell you why. First off, if he makes this concession, there is really no going back without a fight. Secondly, there is a big difference in my mind between Fruit of the frickin' Loom and a quality undershirt. You know what? I want a good one just like this guy. I like some that DKNY makes. I dig the CK ones also. I also like this silly brand they have at Target that is cheap though too. Still, the bottom line is that this is a quality decision, not a financial one and it shouldn't be. This shirt is against your skin all day. Compare the cost to whatever undergarments his wife is wearing and I'm pretty sure he's not even in the ballpark. Wisely, he didn't try to go down this comparison road though, which I applaud. That's not getting him anywhere productive. In the end he got his CK undershirts. He might have done a better job explaining why he wanted them, but he got them. This made me smile.
I think that too many times men get married, have kids, that whole deal and suddenly they don't care about what they wear anymore. They give ground on things like this really quickly and from there it's just a spiral down. Truthfully, some men never cared about these things. That is it's own issue. I won't touch that. Still, I think this is a sad commentary on the state of male fashion in America. This guy had to tussle just to spend $16 to get some decent undershirts. Five years from now he's likely to be wearing jean shorts, a mesh tank top, and a fanny pack walking around Disney World. This from a guy that used to have his act together. *tear falls*
10. Are skinny jeans cool? I want to say no but with the right jeans on the right person, it might be legit. Is the right person a man? No.
11. Did we need a 9th posthumous Tupac album? I didn't. Did you?
12. I made a bet that the Bears will lose more than 2.5 games this year. When is it okay to make such a bet, a bet against your own team? It's okay only when betting with a fellow fan of your team. That's it. You can't make such a bet against anyone else. It's just bad gambling karma.
13. Would you say that sexy is back yet or is it still being brought? I'm not sure. My gut feeling is that it still isn't here yet but I'm hoping it gets here soon.
Okay, I'm out of steam now.
posted by chrismilone @ 10:25 PM
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