2 weeks off

Yes.  That's right.  I took 2 weeks off.  So What?!

 

No, I haven't watched Lost from this week (thanks for the comments about it James).  I like watching it on the weekends where I can think about it more.  I also haven't seen the last Heroes (or two), maybe I'll get to it this weekend.  (And no James, I still haven't watched Eureka.)  Although I do have a new show on my TiVo.  "I Pity the Fool!" the new show starring... yep you guessed it, Mr. T.  I'm always happy to see old TV actors getting work.  I think it will either be a colossal waste of time or freakishly amusing.  I am of course leaning towards the time wasting, but I'll give it a go.

 

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I don't know what's wrong with me this year, but I'm just not excited about Halloween.  I know, I know, a lot of people will be saying, "Yeah... And? What's the big deal?"  But for me Halloween was always one of the most exciting times for me.  I still like it, but this year it's just not exciting.  I suspect it's because I don't have any "projects" this year to work on, and that I'm not dressing up.  Ok I usually go to a costume party every year, and have seen some really cool homemade costumes.  A few of the more notable ones include: a fantastic Wonder Woman (whole thing hand made - it was great), a centurion soldier/gladiator (the guy MADE his own reticulated armor... yes stage thickness, but still you gotta give props to Frank!), same guy also went as a very good pirate (of the Capt.. Jack Sparrow variety), my favorite of my own costumes would still probably be the nun costume (especially effective since my wife went as the same... ever seen 2 nuns kiss? *grin*).  I also used to help Frank decorate his house for parties, and it always looked great.  We have setup graves in the front and the back (custom tombstones and fencing by yours truly), Frank built a custom caged skeleton that was quite realistic, we've blacked his main floor all in, done up the outside, sound effects, lighting effects, Frank even put together a jail cell in his basement one year, and there was a group project to build a pressure activated animatronic "dead guy" rising out of a coffin (custom built by frank - looked great!) when you walked near (Brian helped out immensely with the electronics and solenoid work).  So we've done a fair bit of craft work for the holiday, and I loved (almost) every minute of it.

 

So why not this year?  *shrug*  I still want to build things, and decorate, but I do not think I will - this year.  It may be a combination of the new house (and the neighbors *frown*), the new job, and other tasks taking up the time I would normally have used to prepare.  I hope to put ~something~ together for next year, even if it's just something to scare the bejeebus out of the neighborhood snot nosers.  *evil grin*

 

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I hear that my old office mate may be returning to my old place of employment to get some training and then ship out to a remote site.  THAT should be interesting to watch.  I also hear that there's a few of my friends from there that are also undergoing the change of career path that I did 2+ months back.  Good luck to you!  It's different away from there.  Much less stress, but I gotta say... I miss the folks.  Not a surprise to me, I knew that was what I was hanging around for.  So those of you that are still there, yes, I miss you.  :-P

 

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I got an email from my wife today that has reminded me of an old SNL skit.  "OOPS, I crapped my pants!"  It was stuck in my head all day, I'm posting here just to make it leave since sharing it at work didn't make it go away.  Heck, I even tried humming "Penny Lane", but to no avail.  I wonder if it would help if I actually knew the words to that song....  And just to clarify because I know da wife will get mad if I imply that she had an "accident", she did not.  It was comments about our little dog who was sick, but is recovering just fine.  I'll spare you the details, but she may post about the little girl's illness.  But for now, OOPS! I crapped my pants!