Month: May 2000

Who Needs Sleep?

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This morning, when I woke up, I found myself lying with my head where my feet normally are and my feet where my head normally is. The pillow had moved from one end of the bed to the other. I’m not quite sure why things like this happen to me. A few weeks ago, I went to sleep with three layers of shorts on, and I woke up with only the middle layer on. Can anyone tell me what the deal is here?

PAGAN FOR COUNCIL? I passed

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PAGAN FOR COUNCIL?
I passed one of those campaign signs stuck in the ground on the way to work today. They guy’s name was Michael Pagan. And in the tradition of campaign signs, the last name is always huge. It looked sort of like this:

Michael
PAGAN
for council

I just thought it was amusing.

A LITTLE RELIEF Well we

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A LITTLE RELIEF
Well we finally got an air conditioning unit in my office here. It’s just about bearable. Now all I need is for the air conditioner in my apartment to work… and our new couch is supposed to arrive sometime today…

ALTHOUGH HE BEAT ME TO

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ALTHOUGH HE BEAT ME TO IT…
I saw the movie Gladiator tonight. From the previews I had seen, I went into the movie not only expecting little, but on a fairly empty stomach, since I was not even able to step into my apartment upon arrival home before swooshing away to the theater.

After procuring and devouring my not-so-nourishing pretzel bites with Funacho cheese, I stepped into the auditorium and was transported to late second-century Rome and its provinces. Not only was the scenery very moving (except for the sky backdrops), but the dialogue brought out the picturesuq-ness of scenes not seen. Although none of the movie was historically accurate (Germania??), I was really placed into the environments.

Another plus is that the main character’s name was Maximus, which is the name I chose for myself in my seventh-grade Latin class. Speaking of names, that’s one thing I didn’t like about the movie. Of course they mention how Maximus is “The Greatest” at something-or-another, and in Proximo’s introduction, he proclaimed he would “always be near.” What’s up with the Latin puns?

One other thing about the movie that kind of bugged me. During a lot of the fight scenes, they used jump cuts to make the action look faster or more intense. All that did was make me dizzy.

NEED IT LIKE I NEED

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NEED IT LIKE I NEED A HOLE IN MY TIRE
It took the Honda dealership two whole hours to plug up the hole in my tire. What whole in my tire? When I got back from looking for a couch yesterday, Michelle pointed out my flat tire. Odd, I thought. Oh, I guess I already mentioned that. Anyway, AAA came and said I ran over a nail. Monday morning, back to the dealship I went. At least I got a free, much-needed oil change out of the deal. Though it was almost afternoon by the time I got to work…

And the best thing is, now that it’s officially summer, we don’t have an air conditioner in my office…

WEEKEND WRAP-UP So this was

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WEEKEND WRAP-UP

So this was a good weekend, except for the fact that I drove over a nail and ended up with a flat tire, and besides the fact the air conditioner in my apartment is not working. I did buy a couch though.