8.28.02

I haven’t been looking forward to the weekend like this in a long time. Why? I have no plans. I do get paid Friday, but I’m saving all my money for bills or for the following weekend when we will be hosts to a few guests. So, basically, I’m looking at a boring weekend at home. Normally this would suck, but I’ve been kicking so much ass on my story writing all week that I’m really looking forward to digging into it this weekend. I also have a few movies I need to watch and I might go rent one or two to augment that list, oh, and I need to go see Trainspotting at some point this weekend while it’s still down at the Tivoli, but other than that, the weekend is dedicated to writing. I love three-day weekends with no agenda. Somehow, though, I have a feeling I’ll be ready to tear my eyeballs out with boredom by Monday. It always seems to happen like that.

Our internet situation at work is really bumming me out. I can’t connect to AOL Instant Messenger. I can’t receive my personal email while at work. I can connect to the internet if I want to wait two minutes when I initially open my browser window and then approximately one minute every time I click on a link. Basically, I am completely cut off from the world and it’s really freaking me out. I sent an email down to the IT monkeys and they said they were still fine-tuning some things. I hope they get it working by next week!

I’ve been taking some time off from the weight room for the last two weeks and concentrating on cardio for a while. Mainly because this AutoCAD class two nights a week doesn’t give me the necessary time to get in a good workout without a rush and still give me time to rest up appropriately between workouts. A secondary reason, though, is that I’m trying to lose the last fifteen pounds of my goal before 2003. That gives me three months, five pounds per month. Can’t guarantee I’ll hit the target, but I’d like to get as close as I can and cardio is the way to do so. Over the last two weeks, however, I’ve dropped about four pounds, but I expect that progress to slow considerably as my body gets used to strictly cardio workouts once again. Hopefully I could get down another five pounds before that happens, though. Once again, we’ll see.

I just realized I’ve never told you what the doctor said about my shoulder when I saw him. Let me see if I can remember exactly what he said…oh, that’s right, “There’s nothing I can do.” It’s not as bad as it sounds though, kids. He said it’s basically going to be a problem for me for the rest of my life, but it shouldn’t really be bad unless I’m putting a lot of stress on it; for example, lifting too much or moving it too often. I have to admit that since I’ve been taking the time off from the weights I haven’t had a single problem with it. It still “pops” whenever I move it in certain ways, but there’s not pain. I just have to take it easy and it probably won’t get any worse until I’m in old man (knock wood). Of course, if science fiction has taught me anything, by the time I’m an old man we’ll have eliminated all forms of disease and any kind of health problems can be solved with a single dosage of a green and yellow pill. I have my hopes up.

My little film club is slowly developing. Thus far we have eleven members, though it seems only three or four of us ever post anything on the message boards. I guess that’s not too shabby, really. Been having some fun conversations with those three or four people anyway, which is the whole point of the club. I need to find some more marketing opportunities, though, let more people know we’re out there. Problem is, I don’t have any money to spend on marketing, so it’s gonna have to be cheap, if not free advertising. That’s awfully hard to come by.

I gotta be honest with ya – it’s about midnight and for some odd reason I am absolutely bushed. So, I think I’m gonna head out for now. I have an idea brewing for another rant like last week’s, and maybe I’ll get it all down pat before then for ya. Have a good weekend and I’ll talk to you again soon.

Space Monkey X