crazy concoction

yesterday i was in a sorta raging, depressed mood all day. do not know why. just was. nothing seemed to make it better, mostly just made things worse. i raced home from work, showered, then headed back out the the tucson water gardeners meeting. it was strictly voluntary. i was glad i went though. i did learn a few things about ponds. and alot more about why people do certain things about ponds. a glimpse into some pond owners mindset. i was so tired when i got home, i basically fell asleep within 30 minutes tops of arriving.

so, because of it being rodeo weekend, i was able to sleep in till 9:00. almost 11 hours of sleep. i feel better today. made a great breakfast. i love just throwing stuff together and making something. today it was potatoes, peppers, 4 eggs, milk, leftover chicken breast sandwich meat, hot sauce, and leftover la salsa mango salso, topped with monteray jack and swiss cheese, all cooked in a skillet. it was awesome. then tucson appliance came and dropped a dishwasher on one of my favorite cactus.

today, speaking of jerks, i also have to call concentra about my stolen jacket. and finally install my new 5 disc cd player. the one that i bought last sat.

why?

as in, why am i 'here' tonight. i have two e-mails to send, a manual to make on how to use CIM, and be at work at 05:45. i could go to bed now, and the 05:45 timeline could still be in jeopardy, double actually. getting up early is reverting to the pain-in-the-arse it has always been my whole life. besides, does anybody really read this? but here i am, so a few quick thoughts.

~frogger was found. our plant tanks at work were cleaned. i was working nearby when someone claimed they found a fleeting frog in the tank they were working on. later on, he was found. it was the dude who used to live in a pond out by la cholla and magee. he relocated to our plant tanks when i scoped him up inadvertanytly while cleaning out a pond out that way. he 'climbed through the muck, and was sitting atop it in the bucket to be unloaded into the dumpster. i saved him by placing him (or her, implied throughout, past and present) in our plants tanks at work, and he has never been seen since. only thing, i wonder if he is lonely after his 'traumatic' ride and being separated from all his frog buddies.

~speaking of, i decided this today. i always knew i want a pond when i get a house. but today i decided upon said future pond's inhabitants. goldfish (not koi) and shebunkins, mosquito fish, two or more turtles, and some frogs.

~xm and sirius are talking about merging. i am all for it. baseball and stern, together. anti-trust be screwed. they have many competitors. regular radio, tv, i pods, cd's. just because they use satelites to achieve their means does not make them make them exclusive.

~curiousity killed the cat. satisfaction brought him back.

~i am 100% agreeance with the main common theme of most Everybody Loves Raymond episodes. say what u feel. talk shit out. don't hold back. the thing i don't like about deborah, she makes up shit. she is mean. i do not like mean. and she always wears too much make up.

~it is a quarter till 10. i must get to work.

contact

so, last night i went out and got stupidly drunk. it didn't stop me from going hiking today. i didn't get started till almost 15:00. it wasn't because i was hung over, it was because i got sucked into the movie contact. i was sorta glad i did. i had only seen it once before, and i didn't much care for it. today, i liked it. i think southpark was partly to blame. shortly after i seen it, it was made fun of on southpark. i had forgot that carl sagan was the co-whatever of the movie. carl is the da man.
anyway, i was glad i went on my hike. it was only probably 5-6 mile roundtrip hike, but it was all good. i am going to post my pics now.

ReCyCLe /\

score again for the computer. on my first day of double threes, this is what i learned.

http://www.cityoftucson.org/tcb/rd/rcswp.htm

if u live in tucson: read the entire site, print out important pages, high light words that need being high lighted, and post it on your fridge. i AM going to become a member.

there is a quote by margaret mead that is excellent:

"Never doubt that a small group of concerned people can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

cosmos

hmmm. plans to go to club congress seem to have dissipated. that is fine. wasn't too much in the mood. just been tired alot lately. still not 100%. neither my back, nor my head. dang that uber cold. been watching alot of TV lately. i am not happy about that. cheers is on now. that is cool. the bulk of my TV viewing lately has been everybody loves raymond, friends, and southpark. tuesdays are still astronomy nights on discovery science. that is all good. and i was watching alot of the u.s. house debates iraq on tues and weds. that was somewhat informative and interesting. but i need to start weening myself off of these repeat programs. the start of the 2007 baseball season is just around the proverbial corner. speaking of, i am due a new tribe posting. hopefully i will do that tonight. pitchers and catchers reported yesterday, and already today we have bad news. the cleveland curse continues.

i have been trying to read cosmos, a new mag from the publisher of astronomy mag. it is rough though. it makes my head spin. it is like astronomy, but much more in depth and scientific. but alot of the topics are speculative, at best. parallel universes, string theory, inflation, dark matter and dark energy, the cosmic beginning. i do not buy alot of it, especially in regards to string theory and dark matter. i try to absorb what i am reading. but i don't buy it. my head just hurts.

so, for the third straight week, no subbing. this weeks culprit: death. the death of my friend jim counces. he died of a heart attack monday evening. i was at the hospital when they pulled the plug. the funeral was thursday. i guess it is now up to me to provide a fourth person for our sunday dinner and cards night. to me, jim's most desirable attribute was his always upbeat and positive attitude. he just had a good spirit. he was a people person. and an entertaining yet darn good card player.

some friends came over, then i fell asleep. this will be continued later.

who's pinning me?

dude. whoever has that voodoo doll, please stop it. not only do i have my first AZ cold, but today i have the worst back pains i have ever had that lasted all day. i am sure at has more to do with the imminent arrival of the two 3's. but dude! just getting up can be rough. i don't want to staighten out. steam cleaning the carpets, as much as i really serially do love it, was sorta rough tonight. that is what i contribute leading to 'the bathroom spill incident'. it involved dirty water from run #2, and spillage, in the bathroom. it led to much more unanticipated cleaning.

yes, i have a cold. my first true cold here in AZ. that has been since sept 2002. minimum. it started on my last day of work, and lasted all weekend. yawn, when u put it in perspective. my mom was telling me a story last night that centralized on perspective. of people not looking at things in perspective, then compounding that by missing out on the perspective of the person they were 'pulpitizing' to. it is often amazing what happens when one takes a step back and puts everything into perspective. the picture changes. everything about it. a whole new world. it was always there,waiting to be found. funny thing though, whether one sees it or not, it IS there.

ok, it is late, as usual.

~peace

:( kcis ma i

it has finally happened. i survived my OH trip, hanging around mucho sick people. i survived 4-1/2 miles hiking through a blizzard unscathed. now that it is (finally) reaching 80 F highs, and i get sick. for the second consecutive friday, i have not been able to start subbing.

i must do something. there is much to do, yet little energy to do so. racing is definitely out of the question for tonight.

AWOL moonbow jeep ablazin

it is 05:40.

my ride should be here soon.

my jeep is starbuck's parking lot, unwilling to kick it.

meanwhile, a wicked cool moonbow is kickin hard.

i must go.

jam

it's february every one!

i went to gem and jam tonight, at the hutt. it was sweet! :) i didn't even care my buddy '_'ed out, and went home early. life is cool. we will hang out sometime.

i just now turned on the tv. star trek is on. spock was jamming, fitting the mood of the night. lots of singing in this one.

its 3:00. i do not think i will go hiking tomorrow.

go da bears.