Further Proof of the Loop

Ah, these precious last few hours of my vacation….  Damn I don’t want to go back to work.  I’m dreading it pretty hard right now.  It’s almost like I’m getting that all too familiar itch to wanna move on to something else.  And that’s not a good thing right now, what with the bills and such.  Not to mention the really nice benefits I get.  The only way moving on would be an option is if I can find something at least equally good pay-wise, but preferably better.  If it’s only equal, than the job better be something special.  Despite my loathing for what I get put though on a daily basis there anymore, I really like it there.  The people are (for the most part, as with any place) great.  The job used to be great until we became the Official Toilet of Comcast Nashville.  I’d be very happy again if that shit would stop.  Then I’d have no desire to leave whatsoever.  But I don’t see that happening anytime soon, if at all.

And you know I’m going to spend time tonight dreaming that it actually did happen while I was gone.  Because I’m just that much of an idiot….what with my optimistic dreams and pessimistic reality. 

Chocolate Lucky Charms are better than crack.  Just wanted to throw that in there.

Now Playing in Dave’s Mental Jukebox:  "Pin Up" by Evans Blue, "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse, and "Alfie" by Lily Allen

I just finished watching DOA:  Dead or Alive, the movie based on the video game series of the same name.  Dear God what a joke of a movie.  Not to say I was expecting any different, mind you, but goddamn that movie was laughable.  Keeping in the tradition of the games, the story was nonexistent and pointless to try to keep up with.  The fight scenes were decent enough, I guess.  And I’m pretty sure that movie was damn near cut in half for some reason.  About half of the fights that were supposed to have happened were never seen onscreen at all…nevermind that the movie clocked in at a whole 79 minutes run time (nearly 85 if you include the credits, which I don’t).  Pretty much the point of the movie was "cool" fight scenes, and showing off some tits and ass…..pointlessly so.  What point was there to having Christie (Holly Valance) and Helena (Sarah Carter) fight in bikinis in the rain?  My point exactly.  Just a hilariously bad movie….the kind I really like to keep around.  Sometimes awful movies like this strike a nerve in me, and this one did.

In the past few nights, I’ve been going back and reading a lot of older things I have saved (emails, conversations, etc.) and have started to think about a lot of the decisions I’ve made over the past five to seven years.  And, before I go any further here, I’m well aware of how pointless it is for me to wonder such things.  But we all know me, and we know I can’t help it.  I guess there are just things I can’t help but wonder if I chose the wrong direction on.  Whether it be chasing the wrong people, ending friendships that shouldn’t have ended, all that good stuff.  And, of course, there’s basically nothing I can do about it now.  These are just the kinds of things I can’t help but think about.  It’s what I’ve always done, and will always continue to do.  The trick would seem to be learing for the so called "wrong" decisions, but we all know I don’t do that either.  Perhaps someday….

This past weekend was the annual sojourn to Columbus, Ohio for the family Buckeye Weekend.  As always, it was a lot of fun, and I got nicely toasted on Saturday.  What else can be expected when you’re handed a cup of pink lemonade spiked with vodka at about 9AM?  I’m surprised I’m sicker than shit, also.  It started pouring down rain as we stood watching the giant video screen during the second quarter of the game.  I stood in it for a little while before retreating to the hotel room until it quit.  Mostly, though, these trips are all about getting to see Jason and Jenny.  And, hey, I came home with a new pair of shoes, an OSU jersey, and a couple of free t-shirts (one of them an awesome Quebec Nordiques shirt…something I’ve sought for years).

Guitar Hero III is going to feature "Through the Fire and the Flames" by DragonForce.  You talk about a hard ass song to get through.  I saw a brief video on YouTube of it, and it was fucking insane.  And it was only about two and a half minutes of the near seven and a half minute song.  I’m not a fan of the games, but I might get that one just to see that shit….and be thoroughly destroyed by it.

I just saw a Japanese women’s soccer player with a giant afro.  What….the…..fuck!?

I can’t possible top that.  So I depart.

Sayonara.