Insanely Awe-dical

So who was an hour early to work today? Well, just me since I work on Sundays.

I remember getting a little wonky from DST when I was younger, but this one definitely threw me a curveball.

Even though I totally forgot about DST, I still had a dream about it. That is definitely weird. I was trying to find out what time it really was. This may be partially credited to my clocks in my house, where some are set as much as 40 minutes ahead to force me to think that I'm late, and that forces me to question the time a lot. I think I was at a train station, and since the staff knew people would have time issues (especially with a train station schedule), they were prepared for these queries. They were prepared with little items that I thought would remind me exactly what time it was.

In fact, those items they had were simply a soft white thing about the size of my arm, with divisions marked Mon/Tues/Wed/etc. The Sunday mark was illuminated, saying that the day as Sunday. I thought "This is absolutely retarded -- I don't know what time it is, not what day it is."

So I looked up at the clock -- because a clock at a train station is absolute canon. I see a clock, and see it is 3 or 4 hours ahead of what I thought it was. This totally freaked me out, but then I realized that there was a label under it that said Berlin. Apparently it's one of those train stations with times in all different time zones, but this one only had one.

It was definitely a weird dream.



I watched of Simpsons where Krusty the clown is framed for robbery.

There some pretty funny things I didn't notice. Krust makes a drink with seltzer, but he uses his spray seltzer (as a clown). When Homer is ready to see the lineup to point out Krusty, Chief Wiggum says "Send in the Clowns," which is a song/movie line or something.

Homer laughs his butt off at the lineup (full of clowns). He laughs then says "if the crime is 'making me laugh,' they're all guilty!"

It was a cool old episode where Bart's devotion for Krusty is pure and innocent. The Church has a burning of all Krusty merchandise in an odd manner. Bart goes to Krusty and says "Say it ain't so Krusty," reminiscent of The Natural.

Sideshow Bob's final words: "Treat kids as equals. They're people. They're smarter than you think. They were smart enough to catch me!"

...from the hollow lives.

I need to play more guitar. I need to swim, and play more tennis. I might buy rollerblades. It would be cool to mess with a bass guitar for like 2 hours, since I figured I'd get tired of it by then.

My head is pounding, but it's probably because this damn glossy screen in front of me protects my activity while I work, but strains the eyes. Who woulda thought that this would actually hurt your eyes more than protecting them? Now it is removed, and the bright gamma is infecting my eyes, and the pounding continues. Maybe I need to drink more water...

The line above has a meaning towards the whole "do something with your life" idea, but it was mostly a discovery of what the initial line in the chorus of Green Day's "Holiday" was. I swear, I don't know what Billie Joe says.

Have you ever listened to old music and realized that you really really like it? It's nice to think that this idea extends to more than music (friends/movies/family/etc). Really sucks when the opposite happens -- when you realize that its dumb to like those songs/friends/movies/family members.

crotch ( P ) Pronunciation Key (krch)
n.
- The angle or region of the angle formed by the junction of two parts or members, such as two branches or legs.
- The area on a pair of pants, underpants, or shorts where the two leg panels are sewn together.
- A piece of material sewn into a pair of pants, underpants, or shorts that joins the legs.

groin ( P ) Pronunciation Key (groin)
n.
- Anatomy. The crease or hollow at the junction of the inner part of each thigh with the trunk, together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals.

It seems that the groin is further in, and can NOT refer to the meeting point of pants legs. Otherwise, very similar. I wished it was more interesting than that.

...the City of Lights?

Most of those aspects of Las Vegas illuminated themselves in this past weekend, where a myriad of emotions and fun times happened.

In Vegas, a person can lose tons of money, and enjoy it while puffing on some smoke stick, downing some drinks served to you by the character cocktail waitress, all while waiting for the $15.99 buffet to open up. We got a couple of deadly sins right there.

Knowing the city never sleeps is nice -- living in Irvine, it is impossible to find a place to eat after 10pm on a Sunday Night.

City of Lights -- well, look above.

Alex's wedding was beautiful. I definitely got my handful of "which brother will get married next." Family (lots of family with glaring omissions), friends (see "family"), music (short, but sweet), food (wow the tortellini and the cake) -- great times were had, smiles and love conquered all. I can't wait to see how the pictures turn out. Quote of the wedding: "Here's to Alex, the luckiest man alive, and Wilma, the woman who made it that way" -- Joel.

On another note, billboard of the trip: "We pimp cars, but how about a boat? Check out West Coast Custom's pimped-out boat."

Is pimped-out supposed to be hyphenated?

Onward and upward.

Thus began the most fun 21st birthday ever. Kate finally hit the big two-one, and the clock struck midnight as we pulled into our first joint casino experience. Seeing her smile, her excitement, her interest, and her awake face at 3am -- I couldn't be happier. Money is fleeting and temporary, but happiness like that can't be purchased. I can't even describe how much fun I had yesterday, and the more I try, the more I feel I'm not doing it justice.

Happy 21st Birthday Kate -- I hope I can keep making you feel as happy as you felt yesterday.

Pictures to come later -- seems like the words can't seem to capture the Vegas Weekend experience.

...take me away to paradise.

The Green Day concert last night rocked. The only omissions were Waiting, Boulevard, and When I Come Around. Billie Joe rocked the concert just like any great rock band lead would. He seems to have built up a character with a lot more respect as an artist and free-thinker than the generic rock band singer/writer. I suppose after so long and staying strong, appealing to multiple generations and fans, I suppose the political message in American Idiot has been appreciated on a couple of levels.

Great stuff though.

Dear Leta,
Today you turn twenty months old, and yet, you still haven’t learned how to fix Mama a hot dog. This is a total rip-off.

...are delightfully peppered throughout the last couple of episodes of American Dad. One episode had Klaus the goldfish narrating a scene in the form of a DVD-extra commentary. Another episode made a reference to the Fat Star Wars Kid. I'll spare the details on the appropriate relationships.

Klaus and Roger has been doing some great random things, and it is very different from the things that originaly compared them to Stewie/Brian from Family Guy.

I'm enjoying American Dad a lot more now, and I hope it gets the different praise it deserves, rather than bounce-off praise. I would like to think that Futurama fans enjoy it it in a different way than one enjoys the Simpsons.