damn, it's hot

i have done n-o-t-h-i-n-g this week. zip. nada. sat around in my underwear trying to keep from melting into my comfy chair. and i've only been moderately successful at even doing that. been wanting to get outside, get on the bike, take a walk, but when i'm a sweaty mess from just walking out the door, i know this is unwise and mostly disgusting. so i sit and watch. finally got to watching the first season of bones, which brent loaned me. wasn't too impressed with the pilot, but i went ahead and gave it another chance. now i'm six episodes in and enjoying it. pretty much the x-files, minus the aliens and government conspiracy. might be adding it to my to record list, to fill the massive holes left by the loss of the girls and veronica.

also watched the first steelers game (again, thanks to brent). ok, preseason game. they looked good. sharp. ready. i know it's only preseason, but it looks like tomlin has them mentally tough and ready to play. ben looked good and comfortable. wilson looks ready to step up his game. and davis looks to be a good back up for fast willie parker. fun to watch the boys play again. here's for a good season. at least one better than the bengals.

ok, i'm only sitting here and i feel the perspiration building up on my forehead and extremities. bleah bleah bleah. why do i hate the one thing i seem to be able to do remarkably well?

my other watching option has been the matrix trilogy. now i never got to the third one, so put off by what happened in the second and what i heard others say about it. but aaron had the multidisc boxset and so i borrowed it from him and am going through the commentaries featuring the two philosophers. they claim you have to take the three as a whole to get the complete meaning. their excitement for it is making me actually look forward to seeing the others again. perhaps they'll shine a light on the murkiness i felt the first time i watched. who knows. color me intrigued.

been nice to have no agenda this week after a summer filled with them. little frustrating because that protestant work ethic kicks in and tries to make me feel guilty for doing nothing. and i there are things i'd like to get done - cleaning the basement, replying to correspondence - and things i should get done - preparing for the coming year. but if i'm anything, i'm lazy. and hot. and my insomnia has struck again - was up at 3:45am last night again. don't think it's something i ate and i'm not anxious or worried about anything. i don't know. i'm just going to blame the heat.

sometime i want to sit down and give some of my favorite moments from my trip to vegas. but now is not the time. but here's a pic to tide you over, taken by scott, the man whose birthday we were there to celebrate. unfortunately, the menu didn't list the size of the item you were ordering, so imagine my surprise and consternation when they brought me out half a cow. and imagine my distended stomach when i finished most of it. temptress, thy name is gluttony.


more later, when i'm cooler. which at this point may be sometime in december.
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