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So what have I been up to? Well, on the 20th I was laid off from Ciceron as they were changing their focus away from web development to web marketing. There were no hard feelings. I saw it coming. So I’ve spent the last week looking for a new job. I was sweating it for most of the week. I had been interviewing with another company already but I knew I had no guaranteed job after my last severance check came in on Friday the 28th. So I put on the smiles and got to work. Fortunately I didn’t have t work too hard and I managed to get another job. So, looking back on it I just had a week vacation. My hair is now falling out at a more rapid pace.

Don’t ask. I got pissed that my hair was falling out so I shaved it off.

Weekend Recap
Friday – After receiving a much needed paycheck Courtney and I hit the streets for a little fun. We ended up at Buffalo Wild Wings in Plymouth (minus Rick and Susan ’cause we couldn’t get ahold of them). I couldn’t stop raving about it after I was there on Monday and Courtney happens to be a connoisseur of buffalo wings. It was a good time. We don’t spend much time together hanging out at bars so it was a good bonding experience.

Saturday – Court went riding. I went errand running. After riding Courtney jointed me on my errands. I did pick up some new media. Memento and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Memento was fabulous. It did live up to my expectations. Lock, Stock was also very good but it made Guy Ritchie’s followup Snatch look like a rehash. On CD I bought Alien Ant Farm’s Anthology (Who the hell told me they were punk?!) which I’m not very happy with and Bend Folds‘ latest Rockin’ the Suburbs. I’m probably quite biased but I really dig Folds latest outting. It’s him minus the drummer and bassist (dime a dozen). It’s harkens back to their first album. He doesn’t take himself too seriously. The title track off the album speaks of the troubles of a male, middle class, american. Yeah, life’s rough. For supper we headed to my aunt’s to celebrate my grandmother’s birthday. I was quick to note that I was the only grandchild who made an effort to be there. Granted, the others are all 300 miles away. And at least one of them called. *cough*

Sunday – I laid around ALL DAY. I goofed around on my computer. I ate food. I sat on my couch. Just like I like it.

If you don’t want to talk, don’t be on AIM. – From the book of Internet Zen by Jason.

I wonder how many movie scripts are flying around right now? I hope they get George Clooney to play the courageous fire chief. “Quick! Get that shot! Pan out! Pan out!” shouts from emmy award nominees were heard throughout all of the newscast reporting. I give it 2 weeks before we see a book for it, ’cause, you know, we should give SOME time for mourning.

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I’m still trying to get over the sheer joy and entertainment of WIL WHEATON DOT NET. Whilst I come down off of the Wil high check out the latest Lord of the Rings(Quicktime) spot. *drool*

In other news, Aron sent me the recipe for Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

I’m vaguely motivated to do something more with the site. I’m getting that programming feeling back in me. The layout might change but that may be it on the frontend. I’ve got a ton of backend stuff I’d like to do.

UPDATE: That’s what she said.

Well, as fast as fads come, they go. I’m not one to do much reading but I’ve been sucking down whatever I get my hands around lately. I picked up High Fidelity on Sunday and finished it tonight. It’s gotta be the fastest I’ve read a book since I finished X-Force #47 in ‘94 in 3 days. Luckily I recievedRich Dad, Poor Dad in the mail today and I’ve been waiting to get a good jab at Programming C# also. I’ll have some time next week on the plane rides too. Hmmm. I don’t know if 2 books will be enough.

Don’t fear Mason Jenning’s self-titled album. It’s laughably good.

Joe is a smartass. Thanks for the book. Good thing I’m just about done with High Fidelity. It’s nice to get packages in the mail.

Gracious Michelle shared with me the WIL WHEATON DOT NET experience. Wil Wheaton, remember? He played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation. I was never a big fan of the show but for Christ’s sake, you have to check out his site. He’s totally satiracal about everything in his life. He’s a true geek.

Finally back into my rut after a long weekend. I must say though that I had some nice and relaxing time all weekend long.

Friday Courtney and I went riding. No shit. I got on her horse, Oliver, and rode him around. Luckily he’s a very calm and collected animal but, as I’ve told everyone since Friday, riding a horse pretty much put and sort of child bearing out of the way for some time. I didn’t even know I could hurt in some places. Amazing.

Saturday was Fair Day. We headed down to the State Fair around 3pm and spent way too much time down there. There were people EVERYWHERE which made it hard to get anywhere in a timely fashion. Nonetheless we got to see more horses and horse events. You really haven’t lived until you’ve see a rescue race or trailer race competition.

Sunday – Mall Day. We packed up what we could carry and headed down to the mall where we finally picked up vacuum cleaner bags and some new skids. The day was topped off with a nice dinner at the Waldvogels where we toughed out the booze and faining time to finish watching Chocolat. To my surprise it was a great movie.

Monday. I sat around. No, I laid around. I turned lounging around into a professional sport. Watch TV into Reading to a Nap for something like 16 hours straight. It was wonderful.