Halloween was so much fun! We went to an Adult Swim-sponosored Halloween party at Floyd's Music Store here in Tallahassee. I was Ali G and Kelle was Mia Wallace (Pulp Fiction). Our friend Dave was Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force (the only Adult Swim costume I saw there) and his girlfriend Mickey was Princess Leia. I got some shout-outs from the dueling piano players on stage, and I've already agreed to sell my costume to some guy that I met at the bar. Kelle met some dude who didn't know if she was his ex-girlfriend or not. He came as Hunter S. Thompson, so I think it was just a matter of alternate realities crossing over, considering that I was H.S.T. back in 1998. Or maybe I've been reading too much Dark Tower lately.
Now, I'm going to go have a mini-election party with Kelle. Hopefully, the beer will keep me from completely knawing my fingernails off as the night progresses.
We're voting early tomorrow. Florida is only one of 4 states in the country to allow early voting. Of course, Jeb Bush has probably already arranged to disqualify every registered democrat on the basis of being a felon. I knew that bank heist would come back and bite me in the ass someday.
Anyway, Floridians can find out information at Florida Dems. And don't vote for Buchanan this time.
Well, today's my birthday, and so far it's been about as exciting as a birthday can be on a Tuesday work day. At least I get to open presents from Kelle later tonight.
My birthday may be a little more exciting than was hoped for if Hurricane Ivan hits us. Right now, it looks like it's going more toward Mississippi, but we could still get a slew of bad wind, flooding, and possibly tornados. Frankly, I have hurricane fatigue. First, there was Charley. Then, came Frances. Neither was very interesting to us (we had a few limbs down and some mild rain), so I'm hoping to get some action from Ivan. I don't want any of that South Florida kind of destruction, but a nice storm strong enough to knock out the power and force us to drink a few bottles of wine by candlelight could be fun. Plus, power outages mean that I can't work, which is always a welcoming bonus.
In any case, I don't think we're going to prepare too much for Ivan (famous last words?). For Frances, we waited 3 hours in line for 13 sandbags, which we've used to block the flooding that is prone to happen near our front door. We also had stocked up on bottled water, bought lots of extra batteries and dried foods (the hurricanes are the best thing to happen to Wal-Mart in a long time), and rearranged some of the rooms for possible window breakage or flooding. This time, we're just going to sit back and go about our normal routine, although we may turn out all the lights, light some candles, and drink a bottle of wine just for fun.
We're back from vacation, and it was too short as always. Helen was a lot of fun. We went hiking, tubing, whitewater rafting, ate at lots of good restaurants (our fav was the Nacoochee Grill), and caught up on some reading. Helen's a small, German-themed mountain town located close to where they filmed Deliverance. It's similar to Gatlinburg, Tennessee but not as mega-touristy (although I can see it growing that direction in the coming years). Maybe for next year's vacation, we'll go to the real Germany, which Kelle's already visited. I wonder if they have German versions of hillbillies?
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The other day, my girlfriend Kelle got into a conversation with some people at the dog park. They were telling her about a lady that frequents the park often. Somehow, she's come to the conclusion that people are trying to steal her dog from her apartment. She's so convinced of this, that she takes her dog to work with her everyday. Now, this in itself is fine, as long as it doesn't bother the other employees. However, in this case, she doesn't bring her dog inside with her. She leaves the dog in her car all day long with a bowl of water and the windows cracked. Not only is this odd, but it's extremely cruel to the animal. She shouldn't be surprised if she finds her dog dead in her car one day. But, hey, I guess it's better than having CIA ops break into her apartment and steal her dog to retrieve the secret microfilm embedded in it's collar.
I had two eerily similar experiences in Tallahassee recently. I was at the BP getting some beer when a lady approaches me, waving wildly. She says she's embarrassed, but both she and her husband are A. out of money, B. have lost their ATM cards, and C. are two hours from home in Georgia. She asked if I could spare any money for gas. She looked like an "honest" person (of course, what does that really look like anyway?), so I gave her some change. So, a few days later, I get the same routine at Wal-Mart from some crusty guy with his kids, hanging out in a dinged up black van. I would have believed them if I hadn't heard the same spiel a few days earlier. Needless to say, I gave them some change just in case they weren't lying. I'm a sucker, I know. But the weird thing is that it's possible (okay, probable) that both of these parties were scammers. Where did they pick up the idea for this scam at? Was it 'Scam-Of-The-Month' in Scammer's Monthly? In any case, I'm sure I've been duped (rhymes with 'stupid', or at least it should).
Anyway, we're leaving tomorrow for a vacation retreat to Helen, Georgia. Hopefully, we don't encounter any copycat scammers or crazy dog ladies.
After over a year of procrastination, I am finally officially launching this site. And after looking at the same design for over a year, I'm ready to completely redesign it. Maybe a retro 80's look, circa 1982. Or maybe something with pirates. Or leprechauns. Or pirate leprechauns.
Anyway, enjoy the site. You'll find a lot of personal photos as well as examples of my web and multimedia work. If you have any comments, critiques, recipes, conspiracy theories, screenplay drafts, or anything else, please email me.
Biting. Chewing. Non-stop carpet accidents. Early mornings. That pretty much sums it all up. But she is so cute.
