Here is my horoscope from the Nevada paper on Saturday:
The celestial lineup simply oozes with the promise of sensual delights. It is a perfect day to cozy up to a favorite romantic partner and explore areas of mutual pleasure.
Here are my notes from my weekend Nevada trip:
1. They replaced my nickel slots at the Searchlight Nugget. The main offense was the removal of Little Green Men. Not only that, but they replaced it with some unicorn game. The bartender told me I should pretend it was a rhino, but that didn’t make it seem any more masculine. On the bright side, I won some money (for my grandma) at a couple of the new machines.
2. It’s really hot up there. In Bullhead City, the thermometer in the Crown Victoria (It’s usually pretty accurate.) was reading 117. That’s even hotter than Phoenix has been.
3. The valley was engulfed in a dust storm (with scattered showers) upon my return. My newly detailed car isn’t looking so good now that it’s covered in dust. I had a tumbleweed hanging on for a little while but I lost it.
I plan to return next week on my way to Los Angeles.
I will now write about Wednesday night. It is a little late because I have been recovering from the lack of sleep that I got that night.
On Wednesday night, Pete and I went to see Man With The Screaming Brain at Harkins Centerpoint. For those of you who don’t know, it is Bruce Campbell’s directoral debut. Wednesday night was the first and last night to see the movie in Tempe. Bruce Campbell was there signing books and before the movie started he came out and had a 15 minute question and answer session. He’s a pretty funny guy so it was like stand-up comedy. Supposedly he is touring several other cities with the movie as well. If he hits your city, I recommend you go see it. It’s definitely a B movie but as Bruce Campbell pointed out, so are Spiderman and Batman (bitten by radioactive spider, guy goes around dressed as a bat).
Also, I want to get my hands on the soundtrack.
After the movie, Pete called K.D. and Sharri. They were at Hooters, so they came to meet us and we all went to EJoy. After EJoy closed, we went to IHOP. It was good times, but I didn’t get home until about 4AM. I had to be in North Scottsdale to work out at 10:30. I wasn’t feeling very motivated when workout-time came.
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I haven’t posted in a while. It’s mostly because I was in New England for 4th of July weekend. I figure there is no better way to tell you about my weekend than to lay it out as follows. Here is what I did:
Friday: My flight from Baltimore was delayed due to storms so I got in around 8 (about an hour delay). That night, after dinner, I went to T.D. Shenanigans to play some darts and have a beer. It’s the best place I have found near my grandparents’ place to hang out. I determined that my new darts are terrible with the steel tips on. They throw great with the plastic tips on. But, since they are only 16 grams, the extra gram added by the steel tip really makes a difference.
Saturday: I got up and went with my grandpa to pick up the John Deere from the shop. He was having a problem with the PTO that turned out to be due to a bad switch under the seat. I got to drive his old van to the shop. That’s always an experience because it’s the only vehicle I’ve ever driven with a 3-speed on the column. Then I got to drive the tractor back home. I love road trips on the John Deere. Next, I did some weedeating with the industrial grade weedeater. That afternoon I went to visit my great-aunt and then I went to my great-uncle’s farm to take some pictures with the Nikon F. That evening, we ate at the Pizza House (my cousins’ restaurant in East Hampton, Mass.). At night I went to the bars in Springfield, Mass. with my cousin Chris and a couple girls.
Sunday: We went to the annual Murkowicz family picnic. I had an alright time but, as usual, I didn’t know half of the people there. The food was good and I did talk to a few of the relatives though.
Monday: I went with Chris and his mom to Hampton Beach up in New Hampshire. We had a good time laying around in the sun, tossing the football, and having a Wiffle Ball home-run derby in which I lost miserably. I got a sunburn on my chest and back from all of the laying in the sun. Chris wanted to go in one shop to buy a knife and, while we were in there, I noticed that they had blow-gun darts. I had been meaning to get some of them so I bought them (Scott and I tested them out tonight). The day was going well until right after 6PM when we witnessed [dead link]. Supposedly these are the first drownings at the beach since 1969. We watched the entire thing. The first guy pulled from the water was lifeless and they did CPR on him for a long time. The second one pulled out was the kid. He seemed to be able to walk somewhat on his own so they didn’t give him too much medical attention. They searched for probably 30 more minutes before finding the third guy. By the time they found him he didn’t stand much of a chance. At the time there were rumors circulating about there being more people in the water and the boats and helicopters were still searching when we left. Fortunately, according to the news, nobody else was out there. It all leaves a pretty bad image in one’s mind. I was really impressed by the lifeguards though. They were out there swimming in the cold water for about 45 minutes searching and pulling bodies in. It must have been pretty hard on those guys since they aren’t used to losing anyone.
Tuesday: I pulled some weeds in one of the onion rows in the morning and in the afternoon I wandered around taking a few pics. That’s about it for Tuesday because that’s the day I had to leave. I got to the airport early and they put me on an earlier flight to Baltimore because the other flight was delayed due to weather. But, when I got to Baltimore, it didn’t make much difference because my flight out of Baltimore was delayed for a couple hours while they waited on storms to the west to clear up. I ended up getting in at 1AM last night. I’m sure my uncle was excited to come down from Scottsdale and pick me up at that time of night.
And that’s why I haven’t been online.