Oldies: Sunday, November 10 - Saturday, November 16, 2002...
Saturday, 16 November 2002: Wanna talk about a "long day?" Well, that's exactly what Katie and I had today. We woke up at 5 a.m. to high-tail it into Chicago for her 8 a.m. Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam at Loyola University. I've never driven into the city while it's actually been too dark to see anything around me. But seeing the sunrise behind the city's skyline was pretty damned cool. I was sitting there talking to another guy the whole time whose wife was also taking the exam. Pretty good conversation there. Managed to get a parking ticket because I missed feeding the meter by a whopping ten minutes. I swear those parking police just lurk in the shadows and have some sort of alert system letting them know when a meter has run out. Bastards.
I don't understand this, either. According to the law, you cannot do what is known as "feeding" the meter which means you cannot put in coins for more time on the meter while there is already time still on it. But, if you run out of time, that's when you get nailed. So, no matter what you do, you're screwed. Why is feeding a meter such a bad thing? That really makes no sense whatsoever. Now, I'm stuck here with a $50 ticket for letting my meter run out and not being there waiting for that exact moment when the meter craps out on me. I'm sure that if I were standing there waiting for it, the cop would have been there as well and would have ticketed me anyway just because the meter was unfed for the whopping five seconds that it takes for me to get the coin in the meter and for the meter to register that it's sucking away my lifeblood.
Anyway, we returned home after our time served and money spent in Chicago and cleaned the apartment to get together with our friends Nate and Cathy and go see Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Beforehand, we had dinner at our apartment and rewatched Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone since Katie and I hadn't seen it since last November with Nate and Cathy. I don't care what anyone else may say, this new film is far superior to the original flick. None of the issues I had with The Sorceror's Stone's special effects exist any more. The Quidditch flying sequences were much better. The "magic" effects were better. And the creatures were far more convincing (sorry, but I hated the troll in the last flick). Plus, I just gotta say that I love Dobby. See the film and you'll know what I mean.
After the movie, we went out to Steak & Shake for dessert. Bear in mind that we had just watched two 2 1/2 hour movies back to back and the second one had an 8:30 showtime. So, by the time all was said and done, we were in bed by a little after 1 a.m. Nice 20-hour day. I haven't had one of these since I was in college and I don't think I ever want one again. In the immortal words of Danny Glover, "I'm getting too old for this s&*t."
Friday, 15 November 2002: Why didn't anyone tell me that I was still filling in the month
on this page as "October"? Just as I started typing today's entry, I realized,
"holy hell, I've been typing October this whole time instead of November. I feel
like a putz." What's worse is that none of you out there bothered to tell me
either. I can't tell if that makes you all too lazy to take the time to e-mail
me (please refer to the bright yellow "E-Mail Me" link at the bottom of the left
column) or just clueless like me. Who's to say for sure? Not that any of you
would admit to it.
Anyway, here's something to take home with you. Please "Bear" in mind that I truly am a Bears fan. But, you've just gotta have a sense of humor about how badly they're doing this season (please see the entry on 7 November) or you'll just wind up a stark raving mad lunatic. Plus, while I will admit that the job done on this picture is rough, at best, it's still cute. It was sent to me by one of my coworkers and was entitled "New Bears Helmet Logo." Enjoy...
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Thursday, 14 November 2002: Is anybody else out there just sick to death of reading about
Russell Crowe and all the fights he constantly gets in? I say this because
everyone's favorite jackass got himself in a bit of a scuffle at a "trendy"
London restaurant called Zuma last night with a guy he had already had a fight
with a couple of years ago. Supposedly, the two of them were talking relatively
amicably for some of the night, then they started to box it up in the men's
room. When one of Crowe's security guards (asleep on the job?) heard the fight
break out, he ran to the bathroom to find Crowe on his back on the ground with
his opponent on top clubbing his face. I think the only way this jag is going to
learn any kind of lesson is if someone just lays into him without being stopped.
Crowe's security guards should just let someone go to town on him. I'd love it.
This guy just strikes me as such an arrogant asshole. He needs to be taught a
lesson.
Monday, 11 November 2002: What the hell happened yesterday? The Bears' offense propelled
the team to its second 20+ point lead this season only to have it blown... for
the second time this season. I don't understand it. Why is it, especially after
losing our lead to the Saints in week three, that the Bears feel it necessary to
start playing conservative offense and defense once they obtain such a big lead?
Shouldn't we know by now that no lead is concrete? We should be playing
hard-nose football for a full four quarters. I am so disgusted right now because
we should have had this one in the bag. I didn't go into the game expecting the
Bears to win. But once that miraculous third quarter started to kick in, I
thought we might actually break our losing streak. C'mon guys, your fans are
getting ulcers here. I seriously want John Shoop's head on a platter and,
despite my previous support of him, I'm ready to say that I also want Greg
Blache's head as well after how the defense performed in the fourth quarter.
This is football guys... so start playing it.
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