Weekend Chronicle

I had a busy, multifarious day at work Friday, which featured the triumphant return of The Ticket Bus, then had a lovely, even-keeled evening with Penelope. We went to hear a band at Marble Brewery, and, though I was not thoroughly impressed with the music, I really enjoyed the beer and the general atmosphere of bacchanalia, as muted as it is by Society Such as It Is Today.

We got a slice of Pizza at NYPD and ended up spending more time there than we had planned by a flash rainstorm. The pizza as a whole was mediocre, but they make a pretty tasty crust. I made a point of touring the whole restaurant to catalog how many classic arcade machines they had: 6 (Donkey Kong, Ms. Pac-Man, Defender, Galaga, Popeye, Mario Bros).We walked home in the rain and fell asleep shortly after a heated debate about how significant an influence Muslim culture continues to have in former Spanish colonies.

This debate was more heated than you would expect it to be. I woke up in the middle of the night feeling anxiety over the sometimes very rough nature of our relationship. This eventually turned to sadness over how fragile it might be, which, in turn, transformed into wee-hours love-making.

Penelope left early to meet her son, who is recovering from surgery, and I joined them about 2 hours later. We spent the day playing video games, watching movies (Cars, Revenge of the Sith) and engaging in a few other fun activities, including a duet on a single accordion.

After coming home, I made myself a quick dinner, then I fell asleep watching Red Letter Media's Revenge of the Sith review (which is both more fun to watch than the movie itself and only slightly shorter than the movie itself).

I have woken up fairly focused today. I decided to do attend to the Business of Me a little bit, after realizing that I had forgotten to cancel a free-trial for an internet service I only planned to use once, and my card had been charged. It was a measly $5.00, but it made me realize I need to be on top of these things a little better; all my organized life-hacking has slipped to the wayside the past 2 months or so.

So I have a fairly long to-do list today and a good feeling I'll get a lot of it done, granted I want to spend a huge chunk of time watching the Avengers and eating Chinese-style junk food.

It's a good day; it's a little cloudy, a rare sight around here. I'm going to go for a long run.

Dream well, all.