After working six days straight, today is run errands/pay bills/get caught up on real life day. While the day’s already started with laundry and some yard work, I’m going to the 10am showing of Iron Man at the Tower Theater, and probably grabbing an In-N-Out burger (protein style, which means no bun and wrapped in lettuce for us gluten-intolerant folks) for lunch. Other exciting activities will include getting a haircut, grocery shopping, and more laundry. Livin’ large, people, livin’ large.
I’m through the first disc of season 5 of The Shield and I have to say, I’m already liking it much better than season 4. There was something off about s4, like everyone including the writers were just going through the motions. It didn’t feel like the same show. Part of what makes s5 work is that it picks up on a plot thread from the pilot, taking it back to the original concept of the show, and part of it is Forest Whittaker as the creepy I.A.D. guy. Whittaker broke my heart with his performance in the otherwise just-okay Vantage Point a couple of months ago, and here he makes my skin crawl. It makes me want to go out and rent Ghost Dog (why don’t I own that flick?) and some of his other movies right now.
Inspired by Dr. Checkmate, I planted the idea of lasagna into my wife’s head. I came home last night to a huge pan of gluten-free lasagna, made with rice noodles, and I have enough to be eating leftovers for the rest of the week. My wife makes 40-pound lasagnas full of mozzarella and provolone and fresh parmesan and both hot and sweet Italian sausage… oh, it is such a heart attack waiting to happen and it’s oh, so good.
Tomorrow is all about writing DoubleZero, which is why today is all about errands. There will be no television for distraction. I’ve got a stack of soundtrack CDs lined up for inspiration. I’ve got Mario Puzo and Elmore Leonard novels sitting on my nightstand, so my reading for the rest of the month will put me in a particular frame of mind.
Next week is a four-day week, Tuesday through Friday, to offset last week. I’m glad I only have to do this once every six weeks, but compared to other jobs, I only have to do this once every six weeks.
On the health front, because people ask, I’ve finished another round of antibiotics and I’m running at about 90%. I still have a crackle in my chest, so I haven’t shaken this entirely, which seems to be the pattern — get better, relapse, get better, relapse. I’m still on other meds, I’m megadosing on vitamin C and all kinds of supplements, and getting plenty of rest. Now that I’m off the antibiotics I can go out into the sunlight again and get fresh air, which always seems to help. My goal is to shake this by the next Ides of Gaming.