Ok, if you haven’t been roller skating in.. oh… over 20 years, you will find it is not quite like swimming. You DO in fact forget how to do it. It will come back to you quick enough, but DUDE, I forgot just how difficult roller skating was. I went to my neice’s birthday party and felt the call of the rink! Little known fact about Slack: He’s a skate junkie. Don’t you judge me!

Heidi and I walked Rhys up and down beginner’s alley. He caught on pretty quick. He’s not ready for the beginners rink yet, but he’s getting there. If he sticks with it he’ll get it. Unfortunately, the perfectionist in him, combined with his impatience, caused for a very frustrated little boy. But even in light of all that, he did quite well.

So, after I could take it no longer, I slapped on a pair of skates. Ready to show my wife how I can tear the rink up, I push off from the wall and immediately start flailing my arms around like I’m trying to swat a wasp or something. It was embarrassing… LOL But, it was fun. And you know what? I think I will be goin back there! HA! Great way to get exercise! Who wants to go skating? :)

I stumbled onto a new PodCast… Well, new to me anyway. It’s called You Look Nice Today, and I just wanted to share its simple brilliance with you. It is definitely a laugh out loud kind of thing. Kind of like when you watch someone trip down a flight of steps. You can’t help but laugh out loud, but you feel like you shouldn’t. :) It’s that kind of funny.

You Look Nice Today – A Journal of Emotional Hygiene

What the hell? This conversation is kind of like when you are on the road and some fuck-weasel in a Hummer cuts you off. Of course you give them the “Are you mentally damaged?” look. What do they do? They give you the finger along with the “Why don’t you watch where you are going, asshat?” look… WHAT!? *YOU* cut *ME* off, freak!…. I swear… Anyway, here’s the less dramatic IM version of that:

(14:21:11) monoidtrout Let’s discuss botany!
(14:21:20) slack006 Why?
(14:21:41) monoidtrout whos this?
(14:21:56) slack006 I asked you first.
(14:22:05) slack006 Let’s call me Slack.
(14:22:11) monoidtrout um ok
(14:22:17) slack006 Who’s this?
(14:22:25) slack006 Are you a botanist?
(14:23:33) slack006 come on… you IMed me. What’s up?
(14:24:29) slack006 hmpf… fine then. Friggin botanists…

So, if you like mentally retarded botanists, give monoidtrout (wtf does that mean) a holler…

I hate upgrading… 2.6.1 is out now… Get your upgrade hat on.

It feels that the three Sisters of Fate are conspiring against my wife and I the last couple days. You know how it goes, the nice run of little things that don’t quite go right. Nothing big, just little crap. The kind of little crap that you’d not bat an eye at under normal circumstances, but when under the onslaught of 1000 little things, you tend to notice. Oh, WAAAA! I know. We’re just gonna give it the finger, and wait until things let up.

I think this weekend was the weekend for crap. I’m having a bad go at things. My wife is having a bad go at things. Many of my friends are in bad moods because they are having a bad go at things, and then we did the show today, and had a bad go of things. Man… A vortex. We’re in a vortex here. Here’s to hoping it moves on to Texas soon. Yeah, F you Texas (I just feel like hating Texas today).

What else? Oh, my back is fucked again! Yes, AGAIN! I was feeling better (maybe about 80%) no Friday. That happened to be the day we moved around computer equipment. I TOOK IT EASY, so quit yelling at me! Now, my back is FUCKED again! LOL It’s not horrible, but I’m PISSED! Now I have to wait this crap out again! For all of you freaks who are screaming “Chiro” right now, shut up! I might… I’ve had bad experiences with them.

Well, I’m gonna relax and watch some Diggnation now. Here’s to a better week next week! :)