bowling

so... bowling. it was fun - i managed to move up the ranking from stone last (of eight people) until the last frame to fourth place :P
to be honest, i was more focused on speed than accuracy, and i managed to average about 31kph with the 11 ball. and only once did i almost crack the floor.

we went to nuffy's for eats, and around 3am my commander gave me a ride home. i crashed completely once i got here.

i began the day tekken-schooling the kid, then spot and i went shopping. shopping late on a friday is not a good idea.
we sat chilling at cafeneto afterwards, having unpacked all the food and commented on the wonderful weather and how good an idea it was to hang the clothes on the lines outside, until a sudden darkening occurred and we realized that it was about to rain again - we scooted immediately to bring it in, and i for one am extremely glad that we hadn't gotten adventurous and gone somewhere further away... or even worse, simply taken a nap when we got home. i *hate* soaking washing on the line. who doesn't?

the remainder of my afternoon was poured into my online fixation with having an idea of what's happening in the world [yet i somehow managed to miss the important news, and some even more important news (!!!)], and when the kid got home we watched another episode of how i met your mom and then walked to movieing, the coffee shop we were at last weekend.

what is the accepted procedure for flirting with patrons of a coffee shop? is there such a thing?

we rented a couple of movies, after milling around their selection for a while simply oohing and ahing over their stylish collection, then walked home, stopping for ice-cream on the way. the following excerpt from there:

spot on the phone: you're coming on thursday night if i have to drag you by the balls...
the kid and i: what kind of woman are you bringing?!
spot: the kind that fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
me: that sounded more like ugly bungee-jumping...
me a silent moment later: i don't know what that means.

clerks 2 was just as good the second time; some of the deleted scenes were well worth watching, especially the diatribe on their way back from go-carting.

it's today! tura lura lura!

what were you doing back in high school?

interesting quote:

There are drugs that were developed to be used — and are used — for other purposes that are, on rare occasions, used for date rape. And then there’s alcohol, which has been the more easily available and frequently used substance of choice for date rapists since time immemorial.

- 10 zen monkeys on "narcotic shrooms"

childhood dreams hitting the dustbin
anti-team co-operation

flashback corner!
the original
some time later
still awesome