Tuesday, September 27, 2005
It Happens Every Fall
As the Baseball Season ends, and the Football Season starts, one more thing takes over my head...The New Fall TV lineup.
And nothing upsets me more than when two or more of the show I want to watch are up against each other. It started tonight, but thank God that F/X repeats it's shows. Tuesday's will be kinda rough with Boston Leagal and Nip/Tuck both on at 9pm. I've been hooked on Nip/Tuck for years, but following Desperate Housewives last year, BL became a show I had to watch, not just for Shattner, but because one of the hottest women on TV was on the show-Rhona Mitra (A close second to Nikki Cox). So Nip/Tuck says if you can't beat them, join them, and Rhona is on their show too. Luckily, having Tivo in one room and a VCR in another, this will be an easy problem to solve, But Thursday's at 7 will be the most difficult.
WB - Smallville, CBS - Survivor, UPN - Everyone Hates Chris
Smallville is no contest my favorite show on TV. I am on 5 different websites devoted to the show daily. The back story of the Man of Steel might not have 20 great episodes a year, but the ones that are their top episodes are Brilliant. and this year Aquaman, Tom Wopat, & Carrie Fisher come aboard. Survivor is the original "Reality" show. I've applied three times, but no luck. This year seems like their toughest, and they have a former NFL QB - Gary Hogeboom to give the sport fan in me an extra push to watch it. Then the upstart UPN, the same network that brought us Brittney Spears & Kevin Federline's Chaotic, gets Chris Rock. From everything I read and the one episode I've seen, it's hilarious, but unfortunatly it falls to third on the list, and with only two TV's it get's left out.
The rest of the week goes like this:
Monday - Prison Break & Football
Tuesday - My name is Earl & The Office leading in to the 9pm double dip
Wednesday - Lost & Invasion
Thursday - Tough choices at 7pm, but 8pm will be Reunioun, Just for the music in the episodes.
Friday - Threshold, Numb3rs, & Bill Mahr
Saturday Night Live - Steve Carell this week, Napolean Dynomite Next week
Sunday starts early with football all day til 6pm then it's ABC till i go to sleep. Extreme Home Makeover Desperate Housewives, & Grey's Anatomy.
You might be wondering why I would write a blog about TV. well, when you have no money, it's the best entertainment a single guy in his 30's can get. Some people live their lives, some watch other lives live.
I'm a watcher.
And nothing upsets me more than when two or more of the show I want to watch are up against each other. It started tonight, but thank God that F/X repeats it's shows. Tuesday's will be kinda rough with Boston Leagal and Nip/Tuck both on at 9pm. I've been hooked on Nip/Tuck for years, but following Desperate Housewives last year, BL became a show I had to watch, not just for Shattner, but because one of the hottest women on TV was on the show-Rhona Mitra (A close second to Nikki Cox). So Nip/Tuck says if you can't beat them, join them, and Rhona is on their show too. Luckily, having Tivo in one room and a VCR in another, this will be an easy problem to solve, But Thursday's at 7 will be the most difficult.
WB - Smallville, CBS - Survivor, UPN - Everyone Hates Chris
Smallville is no contest my favorite show on TV. I am on 5 different websites devoted to the show daily. The back story of the Man of Steel might not have 20 great episodes a year, but the ones that are their top episodes are Brilliant. and this year Aquaman, Tom Wopat, & Carrie Fisher come aboard. Survivor is the original "Reality" show. I've applied three times, but no luck. This year seems like their toughest, and they have a former NFL QB - Gary Hogeboom to give the sport fan in me an extra push to watch it. Then the upstart UPN, the same network that brought us Brittney Spears & Kevin Federline's Chaotic, gets Chris Rock. From everything I read and the one episode I've seen, it's hilarious, but unfortunatly it falls to third on the list, and with only two TV's it get's left out.
The rest of the week goes like this:
Monday - Prison Break & Football
Tuesday - My name is Earl & The Office leading in to the 9pm double dip
Wednesday - Lost & Invasion
Thursday - Tough choices at 7pm, but 8pm will be Reunioun, Just for the music in the episodes.
Friday - Threshold, Numb3rs, & Bill Mahr
Saturday Night Live - Steve Carell this week, Napolean Dynomite Next week
Sunday starts early with football all day til 6pm then it's ABC till i go to sleep. Extreme Home Makeover Desperate Housewives, & Grey's Anatomy.
You might be wondering why I would write a blog about TV. well, when you have no money, it's the best entertainment a single guy in his 30's can get. Some people live their lives, some watch other lives live.
I'm a watcher.
Monday, September 19, 2005
Sometimes It's OK to lie
January 2003, Ryne Sandberg is on the ballot for the first time to get into the H.O.F. I had hotel reservations just outside of Cooperstown, NY for my new wife and me. The Baseball Player that was my Idol growing up was going into the Hall of Fame. To me it was a given, to all of Chicago it was a given. He deserved it, he was the Best Secondbaseman of his generation. But it wasn't meant to be. He only receives 49.2% of the vote and he needed 75% to get in. I canceled my reservations and told myself, just like every other Cub fan, "Wait Till Next Year"
Janruary, 2004, Same Situation, And Ryno gets the third most votes on the ballot, but still is at only 61.1%. Again I cancel my reservations.
December 2003, Comes and my Divorce is final, I'm flat broke, all my Credit Cards are maxed out. I want to make Hotel reservations again, but Can't. So as always happens, whenever I really want something, I can't afford it. Sandberg gets in in Janruary, 2005. It's an exciting day for me and I tell myself no matter what, I'm going to NY, even if I need to sleep in my car.
Fast Forward to the weekend of July 31st, 2005. In the near eight months since the divorce, the Ex had moved three times and where she was staying at the time, she couldn't keep the dog anymore. Being the nice guy that I am, I agreed to keep her dog, even though he was never really "my" dog. Her brother and her had bought him over a year before I met her.
Anyway, she knows how Important this weekend is to me and agrees to take the dog for the weekend. Probably the first nice thing she would've done for me since the middle of 2004. But on the 28th, she calls and cancels. The Bitch Cancels. What was I to do, so I told her if she didn't take the dog, I had no other options and was going to take him to the Aurora Animal Shelter. She Dared Me. After five years, you think she would've known better.
Saturday rolls around, I'm in Cooperstown,watching Fergie, Billy, & Kirby signing autographs and my phone rings...It's the Ex. "So who did you get to watch Pimby, I want to know he's all right"
I tell her, "He's at the Shelter, and if they haven't found a taker for him today, he probably was going to be put down"
She starts crying "If you really did that, I don't ever want to talk to you again!" and she hangs up
Now did I really do it? Of course not, I told you I'm a nice guy. Luckily, I had a desperate housewife and Kara's son that live nearby and they stopped by and took care of the dog. But I really believed her when she said she "never wants to talk to me again"...But I wouldn't be writing all this if she didn't call me this afternoon.
She called and started out with how sorry she was to have ruined our relationship, and that she knew it was all her fault and it took her ten months to realize it and yadda yadda bull shit. So I asked her why did she really called (because she is NOT the type to apologize unless she wants something) And of course, she wanted to know if I had something of hers (like she doesn't have 20 things of mine). But I was Honest and said I didn't have it. Then she asks THE question. Tell me the truth about Pimby. Do I tell the truth and possibly bring the She-Devil back into my life or do I continue the lie. Well, if you couldn't tell by the title, I continued the lie. She cried, and we said our good byes. Was it the nice guy thing to do? Probably not. But was it a necessary lie so that I could move on with my life? Yes.
After five years, she knows me,I still have the dog. But she doesn't need to know that.
Janruary, 2004, Same Situation, And Ryno gets the third most votes on the ballot, but still is at only 61.1%. Again I cancel my reservations.
December 2003, Comes and my Divorce is final, I'm flat broke, all my Credit Cards are maxed out. I want to make Hotel reservations again, but Can't. So as always happens, whenever I really want something, I can't afford it. Sandberg gets in in Janruary, 2005. It's an exciting day for me and I tell myself no matter what, I'm going to NY, even if I need to sleep in my car.
Fast Forward to the weekend of July 31st, 2005. In the near eight months since the divorce, the Ex had moved three times and where she was staying at the time, she couldn't keep the dog anymore. Being the nice guy that I am, I agreed to keep her dog, even though he was never really "my" dog. Her brother and her had bought him over a year before I met her.
Anyway, she knows how Important this weekend is to me and agrees to take the dog for the weekend. Probably the first nice thing she would've done for me since the middle of 2004. But on the 28th, she calls and cancels. The Bitch Cancels. What was I to do, so I told her if she didn't take the dog, I had no other options and was going to take him to the Aurora Animal Shelter. She Dared Me. After five years, you think she would've known better.
Saturday rolls around, I'm in Cooperstown,watching Fergie, Billy, & Kirby signing autographs and my phone rings...It's the Ex. "So who did you get to watch Pimby, I want to know he's all right"
I tell her, "He's at the Shelter, and if they haven't found a taker for him today, he probably was going to be put down"
She starts crying "If you really did that, I don't ever want to talk to you again!" and she hangs up
Now did I really do it? Of course not, I told you I'm a nice guy. Luckily, I had a desperate housewife and Kara's son that live nearby and they stopped by and took care of the dog. But I really believed her when she said she "never wants to talk to me again"...But I wouldn't be writing all this if she didn't call me this afternoon.
She called and started out with how sorry she was to have ruined our relationship, and that she knew it was all her fault and it took her ten months to realize it and yadda yadda bull shit. So I asked her why did she really called (because she is NOT the type to apologize unless she wants something) And of course, she wanted to know if I had something of hers (like she doesn't have 20 things of mine). But I was Honest and said I didn't have it. Then she asks THE question. Tell me the truth about Pimby. Do I tell the truth and possibly bring the She-Devil back into my life or do I continue the lie. Well, if you couldn't tell by the title, I continued the lie. She cried, and we said our good byes. Was it the nice guy thing to do? Probably not. But was it a necessary lie so that I could move on with my life? Yes.
After five years, she knows me,I still have the dog. But she doesn't need to know that.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Things I Learned At The Stone's Concert
I've been going to Soilder Field every year since 1976 and Saturday was the first time I was there for something besides a Bears Game. Here are a few things I learned:
I learned that "Bear Down, Chicago Bears" isn't the only song that can be sung by over 50,000 fans at Soilder Field
woo hoo
I learned that white men can still dance in the north endzone of Soilder Field
woo hoo
I learned that there are seats higher than my Bears season tix
woo hoo
I learned that I shouldn't try to one up my parents, because they will tell me they have floor seats and are sitting next to Harold Ramis
woo hoo
I learned that it may only be Rock & Roll, but I like it, I like it, yes I do
woo hoo
I learned that Brown Sugar tastes so good
woo hoo
I learned that no matter how hard I try, I can't get no satisfaction
woo hoo
And Finally, I learned that you must have sympathy for the
Ex-wife
woo hoo
woo hoo
woo hoo
woo hoo
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
September 7th, 2005
It was 5am thismorning and I'm counting money at work, I write the date on the cash balancing form...September 7th, 2005...I don't think much about it.
Throughout the day I write the date on frozen food to be thawed, bank deposit forms, checks written to pay bills...september 7th, 2005...each time thinking I'm supposed to be somewhere today that I forgot about.
Work goes bad, people call in sick, we get busy, customers complain, worst day I've had in a few weeks...Septembet 7th, 2005.
I leave my day job to run as many errends as i can in the fourty-five minutes till I have to be at my next job. I stop home to let out the dog and
he's wimpering, more than usual. like he's trying to tell me that today means somthing. At the time I think he just wants attention because I'm on my 3rd straight day of double shifts...September 7th, 2005.
Night job is just as bad as the day job, busier than usual, customers complaining, I REACH MY BREAKING POINT, I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, I HAVEN'T BEEN THIS PISSED OFF SINCE I WAS MARRIED...on September 7th, 2002.
At this point it hits me like a cup of tea thrown by my ex-wife...today would have been our 3rd anniversarry. After nine months of divorce, you try as hard as you can to forget everything, but there is one thing that stick in your mind...September 7th, 2005.
Throughout the day I write the date on frozen food to be thawed, bank deposit forms, checks written to pay bills...september 7th, 2005...each time thinking I'm supposed to be somewhere today that I forgot about.
Work goes bad, people call in sick, we get busy, customers complain, worst day I've had in a few weeks...Septembet 7th, 2005.
I leave my day job to run as many errends as i can in the fourty-five minutes till I have to be at my next job. I stop home to let out the dog and
he's wimpering, more than usual. like he's trying to tell me that today means somthing. At the time I think he just wants attention because I'm on my 3rd straight day of double shifts...September 7th, 2005.
Night job is just as bad as the day job, busier than usual, customers complaining, I REACH MY BREAKING POINT, I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, I HAVEN'T BEEN THIS PISSED OFF SINCE I WAS MARRIED...on September 7th, 2002.
At this point it hits me like a cup of tea thrown by my ex-wife...today would have been our 3rd anniversarry. After nine months of divorce, you try as hard as you can to forget everything, but there is one thing that stick in your mind...September 7th, 2005.
