I missed Monday?
Tuesday, August 30, 2005Well I wouldn't say I missed it! ;O)
So yeah, I decided to be extra slackerly and took and extra day off of work yesterday. I tried to get online at Slacker Post One, but my six year old laptop was not being cooperative.
Anyway, I know you all missed me! You can fend off those withdrawal shakes with some slackerly goodness. I'm back, and ready to slack!
So how about a quick update on my weekend? You know you all wanna know about it.
Friday -
I had planned on having a birthday party type thing this night, but unfortunately I had been so busy earlier in the week that I didn't have time to actually plan anything so that all fell through. I just chilled and watched a couple movies with Big Mike and the 19 Year Old.
Big Mike put a 2.5 pound pork roast in and thought it would cook in 25 minutes. It was funny when he went back and read "per pound" on the instructions. What was funnier was that he put it in at 9:15pm. hehe.
Saturday -
Ahhh, smell that? That's the smell of massive amount of fried food and other food on a stick. Yes, it's the State Fair. The Minnesota State Fair is one of the best and biggest in the nation, and that's not just me talking. And By mass amounts of fried foods and stuff of on a stick, I mean they fry things that only the highest drunkest idiot would ever think up. I'm talking about Fried Candy Bars (Milky way, Snickers, etc.), Fried Twinkies, Fried Battered Corn on the Cob, and that's just a few! And all the stuff on a stick, Hot Dish on a stick, Chicken, pork, beef on a stick, this years new item is Spaghetti and Meatball on a stick. You figure that one out.
I met up with Conservative Girl and her family, since any possible excuse to go to the fair is a good one. Here is my list of food eaten so far at the Fair:
- Dogzilla Corndog - A 1/3 pound footlong hotdog breaded and on a stick.
- Bull Bites - A specialty of a local restaurant, they're Cajun seasoned tenderloin tips.
- Bacon Wrapped Turkey Tenderloin - On a stick of course.
- Gizmo Sandwich - Fine ground pork and beef, mixed with Italian seasonings on a hoagie bun with marinara and the whole thing sealed up with a layer of melted mozzarella.
- Cotton Candy - Yes, on a sitck.
- 5 glasses of Chocolate Milk - not at once, but it's all you can drink for $1!
I would have eaten more, but they all wanted to leave earlier that I thought, I was pacing myself. All that was only about 4 hours. Oh well, I still have another week of the fair!
The other news of the day was that Conservative girl put money down on a new Harley. She got her motorcycle license a couple weeks back and has been dying to get a bike. She was mad that I wasn't excited for her because, well, I think it's a stupid idea. Not only is she one of the most emotionally immature people I know, she's also just about the most naive. Knowing her personality, the image of her on a big black Harley is just ridiculous. This is the same girl that doesn't realize it when guys are hitting on her, and this is the same girl who doesn't get why they talk to her more at work when she wears skirts (Being tall, a regular skirt is pretty much mini on her). I know alot of nice quiet people drive Harley, but she just doesn't fit.
Besides the whole image thing, it's stupid idea in that she doesn't even hardly know how to ride a bike. Yeah, she passed a two day course, but she never got going over 20 miles an hour during the whole thing and never needed to pass 2nd gear. She said she popped a little bit of a wheelie every time she shifted because she was bad at it, and this was with a really crappy old Honda 250. She just bought a brand new Sportster 883. NOT a 250. So lets see, $13,000 motorcycle that's definitely more power than she should have as a first bike, and she can't drive properly. Anyone else see a bad idea? Not to mention I know there's no way she can pick that bike up if it happens to lay down. The heaviest thing I've seen her move around on her own is an inflatable bed that weighs about 30 pounds and she had to drag that. Most of my friends with motorcycles agree, a good rule of thumb when buying a bike is, that if you can't pick it up, you can't ride it. Yeah, not going to think that's a good idea.
Anyway, whatever. I need to go back to the fair and Eat More. I think I'm going through greasy food withdrawls and it's making me cranky.
After the fair I went home and watched a movie with Big Mike and Oakdale Girl.
Sunday -
I decided I needed to get stuff done around the house, so I did a few loads of laundry, cranked the MP3s and sorted out the last month's worth of mail (all my bills auto-pay so I never bother opening them for large periods of time) and also cleaned up the whole office, it looks about twice as big now. Now I just need to get some lights in my storage area and it'll be super tidy!
Later, Big Mike had another date with The 19 Year Old, and they watched The Ring 2, which I had seen before and though it sucked, so I played Age of Empires 2 on my ancient (7 year old) computer. Yeah, I need to update my hardware BAD.
Of course the game is addicting, and I feel the need, not only to win, but to wipe everything the opposing computer players have built off the map. So yeah, I end up staying up until 3am. Oops.
Monday -
I woke up, didn't feel like going to work that early and reset my alarm from 7:30 to 8:10 (the latest I can get up and make it to work on time) Problem is I changed the minutes to 10, but never changed the 7 to 8. Yeah, I woke up at like 9:50.
What to do when you wake up 50 minutes past when you were supposed to be at work? Call in sick of course. Granted, I did kinda feel like crap, but mostly I just didn't feel like working. I went out and looked over new aquariums for Mr.T and got an idea of what I want to get for him. I'll probably pick something up on Saturday.
Since one of the pet stores was right by the Evil Empire store that OCD/Anxiety Girl works for I thought I would stop by and say "Hi" since she was getting off work soon. She came with to one more pet store, where there were a bunch of super cute puppies. It was hard, but I made it out of the store without one.
Anyway, she went home for a bit but came over later and we watched Sin City. I give that movie and OK rating, but mostly because there's lots of very hot women in it. We also had some nummy roast beef and butter-flake crescent rolls.
Later, she freaked out like usual because I thought it would be fun for all of us (Big mike had The 19 Year Old over, again.) to play Mario Party. Well, OCD didn't feel like playing it, and threw a tantrum and went to leave only to have some big fit with me in the back stairwell. I thought 3 weeks off might have gotten her to realize she needs to grow up. I guess not.
She eventually calmed down and we played RC Riot on Dreamcast, still the best gaming system out there. Too bad there were too many people who likes the less powerful, poorer graphics equipped PS2 better. Gotta love racing virtual remote control cars around.
So yeah, that's everything you missed. I've got to run to lunch, but I'll be back more later! I'm not leaving today without posting those camping pictures. Yup.
posted by Chief Slacker @ 9:54 AM,
14 Comments:
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At Tue Aug 30, 12:48:00 PM,
Chief Slacker said...
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Wendi - Cute Paramedic never botehred showing up the last couple times we planned to out. and she hasn't bothered calling since then, so whatever. yeah some bikes jsut look funny with the wrong people.
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At Tue Aug 30, 05:02:00 PM,
OzzyC said...
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There's two types of bikers... those who have gone down, and those who will. Take that in any context you wish, and feel free to use the line if you think it'll get you some.
BTW, it looks like you missed one item at the fair... fried ice cream. YUMMY!!! -
At Tue Aug 30, 05:11:00 PM,
Chief Slacker said...
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Heh, nice. Yeah I still have my share of eating to do.
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At Tue Aug 30, 09:33:00 PM,
said...
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Nothing wrong with a girl riding a bike. Let her learn those things for herself - people learn best firsthand.
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At Tue Aug 30, 09:46:00 PM,
Kira said...
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Hey, I really liked Sin City despite the violence! It was very faithful to the original and kept all of the flavor. Then again, I love Frank Miller. I've adored Frank Miller ever since his stint doing Daredevil and...
...ok, never mind, revealing too much of my geek side *coughs* I'll shut up now ;) -
At Wed Aug 31, 06:21:00 AM,
Jezzy said...
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Nice to see you pigged out at the fair. What's a fair if you don't eat copious amounts of junkfood?
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At Wed Aug 31, 09:08:00 AM,
Chief Slacker said...
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Diana - Missed ya too! You andall of these trip lately! Must be nice! when you going to come to MN? :O) I wouldn't mind having a motorcycle, though I'd probably be more of a sport bike type than a cruiser. They're a lot nicer when it comes to gas ;O)
Cap B - Oh no, I like chicks with bikes, it's just her with a bike seems like a stupid idea. I guess we'll see.
Kira - Yeah it was decent, kinda like watching a moving comic book. And if you're going to reveal the geek in you, here's the palce to do it ;O)
Jezzy - Mmmmmm fair food. -
At Wed Aug 31, 02:24:00 PM,
said...
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I am so considering slacking in tomorrow morning because I've been far too productive lately. As always, Chief, you have inspired me...
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At Wed Aug 31, 02:46:00 PM,
Chief Slacker said...
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Amy - Keep up the good slacking, You'er nex ton the list to get Deputy, I jsut have to get things caught up...
Jaded - You think that's inspiring, read today's post ;O) -
At Wed Aug 31, 05:01:00 PM,
Aliecat said...
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Can you believe I've lived here for 5 years and never been to the fair? Had an opportunity yesterday, but had to go to class. And, yeah, I've been slacking at work due to my new blogging addiction....
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At Wed Aug 31, 05:25:00 PM,
Chief Slacker said...
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Aliecat - Oh no, i've been to the fair jsut about every year that I've loved here. I jsut love it a bunch :O)
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At Wed Aug 31, 08:08:00 PM,
Denise B. said...
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So, do you get Friday off too, because of Labor Day weekend? If that's the case, you really ARE the Chief Slacker!
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At Thu Sep 01, 01:03:00 AM,
Leesa said...
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I can't believe you ate all that food-on-a-stick. Did you spend much time in the bathroom afterwards??? :)
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At Thu Sep 01, 09:59:00 AM,
Chief Slacker said...
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Redhead Mommy - No, just next monday. Gotta lvoe a three day weekend.
Leesa - No, my body is a fine tuned machine, it can hand;e anything ;O)