Weekend Update & Shtuff.
Tuesday, September 06, 2005Man I love three days weekends. I get one more whole day to do nothing productive whatsoever. Yeah, it was great.
Friday -
That was the rehearsal dinner with G-Spot. Apparently she was the maid of Honor. She had probably told me this previously, but ADD means that the memory doesn't always work well.
Anyway, the dinner was on a paddle boat. We got a buffet dinner and there was also an open bar. So as we paddled up and then back down the Mississippi, we got to have good food and free drinks. Gotta love it when the Jack Daniels flows freely.
Unfortunately there were no single women in the wedding party, so I did what any guy would do. Hit on the bartender. We chatted quite a bit, she's in town till college starts back up at the end of the month back in Oregon. I gave her my number and she said she'd call. Here's to hoping!
Saturday -
Saturday I got up and decided that Mr. T wasn't happy in his dinky little rubbermaid bin and need something where he could swim around. So I went and spent too much money on a Turtle take (like a fish aquarium, but one side is lower so you don't have to fill it all the way up) some gravel for the bottom, a heater since it's going to start getting chilly, a filter, a piece of cork wood for him to climb up on and a spot lamb so he has a basking light.
He totally loves it, he's all swimmy and cute! He does bask sometimes, but the second anyone walks in the room, he jumps back in the water. He's eating more now too, so I think that's a good thing.
Later was the wedding, I walked down to the Cathedral (which is amazingly beautiful) and saw the ceremony. I took a ton of pictures on G-Spot's camera so I'll have to demand copies. It was a pretty ceremony too.
We hopped a limo to the Landmark Center which used to be St. Paul City hall way back when and is one of St. Paul's coolest old buildings. We hit the happy hour which was free wine and then headed down for dinner. There were two hotties at the table with us, one was a girl I knew from the dorms and the other was a bridesmaid that looked 25 but was apparently 37 and had a name that sounded like it could be a guys name, but was spelled in a cool way. Dorms Girl was engaged to the guy she was with and was going to be married in a couple weeks and Cool Name Girl had recently started dating a guy who showed up after dinner.
The options were basically none, so I just had a good time and enjoyed the free beer after getting a nice base of Jack and Diet (had to pay for those though, boo!). Later, after walking the very inebriated G-Spot back to her room (She's like my sister, so drop the bad ideas! ;O) ) I walked back to Slacker HQ and hit the hay.
Sunday -
I got to been my deputy from Iowa OzzyC!
I had planned on going straight down to the Renaissance Festival and meeting up with him, but I got sidetracked with a lunch invite with G-Spot and one of her friends. After that though I headed down.
Unfortunately about halfway there the highway I usually take to get there was closed with no explanaion. I found out later that the big storm we had the night before had caused a mudslide from a construction site to block the road. Doh! After taking a half hour longer bypass I finally got down there.
I hung out with Ozzy his wifey and his two cute daughters (12 and 8 I think?). I was amazed to find out that the KIDS were the first ones to run out of energy, how unusual is that? ;O) Definitely nice to get to meet one of the deputies!
After they headed out I saw a couple more of the shows and then headed out. Got back home and played some Age of Empires II again and relaxed.
Monday -
I chilled out during the day and downloaded all the necessary Mock Drafts and Cheat Sheets for fantasy football at Slacker Post One. It's that time again! Rock on! In the afternoon I met up with OCD/Anxiety Girl and headed back over to the State Fair again to hit the last day.
Like usual I ate more than I probably should have, but it was gooood.
Monday's intake:
- A couple Cheese Curds - I only stole a couple of OCD's because I can't handle THAT much grease, may as well inject it directly into your veins!
- Pronto Pup - Like a corn dog, but a lighter batter.
- Giant Beef Stick - 3 feet of spicy beefy goodness.
- Sno-Cone - Cherry, gotta love cherries...
- Rib Sandwich - This was an impulse buy, we sat in front of the place too long!
- Polish Sausage - with onions!
- Spaghetti and Meatball on a stick - They mix the met and spaghetti together, batter it and deep fry it and they dip it in marinara.
- Cotton Candy - just had to.
Yeah it was a food food day. And of course what's the best thing you can do after eating a TON of food? Go on the spinniest rides you possibly can of course! We went on the Tilt a Whirl to start. Next we hit Techno power, which is like the old Scrambler, but the group of cars spins perpendicular to the main unit. Then we hit Magnum, which is again like the old Scrambler, but on an angle, and the car you're in is free to rotate forward and backward with gravity. Dizzy doesn't even begin to describe how you feel after going on that thing.
Went home and watched Constantine, a decent movie, except for the fact I think it's the WORST movie ever made as far as it going from people whispering, to 9000 decibel sounds. You go from not being able to hear what they're saying, to not being able to hear at all because you eardrums get blown across the room. Mean I tell ya.
Like usual, she had an emotional fit when I took her home, pretty much par for the course.
Anyway that was the weekend, not bad by any means. Wish I could have made it down to Ren Fest earlier to hang out with Ozzy and the crew more, but it was nice to meet em anyway!
Random Shtuff -
They need to fix that word verification stuff, I love the idea, but 7-8 letters is ridiculous. Four or five letters is more than enough to weed out the spam-bots. Make it a little less of a pain in the ass to use!
I got a birthday/housewarming Gift from Carrie! She sent me a fun CD of tunes we all loved in school! Also she sent me what I'm guessing will be a really nummy bottle of Biltmore Estate wine from NC. Very cool, thanks chica!
Gotta love football season, Fantasy Football is a GREAT slacking tool. There's always news to read and angle to check to make sure I have the best team and can dominate my peers!
Ok, that's all for now. Later peeps.
posted by Chief Slacker @ 11:52 AM,
4 Comments:
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At Tue Sep 06, 03:07:00 PM,
OzzyC said...
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It was great to meet you in 3D land... hope that we can chat longer next time. BTW, the kids were asleep within five minutes of getting into the car.
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At Wed Sep 07, 08:46:00 AM,
Chief Slacker said...
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OzzyC - Yeah it definitely was cool! I'd believe it, they ere crashing at Puke and Snot! Hopefully we can hook up again before next year!
Diana - Of course I would! Mr.T is very happy. I dunno, when are you going to come make out with me? :O) Err meet me? -
At Thu Sep 08, 10:01:00 AM,
Amber said...
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You're the best turtle dad EVER! That was my favorite part of the weekend recap...
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At Thu Sep 08, 10:20:00 AM,
Chief Slacker said...
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I'l jsut got some pictures, I'll post them later today or tomorrow!