2011.04.29 Friday

Ah a day off of work. Wait what... I'm awake at 7am. *cue Darth Vader scream*

Spent the morning running errands. I took a bunch of old oil from oil changes to Auto Zone (free recycling). I also went and had my tires rotated at Discount Tire Co. That business is awesome.

Next up, a quick stop at Lowe's for a soil pH test kit. Gotta have the right conditions for the optimal growth right?

Chik-fil-a for lunch, then a power nap.

I set up a few microphones around the drums and recorded a few takes of Habs playing some things. The room acoustics that are picked up on the mics bugs me a little, but there isn't much I can do about it. Not like I'm going to remodel or haul everything to a sound booth.

Played some CS:S with Ryan and Moriah.

Kelc came over and enjoyed a delicious fish dinner. We also watched the latest Office, the last one with Steve Carell. Interesting.

2011.04.28 Thursday

It seems as though the sickness has subsided for the most part. Time to get back to work.

And worked, I did. I actually was getting more into work as the day was progressing. I guess my energy had finally come back.

Left for home later than normal. Once home, my enthusiasm to get things done was still elevated. So I did my laundry, did some music editing, ate dinner, took care of my plants, and did homework (on a day that is considered my Friday). Booyah.

My ankle is still showing some issues. I don't have the flexibility, and sometimes I feel like I need to pop it, but it doesn't work.

Watched some Arrested Development and went to bed.

2011.04.27 Wednesday

Oh my goodness. I could not sleep last night. My stomach was cramping up and I was rolling around in pain. Either this is terrible acid indigestion, or I have some stomach flu or food poisoning (again).

Spent most of the day not really doing much. Tried to force myself to get fluids and food back in me.

I finished transferring files over to the new 2TB drive, and did some tests on it. Seems like the new drive is faster, even though the spin rate is slower. I really should look into getting a fast primary drive for the OS and programs.

Later on, I made a stop at Fry's electronics. Felt like I need a new keyboard. I feel like that store has changed quite a bit. They confronted me right as I entered the store about their "price guarantee" which will beat any advertised price, even online. As I did my shopping, I noticed how a lot of their stock is not the typical brands that I would be purchasing. I am disappoint.

Watched Mythbusters and cooked up potatos and Mac and cheese. Hooray.

2011.04.26 Tuesday

Today I did pretty good at staying on task and getting stuff done. Once you get rolling, time flies and the day is over.

Had our second-to-last class of the semester. I'll be excited when this class is over. Summer time is near, and not worrying about homework will be nice.

Class let out early, so Habs and I went home to kill time. My new 2TB hard drive arrived in the mail. Finally I can stretch out a little.

Later on in the evening, went to Taylor's kickball game to fill in. I made a few blunders, but we started off strong and put up a good fight. I need to get back into the rhythm of the game.

2011.04.25 Monday

My ankle is feeling better, but supposedly I'll be playing flag football this evening. Interesting...

Work went by slower than usual. Had a hard time really getting into the grove of things again. Stayed at work a little late to head straight to the fields.

I tried my best to play some flag football, but I really couldn't push myself because my ankle is still healing. We started off the game strong with an interception that led to a touchdown...

So yeah we lost in the first round of playoffs, but hey we made it into playoffs. Summer is definitely not the best time to be playing football. One thing that I would have to say bugged me was how competitive other teams were acting. I mean, this is supposed to be "Super Social", and they were calling audibles and had playbooks. Let me pull up a quote from the Austin SSC website:

"Two divisions- social (for players with football skills) and super social (for players with limited football skills / recreational league)."

"Any player in the super social league who is determined a social player by the Austin SSC must switch divisions or will not be allowed to participate that season and will have their league fee credited towards a future season. If more than one player fits in the category, the Austin SSC has the option to move the team to the social division."

I feel like if you are pulling out playbooks and audibles, that's crossing a line into "players with football skills".

Hopefully my ankle heals up quickly so I can get back to the skatepark. Also thinking about doing some kickball over the summer. Less intense when the heat gets up there.

2011.04.24 Sunday

Slept in somewhat late today. Cleaned up and watched an episode of Arrested Development. Great way to start the day.

Went over to my parent's place for Easter lunch. The menu for today: chicken-fried steak and chicken-fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn on the cob, cheesy bread rolls, and a side salad. Not bad. If only I had the self-control to not snack on food before the meal, I could have eaten more.

My brother set up a Easter-egg hunt/puzzle for all of us. I was able to figure out everybody else's puzzle, just not my own. Actually, nobody could figure out my puzzle. Here, you try it. Don't cheat; first one to get it wins a prize.

What sequence of numbers comes next in the series?

1
11

21

1211

111221

312211

13112221

Post-lunch, I went into food-coma mode.

Evening time, we played some board games and Scene-It. Before I knew it, it was already late. Time to go home and get ready for work.

2011.04.23 Saturday

Well, today was mostly spent trying to get myself back on my feet again.

Cleaned up my room.

Played computer games for some of the day.

Kelc came over from work in the afternoon, took a nap, then left again to go back to work.

Spent the evening cooking up party mix for tomorrows celebrations. A few months back I made some bacon party mix, but never posted the recipe. Here's what I did this time:

8 or 9 cups of cereal (I used Crispix, but Chex works too)

1 cup mixed nuts

1 cup pretzel sticks (not easy to measure, just guess)

1/2 lb of bacon, cooked to crispy, then crumbled

0.5 cup bacon grease

2 or 3 tbsp worcestershire sauce

1.5 tsp seasoned salt

1.0 tsp garlic salt (or garlic powder for less salinity)

0.5 tsp onion salt

Mix ingredients together in a large pan. Bake at 250F for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Pour onto paper towels and allow to air-cool (and degrease). Store in air-tight container.

Simple as that.