ten day wrap-up

i really haven’t been writing a whole lot the past several days. been bizzie! booyah, boyeeeeeeeeeeeeee…..

right. anyway, i have a few minutes here at the office, and thought i’d give a very short run through of the past several days in mattopian life.

last weekend (not this past weekend, but the one before) was my second trip to cedar point for the season. it was a bit of a downer walking in, realizing that the season is pretty much over. only two visits. you see, shanon and i used to visit the century+ old park at least weekly.

on the plus side, i was with dana, who i’ll mention had not been to the park in several years. her first big thrill was pointing out the hotel that she stayed at last time, and then vocalizing her thoughts as she dug into the mental vault and tried to verify whether or not she was correct. we first hopped on the raptor. i do literally mean hopped on — there was absolutely no line. several rides followed, and i then finally had a chance to ride the top thrill dragster.

holy. fucking. shit.

yes, it was that good. what a hell of a ride. zero to 120+ in like two seconds. anyway, we both had a fantastic time. shanon and i might make it back this weekend briefly on friday night, assuming all circumstances allow for such a thing.

dana had to go to court that same weekend, but she already has covered all of that over on her site. it’s linked twice over yander on the right, so go check it out if you’re curious. it ended up being more eventful than ever imagined.

the following week wasn’t too terribly eventful. wednesday night was the season premiere of the west wing. tivo was all set to record it. but oh, no. tivo is stupid. nbc aired last season’s finale first, which tivo grabbed. nbc aired the new season premiere right after, and tivo decided to record mythbusters instead. shit, so mythbusters and west wing are at the same time on the same night. bad, bad, bad news for me. west wing will win out in all such cases.

on the note of premieres, hbo is way overdue for a new season of carnivale. and i do mean wayyy overdue. wtf, eh?

wednesday was also dana’s monthly gathering dealio, where her and her friends all get together at a restaurant. i try to make it when i can, and this wednesday i was quite able to. we ate at what i believe was a lebanese restaurant? i had lamb, salmon, and something else. and how i looove pita bread and humus. how such a disgusting looking mix of such disgusting stuff can be good, i do not know.

and now we arrive at this past weekend. friday night, i did absolutely nothing. nadda. zero. a buddy in oak harbor was supposed to be calling me to hang out, but he never did. i just relaxed, watched american casino, and did the online browsing for boredom thing. saturday was originally “measure walls so that matt and dad can start remodeling the cottage” day, but duty called. the county board of elections had computer problems, and being that it’s crunch time, i was asked if i could work on saturday.

why the hell not, i could use the money.

the only problem ended up being that the bar code scanner on one of their pc’s fritzed, causing the machine to freak out on boot. but while there, they had an array of other minor problems to straighten out. one thing stood out while i was fixing their random problems — there was a big pink sign saying that nader is off the ballot.

now, i didn’t want to get into a deep political discussion with the board of elections ladies, so i didn’t ask why. is that state-wide? or just ottawa county? anyone? bueller?

yes, i’ve overused the classic ben stein scene far too many times at matt.sh. sucks to be you.

i started trekking to canton after i finished up at the board of elections. the plan was to do a bit of geocaching on the way down. however, i found out that i had been recruited to help do some work on dana’s aunt’s place. not by dana, but by her mom. no biggie, i enjoy a little handy work here and there. everyone seems to gasp at the idea, even my dad, but i did a damn fine job of putting up that towel rack. it was sooo hard, let me tell you. i arrived at the place i was meeting dana and parents early. being that we were meeting at a waffle house, i took the opportunity to eat some hash browns with cheese and lots of tobassco sauce. awww yeah. the waitress looked a lot like kristen dunst.

sunday was mostly devoted to geocaching. the cuyahoga falls are has tons of caches, more than anywhere else in the northern part of the state that i’m aware of. we were able to walk between the first few of them. ended up with i think nine, which isn’t bad for a portion of an afternoon. i slipped and fell on my ass trying to find the last cache. ended up dnf’ing it as well. what a shitty way to end a day of caching! ah well.

saw interview with the vampire on sunday night. it’s one of those i’ve seen bits and pieces of, but never enough to put the story together. what a good flic! my waitress from waffle house was in it. or was that kristin dunst? i commented that she looked really young. dana promptly chimed in with something along the lines of “that’s because she was.” thanks, dear. 🙂

and that brings you all up to date.