News (at least to the geek world)

So let's see what's been happening in the world lately.....

HOCKEY IS BACK!!!!!!!!! (Good News) The Red Wings have placed Darren McCarty, Derian Hatcher and Ray Whitney on waivers. (Bad News)

I mean.....DMac?!?!? Ok, I know somewhere this is a smart business move. Gotta fit in under the new agreement. But come on....that sucks. Maybe we can spread some kind of rumor that he has a rare tropical disease or something so no one else picks him up?

Julie is still working mole. We're still going through this pseudo-dating thing. Ya know, the dating thing was fun while we were dating....it just sucks when you're married. Only one more week....just one more week.

The 10th Doctor!!!!! The BBC has finally released pictures of David Tennant as the new Doctor. Have to say that I've been thrilled with the new series. It's been a blast of a remake. If you want to see the new Doctor, click here. He's something of a cross between Peter Davison and Tom Baker. I definately like the more classic costume.

Band Concert this Thursday. The Ypsilanti Community Band is playing this Thursday out at Candy Cane Park in Ypsi at 7:30 pm. We're playing "modern" music. And by modern I mead a medly of some pop tunes as well as some movie arrangements. Should be interesting considering we've had to practice in a school gym. Nothing beats practicing in a room where the sound echos all around you.

Speaking of which....gotta go to practice. See y'all later.

Whew!!!!

Wow...what a week. But I made it to Thursday. I can't really say that tomorrow will be any better, but at least I don't have to go to work. It's just been a long, long week...but it's virtually over. One lesson I learned tonight......some Jameson and two hours playing pool will help you get your mind mellow again. Tomorrow...golf and softball. Busy...busy is good....

A Brand New Week!!!!!

Wow...it's Monday!!!!!! Well, actually it's the end of Monday. I suppose that's a good thing. When the highlight of your day is a haircut...well....you really need a new day. Ok, I suppose I'm lying a little. The highlight of the day was seeing Julie before she went to work. That's right, she's a mole. Small, furry, brown.......ok, not really. But she is working the mole shift at the hospital. 7pm to 7am. Yaaaaawwwwwwnnnnn. Makes me tired just thinking about it. She's got to do this for the next two weeks, but she does get off Friday morning and doesn't go back until Sunday night, so at least I get to see her this weekend. I'm not really sure which Julie is funnier to interact with, the Julie that use to stay up all hours studying and was exhausted or the Julie that just works all hours, comes home to sleep all day and then wakes up exhausted? Ah well, at least I can keep the sink empty. I'm not sure what we're going to do once we actually have to spend time with each other. It's a good thing Julie lets me keep my dating options open......


(for those who didn't catch the dripping sarcasm, insert it into the last sentence) ;)

Ponderings

Having a two hour drive every day gives me a lot of time to think. All in all, it's probably way more time than I ought to have to myself. Add in the fact that at least once a week it seems that my wife is on call and you've got waaaaay too much time for stuff to rattle around in my brain all by itself.

One of the things I've had the distinct pleasure of pondering lately is pride. My own, I will say, more than others. Pride in guys is a funny thing. We probably allow it to run our lives much more than we should, at least I know I do. If anything, it's one of the things I pray every day to be broken of, or at least to put in the proper perspective, and it's probably the thing that punishes me the most. As I said, I have a lot of time to think. My mind operates in many ways like a very cynical DVR operating in endless loop. I will go over my errors and other's errors in endless loops in my mind, especially if they're unresolved. The problem with that is it allows small hurts to grow. Then that grows into anger, and if that remains unresolved, then the pride kicks in. And it's hard to get around that pride. Maybe I'm stuck with it. It feels like I am for right now anyway.

That's not to say that the problems that lead to these feelings aren't real. It's kind of like they say about paranoia....sometimes they really are out to get you. But you can certainly see your own culpability in situations. Then you do something stupid and back yourself into a corner that you don't have the ability (or right) to get yourself out of. Ah well, que sera, sera. I don't really mean that cynically, just realistically. I would expect that the one that should read this will never read it, but all I can say is I'm sorry. And will always be sorry for being stupid.

So if you hung around this long, I'm sorry for all the unloading. Sometimes stuff just needs to go out. I haven't really decided what this blog is going to be for. General chit-chat, deep insights, confessional (I am Lutheran, you know)... So for anyone who's bummed out by the contemplative Jim, don't worry. Superficial, sarcastic Jim will be back tomorrow. Besides, no one beside Julie should really be forced to listen to all the little ponderable thoughts that go through my head. I'll catch everyone at softball for some hitting therapy (btw....Friday, Saturday and Monday???? I'm going to start taking ibuprofen now, my knees are aching just thinking about it)

Home Run Derby!!!!!

Man...I'm sitting here watching the HRD and I pulled out Bobby Abreu's baseball card as I'm watching. His highest home run record has been 30 and that was last year. Man, that was some show. Would hate to follow him up...

Fantastic Four Movie

Well, I've finally dragged myself out of bed this morning after a late night at the movies. Went and saw the FF movie with Bill and KJ. I have to say, I went into the movie not expecting much and came out pleasantly surprised. I loved it. It looked like the FF, they acted like the FF (granted, more like the Ultimates version, but that's cool). All in all they did a great job. And any night spent watching Jessica Alba can't be all that bad. All the fanboys out there posting their hyper-critical reviews just need to take a pill and relax.

So what are we doing here???

So this is the new news area. Hopefully as I find time I'll post some thoughts, let you guys know what's going on. I should be able to figure out how to give Julie access to this thing so she can update everyone as well. I'm going to do my best to stay away from the grumpy posts. Sometimes it's too tempting to just post every little thing that goes through your mind and you realize you're just griping, so I'm going to try not to do that. Just a warning for those reading this, July is not going to be a happy month. Since I'm not allowed to do anything about my problem, I'm just going to be grumpy. (For my staff, not a good month to screw up....)

Ah, I feel better now. So I'll try to balance out the mundane, everyday Jim observances with some of the more profound thoughts I have. And yes, I do have them (...Occasionally), two hours in the car each day give you a lot of time to think. Some might say too much...

Ah well, there is some wild scrapbooking going on upstairs, and there's a Tiger's game on tv (and believe it or not, they're winning), so I'm going to move over to the couch and get into baseball for a little bit.

later...

Welcome to the new news site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So here it is. I'm finally getting around to playing around with my website and revising it. As you can see, I took something of the cheap way out and decided to us Blogger to create the "blog" portion. Frankly, it's a bit faster than my old way and with any luck I can get Julie to use this a little too. So this should be fun. Watch here for updates as I keep working.

Oh yeah...of course I'm working on this because Julie is working all day. Bummer to us. Simone has been keeping me entertained, but I hate holidays where everyone is busy. Ah well, such is life.