So... My buddy casually mentions to me the other day that I need to watch this documentary called "The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia". I'd never heard of it, so I watched it the other night with The Wife. Jesus friggin' Christ. I'm not naive, and I know these people really do exist in the world, but... Jesus. What's worse is that I had a nightmare the night that I watched it where I was married to the old mean bitch (I think it was Maime?), and that she was pregnant with my kid. I bolted upright in my bed like they do in the movies with a cold sweat. I don't know why, but that thought disturbed me so much that I could hardly sleep the rest of the night. But I got over it, and finally felt better last night, when I farted under the sheets so bad that The Wife almost puked. That was fun, and thankfully got my spirits back up where they should be. Wait, what was the point of this post again? Oh well, I don't know. Drinks? Sure.
This weekend is the annual St Patty's Day Parade. The town gets kind of insane. There are roving gangs of bagpipers, green beer, and Coney Island Dogs are half-price. Last year, my friend lost a tooth and no one knows how. The year before that, I got an entire bar to sing "Glory of Love" from Beaches.
For a while I've had a theory that I'm not addicted to alcohol, I'm just bored, and drinking is both fun, and turns off the part of my brain that processes boredom. I figured if I ever had other stuff to do, I'd be fine not drinking. So, last night I had a bunch of audio editing and writing to do, and you know what? Turns out I was right. I'd been drinking every day for a few weeks, and hardly even noticed I wasn't drinking. Screw you, temperance!
What, no death pool thread? What the hell, Blue? ...just kidding. Let's hope and pray (if you're into that sort of thing) for the safety of our Hawaiian-based Idiots.
What, you hate Japan now? Looks like they were pretty well prepared with earthquake-resistant buildings, and in Hawaii they're getting a good headsup on the tsunami. Still a lot of devastation, but this could have been many orders of magnitude worse.
I watched that movie a couple months ago and just shook my head the entire time. I've lived in bumpkinass Texas, bumfuck Georgia, and backwater Florida, dealt with all the morons (good and bad) that I thought existed, and nothing even came close to that fucking family. They make everyone I know with a meth addiction seem grounded and accountable. The kid in prison for shooting his uncle, or his cousin's uncle, or dad, whoever it was...in the goddamn face....him. He seemed the most normal.
I didn't know anything until I turned on the TV and saw "Tsunami expected to hit Hawaii any minute" on CNN and immediately thought of this. And I lived in Japan for a couple of years. You bet your ass they're prepared over there. Damn near EVERYTHING is made of concrete. Also, Hawaii's getting hit as we speak. Doesn't look pleasant, but all reports are that most of the people were evacuated properly. Hopefully the subsequent waves won't turn up nasty.
I couldn't sleep one night and that came on Showtime or something and I couldn't turn it off. It all seemed so normal to them. Like everybody should be stealing and using drugs 24/7. I like how the one chick was shocked when the court took her newborn away. Wasn't she snorting shit off the nightstand in her hospital room right after giving birth? The government should crop dust that whole county with some kind of sterilization dust.
I am stone cold sober. I intend to remedy this later this afternoon. (appreciate the rarity as I usually wake and bake a little)
I'm in. I have returned from a meeting with my kids' new counsellors and teachers. I no longer have to make any sort of impression.
For anyone who doesn't regularly look in the Sports thread... Any interest in joining the boards fantasy baseball league this year? Couple open spots left. $100 ESPN auction H2H league. PM me if you want in.