Author: raisetheshields

23-Feb

deus ex mystery machina

I bought the director’s cut of ”Daredevil” yesterday and watched it last night and this morning. That movie is so freakin’ good. I have new respect for Ben Affleck. I’m curious to see how bad the theatrical cut of the movie was. Apparently the director’s cut is nearly 50% different. I also am ansy to […]

22-Feb

24 hour bug

The weekend went quite a bit differently than I’d expected. Picking up a case of the 24 hour stomach virus in Philadelphia on Thursday night, Heather was down and out for 90% of Saturday. I canceled the Hyatt visit and hopefully that’s still something I can do (I need to call and check on that). […]

18-Feb

the visitor

My Philadelphia girlfriend-in-training-kinda-sorta Heather is coming to Houston today. I’d originally intended to plan an amazing itinerary of things to do before I got the flu earlier this week. Now I’m thinking we’re just gonna wing it. Got any suggestions? I’ll be using my Hyatt Regency goodies on Saturday night in downtown Houston. Thereafter I’ll […]

14-Feb

guess what?

I got a fever! And the only prescription… is more cowbell! Actually, more cowbell won’t help. I’ve been taking TheraFlu every six hours since Saturday morning at 5 AM. My temperature has gotten as high as 101.5 and, when On Drugs, as low as 100.4. There’s a huge difference between those two temperatures. The weekend […]

11-Feb

errand behavior

I ran home. I picked up a printer from the parent’s house that I sold for my dad. I visited the shipping place. I came home. I did some unpacking. I talked to Rebecca about her upcoming move to New York and marriage. I went to the gym and ran 3.05 miles. I went to […]

10-Feb

the big bounce

I’m nearly 90% cleaned up as far as my Philly to Houston transition is concerned. One bad thing did happen as a result of my suddenly having access to all of my property. I needed to write checks out for my taxes, the DeLorean insurance, and a lab fee from my last physical. I thought […]

07-Feb

party gras!

We woke up at 3:30 AM on Friday morning. I’d slept for around 3 hours. We somehow managed to get into our cars and drive off at around five. Arriving at Intercontinental Airport, we found that checking into terminal C didn’t mean that we were getting on a plane there as well. We had to […]

03-Feb

i condem (sic) you

I run TheRealWorldAustin.com and the response has been even better than what I experienced in Philadelphia. Every day around 3,000 visitors check out the site. It’s been fun. However, I now am getting some action from the Crazy Religious Right-Wing people. I hate them. Check out a letter one of them just sent me. I’m […]

30-Jan

it’s a beautiful day

I walked north on 3rd street. The crisp white snow was crunching beneath my feet. I looked up toward a trash bin that was visibly moving to and fro. A homeless man popped his head out of the top and said, ”Yo! We’re goin’ to the Superbowl!!!” Ahhh. Philadelphia. I arrived on Friday at 5 […]