I'm so confused on meals I just eat breakfast when I wake up, whenever that is
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I am slowly coming to think that we, as a species, have become too structured in our dining habits. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, with certain foods acceptable for each meal. For me, growing up, lunch and (especially) dinner were always the two most structured. Breakfast, not so much. That's probably why I'm not typically a hearty breakfast type of person.
Of course, I suppose part of it is the idea of providing a (relatively) stable routine for the children. And this seems to really be something that's developed over centuries of civilized habit, so I suppose there might be something to it.
These days, though, more often than not I mostly focus on making sure the kids eat well at each point in the day. If I get one full meal in for myself each day, I'm content. And I have, on occasion, had non-traditional foods as part of a meal at certain times - like eating leftover dinner for breakfast. My wife is even more into that. I've seen her eat things like pizza or left-over spagehtti for breakfast.
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I was reading one of my recently purchased comic books the other day (issue #2 of Kamandi Challenge), and noticed something that got me thinking. The cover shows a multitude of characters, many of whom appeared in issue #1, and whom I assume will appear in this issue. One new character on the cover, however, was a half-naked young girl (with her top-half strategically covered by her hair. She was nowhere in the comics, though, clothed or otherwise.
That's what got me thinking. The comic book industry still very much focuses on sellng itself to young boys through the time-tested method of kick-ass or attention getting covers. That, of course, is no guarantee the interior will be the kind of story that can hold the interest of a young lad. It's amazing, though, how some of these cover artists can draw the attention or summarize a story in such a wonderfully limited capacity. One side of one page to sell the book. Some of those guys are f&*~ing magnificent.
It almost makes me wish more cover artists could pull double or even triple duty as interior writers and artists. Then maybe you'd get storylines that don't take 4 to 10 (or more) issues in order to be told. Bill Willingham, creator of the Fables comic, among others, is one of the more talented one-pagers I can think of. He can, quite literally, script a one page comic book story, which he did many times in the aforementioned Fables comic.
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For example:
My house has landscaping laid out and planted by the people who built it. To say they made choices I would not have is an understatement.
On one side of the driveway are two (or so I thought) different large bushes/small tree-like plants. The planted these things very close together. They are planted too close together, so that they are growing into each other, which will leave those together portions stunted. So,
I've decided to remove the rear-most bush. I started yesterday, but can only do so much at a time because there is limited space in my garbage receptacle, and this stuff has to be loaded into it if I want it taken away in a timely fashion. So I'll have to slowly pare it down, until there's nothing by a stump and roots left.
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Before I was laid off, I kept a large To Do List. You'd think that, with more time on my hands, I would have gotten plenty of it done. Sadly, this is not the case, as several items on that list require spending money. Since I am not currently bringing any money into the household, and these things are not "required", I must forgo them.
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I caught parts of this movie called The Shallows on last night. It stars that super-hottie Blake Lively. She plays a surfer who gets attacked by a great white shark and stranded on some rocks a few hundred yards from shore. Hilarity ensues.
What bits I saw were pretty decent. At one point she makes it to a buoy, and the shark attacks the buoy. At first I thought that was a bit ridiculous, having the shark attack the buoy. Then I recalled a theory I saw once, about why sharks attack shark cages.
The theory goes that the metal cages interact with the salt water to confuse the shark's senses. So, since the buoy was also metal, and the chick was bleeding into the water all around it - BAMM! - the shark attacks!
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I hear people talkin' bad,
About the way we have to live here in this country,
Harpin' on the wars we fight,
And gripin' 'bout the way things oughta be.
And I don't mind 'em switchin' sides,
And standin' up for things they believe in.
When they're runnin' down my country, man,
They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
Runnin' down the way of life,
Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep.
If you don't love it, leave it,
Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'.
If you're runnin' down my country, man,
You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
I read about some squirrelly guy,
Who claims, he just don't believe in fightin'.
And I wonder just how long,
The rest of us can count on bein' free.
They love our milk an' honey,
But they preach about some other way of livin'.
When they're runnin' down my country, hoss,
They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
Runnin' down the way of life,
Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep.
If you don't love it, leave it,
Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'.
If you're runnin' down my country, man,
You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
Anyway, that chick looks really good in a bikini.
Or less..
'Scuse me I gotta do visit the tool shed
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Had a phone interview today. I liked the guy and the company. The work sounds interesting. The pay sounds like it would be pretty damned good. And the dude seemed to like me and want to bring me in for a face-to-face.
Sadly, I'll probably have to turn it down. Or, at the least, accept it knowing I'd drop them as soon as something better comes along. It all comes down to commute. The location of their offices would give me a round-trip commute bordering on 3 hours.
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Saw an article about some freak who's had a bunch of surgeries to turn himself into an alien. There was a time when we just locked someone like that up in an asylum.
But, f!#$ it. Dude wants to spend his money turning himself into a circus sideshow attraction, that's all his business. Who knows, maybe one day an actual alien race will come to our planet, see this guy living in peace, and think we treat other intelligent life forms well.
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I applied for like four other jobs last night (the internet is a beautiful thing). I'm hoping one of them will get back to me before the guy I had the phone con with yesterday. If I can get another offer, from somewhere that wouldn't be a REALLY BAD commute, I wouldn't feel as bad to turn the yesterday guy down.
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There'll be times
When my crimes
Will seem almost unforgivable
I give in to sin
Because you have to make this life livable
But when you think I've had enough
From your sea of love
I'll take more than another river full
Yes, and I'll make it all worthwhile
I'll make your heart smile
Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me?
Will you take the pain
I will give to you?
Again and again
And will you return it?
There'll be days
When I'll stray
I may appear to be
Constantly out of reach
I give in to sin
Because I like to practice what I preach
I'm not trying to say
I'll have it all my way
I'm always willing to learn
When you've got something to teach
And I'll make it all worthwhile
I'll make your heart smile
Pain, will you return it?
I'll say it again, pain
Pain, will you return it?
I'll say it again, pain
Pain, will you return it?
I'll say it again, pain
Pain, will you return it?
I won't say it again
Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me?
Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me?
Strangelove
Strange highs and strange lows
Strangelove
That's how my love goes
Strangelove
Will you give it to me?
I give in
Again and again
I give in
Will you give it to me?
I give in
I'll say it again
I give in
I give in
Again and again
I give in
That's how my love goes
I give in
I'll say it again
I give in
I give in