Today started off good. Got up, took a shower, went to the Grit for brunch. This is my weekly ritual. I’m big on rituals, which sometimes irritates my wife. She just doesn’t understand my need for routine. I guess it borders on the OCD edge of things, but I really get upset when I can’t go eat brunch at the Grit. This is one of the things that I dreamed about while I was freezing my asshole off up in Erie. It’s one of the things that made me want to move back to Athens. And now that I’m here, I intend to take full advantage.
I love eating there. I alway bring a book with me. Not just any book, but something that will make me think. Right now I’m reading ‘The Elegant Universe’ by Brian Greene. This book is going into serious depth about string theory, which is the next evolutionary step for the theory of relativity. It’s pretty intense, and I’m thoroughly enjoying it.
Today is the last day of the Tour de Georgia. I decided not to go see the finale this year. Last year Lance Armstrong won, and I went to get his autograph and pictures. This year, Lance will not be winning. The winner most likely will be Tom Danielson, who is probably going to be the next Tour de France contender from the Discovery team. It would be nice to see him race this early in his career, but I didn’t really want to go by myself. I was supposed to go with Charlie, but they had a funeral to go to, so I decided to just stay home and watch it online.
Talked to my friend Eric on AIM last night. I haven’t really talked with him in a while. He works for Microsoft in Seattle. He got married recently (I think it hasn’t been 6 months yet) and I wanted to find out how that was going for him. I hope to meet his wife someday, but Seattle is fucking far away.
Speaking of old friends, I found that my friend Aaron is keeping a MySpace blog about his adventures in Iraq. The rumor is he’s coming to Dothan in May for some shore leave. I will fucking BE there for that. We used to hang out all the time. Actually, that’s kind of an understatement. All of my youthful memories involve him in some way and its a fucking shame that it’s been 10 years since our last meaningful discussion. I hope to rectify that soon.
Well, now is the part of today where I kill a few hours playing The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap on my new Nintendo DS. What can I say, I’m a geek and a sucker for gadgets.
#1 by Chris Driggers on 4/25/2005 - 7:36 pm
That is friggin awesome. I’m going to be killing some time with these vids.
#2 by Chris Driggers on 4/26/2005 - 10:53 pm
Yeah I’m getting to the end of the book. I’ve read a few things in my day about this subject so I kinda had a grasp on it. But as I get to the end, some of this stuff is just mind bending. It kills me that people are able to think this stuff up, and most likely they aren’t on drugs.