July 16, 2006 10:43

It has been a while since I last posted, and for that I am deeply sorry. I have no good reason aside from laziness, which to some might be considered an acceptable reason.

To pick up where I left you, the Revolting Cocks were great. Their new singer (Josh Bradford, I think) definitely put on a good show as a replacement from Chris Connelly. Ministry started their set with mostly new stuff, which mostly sucked, but picked up when they played their older material. After the show, the usual Friday madness of The Local and post-Local poker (until 10:30am) ensued.

Courtesy of the late poker, I was late to the Germany vs Portugal 3rd place decider game. I met up with Tim and Kris at Hand in Hand and was later joined by Jen M. After the game, Jen and I hung out for a bit and then went to Pura Vida for a very tasty dinner. Next on the agenda was my first visit to Atlantic Station, a new development on the west side of Midtown Atlanta, just north of Georgia Tech. This place is horrible; a total "Downtown Disney." The primary purpose for our visiting this horrible place - Pirates of the Carribean 2 - Dead Man's Chest. The movie was good, but not as good as the first (which I expected) and seemed a little too long. That may have been due to my excessive tiredness. Afterwards, Jen dropped me home and I foolishly decided to stop by the Local for a night cap. I didn't stay too long, though.

Sunday was, of course, the World Cup Final, and I joined the crowd (Tim, Kris, Brandy, and Brandy's friend) at the Brewhouse. It was an outside table, which was interesting for a change. On one side of us was an Italian table, on the other was a French; at our table there were a mixture of alliegences. I won't trouble you with a match report, except that Jon VW arrived later and from the resultant Italian victory I won all the wagers I had placed for the tournament. The French dude next to us bought us a bottle of Champagne, which was nice. After the game it was back to the Local and a satisfying end to World Cup 2006. Except that my darts sucked.

The week just past saw an increase in work activity, but it seems from my timesheet I didn't log all of it - it definitely fely busier than the hours I logged. But there was definitely more going on.

Now that the month long drinking binge called the World Cup is over, I have put myself on detox until I go to Chicago at the end of the for the Pitchfork Festival. Craig H, Mike S and I are going up for three days (we're catching another band on Friday night) of music fun. With probably some drinking thrown in for good measure. But until then, it's iced water for me, baby.

Since I am on the wagon, I stayed in on Friday night and watched some movies. Nothing great. But I was up early on Saturday and walked up to Java Vino for breakfast. I considered walking on to Little Five Points, but the battery in my iPod was on its last legs so I came home instead (round trip about 2 miles) to recharge the beastie. While the iPod was charging I jumped in the car and headed to Criminal Records, where I spent just under $80 on CDs (lots of CDs) and then headed to Best Buy to pick up an alarm clock with an iPod dock and to look at receivers. I'm probably going to buy a new Sony or Yamaha receiver next month and maybe new speakers the month after that. After making my purchase, I stopped by Bed Bath and Beyond to pick up a blender. Around that time, Lauren called and I arranged to meet her and Matt at Hand in Hand for lunch. After lunch I came home, did some work on my timesheet, downlooaded some music, and did a fair amount of reading. I also got a call from my mum. All in all, a pleasant afternoon.

I had several options for the evening, but ended up staying in and reading more, with the occasional look at the TV. I threw on Republic. Around 11:20pm I decided to do a look-in at the Local. I played a round of darts with an equally sober Craig H against a well-lubricated Jon VW and Jaime, and it was the drunks that won. I decided that was my cue to leave, and picking up a drunk Tim along the way (and dropping him off as well) headed home to sleep.

And now, Sunday. I've updated my time sheet and expenses tracking for July and read over half of the latest issue of The Economist. I was thinking about hitting the Botanical Gardens at some point. We're looking to hit 93F (34C) today, so if I want to be outside, I should do it earlier rather than later. It's currently 85F (29.5C) but due to humidity it apparently feels more like 89F (32C). It may already be too late to head outside :-).

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