he doesn't want me to leave

If he wasn't so angry I could take him travelling with me.  Unfortunately he is EXTREMELY angry.

I kind of like the detective and my father together.  My father sings and talks incessantly to him, as he does with everyone, and the detective just stares at him blankly, as he does with everyone.

They are best friends.

my good luck rabbit came true

While I was tipsy on the phone with Jon yesterday I suddenly had to drop everything and try and take pictures of this nice little guy I saw in the backyard.

He was surprisingly fearless, if I hadn't been so oafish and bumbling I'm sure I could have gotten a better picture.  Between me having trying to explain to Jon what I was doing, and fumbling with the buttons on my phone, the bunny figured out that he wanted nothing to do with me and hightailed it out of there.

I just think it must be a really good sign to actually see a rabbit on the first of the month, don't you think?

two more down

My father and I had dinner plans yesterday but he forgot.  It wasn't until I smelled whatever deliciousness he had made for himself that I realized he wasn't going to be eating with me.  Thankfully Scott was available and wanted to meet me at Shakespeare's so I could work on my beers around the world.

I chose this first one based entirely on its name.  I felt like I needed a skull splitter yesterday afternoon.  As I was drinking it Scott asked me if it was one of the high alcohol content ones.  I said I didn't think so, then looked to see that it was like 8.7% alcohol.  It certainly tasted smooth and refreshing.  I don't think I realized how tipsy it really made me until much later when I was halfway through a frozen snickers bar wondering why on earth I would ever eat a frozen snickers bar.

Regardless the beer was quite good.  I wanted a second but couldn't muster up the strength to think about what I should get so I picked the second one based completely on number.  I chose a number on my card that seemed sad and alone and needed to be punched out of it's misery.

I actually quite like this beer so it was a pleasant surprise.  Besides reminding me of the german place on 86th street that I used to frequent, it also always reminds me of Emma and her parents who always had a six pack of this in the fridge.  They are the only people I know who kept hoegaarden on hand.  I can understand why though, it's really light and summery, actually a perfect charleston beer.

I need to tally up how many beers I have had and how many I have left.  I always think I'm further through the list than I am.  It's because these foreign beers have such high alcohol contents and I'm such a lightweight.

I know what you're thinking Jon, 'you are so white'.

you're preachin' to the choir tina

It has been nothing but grey skies and lightning since I got back to Florida a few days ago.  I don't care for it.  My glorious summer tan is fading so quickly!

I've asked this before but never heard from any of you so I will ask it again; does anybody know of a website like youtube where I can just pull songs to put on my blog?  I had other songs that better captured my mood today but they all had wonky non-official music videos attached to them so I opted for this instead.  Don't get me wrong, I love Tina, but not being able to stand the rain is just a small part of the person that I am today.

My first choice was Lindsay's "Disconnected" which I woke up singing this morning.

single and ready to mingle

I don't know that I would be this proud of my name, but to each his own I suppose.

Do you think if Ms. Dink ever finds her Mr. Right she will change her last name?  I'd wager that she'd go with a hyphenated last name.  She'd have to change her license plate though.

I have so many questions for Ms. Dink.

glad to see this is the same

I got the 3D Ocarina of Time the other day and have been super engrossed in it since.  It's weirdly fun to play a game that you kind of know how to do everything in.  I mean, it was kind of disappointing that I beat the first ending guy literally within about a minute and without her even getting a hit in against me, but otherwise it's fun.  I forgot about how many weird side quests there are in this game, like the whole thing with the masks, and it's so much less frustrating when you know who wants the masks so you're not just wandering around Hyrule aimlessly talking to every idiot dancing in a town square.

Besides making it 3D which is really REALLY cool, they also improved the graphics in general.  The most striking thing so far has been the spiritual stones.  They look so beautiful!

What is not beautiful however is the great fairies.  I remember being very disturbed by the great fairies when I played this game the first time as a child.  It's a combination of their skimpy outfits, hyper sexual behavior, and shrieking banshee laughter that really puts me on edge.  I was kind of hoping they would have toned down the great fairies in this revamping of the game but they didn't.  Almost quite the opposite, the improved graphics let you see more clearly how she rubs her thighs while talking to little boys.

But besides the fairies the game is pretty ridiculously fun, especially because it reminds me of how excited I was to play this game the first time.  When I started this I told myself the same thing I tell myself every time I play a Zelda game; I am going to get every heart container and every upgrade!!  We'll see how that plays out.  I'm already reminded of how annoying that stupid guy selling the beans is.

It's another rainy day in Florida, if you need me I'll be playing my ocarina.

rabbit rabbit rabbit

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Wow, July, really?

I think June seemed so much longer than any other month, both because I was all over these great united states during the course of it, but also because June contains the longest day of the year and my blogs anniversary.  I'd been looking forward to/dreading June all year long, and now it's come and gone.

And here we find ourselves in July.  What is on my horizon you ask?  I have no clue.  I am still clinging to the idea that I'm going to make it to Florence for Amelise's wedding but that is seeming less and less likely.  As it stands now Jon can get me to Italy but cannot get me home from Italy.  I am considering modeling myself after a young Hilary Duff and just going there and never coming back but I don't think I have that kind of gumption.  I guess she was also playing a role.  My life would be so much easier if I could just play a role.

Until I figure out what my next step is I'm going to continue avoiding the realities of my life.  Laundry today, party tomorrow, Buffalo on sunday.  I think I'm going to model my 4th of July outfit off of this month's Barbie.  Dan, let me know if you think your neighbor will appreciate it: