One more for the road

One last post for tonight. Just a bunch of random crap.

I love my cats. I never thought I'd say that, but these animals of mine have added so much to my life. I think my fear of allergies kept me from considering the pet option for so long. Had I known that they wouldn't bother me at all, I would have had a cat YEARS ago. Living with allergies to my sisters cats in my late teens when my brother and I lived with her was bad, and I never thought I'd be able to live with a cat. Maybe I out grew it. I can remember trying to sleep at night, gasping for breath in what was basically allergic asthma. It sucked, and not something I ever want to repeat again.

My cats now are great. Magic, the older of the two, is my baby. She spends a lot of time with me at night, when she's at her nicest. She'll hang out with me on the couch, bug me for attention, and lay with me in the bed. She doesn't do this with Britt or Terri, and I think she gets closer to me than everyone else. She was a wild cat, and she's kinda skittish, very shy, and doesn't allow most people to even see her. But she's my buddy, and I love that cat.

Ping(y) is the younger cat, and she's just crazy and adorble and playful and curious and everything that a cute little cat can be. She's the family cat and spends time with everyone. But when she's in the mood for attention I like it when she comes to me. She also likes to chew on cords and one of these days she's going to get a big shock if she keeps chewing on my laptop power cord!

My father was a mover for as long as I can remember. He drove a truck, moved people all over the country. Lifted furniture, put stuff together, took it apart, etc. Everyday, day in and out. I think he liked the traveling and driving stuff better, but he still was pretty good at the rest. As a kid I always wanted to go with. When I actually got to as an adult, it sucked and I hated it. Not something I ever wanted to do with my life. I respected what he did, as I've come to respect people who work manually in all aspects of employment as I grow older. But I never wanted to move people.

This past week, I've worked for a customer of mine who does house staging. Basically gets an empty house ready to sell. Does rough interior improvements, paints, decorates, etc to make the house look nice to sell. Part of my job was to help assemble furniture and move stuff into this house for her. Almost a light version of what my dad did. After only doing it twice, it just reaffirms my belief that I'd never want to move poeple for a living. Ever. If I ever did drive a truck, it wouldn't be a moving van and I wouldn't get out of the cab for anything. Man that's tough work.

I love OnDemand from comcast. That, along with my high speed internet, is keeping me from getting dish programming. I'll never rent a movie ever again.

Speaking of that, I watched Invincible the other day. Great movie. I liked the way it was shot, very yellow and very similar to how I remember the 70s for some reason. Yellow, bad clothes, bad hair, and crappy times. The fact that guy Vince Papale actually walked on to the Eagles and played for 3 years is incredible, and probably the dream of any 20 something former athelete that wishes he could have done the same.

I got Wrestlemania 23 tickets. I was 15 when it came around Detroit the first time, when it set records for a sporting event indoors. That WM was a great show, with Hulk and Andre, all the other great matches. I hope this show is a great show as well. At Ford Field. It's going to be fun. I've been jonesin' on wrasslin' again as of late. I'm convinced I could have been a pro wrestler had I put my mind to it in my 20s instead of going to college. My loss. :D

It's been cold here the last week or two. This winter sucks. Very little snow, very cold. At least in December I could get some work done in my shop. Now my mower is half stripped apart, half painted, and it better be warm in March so I can put it back together before mid April.

Because I have been spending time working out, I have been noticing how dirty my basement is. The unfinished side, the walls and floor are dirty and there's lots of cobwebbs/spiderwebbs. Old paint and junk that's been piling up. Weds night I tore apart my workout area. Swept it out. Carted out a bunch of junk. Dumped some water on the floor with bleach, and cleaned that sucker up. It came out great, I almost choked out the whole house with the bleach and probably burned my brain with those fumes. I still need to do the other half of the unfinished side, but it's nice to get one of those long term projects out of the way. And now I won't be poking around trying to pick things up while working out as well. Now I need to recaulk the bath tub next week and start my taxes, and I'll feel a lot better.

Speaking of taxes, I hope that IDIOT that the rest of this State's IDIOTS voted for, Granholm, doesn't get her service tax passed. I'll be drafted into collecting taxes for the state and have to start keeping track of that bullshit then. Meanwhile, Jenny from the block keeps screwing the state up, promising more programs when she can't balance a budget, and sitting by while companies leave Michigan. Other businesses don't consider Michigan when searching for new sites, unemployment goes up, people move out, and Michigan still sucks ass economy wise versus the rest of the country. And the people of Michigan voted this dumbass back in office. The state is in worse shape than it was in the 80s. By the time things turn around, half the population will be gone, we'll lose not only our manufacturing base but also our power in the Federal Government, and be years behind the rest of the country. Even in Ann Arbor where things are sheltered from the rest of the state somewhat thanks to the 2 major U's and 3 major Hospitals, things suck.

I never thought I'd say it, but I'm loving Chris Webber again. I've had issues with Chris going back to my days at UofM and the run-ins I had there with him. I've been a detractor since then, but his coming to the Pistons has been a great thing. The team is playing better, he is playing better. I think Chris has helped to bring them into the new NBA with emphasis on offense and not defense. They needed that after Ben left. His passing is great, he's a scoring threat. It has rubbed off on his teammates. Assists are up, and he's gotten Rasheed Wallace to play better. I'm excited to see this team in the playoffs.

My thoughts on the Red Wings: Who cares? Isn't there still like 1000 games to play before they finally count for something (playoffs). Hockey would be better with a preseason, a 2 month regular season, and a 3 month playoff season. Skip the rest of the monotony.

Spring training for the Tigers starts in a week. Thank GOD. Whether or not they do anything this year, I am excited for another long baseball season and living and dying with them during the summer again. It sure makes things more enjoyable to have a great bball team playing every night. I hope Moroth can get back in the lineup and I hope those young arms can repeat their performance from last year.

The Lions: spare me.

That's all for now. I hope to keep up on this thing, so check in soon.