Thoughts from a men's room stall

Man alive, those beef quesadillas were a very, very bad idea.

How to annoy me

Shut down three of the four elevator cars of the massive 14 storey apartment building I live in, first thing in the morning, as everyone is trying to leave the building to go to work. Great idea. Also all too typical of the brain trust that is this building's management.

Luke, join me on the side of insufficient light!

Tonight I'm going to see Revenge of the Sith. I'd normally see a movie like this with a couple of my fellow Sci-fi geeks, but events conspired this weekend where they each ended up seeing it separately and without me. Yesterday I called up the Notorious MBA to see if she would go with me. MBA is not a sci-fi geek. She's really more of a HGTV geek. While she wasn't all that interested in seeing the movie, she knew I was Jonesin' for it and agreed to go. The conversation went something like this:

RR: Would you mind if we go to the Colisseum? It has the really big screens I want to see it on.

MBA: Sure, it's your night. Are you going to pick me up or shall I pick you up.

RR: Well, my place is on the way. Could you pick me up?

MBA: Of course. It's your night. What time should I pick you up for your Star Trek movie?

RR: Uh, MBA. It's Star Wars, not Star Trek.

MBA: Yeah, whatever.

RR: (pause) Is it too late for me to go with someone else?

This triggered almost a full minute of hysterical laughter on her end, which I couldn't help but join in on. You're a good friend, MBA. You're no sci-fi geek, but no one's perfect.

I want to ride my bicycle. I want to ride my bike.

I'm considering biking to work rather than driving. I measured the distance from work to home last night on my car's trip meter and it's a little under 13k. An easily manageable distance. I timed myself last night and found it took me about 35 minutes to ride 13k, which isn't that much longer than what it takes me to drive to work in rush hour traffic. Considering the price of gas these days, biking to work will keep a few extra ducats in my wallet. Plus, it'll help keep me all svelte and sexy while also freeing up my evenings for other activities. I think I'll test out the route to work this weekend to see how bike friendly it is.

I'm off for lunch and frosty libations with a few choice coworkers. It's definitely a patio day here in our Nation's Capital. Have a great weekend, my loyal readers! All 5 of you!

RR out.

Tax time

I finally filed my taxes on Monday night. According to the calculations of the tax prep software I used, I should expect to receive about $800 back. While historically I have received a return, I didn't expect it to be this much. The question now is what to do with this surprise chunk of change?

Do I buy 200 bottles of Schlitz malt liquor, so I keep representin'? Should I get a gold tooth? Do I take my car into the body shop and tell them to pimp my ride? Perhaps I should get a new computer, as mine is an ancient PIII 500. Maybe I should get that IPod mini I've been eyeballing and put the rest on my Visa? Decisions, decisions. What do you think, my loyal readers? Let's have some suggestions from the peanut gallery.