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RC Cola

I'm in the middle of reading Bill Clinton's My Life. In chapter eight, he mentions how much he liked RC cola and how he was disappointed when they stopped making it. This was in 1964. They still make it now, and it's the best soda by the way, but did they stop and bring it back more recently?

Apparently, RC owns 7up and Dr. Pepper now.

Geek Love

I'm trying to get into Geek Love: A Novel but I just can't seem to break in. I keep being told that it's the greatest book ever, but something is holding me back. I just want to finish it. I need discipline.

The Lord of the Rings

I've started reading The Lord of the Rings. Beleive it or not, I've never read them before. As it turns out, it's kind of scary. Normally when I read, I keep on reading, at least for a few hours. But now that I am at the part were Frodo is being tracked by the Black Riders, I can't read for more than an hour . I get too spooked. I find myself flinching at ever sound.

The book is much more intense to me than the movies were.

The thing about waking up

The thing about waking up everyday for work is, no matter how late I stay up the night before, come saturday morning, I'm up. No amount of tossing and turning will help. I just have to give up and get up.

So here I am, 9 o'clock in the morning on a Saturday with nothing to do. I've already been to work and back to finish up some small things left over from Friday, my Tivo is filled with nothing good at all, and I just finished reading Party Monster, just because it seemed like something I should do.

I could always clean or maybe do my laundry, but that's what Sundays are for. If I do it today, what would I do tomorrow?

I guess Saturdays are errand days, but I have all the groceries I need, I don't wash my car, and you'll never see me at Target on the weekend.

So...Here I am, writing about nothing in particular, for no particular reason, and looking for guidance really. I'll be sure to let you know if I receive any.

Dude, Where's My Country?

I just finished reading Dude, Where's My Country by Michael Moore. I bought it with Erica last weekend.

I thought it was pretty good. Certainly a quick read. He has some good ideas for winning the next election. At least about getting out and lending a hand to some good candidates. If I wasn't so lazy I might actually do that.

The most interesting thing in the book are the stats on where Americans stand politically. It's no surprise that most of us are more liberal than not. What he doesn't really talk about, or at least not directly, is the left's inability to get the vote out. That's the conservatives best weapon. They get their people to vote. If we could get more of the people to vote, would we ever have another Bush? I doubt it.

It's worth picking up if you lean his way, but of course, take everything with a grain of salt.

Shopping

Erica was in town these week to visit me and some other friends. Taking advantage of this, I made her come with me to Target to do my initial house shopping. I only got a few things. Trash bags, a trash can, pizza cutter, hand towels, stuff like that.

I also got one of those folding camping chairs, like I had in Chicago. This one is nicer though, it has a foot rest. This chair has made my apartment more depressing looking actually. Before, it was I just moved here and don't have any furniture cool. Now it's, I'm so broke all I can afford is this cheap folding chair thing (even if it is really, really comfortable).

I also made Erica come with me to the Grove to spend my gift certificate. I bought what has to be the most expensive pair of jeans. But god do they look good on me. Erica bought me a pair for Christmas as well. Very nice of her.

I made a quick stop into Barnes and Noble to buy Mike Moore's new book. I need something to do while I wait for my Direct TV to be installed (December 31st).

New Reading

I started reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance tonight (which Steve was kind enough to buy for me from a used book store) and it has made me very depressed. I definitely need some changes in my life.

I'll have to start working on that right away.

New Writers

I love to read. I have just one problem, I don't trust writes that I haven't read before. So when authors I have read don't release new books I reread the ones I have. Over and over and over.

I just finished reading John Irving's A Widow for One Year for the third time in the last year. It was incredibly hard to get through this time. I was always waiting for the parts I like to come up.

Blah, I need to find a new writer. I have Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon sitting next to my reading chair. It has been there for a couple of months now. I really should bite the bullet and just start it already. I've heard good things.

the long weird rambling is done now.

Catch Me If You Can

Erica and I had a reading day earlier this week. She read Invisible Monsters (which I read awhile ago), and I read Catch Me If You Can. I love dedicating a day to reading. It's a good way to keep from getting bored.

The book is much better than the movie. His life was much cooler than it was depicted. I definitely recommend picking it up if you like the movie. They left out so much and changed the rest, not that you really have a choice when you make a movie out of a life story.

A day of Cleaning & Rest

I woke up this morning in a lot of pain. I was a little surprised, although I should not be. Thirteen hours of building will do that to someone who is as out of shape as I am.

I spent the better part of the morning cleaning up the mess we made and moving furniture around. The rest of the day will be spent rereading The Hotel New Hampshire for the millionth time.

Stupid White Men

I finally got around to reading Stupid White Men by Michael Moore. I love his politics but his writing style leaves something to be desired. The book seemed almost too simple. I wish he would have gone into more of the details. He is definitely a better film maker, but still it's very funny and worth reading if you have a few hours.