Ain't Life Grand

Life has been good to me these last few days. Soccer was a blowout last night, 14-5. Golf got cancelled during play before it got too wet. Saw The Grand Budapest Hotel tonight and enjoyed it. Had lunch with my college buddy this week. Feeling extra flirty at work and in emails and that's always fun. Been really engaged at work these last few days. I missed that place during my illness. Feeling better finally... like, all the way better. What little cough I have is allergies, for sure this time. I've been eating well. Love all of the new Adidas shoes I got (well, except that one pair). Nomming on blueberries all week. Ain't life grand?

Better?

I've been sick for at least 18 days and I think today may have been the last of it. At least I hope so. The Lung-Plague of April 2014 didn't kill me. But it took up the better part of the month and knocked my mortal ass to the ground for a good while. I guess, looking back, I spent too much time working hard, partying hard, and playing hard. A body has to take a rest.

I dare say I'm better. I have a small cough but I can hear and taste nearly as well as before. Onward.

Diagnosed

Got my diagnosis today. No surprise. I scored well, overall. And I'm satisfied with what the doctor said and recommended. I'm going to follow up with another professional and see where that goes. Life ain't so shitty. ;)

I'm the Baddest Man Alive

I'm not. Let's be clear about that.

But... I kinda am. :)

I loaded up on some new sneakers tonight. It was a great haul. Five pairs of shoes total. I even customized a pair by designing the colors. It was glorious. They are my super persona's sneakers. Bad. Ass.

I've had "I'm the Baddest Man Alive" by The Black Keys and RZA on repeat. I will walk with that as my theme music. And I *will* be the baddest mine alive...

I can take the pitchfork, from the devil
Keep a super suit like I'm incredible
From the deep blue sea, to the dark blue sky
I'm the baddest man alive

Excerpt from The Black Key's (with RZA) "The Baddest Man Alive"


On a completely unrelated note, other that possibly also being potentially badass, Ep 7 secondary shooting is happening, the script is all but approved, and the casting is down to finalists. The Star Wars saga continues and I hope for the best! :)

Sick.

Being sick sucks. It always does. And it seems to take so long to recover these days. As bold and clumsy as I am at times, it is illness that will be the end of me.

I am finally coming out of the haze of this latest illness. I am on my second round of antibiotics. Levaquin. It fucks me all up. It's used to treat patients with Anthrax and plague. No shit. I am shitting you not. I experience mild pychotropic effects when mixing it with Prednisone. I'm dizzy and confused. It's a very weird sensation and hard to endure for long spats - especially when the insomnia hits.

I've been sick for nearly 3 weeks and I'm quite tired of it. I feel like I'm getting better but I'm not done with it. My cough is better but still deep. My ears are still full. And I still can't taste (that is getting very annoying).

I keep telling myself this will end soon. I don't know how in the world I am going to function at work tomorrow. I will have to work from home. Can I even work a full day? I haven't moved off the couch or out of bed unless I had to. I've burned through 3 seasons of Game of Thrones and caught up with the new Cosmos.

I've been to the doctor twice. I've been on two antibiotics. I use two inhalers. I'm taking cough syrup and nose spray. At some point wellness has to return. And I hope he brings his buds back with him... taste buds, that is!

Sick Movie Watchin'

If I'm gonna spend the day horizontal and sick, I might as well watch some movies:

The Game. Cool!

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. Cried.

Warm Bodies. Clever.

3:10 to Yuma. Meh.

Pacific Rim. Kaiju!

Game of T'rones. Aria.

Pacific Rim again. Jaeger!! I admit that some of the luster of this movie wears off outside the movie theater. That is why I *must* see Godzilla in the theater when it comes out in May.

Sick. Blech.

Blah.

I'm sick and I don't feel good. :(

Somehow the laundry fairies visited me overnight. What a lucky boy I am!!! :)

Three Thursday Theories

Akin to January's Five Friday Facts...

1. Both Central Futbol and TNT Strikers are doomed to fail. Why?

We lost in the finals AGAIN! Our guys ran out of gas. And, dammit, I knew they would. Two of our better players were goofing around on the field during a forfeit and burning energy they needed. The Red Bull chicks showed up again and passed out liquid candy. But yeah, we lost. AGAIN. In. The. Finals. Just like Five Friday Facts. Just like Lost in the finals... again. And every time before that. I honestly can't remember a streak like this. Baffling.

2. Does the drink-that-has-yet-to-receive-a-name have a name?

Perhaps. Out in Boulder I had a drink at a Latin fusion joint called Centro. It called a Kentucky Wildflower. Bulleit bourbon, housemade vanilla cognac, lemon, lavender extract, agave. It was not only deelish but it tasted very similar to the drink-that-has-yet-to-receive-a-name. So I believe I will stick with their floral theme and name mine the Kentucky Honeysuckle. Jim Beam Honey, freshly brewed AtG cream soda, lemon - on the rocks.

3. How is the new job working out?

Ще видим.

A Game Called FTL

FTL. Faster than light. It's a term used when describing fictional and/or hypothetical engines that warp spacetime. But it's also the name of a game that I love! And it's finally on iPad!!! Hooray! I never beat it on the PC but I came close several times. I will on the iPad. The interface is so sweet! The designers really put a lot of thought into this UI.

I downloaded it and played it and, before I knew it, an hour had passed. I suspect that will happen with more frequency. Muwahahaha!

A Star Named PoraPora

Submitted a name for my star.

PoraPora.

(dramatic pause while I waited for the email... about 2 hours)

Accepted.

Yayayayayayayayayaya!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So one of the my all-time favorite games from adulthood was Galactic Civilizations II. GalCiv2 was a spiritual sequel to MOO2, or Masters of Orion II. Both are cherished games. So when GalCiv3 was announced and there was an opportunity to purchase the Founder's Edition I jumped on it. If anything deserves my monies this video game title is one of them.

One of the many perks was the ability to name a star that will appear in-game. So I named my star and I hope to colonize a planet on it one day in the game itself. I will make it a beautiful, lush, loving, tropical, peaceful place.

You know, with proper terraforming facilities and such. ;)

Crazy week in the mountains

Flew back to Boulder Tuesday and worked 12 to 15 hours Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Got some nutty news on my career... nutty, I tells ya! I left work Friday after having some incredible sushi over a late lunch and went for a beautiful (albeit muddy) hike up the Flat Irons. Then we got hammered! Watched the Game of Thrones marathon off and on while resting and working on Saturday. UK made it to the NCAA finals and face off against UConn tonight. Couches were burned. Hit up A-Basin with Jer yesterday. The weather was perfect. The runs were fast. The lifts were empty.

The Game of Thrones Season 4 premier last night was fantastic! Like the old Battlestar Galactica eps I always considered a good ep to *seem* like it lasts less than 20 minutes when the show actually goes an hour. When it faded to black last night I couldn't believe it had been a whole hour. We watched it again immediately after. I love that show. I suppose I really should read the books.

I was supposed to go to Denver tonight and hang with a friend but he is in the doghouse after a bad day of Rockies baseball mixed with edibles. He was rather passive-aggressive about the whole thing which sucked but whatever. Lesson learned... I will just not extend my trip again.

Looking forward to coming home tomorrow. My nutty career news, plus being gone for a whole week, makes me crave home more than I have since I moved.