Doodalali Days

I have managed to do several things so far today, most of which have absolutely no bearing on my life whatsoever. After pondering on that thought for a few minutes, I realize that I don't mind in any way shape or form.

Thankfully, Conquer Club has the tournament system back up and running so I have been able to get quite a bit of work done in that regard. It has been nice to whittle away the time this afternoon on something that keeps my mind occupied and fresh. Two of the tournaments are almost done and I'm just waiting for the final games to finish. It really amazes me that I'm able to spend an hour or so a day and keep up with everything. Thank goodness for that.

Yesterday was Pioneer Day here in Utah and I spent the first half of it doing nothing but relaxing and sleeping in. It was absolutely marvelous if you ask me. I haven't had a day to sleep in in what seems like forever. With work starting at 8:00am each day, including Saturdays and church starting at 8:00am each Sunday there literally isn't a day for me to sleep in unless it happens to be a holiday. I'm looking forward to the beginning of school when I don't have work on Saturday and our church time will move to 10:00am. I'll feel like a well-rested man I'm sure.

Holly and I went to see the new Pixar film Ratatoulle (I think that's how it is spelled) yesterday afternoon and enjoyed it quite a bit. Afterwards, on a whim we went to see Transformers for the second time. Of course, I was much more into it than Holly, but she said that she noticed a couple of new things this time through as well. It was a pretty decent Pioneer Day in the end, although I wish I would have had the chance to set off some fireworks. That is what holidays are all about. Explosions and fireballs.

Weekend Monkey Kissers

At times there are mornings when you wake up and things just seem a little bit off kilter. Today is one of those days for me personally.

It all started with the foul stench that was permeating the apartment as I got out of bed. I knew that the trash needed to be emptied, but I also knew that it should not have started stinking that badly even in a worse case scenario. The point is that having the house stink really threw me off this morning and I am not sure if I have recovered from it yet.

The weekend was a pretty lazy one as I didn't do much of anything, and of course, that meant I thought I had plenty to keep me busy and occupied as I got to work this morning. I was looking forward to creating some games and updating some brackets on Conquer Club. Boy, was I wrong. The owner of the site, lackattack, accidentally installed an incomplete version of an update he was planning on and it eliminated my tournament privileges. This left me with absolutely nothing to do today since I had not brought my book with me thinking tournament business would keep me busy all day long between my work responsibilities.

It still isn't fixed, and I'm hoping that it becomes fixed before I go to bed. I updated my records with everything I could, but not be able to do more kind of sucks. I suppose I will have to find something else to do later.

I'm also quite upset that this morning I discovered they have pretty much eliminated the possibility of doing fireworks for Pioneer Day tomorrow because of the super dry conditions and all of the forest fires here in Utah. I was thinking about going to buy a few dollars worth to set off in the street, but according to the website for the City of Provo you can't set them off anywhere within 20 feet of grass or flammable materials. That eliminates all streets that I know of. Oh well, I'll find something else to do I guess.

I've Made My Decision

After several weeks of trying to weigh my options on what the best idea for a new computer would be (MacBook vs. iMac) I have come to my decision today. If it is possible, I will purchase the MacBook for both the mobility factor and for the fact that it is more easily upgradeable in the future. The other thought that I had today was that if I do have a kid before the end of school, I will be losing my office and if I purchase a desktop computer I won't have anywhere convenient to put it if that is the case. With a MacBook I can just keep my mousepad and mouse on a little shelf or in a drawer and I'm up and running at the kitchen table in no time. Problem solved.

In other news, I have lost over 250 points on Conquer Club today; oddly enough, I don't feel that bad about it. I'm trying to cut my games down and I won four today and lost like 7 of my 2 player games. I'm also on track to win another one later tonight if the other player takes his turns. Running tournaments on that site is my passion right now as far as frivolous things are concerned and I think by the time school starts I'll be playing in less than 10 games at any given point. At least then my points won't swing so drastically all at once.

I'm going to run on my treadmill for the first time tonight. My goal is 15 minutes of something. It might just be walking, or it might be a little light jogging, we'll see, but I am going to do it nonetheless. Holly will be proud. I also got a haircut last night and feel great. I'm almost positive that it helped to some degree when I was walking over to another building in the skin-melting heat this afternoon. Hah, at least the humidity is till under 50%, which is always going to seem like there is none at all to me after living in Bartlesville and Houston.

Overactive Thinking

Today I have discovered that if I really put my mind to it I can find probably over 100 different ideas for tournaments that I would love to run on CC. I just came up with a great idea for one called the Gasoline Wars that I simply can't wait to get underway. Luckily for me, the idea is fresh and I still need to work out all of the details. Also luckily for me, Point Grabbers II, and Transformers Wars are within a week or so of being complete. I had to call Dad today to get the names of big time oil companies though because I could only think of three or four off the top of my head. I've lost my edge in that department apparently. I used to know 10 or 12 without even trying. Of course, half of them have merged nowadays, which provides a bit of trouble.

I'm going to sit here at work and figure out all the details for this next one so that I can have fun with it when the time comes. Honestly, whether or not anyone else thinks so, I think introducing me to Conquer Club was a very good thing for Rick to do. Yes, I might spend a little more time on it than I probably need to, but I haven't had a hobby that lasted more than a month in years. So thanks Rick, you did a great job.

What on earth am I going to do with myself when school starts and I don't have as much free time? Probably cut back my game load and focus on the tournaments instead. Currently I'm not joining any new games except for the tournaments I am in.

Sure, Will Do

I am pretty sure that I was a bit of a failure this last weekend simply because I had planned on doing all sorts of wonderful things with my time. What did I do? Absolutely nothing that I wanted to get done and because of that I feel quite a bit like crap.

I didn't get my office cleaned up, I didn't finish the laundry, I didn't do the dishes, I didn't fix the broken light bulb or vacuum the house, I didn't read more of my book and I'm sure there were plenty of other things I didn't do. What I did do was watch several episodes of 24 season 2 and that's about it. Wonderful.

Maybe next weekend, guess we'll see.

Busy Days Are Here

I have been trying to find ways to keep myself busy for the last two days without feeling like I am not accomplishing anything. Today hasn't been too bad. I managed to get all of my Conquer Club tournaments updated and new games created for the players. I've played and finished three games on the site, I've done countless different things here at work, and I'm going to do the laundry this evening most likely.

Tomorrow I have to go to work at Helaman Halls, but luckily it will be a quick day for over there because they should be getting most of the rooms finished today while I am here at the English Composition Office. My last day at Helaman Halls is going to be August 25th, and I can't wait. I am eager to have nothing to do with custodial for a while; actually a very long while.

Only One Now

It is hard to let go of my other blogs. I may not have been as diligent as my previous goals had dictated, but I thought that the platform was vastly improved over this one. In the end, I was wasting my money in paying to keep three blogs online that hardly anyone actually read.

I understand that there are those who did read them and that found a varying level of interest in what I had to say, but the time has come for me to grow up and do what everyone else thinks I should be doing. It was not an easy decision on my part, I had hoped for great things from those blogs, but in the end, this is what had to happen.

For those very few who actually discover this blog and the even fewer who will return to read it again, I hope something will brighten your day, or stir your mind to something greater.