Wednesday, July 28, 2004

fourteen minutes...

just sitting here, monitoring a bid that i put in for an audiobook that lois is needing - The S*cret Life of Bees. recently, she borrowed the tape set from one of her friends, who had borrowed it from one of her book club pals. well, wouldn't ya know it... the second to the last tape was eaten by the ancient boom box that lois was playing it on. so, we have spent a couple days seeking out a cheap replacement. and, so far, we've come across sets for around $12-$15 (incl. shipping). unfortunately, i was narrowly beat out by another for the first one that i put a bid on. that's okay because i was expecting him to do a last minute thing, as so many people do (including myself). the only reason that i had hoped to win was because of the proximity; the seller was in Littleton. i could have picked it up and saved some postage...ah well.

and now, we're down to eight minutes before the end of the auction. wish us luck. brb

Tuesday, July 27, 2004

hmmm...

i sent this earlier via e-mail, but it didn't post. lookee...

i'm seeing if this really works, so bear with me. is it me, or has blogger.com been changing some things around? derbs and rachel had mentioned that the special toolbar was nowhere to be found. so, i thought i might take advantage of blogging from my email.

are you all seeing this? yes, i can't believe it either...after an 11-day hiatus of blogging slothness, i have put something down. can we call it blogger's block?

you know, i think i may stop talking about the weather in my posts. it seems that the last two times i did this, something odd came over me and i stopped blogging for more than a few days. bad weather...figuratively. it is a nice day though. temps in the high 70's, topping out in the low 80's...er, never mind.

so what has been happening in this boring life?

well, lois did get her other cataract removed. she's looking at ten weeks without corrective lenses. i guess that's how long it takes for the new lens to work out its kinks in yer eye. although lois thinks it's great to be able to see better, we're still not out of the woods. but hey, we're talking about going from a -9.00 in nearsightedness to like a -1.50, which is a HUGE improvement. this means no more $400-$600 glasses and gas perms. nope. she can now partake in the '2 pairs of glasses for $59' and even soft contacts...yay!

in other news, my good friend, James, was in town with his wife (Jenny) and two children (Isabela and Emilio). they spent last week attending his sister's wedding and catching up with his old hometown; James left Denver for the Army in 1989 and ended up in Germany, the first Gulf War, Kansas (where he met Jenny), the D.C. area, and now Memphis...where he has been a civilian for a few years.

it's always super great to see James. we've known each other since 10th grade and have been lucky enough to remain good friends regardless of the miles that have separated us. whenever he's in town, usually for work, he gives me a call for dinner or drinks. with any luck, he and the clan can move back to Colorado in five years. that is, if they can afford it; the house they have in Tennessee cost them $117K...which is about half of something comparable here. save up, guys!

argh! it's hard to believe that August is on the horizon. where did the summer go? what did i NOT get accomplished...everything. ah well, i guess that's what summers are for heh.

Friday, July 16, 2004

cooler...

much more comfortable. glad to be in the 80° range again... and it looks like the monsoon flow is dipping down to give us some extra heat relief...which means good sleeping weather.

actually got through our v-ball league tonight without much rain. we weren't sure if we were going to get to play, it looked so threatening when we got to the park. lucky for us, there was a little sprinkling and that's it. sure got muggy though. good thing Barb brought a six pack; made us forget ALL about the humidity and sweat ;)

results were better too. this week, we won all six games. hopefully, we'll play more steadily in the coming weeks. team sports are all about motivation and chemistry, right? 'course, cheating is good too...but not looked very highly upon, eh?

lessee here...what else?

just finished getting mileage credit for our trip to Spain. now, that's not something we just pooh pooh. that's 11,000 miles we're talking about. considering most frequent flyer mileage programs require 20K-25K miles for a free domestic ticket, it's freakin' important to make sure you got credited.

speaking of mileage programs, i thought it would be a good idea to give my sister, Susie, and her fiancee, Andy, a couple tix to a warm destination (Cancún, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico) for their honeymoon. susie was saying, "we're kinda short for a 'real' honeymoon, so we thought we might spend a long weekend in Taos."

huh? hell no! people who do the fakey honeymoon thing don't end up going on a 'real' one for many more years because they start putting it off, eventually getting moved down on the 'priority list.' you guys gotta go now.

personally, i'd opt for mexico. of course, after traveling through 17 of its states, you might call me biased ;) still, i believe it's a better choice for the financially strapped because the Mexican Peso, although having rebounded over the last 5 years, is still a much better buy than Hawaii or San Juan, PR. a budget of $70-$80/day (per person) at Mexican beach destinations will get you pretty much everything you need, unless you drink like a fish or go golfing or club hopping every day. $70-80 a day in the other island paradises would be enough to just scrape by.

mexico is still a very cheap destination. in larger cities (inland), i could easily get by on $40-$50 a day.

btw, i failed to mention that we'd use our mileage to get their tix. when you redeem frequent flyer miles for a free ticket, you just pay tax...meaning $59 for Mexico and $10 for the other two destinations. a deal for us, considering airfares to those three places in late september and all of october average $415-$620; we all benefit in the end. they wouldn't have to pay for their honeymoon travel while we get a break on the prices.

and if they still insist on going 'another time,' we may just be greedy and go ourselves...heh.

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

hot...

i know it's july, but after a cool june, it's hard to believe that the high may top out around 100° today...guess summer is in full swing now. hopefully, the monsoon flow will dip down as it's supposed to around the middle of the month; we are in dire need of moisture.

you know, i don't know why the water restrictions were lightened by adding another day of watering. how is this supposed to keep our reservoirs (partially) full? was someone predicting an above average precipitation level for the coming months? people in the Denver area...we live on a semi-desert plain. we go through pluvial (rainy) periods and droughts that can last more than a few generations; we ain't gonna catch up in one season. methinks some people on the water board had just laid down some sod recently...

well, at least the water board doesn't have the ongoing problems of the local police. officers are now breaking into the wrong apartments and shooting invalids who reach for their soda can. what's next?

"Don't 'goo-goo' me!" I said, "Drop the pacifier...NOW!"

i certainly appreciate law enforcement for keeping us safe, but you gotta wonder about their willingness to shoot. i know that they're pretty much trained to shoot accurately so the situation doesn't escalate. still, it just seems that there are far too many innocent deaths when the majority of them is highly preventable.

just pondering life from my messy, but gloriously cool basement...

Monday, July 12, 2004

just a blur...

is what this weekend has been.

friday night was spent at our favorite Thai restaurant with Lois' Edmonton counterpart, Marcus, who was in town to update the AS400 at PCL. if i hadn't told you before, Lois is the (computer) network administrator for the U.S. HQ of PCL Constructi*n...which still earns much more money than a graduate degree in anthropology ;)

i don't think he got much work done though. we stayed there until 9:30 and didn't get him back until about 10:30. luckily, he could get some set-up done via remote at the hotel. that is, if he just didn't put it off until the morning...

saturday was mexican food, Targettt, and a cheapie. although there is a plethora of mexican restaurants out there, we frequent only a handful. and la cocina de marcos is one of 'em. it's out on Yale and Havana. they have some of the best tomatillo salsa in town...and damn hot...excellent smothered green...perfectly cooked beans...everything is just so fresh. one of these days, i may even try the rosemary chicken. yep, the owner has an occasional 'non-mexican' special; he cooked for Grisanti's Italian restaurant for 10 years before they went under.

Targettt wasn't much of a coup for sales. i did find a short sleeved henley for half price and some magazine files. unfortunately, i only bought four files when i probably needed ten times that. i sorely need to get rid of some magazines. for years, i subscribed to Volleyball Magazine, Consumer Reports, Nat'l Geo., Men's Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Popular Photography, Archaeology Magazine, and Budget Travel. i certainly have enough issues to fill a couple large bookcases...ugh.

as for the cheapie, it was the first time that we were a little disappointed with our movie selection. we saw Barry Levinson's Envy, which stars JackBlack and BenStiller, with an over-the-top cameo by ChristopherWalken. overall, the movie was pretty good...until the last twenty minutes or so, when it unraveled a bit and became disjointed. it was like the writer either hashed it out while hung over or the editing went straight to hell; some of it just did not make sense. anyway, i'm not sure if i'd recommend this as a rental. it's too bad because i'm a huge fan of JackBlack and like BenStiller. Cindi, if you were wanting to see this, definitely go on a tuesday.

sunday was a banner day. we picked up Yani for the second to last Cirque show, had a late lunch, and basically hung out for the rest of the evening.

varekai is the fourth (in addition to Dralion, Mystere, and Alegría)cirque show that lois and i have seen. and of the four, dralion was still the best. this latest offering was quite beautiful and artistic, but a little less breathtaking than dralion and a less captivating story than Mystere. nevertheless, as any cirque show, there was lotsa acrobatics, great juggling, good humor, dazzling colors, and a cacophony of music. i dunno...maybe i'm getting a bit jaded. still, i wonder what the other five cirque shows (Saltimbanco, Quidam, O, Nouba, Zumanity) offer... can't be critical about varekai though; it was Yani's first cirque show and she was simply wowed.

our late lunch was at the newest(?) Sonoda's, which took over the space that Fins had occupied on 6th and Bdwy. usually, i get my sashimi...teriyaki...handroll fix at either Mori or Osaka, but this was on the way home. glad we stopped in. we had some extra cold Kirin Ichiban, excellent spicy yellowtail and spider (soft shell crab)rolls, and superb tempura and halibut. and the service was quite attentive without being intrusive, if you know what i mean.

after our massive lunch, we stopped by the *$$, three doors down. there, we gabbed while we sipped on our iced latte, mocha, and caramel macchiato. for once, i strayed from my usual almond latte and had a mocha (Yani's fave even though she had the macchiato) instead. i see that the 'bucks has introduced 'lite' frappucinos. one question, why bother? people who drink that are also the ones who want half regular and half decaf, like it's gonna make a difference...

fully gorged and buzzed, we crammed ourselves into the car and made our way to the house. took care of the critters and lounged in the basement, watching one of my all-time favorite flicks. ever see it? in fact, the first time we saw it (in '97 at the Mayan), we saw Lowa in the lobby afterwards. anyway, if you haven't seen it, definitely do so. the acting is top notch...the humor will have you rolling...and the soundtrack is unforgettable. you may also want to see this before the american remake is released - scary!

we finished watching the movie a few minutes before sundown. not wanting to end the seemingly perfect day, we took a stroll to the local safeway and secured one of those wonderfully sweet dulcinea watermelons. on the way there, we scrutinized all the newer condos/townhomes in North Cherry Creek and asked Yani's opinion (since she's an architect) regarding all those fancy overpriced behemoths which no one can afford. it was interesting to hear what she had to say since mexican construction methods are less logical but more structured. she went off on a huge tangent about the roofs, which (not to be punny) was a bit over our heads.

as the perfect ending to the perfect day, we spent about an hour on the back porch, drinking herbal iced tea and scarfing down about 3/4 of the watermelon. we had four candles going and a gentle breeze. as denny would say, "life is good. we sure are lucky bastards." you said it, brutha.

Friday, July 09, 2004

all join in now...

started a new v-ball league with Barb tonight. it's at Garland Park, which is only a five minute drive for me...yay! way better than the Thornton league last fall - ugh.

we did okay (3-3) for not having all played together as a team before. btw, it's a 4-man league. the other two players are Joe (brother-in-law of my brother, Scott) and Jen (a friend of Barb's).

anyway, i was looking at my feet and thought about how ugly and green they are from six games on grass. and then, for some odd reason, i got the fish heads song stuck in my head. so if you feel like it...

Green feet
Green feet
Ugly stinky green feet
Green feet
Green feet
Wash them up now

Green feet
Green feet
Ugly stinky green feet
Green feet
Green feet
Wash them up now

In the morning waiting for the shower
In the evening jumping on the grass

Green feet
Green feet
Ugly stinky green feet
Green feet
Green feet
Wash them up now

Ask a green foot anything you want to
It won't answer it can't talk

Green feet
Green feet
Ugly stinky green feet
Green feet
Green feet
Wash them up now

I took my green feet out to see a movie
Too dirty, wouldn't let me in

Green feet
Green feet
Ugly stinky green feet
Green feet
Green feet
Wash them up now

They play volleyball they don't wear sweaters
They're not good dancers they can't play drums

Green feet
Green feet
Ugly stinky green feet
Green feet
Green feet
Wash them up now

Ugly stinky green feet are never seen drinking cappuccino
In fancy schmancy starbucks with mocha drinking women yeah

Green feet
Green feet
Ugly stinky green feet
Green feet
Green feet
Wash them up now

REPEAT 3X MORE

Yeah

Thursday, July 08, 2004

oh cokie...

remember on tuesday, when i was blogging about CoCo? well, it didn't turn out like i hoped it would. we returned to the vet that evening at 7:30 to pick her up and transport her to the hospital for tests and and an ultrasound to determine if she had congestive heart failure or pneumonia.

after the short consultation w/ the doc, the vet tech brought CoCo in and handed her to lois. poor cokie, she was gasping some and had a slightly blue tongue. upon seeing that, the vet advised us to haul some ass to the vet hospital, which was about 5 miles away (no highway access though).

so we jumped in the car and sped off. sigh... it wasn't enough. we had only made it about six or seven blocks when CoCo's tongue had turned black and she peed on lois. in a panic, i asked lois what i should do (turn back or floor it). lois still felt a heartbeat, so with that glimmer of hope, i drove on...desperately weaving through the Hampden traffic.

of course, it was to no avail. lois was imploring CoCo to hang on and started singing songs to her that she had so often done in CoCo's thirteen years. god, it was downright heartbreaking. i don't know how i didn't crash the car on the way there; our nerves were so shot.

as the dogs before her, CoCo will be cremated. i'm not sure where the ashes will be spread though. unlike Suzy (lois' shepard/dobie mix), whose ashes were spread at Rocky Mtn. Nat'l Park, CoCo's favorite place was probably on the end of the couch...on the right side of lois.

it's going to be some time before we get over CoCo. Suzy lived thirteen years too, but we were prepared since her health had been compromised by diabetes and cataracts; we knew she had to be put down. we were not ready for CoCo's passing. up until sunday, she was just fine...same ol' demanding little bitty...her HIGHNESS.

as you may know, the household i was raised in had no pets, so i never understood the rapport between humans and their pets. sure, dog is man's best friend...it's so cliché...but so true. cokie, suzy, and annie (the silkie who's going through some major shock now), are(were) so loving, patient, non-judgmental, and loyal that few humans could compare. dogs are even okay with it if you don't reciprocate in kind...they'll always stand by you.

so, all you dog owners out there, give your canine babies/pals an extra hug for me today because they deserve it for the waiting game that they are always faced with when you're at work; we take their loyalty and love for granted far too much.

you know, even in the throes of death, Lois' dogs always waited for her one last time. with suzy, we were in mexico for almost three weeks, plenty of time to check out while we were gone. no, she held on until we got back. and cokie probably shouldn't have lived out tuesday, but she toughed it out and longed to be held by her mama, just one last time.

just about to leave town...

not me though. nope. i'm talkin' about the Cirque du Soleil. you know, that fancy...slightly expensive...death defying...but cozy French Canadian company which dazzles every city they pass through.

yep. just a few shows left and i still have yet to get some tix. luckily, i think Denver is not so ga-ga over them anymore; three previous productions have already roared through here - Quidam in '98, Dralion in '00, and Saltimbanco in '02. so there are still some decent tix.

i'm trying to convince lois and our friend, Yani, to possibly catch the sunday matinee because it has the best selection of seats still available. i'm hoping it'll be worth the $75 ticket.

i shouldn't be too concerned about the price of the ticket though. when Saltimbanco was in town, i was perusing through the Cirque site and saw that the show was heading to Mexico City after its stint here. well, those tix in Mexico City were closer to $90...which is roughly 2-3 weeks of salary for the average Mexican. needless to say, not many average joes were probably in the audience... damn, could you imagine seeing an intriguing ad or recording of the Cirque, only to find out that it would cost you approximately two weeks of work just to afford a ticket? talk about crestfallen...

Wednesday, July 07, 2004

something to do...

stolen from Cindi Movie Memes are cool...

Stuff I've seen is bold, stuff I’ve seen AND I own is bold and in italics. If you steal it from me, be sure to add three movies to the end of the list.

01. Trainspotting
02. Shrek
03. M
04. Dogma
05. Strictly Ballroom
06. The Princess Bride
07. Love Actually
08. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
09. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
11. Reservoir Dogs
12. Desperado
13. Swordfish
14. Kill Bill Vol. 1
15. Donnie Darko
16. Spirited Away
17. Better Than Sex
18. Sleepy Hollow
19. Pirates of the Caribbean
20. The Eye
21. Requiem for a Dream
22. Dawn of the Dead (the original)
23. The Pillow Book
24. The Italian Job
25. The Goonies
26. Baseketball
27. The Spice Girls Movie (Spice World)
28. Army of Darkness
29. The Color Purple
30. The Safety of Objects
31. Can't Hardly Wait
32. Mystic Pizza
33. Finding Nemo
34. Monsters Inc.
35. Circle of Friends
36. Mary Poppins
37. The Bourne Identity
38. Forrest Gump
39. A Clockwork Orange
40. Kindergarten Cop
41. On The Line
42. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
43. Final Destination
44. Sorority Boys
45. Urban Legend
46. Cheaper by the Dozen (the original with Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy)
47. Fierce Creatures
48. Dude, Where's My Car
49. Ladyhawke
50. Ghostbusters
51. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
52. Back to the Future
53. An Affair To Remember
54. Somewhere In Time
55. North By Northwest
56. Moulin Rouge
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
58. The Wizard of Oz
59. Zoolander
60. A Walk to Remember
61. Chicago
62. Vanilla Sky
63. The Sweetest Thing
64. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
65. The Nightmare Before Christmas
66. Chasing Amy
67. Edward Scissorhands
68. Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
69. Muriel's Wedding
70. Croupier
71. Blade Runner
72. Cruel Intentions
73. Ocean's Eleven
74. Magnolia
75. Fight Club
76. Beauty and The Beast
77. Much Ado About Nothing
78. Dirty Dancing
79. Gladiator
80. Ever After
81. Braveheart
82. What Lies Beneath
83. Regarding Henry
84. The Dark Crystal
85. Star Wars
86. The Birds
87. Beaches
88. Cujo
89. Maid In Manhattan
90. Labyrinth
91. Thoroughly Modern Millie
92. His Girl Friday
93. Chocolat
94. Independence Day
95. Singing in the Rain
96. Big Fish
97. The Thomas Crown Affair (the original)
98. The Matrix
99. Stargate
100. A Hard Day's Night
101. About A Boy
102. Jurassic Park
103. Life of Brian
104. Dune
105. Help!
106. Grease
107. Newsies
108. Gone With The Wind
109. School of Rock
110. TOMMY
111. Yellow Submarine
112. From Hell
113. Benny & Joon
114. Amelie
115. Bridget Jones' Diary
116. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
117. Heavenly Creatures
118. All About Eve
119. The Outsiders
120. Airplane!
121. The Sorcerer
122. The Crying Game
123. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
124. Slap Her, She's French
125. Amadeus
126. Tommy Boy
127. Aladdin
128. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
129. Snatch
130. American History X
131. Jack and Sarah
132. Monkey Bone
133. Rocky Horror Picture Show
134. Kate and Leopold
135. Interview with the Vampire
136. Underworld
137. Truly, Madly, Deeply
138. Tank Girl
139. Boondock Saints
140. Blow Dry
141. Titanic
142. Good Morning Vietnam
143. Save the Last Dance
144. Lost in Translation
145. Willow
146. Legend
147. Van Helsing
148. Troy
149. Nine Girls and a Ghost
150. A Knight's Tale
151. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
152. Beetlejuice
153. E.T.
154. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
155. Spaceballs
156. Young Frankenstein
157. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
158. American President
159. Bad Boys (Sean Penn's 1983 movie, not Will Smith's 1995 cop movie)
160. Pecker
161. Pink Floyd: The Wall
161. X-Men
162. Sidewalks of New York
163. The Children of Dune
164. Beyond Borders
165. Life Is Beautiful
166. Good Will Hunting
167. Run Lola Run
168. Blazing Saddles
169. Caligula
170. The Transporter
171. Better Off Dead
172. The Abyss
173. Almost Famous
174. The Red Violin
175. Contact
176. Stand and Deliver
177. Clueless
178. William Shakespeare's Romeo+Juliet
179. Dangerous Liasions
180. I Am Sam
181. The Usual Suspects
182. U-571
183. Capricorn One
184. The Little Shop of Horrors (the one with Jack Nicholson)
185. Die Hard
186. The Flamingo Kid
187. Night of the Comet
188. Point Break
189. Forbidden Planet
190. The Bad Seed
191. The Day the Earth Stood Still

here are my three:

192. Central Station
193. Shall We Dance?
194. Delicatessen

Tuesday, July 06, 2004

back...

is better. glad that it was nothing. there's just always a bit of concern when it comes to my back, since i have few problems with it. now, if my knees and shoulders would just listen and behave...

while the back is better, Coco is not. she was unable to sleep last night, just sitting there and wheezing. at first, we thought it might have been a bit warm on the carpet, but Annie wasn't panting; when it's hot, both dogs pant. and cokie's wheezing sounded kinda wet, like fluid in her lungs.

well, the vet had other news - congestive heart failure. Coco has an enlarged heart...which was pressing up against her trachea and causing her to cough and gag the past couple days. anyway, the vet said that once the meds are straightened out, little dogs w/ congestive go about their normal lives.

and really though, that little 13 year-old Yorkie ain't done with us yet. she's got lots more pain and hell to put us through ;)

ouch...

ever get a little twinge in the upper part of yer back, near the scapula? and the best thing to do would be to take it easy and pop a few painkillers?

of course, not all of us take that path. noooo. some of us decide to try to stretch it out any way possible...with some drugs...AND alcohol...only to suffer later because (afterwards) that wee twinge of a minor muscular strain has turned into a hot knife digging into yer back.

yeah... well, you know i'd raise my hand if it didn't cause me to convulse into a rapturous seizure.

but hey, meester aggressive back fixer is still able to blog, even if he can't see straight. argh.

it's 1:09 AM, do you know where yer narcotics are?

Saturday, July 03, 2004

i dunno...

but i sure haven't felt like posting lately. i just've been very bleah. i bet you've all experienced this blogging apathy before - even the good bloggers. so, i hope you understand; i never intentionally abandon this thing ;)

went to the Soopers tonight and collected some stuff for a makeshift picnic...a couple sammiches, fruit salad, a black eyed pea salad (called California Caviar - is it a Texas thing? 'coz i've NEVER heard of it), some olive medley (green and kalamata), and a couple bottles of water...and headed over to the City of Brest Park, where we noshed and waited for Glendale's annual firework display; we consider it to be one of the best in the area.

there were some beautiful colors and even a new shape that we had never seen. sure, we've all seen the big chrysanthemums, the ellipses (or are they just circles?), etc. but have you seen the two stage swirl? it was basically a swirl design that split up into a bunch of squigglies, like a bunch o' fireflies...very cool.

the show lasted about 20 minutes. i'm sure it mesmerized many of the drivers along Colo. Blvd., distracting those in the turning lanes and even causing a fender bender during the finale, which was pretty intense. all i remember was multi-colors...red, green, orange, yellow, purple, white, blue...and then they shot a bunch of white, followed by all red. nothing like a fireworks finale; never fails to give me goosebumps.

afterwards, we stopped at the Blockb*ster in Belcaro and rented Matchstick Men and The Business of Fancydancing.

we watched Matchstick... first. it was good...very much in the style of 'The Spanish Prisoner' and 'The Score.' not quite as good as the aforementioned, but still worth a rental if you're a Nicolas Cage fan. i know that he can be over the top, but Cage is a great character actor; this time he's the protagonist with some major OCD issues with hygiene (a la Jack Nicholson in 'As Good As It Gets'). funny though because Cage is supposed to be some sort of clean freak and yet he smokes throughout the entire movie. talk about irony ;)

testing...

is this thing working now?

Friday, July 02, 2004

so...

tired of reading about my dumb weather pixie? me too. every day, i've been thinking about blogging but just too lazy to do it. after a year of posting, i honestly believe that the daily stuff just runs together.

bleah. my hands smell like latex. you know when you use those tight fitting gloves for household chores? yep. and they just dry out your hands too.

short on time. going out to grab a bite to eat and spread out the sleeping bag on a grassy knoll to watch Glendale's annual fireworks display. should be fun...way better than cleaning and pulling weeds ;)