Life of Eugene
Hope everybody had a great holidays. I'm settling back into work mode and have an outline due that I'm working on now. But before I head into the writing cave, a few quick bits from the life of Eugene-
-New Year's Eve was spent at a party where I got to see a bunch of my old friends from college. The best part was watching two my friends who are new moms talking about motherhood... and all I could think was, "I ONCE SAW YOU TWO DOING DRUNKEN TEQUILA BODY SHOTS OFF OF [name withheld] FOR HIS BIRTHDAY! NOW YOU TWO ARE MOMS?!?!!?!"
It just goes to show that all stuffy uptight moms were all bat-$#!# crazy when they were younger...
-Went to the post office to pick up all the holiday mail that I had held while I was out of town. While waiting at the counter, the guy at the counter next to me was talking loudly on his cell phone. Not the best behavior to begin with, but the conversation was like this-
"I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DON'T ANSWER THE QUESTION... IT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION... JUST TELL ME. WERE YOU SEEING SOME OTHER GUY AT THE SAME TIME?"
He didn't like the answer, because he immediately hung up the phone and then asked to buy some stamps. What DID we do before cell phones?
-Much thanks to Disney's marketing department for sending me a "For Your Consideration" CD of Randy Newman's original score to Cars. Normally, I'm very easily bribed - but I just can't consider the score... since I just can't PLAY the durn thing. No computer I've put it can recognize the CD - it just ejects with no error message.
Oh well. If there's an award category for best coaster/frisbee, Randy Newman has my vote.
-Went to the first class of a martial arts class. For many reasons, I've never taken any martial arts in my life. But I'm doing this one for research purposes for a project that I might be writing on. Though, I'm worried that now that I'm doing research, the project is going to die or go elsewhere.
AWKWARD: It's a Japanese martial art, and I'm not Japanese. But people seem to assume that since I'm Asian I must know what I'm doing. And we all know I don't.
REALLY AWKWARD: The instructor explains that he's old fashioned regarding colors that students are allowed to wear. In his day, dark blue was only worn by masters, while students wore white. Few people now adhere to those rules, but he still does. He says that if he sees a beginner wearing blue, he takes it personally, doesn't let up, and isn't afraid to teach him a lesson.
REALLY REALLY AWKWARD: Instructor looks at me. I look down and realize I've worn a dark blue shirt to the first class. And I think, "Oh great. My first martial arts class. And I'm going to die."
The first class was fun, but I'm just not enamored with martial arts. It's never been something that's called out to me. But I'm going to stick with this and try this out for at least a few months. Of course, I'll blog about the whole experience.
Assuming the sensei doesn't kill me first.
-New Year's Eve was spent at a party where I got to see a bunch of my old friends from college. The best part was watching two my friends who are new moms talking about motherhood... and all I could think was, "I ONCE SAW YOU TWO DOING DRUNKEN TEQUILA BODY SHOTS OFF OF [name withheld] FOR HIS BIRTHDAY! NOW YOU TWO ARE MOMS?!?!!?!"
It just goes to show that all stuffy uptight moms were all bat-$#!# crazy when they were younger...
-Went to the post office to pick up all the holiday mail that I had held while I was out of town. While waiting at the counter, the guy at the counter next to me was talking loudly on his cell phone. Not the best behavior to begin with, but the conversation was like this-
"I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DON'T ANSWER THE QUESTION... IT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION... JUST TELL ME. WERE YOU SEEING SOME OTHER GUY AT THE SAME TIME?"
He didn't like the answer, because he immediately hung up the phone and then asked to buy some stamps. What DID we do before cell phones?
-Much thanks to Disney's marketing department for sending me a "For Your Consideration" CD of Randy Newman's original score to Cars. Normally, I'm very easily bribed - but I just can't consider the score... since I just can't PLAY the durn thing. No computer I've put it can recognize the CD - it just ejects with no error message.
Oh well. If there's an award category for best coaster/frisbee, Randy Newman has my vote.
-Went to the first class of a martial arts class. For many reasons, I've never taken any martial arts in my life. But I'm doing this one for research purposes for a project that I might be writing on. Though, I'm worried that now that I'm doing research, the project is going to die or go elsewhere.
AWKWARD: It's a Japanese martial art, and I'm not Japanese. But people seem to assume that since I'm Asian I must know what I'm doing. And we all know I don't.
REALLY AWKWARD: The instructor explains that he's old fashioned regarding colors that students are allowed to wear. In his day, dark blue was only worn by masters, while students wore white. Few people now adhere to those rules, but he still does. He says that if he sees a beginner wearing blue, he takes it personally, doesn't let up, and isn't afraid to teach him a lesson.
REALLY REALLY AWKWARD: Instructor looks at me. I look down and realize I've worn a dark blue shirt to the first class. And I think, "Oh great. My first martial arts class. And I'm going to die."
The first class was fun, but I'm just not enamored with martial arts. It's never been something that's called out to me. But I'm going to stick with this and try this out for at least a few months. Of course, I'll blog about the whole experience.
Assuming the sensei doesn't kill me first.
posted by Eugene at 2:55 PM
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