Saturday/Ukelele Melancholia

The work week is over! I am watching The Street Fighter with Sonny Chiba, while I prepare for my day.

Here are a few things I need to do today:

1. Drop of bedding at St Vinny's
2. Find more books to sell at Powell's online
3. Enjoy shopping around for more books/DVDS, etc (Axis and Allies pleeeeease?) at St Vinny's
4. Try and sell or trade clothing to Buffalo Exchange (I absolutely need a pair of shorts)
5. Groceries

Day off/Laundry/Cleaning/Priceless with Audrey Tatou

That up there pretty much sums it up. Can't wait to make this place sparkle and shine :))

God I love half-days

Worked 5-9 tonight. Watching Sion Sono's Noriko's Dinner Table and oddly compelled so far.

Tata for now.

Migraine 2.0

I still get it, every day. It starts slow, and it builds. Some days I can't believe how bad it gets. It is truly hard to deal with. I have started to build some legacy though. Integrity is what it is all about.

My good friend Michelle and her husband/fiance are in town. I can't wait to see them. I am blessed to have her as my friend.

A quick side not on the NBA. Jordan saying that he wouldn't have reached out to Magic or Bird makes him a pretty big douchebag, in my eyes. Haha. I just can't believe him acting like he was trying to beat the best to be the best. Yeah, I can understand that, but seriously saying that could affect his legacy is so silly. Sacrificing money and this bullshit notion of being the best is part of what makes Lebron, Wade, and Bosh more special.

Kings' moves

Lebron in Miami, along with Wade, Bosh, Ilgauskas, Miller, Haslem, Chalmers, and their rookies from the draft. The Blazers lost Martell Webster, which is kinda sad, but what really concerns me is their (Paul Allen's) dismissal of Kevin Pritchard? I just can't figure it, and it seems such a raw deal. A little explanation would be nice.

The King and I was not very good, and I'm moving on to Winterbottom's The Claim. I have sooo much to do today, and so I'm going to get the whip crackin'.

The films and I

Watching Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I. Pretty lame. The king of Siam is the stereotype you'd expect, and he is slowly learning from this English teacher. Getting to know you is a cool song. :)

Off to play some basketball :)

Weekend, day 1

I was up at 7am, finished watching Scent of a Woman, and went back to sleep. SoaW was decent, quite good at times, and then terribly banal and corny at other times. It wasn't good corny either, as the movie attempted to have a very serious undertone, leaning towards a realism of sorts, and then counterpunched with cliche-ridden pabulum. No thanks to the latter. Pacino was brilliant most of the time, but Chris O'Donnell seems a little too suited for passive obeisance, which created a sort of vacuum. It wasn't believable the way that he found a way to stave off Pacino's bender and the speech given at the gathering at the end was greatly written but seem out of place with the rest of the movie, and further made it unbelievable. Overall score: 6/10.

On to the next film. :)

Frustrating Independence Day

I am so frustrated with myself. Why why why can't I finish unloading my stuff at this place??? Why can't I organize and make lists and really embrace living in a much more organized, impassioned manner?
The last couple of weeks have seen me completing similar cycles with girls for no good reason. First there was Jessica. I definitely wasn't into her personally, but she seemed potentially cool and I was ready to get to know her. I had to cancel plans a couple of times and she basically finally texted me that she didn't want me to text her anymore. Of course she was 23 and her reasoning was that she didn't think we were clicking.. I can understand that but I am not sure it was the actual reason, seeing as how she seemed to have fun while we hung out, and even sent me unrequested naked pictures. I certainly don't think a girl's proclivity for sharing pictures - especially nude - has anything to do with actual interest in a person, but I could see her being angry with me canceling plans. Was it some sort of weird inability to communicate her actual desires/intentions/distaste to me? I wish so badly sometimes that I could put myself in people's minds. I just don't get it. What makes someone think that this enfolding action that is about to happen is OK? Is there rational thought behind the synapses and stimuli that lead to this?

Howabout this girl Saryn. We hang out a couple of times, and I'm expressing my interest in her, as something other than friends. She keeps saying (over the course of a few days) that its a possibility. We hang out on my birthday and we're having a couple of drinks, playing some pool, and she lets me know that she has to leave. She heads out and I finish my beer and game of pool and I leave and she leaves the tab for me. Here's what goes through Cody's mind: This girl is in college, working hard just to get by, we've discussed the potential of dating, and she leaves her bill to be paid for by me. Ok, that's cool.. She doesn't even ask if I can cover the bill. Fair enough. Knowing it is my birthday, and that I'm not exactly well off, but if we are potentially dating, I wouldn't mind covering the bill for someone who is less well off than me. That has to be what she is thinking, right? I mean.. right? Wrong. The next day she says we should be friends. Hahaha. The night after I bought her beers on my birthday. Wow. People are so fucking stupid!

Don't get me wrong, I can be too. But I guess I'm a little quicker to admit it than most.