riding home on the ol’ bus/subway

long day today, but soon I’ll be in my sanctuary, with bhk, newt and pye to bring me comfort and good cheer. my head is filled with bits and bobs of loose ends that need tidying up… but each frayed string is being woven back into the greater tapestry of the projects involved. it seems that the silly, niggling things expend the most energy… that and pure entropy are the tricky time suckers, while the guts of deep thought seem to fit easily. go figure.

Uploaded by scottobear on 28 Oct 08, 6.02PM EDT.

Writer’s Block: The Final Frontier

I could cope, I’m sure. I’d be fine with or without it, though I wonder what elements would really change, short of more people saying “Calgon, Take me Away” rather than “Beam me up, Scotty”

I really enjoyed the old show, but I don’t think that too many influences would change… I guess there’d be a lot more “planet of the apes”-style tattoos, which could be a good thing.

I will abstain from the “monkey on your back” puns that come to mind.

My teen years would probably have been a little different – referring to something else rather than next gen… maybe the new twilight zone?

I like my current world, since I know it, but would be happy to voyage where no man/one has gone before…. erm, journey into the unknown for a little while.

I’m not sure what would replace Checkov’s “kyptin/ARGHHH!”, Kirk’s KHANNN!, and Dammit jim, I’m a doctor, not a … and the term “redshirt”.

day in brief – will be buffed later, perhaps

Went back to gina’s cantina, this time with the in-laws in tow.

my “hair of the dog” brunch was pretty close to the 8 layer “slop bucket” I noshed on the day prior, but it had scrambled eggs and a tostada shell rather than a mound of guac. (aok by me.)

had the same table and the same waiter as yesterday. nice guy, chris thinks he looks like alan.

my layers today were… hummus, jalepenos, refried veggie beans (a lovely purple), cheese, scrambled egg, sour cream sauce of a sort, black olives.

bhk made up for my lack of guac by getting an avacado boat, filled with hummus, too. additionally, a couple of soft tacos – beef.

larry got a really good looking burger, and chris got a drunken taco salad, which had similar sauce to my drunken tacos yesterday.

finished off with sopapillas – yum.

we went to the antique store, and bhk found mr peanut salt an pepper shakers for $2, which have sold recently on ebay for $25. (however, it’s likely we won’t sell ’em. Mr. peanut is a cool cat.)

got some other toys – wimpy and bluto, mac tonight, papa smurf and something else. I forget who. [edit: Foghorn Leghorn, and Henery! – why do I have such a mental block?]

Picked up a book of hard-boiled detective stories, and BHK got a few cookbooks.

then went to the purple poppy, and what used to be sputnik (now lures.)

http://www.yelp.com/biz/sputnik-cafe-crownsville

http://www.yelp.com/biz/lures-crownsville

after – we wet to sam’s and picked up some essentials (cheesy poofs and garden burger) – but they didn’t have a wireless cable router… or decent clothes bleach!

Sams… you let us down. fortunately, your muffins make up for it.

we went home, watched a little tv – primeval and iron chef cooking “offal”.

gnite for now dear journal… picturs and a broadened post may follow, if I get time.

day in brief

BHK and I are now married 2 years! 1/20th of my life together… or the best part, depending on how you do the math. 🙂

Back got rather tough last night – shopping at b&N brought back sciatica

saw cute book – frankenstein makes a sandwich. (adam rex) – wish I’d had it as a kid. fun art. I didn’t pick it up though – no room at the inn for a book I’ll likely look at once or thrice and put up.

upside – for anniversary, I got nations / terry pratchett – bhk got a chick-lit book, whos title I’ll find later.

went to dinner at the sushi place near california tortilla. I liked it, but BHK was unimpressed. the sushi was better than the tofu cubes over onion.

today –

went to gina’s cantina – http://www.yelp.com/biz/ginas-cantina-millersville

great veggie options, and the day’s special of “drunken shrimp tacos” in bourbon sauce was pretty awesome. We’ll be back.