an off bit about being off in more ways than one (a throwback)

so, the ponderance for the day was, “can a good workout kick what’s left of a bad hangover?” the answer, i feel, lies in the wisdom of modern theologian reverend lovejoy: “short answer; ‘yes’, with and ‘if’….long answer; ‘no’…..with a ‘but'”

when i was plotting and planning my upcoming week (and impending holiday weekend; still don’t know if i’ll end up with a full three days off out of this or not; after today, i doubt it; but i’ll explain that in a sec) i wanted monday to be a day of lifting something heavy. after sunday night’s unplanned trip to sa and the land of stout tequila, i woke up monday wanting someone ELSE to lift something heavy; and use it to crush my skull and put me out of my misery (i always thought that with heightened senses i’d feel “alive”…you know, everything you hear is loud and crisp; the sun seems that much brighter; than i realized that’s not “enlightened”; that’s “hung over”). but by the end of my dull-ass, office based monday (the two high points being getting in my harman kardon speakers for my office pc; making my work ‘puter the pc equivalent of a 1974 ford pinto with a $4500 alpine/rockford fosgate system…and a post-work phone discussion in which many questions were brought up and answered, but the one where the answer didn’t seem to go over well was, “if your day was so dull, why didn’t you write something on the whore?” to which my response was, “because when my day’s THIS dull, i have nothing to write about” (un)fortunately life stepped in to remedy this, but i never finished my ‘mental string’ about the work out, did i? once again, i digress…)

the long answer, i would figure, would be, “no…but then the feeling will take longer to completely fade away”; so, the short answer is, “yes..but only if you skip cardio” since your body is ALREADY dehydrated, this only makes it worse, and creates that “burn” in a whole new way. i found this one out the hard way. and then the pain, at least mentally, got WORSE. tired. drained. ready to collapse, and now feeling so dehydrated and dried i can actually SPIT cotton seed; and now i get in the car, turn the key, and, “click”. nothing. won’t turn over.

fuck.

so, after trying several things, and failing, i FINALLY got it started, figured that it was INITIALLY the starter, but by the time i got the starter tapped properly, i’d drained the battery so much that it was then the battery (i tried to jump it at first, but that didn’t work, which is where this conclusion came from) but then, it re-started after i got gas a half an hour later, but then when i got out of heb, “click” again. this time a jump did the trick, so i’m convinced it’s the battery. so after i get done writing, i hop in the shower, and try my luck starting it on this battery one last time to get me to the auto parts store, so i’ll go into work late, might need the hours, and therefore MIGHT work on memorial day.

see, everything drawn together all in one neat little package; just like the x files. not that i EVER watched the show (truthfully…i NEVER did; and i don’t know exactly why) but the way i figure, with the geek tv equivalent of the last episode of MASH being a couple of days ago, EVERY website should have some sort of x files reference – why should i be different?

to see REAL pictures of skully naked, click here.