Plush

"This your place or you live here wit mommy and daddy, mayn?"

Confused, and not knowing how to respond, I reply,
"It's my house."

"Awww, you got it goin' on den, eh, mayn?"

"Yeah, man, ya gotta do it right if you're gonna do it."

"Haaaa, yeea, yeeeea.."

I wasn't sure if the guy thought I was too young to have a house or if I looked too young to have a house this big and nice. I'm still not sure.

"Whatchoo do, mayn?"

"I'm the Parts & Accessories manager at Wheeler Powersports."

"Awww, you got da hookup den, huh, mayn?"

"I guess you could say that."

This joker was quite the character and wanted to chat it up about my Jeep that I was half hanging out of whilst trying to align my transfer case shifters. I'm not, at this point, wanting to engage in a full on discussion about rock crawling and the like, so I think he gets the picture and gets back to installing the carpet.

Karen and I are getting nice carpet in the office because the carpet that came with the house was a blue-green aqua color that looked like there should be a pimp and a harem of girls on a heart shaped couch in the corner.
We will probably put tile in the bathroom as well, but that will have to wait a bit on other higher priority items.

The Penguins were good to me Sunday. They successfully eliminated the Rangers after a pretty good nail-biter of an overtime game. It was their first overtime game during the playoffs this year, and they did well. They've only given up a single game this second season, and I think we'll have our hands full with the Flyers. They're the team I hate the most, and the one I really think we can beat on our way to the finals. I'm anticipating a six or seven game series. I think we should come out on top in the end, though. Time will tell. Friday is the big night for the first game, and I'm not available for anything unless it includes watching the game and having a pint or two.

I've finally watched Episode II and III over the last two weeks. George Lucas is a brilliant man, and the Star Wars films are his greatest legacy. I saw the first three films (*IV, V, & VI) when I was a kid and never got around to watching the other, later films (earlier timeline in the movies) since it seemed so awkward to have the timeline all backward. Well, I never bothered at all with Episode I because my good friend and group Movie Guru JohnL said it wasn't worth my time several years ago.

I've got to say that Anakin Skywalker was not impressive at all in Episode II and the film wasn't that good. It was definitely not up to the standards set by the original Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, or Return of the Jedi. Episode III Revenge of the Sith on the other hand, was a good movie. One that I can say is worthy of the saga. I watched it while I ate my delicious ham, egg and cheese biscuit with coffee (no, I made it-I stay away from fast food breakfasts for fear of retribution on my internals). It was a good relaxing morning of cinema, I must say.

In thinking more about the carpet guy and my position in this crazy experience we call Life, I've come to the conclusion that I am very lucky. I've grown to appreciate everyone and everything in my life as the months and years fly by. Maybe he'll be here when Karen gets home so he can see how truly lucky I am. CZ