Bachelorhood
Happy New Year.
Robyn and the spud have been in Maine most of a week, and won’t return for several more days. It hasn’t been my intention to neglect my site, but hell, I’m living high on the bachelor life. Mere words can’t convey the exciting things I’ve been doing, but fortunately my camera was there to document my adventures to date.
Please don’t envy my glamorous life; that’s a sin, and I wouldn’t want you to burn for coveting.
I’ve been…
…out cruising for loose women in my stylin’ new Christmas duds,
courtesy of my absent wife.
Pop culture reference, for those not in the know.
And, on the subject of SNL, this video is the funniest thing
I’ve seen off that show in a LONG time.
…failing to find those women, because there never seem to be any loose women in the places I frequent.
…spending hours putting together jigsaw puzzles.
The one pictured above is this one. I had to go through hell to get this puzzle.
Yes, I do mean Wal-mart. It was awful.
…playing poker. Note that I’m in 1st place in that picture.
Of 1274 people, I ended up placing 37th. Not great; not shabby.
I left the tourney with more money than I came with, so I can’t complain.
…frantically scribbling numbers on paper.
Robyn’s sister got me this book for Christmas. I’d never heard of Sudoku,
and laughed when I read the description.
How could filling in numbers on a grid possibly be fun?
Then I tried one, and was hooked.
As a computer geek, how could logic puzzles not appeal to me?
I call them my “dookie puzzles.”
…spoiling the cats.
…frantically typing numbers.
When I’m not doing them in the book (those have gotten too easy),
I’m working the “hard” ones over at websudoku.com.
Beware, they’re addictive. Don’t blame me if you get hooked.
…watching the entire first season of “Smallville” on DVD.
When Robyn and the spud are in Maine, I look for new TV shows on DVD
to see how they are. That’s what got us hooked on “The Sopranos” and “Oz”, and
now ensures we’ll be watching the other three seasons of this show over the coming months.
The theme song, “Save Me” by Remy Zero, is the biggest brainworm
song since that damn “California” song from the O.C. (a show I can happily say I’ve never seen).
Did I mention the jigsaw puzzles?
…eating lots of beans. Lots and lots of beans. And spaghetti.
…throwing away the pills Dr. Judy put me on. After careful consideration,
and trying Paxil, Lexapro, and Cymbalta, I decided that I’d rather
deal with the crazy head-on than alter the chemistry of my brain any longer.
Save the lecture, please. I’m a big boy.
…reading in the bathtub. I sure do like Dean Koontz.
…touching up all the paint boo-boos on the ceiling.
…getting some good lovin’ from Tom Cullen.
If I haven’t mentioned it, I’ve been doing jigsaws.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, the woods are calling my name.
Glad to see your surviving your bachelorhood. Sometimes the away time makes the heart grow fonder. Plus you can do what you want when you want and no one to tell you differantly. Enjoy your bachelor vacation, it will be over real soon and back to normal married life for you
I love all the puzzles your putting together. This is something hubby and I do all winter long. Keeps the mind active and is fun.
Oh! what did you do last night to see in the New Year? Were you a good boy..ha.ha Hubby and I watched the ball go down, which that in itself was a miracle seeing as us old people are usually asleep by 10.
But hubby had to shoot off his shotgun, or it just wouldn’t be New Year’s Eve to him. Glad we live in the country, cause that gun is louder than I remember
Wishing you and your loved ones a really Happy 2006
Yikes … had to go back and look at just where the previous message came from. Some yahoos shot off a honkin’ M-80 right next to our house last night at 12:20 a.m. Obviously so deranged they couldn’t even do it at the right time. Scared the cats half to death, and I wasn’t far behind. Happy New Year, Fred. Don’t worry - Robyn will be home in time to save you from yourself!
Try Wellbutrin
It has a generic so it’s the cheap and it works without any of the bother of the others 
Mary -
At midnight I was in the poker tournament I used in the picture. It started at 8:00, and I was in it until just after midnight. I joined it because I figured the kids in the circle would be shooting fireworks until 1:00 or so, then the little buttheads had the nerve to stop around 10:00.
Happy New Year!
Cool puzzle. Don’t kitties play hookey with the pieces?
Von -
I keep a can of compressed air on the table with me when I’m working, and keep the puzzle covered with a weighted mat when I’m not. So far, so good.
Sounds like you’re having a big time! Happy new year!
Don’t throw your meds in the garbage! Take them to the pharmacy to be disposed of properly. I doubt someone is digging through your garbage for meds but you never know where they may end up.
Fred, loved the cowbell skit, which I had seen previously on SNL. It made me want to re-watch Dana Carvey Choppin Broccoli but I cannot find the actual skit anywhere. You had it in an entry a while back. Can you give me the site? It did not come up under your archives.
Thanks!
thanks for the link to COWBELL. I love that skit and didn’t know I could watch it online
Katherine -
I’m not familiar with the skit to which you refer. Some googling yielded this sound clip on Dana Carvey’s site, but I can honestly say I’ve never heard it before (unless the crazy pills have zapped part of my memory).
In any case, hopefully that sound clip will generate a smile.
I too threw out the pills after ten years of trying to get over my depression. I finally decided to focus on eliminating the toxic people/situations in my life to the best of my ability. Also, I am eating healthy, exercising and trying to make time for meditation. Good luck Fred!
fred, you should look up the “lazy sunday” SNL video. i think you’ll find it hilarious. i may be wrong, but it makes me giggle every time.
I found a video clip of choppin broccoli: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR2IZ07rPks. I’m still looking for one with the skit before and after the “song.”
Thanks for explaining the “more cowbell” shirt. I’ve seen the SNL skit before, but forgot about it, and I felt really dumb not understanding the hilarity of the shirt. Ah, knowledge is power.
I’m such a geek that I have all the seasons of Smallville on DVD. This past years’ episodes aren’t quite as good (I just didn’t care for the whole “witch” storyline), but it’s still my favorite show.
Ditched the pills myself, Fred - made me more bat-shit on them than off - ended up working through some mental stuff and came out the other side in a groovy place. As for the rest of my family who are still on pills, but dodging dealing with the hard stuff…well, they’re still in their funkitudes.
Sudoku is as bad as crack. One puzzle and you’re hooked. I have managed to get most of the people I work with hooked on this new “drug” also. I guess that makes me some kinda pusher.
Fred,
The Narnia skit is one of the best things to come out of SNL because it was written by these guys: www.thelonelyisland.com
Check out their site if you haven’t already, especially the “series” they did called, “The ‘Bu” and their “Awesometown” pilot.
Funny stuff. I don’t think we’ve seen/heard the last of these three! (Two of them are writing for SNL currently, and Andy, obviously, is part of the cast.)
Jesus…that shirts funny as hell, where did you get it at Fred…My latest shirt is one that has a picture of a tricycle on it and says “chicks dig my ride” !!! LOL
Dave,
I’m pretty sure she got it here.
On a side note, while looking for that link, I found this shirt, which made me laugh so hard I almost blacked out.
Fred?
Can I ask you something?
Why don’t you go on vacations w/Robyn and her family?
Regards,
karen
Karen,
Yes, you can ask.
Whew, good. I was nervous.
Koontz is good people. My mom buys all his stuff.
Here’s hoping you don’t get any of that “scratching sounds within one’s head” stuff coming off the pills.
LOVE the t-shirt. I must find it and have one for myself. And probably my husband, too.
I touched up paint on the ceiling. Bought “pure white”, and after it was done, realized I should have had them tint it “dingy” for me.
Paxil? Are you insane? Are you that willing to kiss your sex life goodbye dear Fred?!
Effexor is a great drug for depression, have been on it 3 years now and I am level, no side effects. Just sayin’, if you find the need to go back on something. Depression nothing to be ashamed of, wish my late brother had realized that before taking his life at 20. Depression can be dealt with.