Good “Trade”r, Rating the Game

Yesterday I went straight from work to mom’s place.  She had dinner ready to go which was cool. Mom told me that she actually went to the beach with a friend of hers this week. Believe it or not it was the first time my mom went to the beach in two and a half years despite living no more than 5 minutes away from the coast.

You ask how this happens, especially when a person went through their pre-Florida life counting down the days until their beach vacations in Delaware.  It’s hard to explain or rationalize although I am guilty of similar behavior.  Yes I have been to the beach more than mom has but not nearly as much as I figured I would when I first moved to SW Florida.  Plus my half dozen plus skin cancer episodes have made baking on the beach a pretty stupid activity.

So anyway, mom said she had a great time at the beach, spending two or three hours there with her friend.  She said she hopes to try to get there at least once a week going forward.  I think that’s a great idea, mom can certainly work it into her schedule.

After we finished eating we headed out for Trader Joe’s.  Mom had a TJ gift card with a left over balance on it but I told her she could keep it to use another day since I was buying stuff for myself anyway, I’d just buy her stuff too.

The store was the emptiest I have ever seen it, a stark contrast from what I am used to, wall to wall of mostly retirees annoying me with every step.  Evidently Thursday evenings in May are a good time to go.

Trader Joe’s is pretty awesome.  Not only do they sell mostly natural, healthy foods, a lot of it is dirt cheap.  Many items are significantly less expensive than what I would pay walking into the local Publix supermarket.

Mom and I scored an impressive amount of food items for not all that much money.  My dinner needs are covered for a month or more, easily.  I dropped mom off at home and she thanked me for the grocery run.

My current quality tv program (reality tv doesn’t count) is Game of Thrones.  It is a fantastic show, every episode is shot like a feature film.   My main complaint about the show is there are just too many things going on. I couldn’t even begin to name all of the plots and sub-plots that are being juggled at the same time.

Maintaining that many story lines means a huge cast of characters are involved.  I could only tell you the names of a handful of characters from memory, most I would just refer to either by their physical appearance (ie. Big amazon woman, red headed whore witch, guy with eye patch that never dies)  or role in the story.  That being said here are my three most interesting characters currently in reverse order.  Please note there is a difference between “interesting” and “favorite”.

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[pane title=”Number 3 – Little Prick Bastard King – Joffrey”]

This kid is so evil and disturbing that I can hardly wait till he is killed in an appropriately hideous manner[/pane]
[pane title=”Number 2 – The King Slayer – Jamie Lannister”]Jamie was originally portrayed as a major scumball, most famous for stabbing a king in the back and banging his sister.  However this season you are seeing another side of him that is actually admirable.[/pane]
[pane title=”Number 1 – The Imp – Tyrion Lannister”]If you would have told me the most interesting character in such an epic show would be a dwarf/midget/little person I would have rolled my eyes at you.  However Tyrion is just awesome, he’s smart, sarcastic and not afraid to get dirty despite his small stature. He is kind of a mini-Randall[/pane]

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The clutch response on the SSR is much improved since bleeding the system.  Once again I can get rubber in the first 3 gears.  On Wednesday I actually got the wheels spinning when I was already rolling in first gear.  Is it immature to still get a large degree of pleasure from “burn outs”?  Maybe but I can just add it onto the long list of immature things that I still cling onto, dearly.

This weekend I am hoping to get out to see Star Trek, knock out some to do’s around the house, get some exercise in, and generally be productive.  Not much different than the blueprint for most weekends.