Another old gym guy, sleepy
There is yet another older gym guy that I haven’t mentioned. He ALWAYS wears the same shirt when he goes to the gym. It is one of those muscle builder tank tops that has only a small strip of fabric down the back with sides that are wide open. When they are worn by their intended audience, they are designed to maximize the appearance of the big dude’s physique. When they are worn by a 60 year old man, it just serves as a peephole into the abyss of aging. I am not exaggerating. I have never seen the guy wear a different shirt.
Man I was tired last night. I was so tired that I didn’t stay up to watch Ultimate Fighter 5. That says a lot.
For the past month or so we have had off and on episodes of smoke in our area. There is a fire that has been burning for a couple weeks that has burned 49,000 acres so far. It is in the middle of a state preserve so I guess putting it out isn’t crucial. I have never smelled smoke as much as I have this year. The area is very, very dry.
I have another group of movies that I snagged to watch. They include the Good Shephard, Blood Diamond and a classic I never saw, Good Fellas. I also grabbed Happy Feet from Amazon Unbox for Ali. She told me she wants to watch “funny” movies. I hope to take in a few of these over the extended holiday weekend.
We don’t have any huge plans for the weekend. We need to knock out the May cleaning project which is the living room. I need to fix a broken sprinkler head, scrub more bugs off the front of the car, and I want to run the carpet cleaner. Other than that I may do some burgers on the grill, we may hit the beach for a bit and/or hang out at the pool. Nothing thrilling.
I saw that fight between Rosie and Elizabeth on the View. It got pretty intense. It’s a shame Elizabeth is such a right wing, head up her ass Publican. When she was the cute girl on Survivor years ago I never would have imagined she would be so conservative. It was funny when after the fight, Alicia Silverstone came out and walked right by Elizabeth’s outstretched arms and hugged the other three women. It was as cold of a snub as you can get. Funny shit.
Our office was given a bunch of bumper stickers that we have sitting on the counters for people to take as they please. They say “Stand up for America. Be an American!” I am not quite sure what that means. I haven’t decided if it is a subtle knock at illegal immigrants, a pro-war statement or something else. Regardless, you won’t find it on the bumper of any of my vehicles.
I spent at least a half hour on the phone with my bank regarding a notice I received about our mortgage payment going up. The notice said the interest rate was bumping up .75% which isn’t bad but it showed my current payment and projected payment as 300 dollars more than what it actually is. The first rep I talked to wasn’t quite sure what was going on. She had me on hold 4 different times, trying to find an answer. Finally she said she would have someone call me back.
Of course, no one called back, or so I thought (they actually called back to our home number even though I told them to call my work number) so I called them back. It turns out that the 25% increase in my mortgage was because of f’in escrow bullshit. I hate escrow. The numbers they were basing escrow off of were not accurate, they had our home owner’s insurance figured at a much higher number. So I had to fax in the declaration page so they can rerun the numbers. However I think I am going to try to eliminate the escrow and just budget the stuff ourselves. At least I will get a few interest dollars on the 5 grand our so we have to lay out for property taxes and insurance.