Saturday, August 25, 2007

Over the past few months, I've come to a realization. I can watch tv when I'm old. Sure I still record Flight of the Conchords and the like on the DVR, which I'll watch a week or so later; however, I'm done spending the entire day in front of the tv.

My time is better spent outside.

Jenny and I have been going up to the track, where we run/jog/walk, play ultimate frisbee (or just toss it), and play soccer (or just kick it). She and I also went to the beach Monday night. We swam in the ocean, had hand stand competitions and races in the pool, played soccer/frisbee, boogie boarded (sp?), got our feet snapped by crabs, had our lady areas exposed by the huge waves, got molested by seaweed/sand/salt, got sunburnt, walked on the beach (jenny more fell than walked. she's blaming a sinkhole), built a sand castle with the greatest moat and bridge ever, went to the movies, got half-drowned in the undertow, and played Nerts/Rummicube/Scrabble. I won at everything but Rummicube. The national scrabble competition was on espn classics too. When we played, I used the word "heinous"; however, later I used the word "tonk". Gerri said she'd let me have it since I had allowed some silly word of hers earlier, which I'm sure she made up, and if I could use it in a sentence twice before we left.

Sentence 1: *hillbilly accent* "I sure do like dat dar tonk music.
"Sentence 2: Jen at dinner: "You know what we should listen to on our way home?!"
Me: "Some tonk music?"
Mark then said "That shirt is tonkin!"I was horrified by the misuse of my word and scolded him for it, as he deserved. To which he replied, "I'll use it however the tonk I want!"

That's our new curse word.

We stayed with Narc and his family in their friend's timeshare and ate in every meal. Altogether, it cost Jen and I about $30 each. We're going to go kayaking soon, maybe paintball if I can convince Jenny, and go swimming at Barton Springs.

Who knew I could be this active?

In other news, Superbad is hilarious.

Also, I almost got T-boned by an 18-wheeler yesterday. He went through the oncoming lanes of traffic, flew through the median, and then into my side of traffic. His front tires were on the far right line, separating the lane and the shoulder. I honked my meek ewe-horn and swerved into the shoulder, leaving me physically unscathed, but had I reached out my driver's side window, I would have a busted up hand...if one at all. He was just that close. Jerk.

3 comments:

  1. Me, too! I'll watch tv when I'm dead. Right now, I can catch FOTC on YouTube, watch the PBS British stuff on Sunday nights, Antiques Roadshow on Monday nights (nerd alert!), and the news each morning to help me wake up/know how to dress for the day's mercurial West Texas weather!

    ("Mercurial." That would earn some serious Scrabble points.)

    In about fifteen minutes, I'll be running in the park with Misha. And about forty minutes after that, I'll be going down the Red Bud slides with May Bee. And about seven hours after that, I'll be in church, thanking God for YOU!

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  2. Glad you're still alive. Be careful in that insane Austin traffic.

    Dying from skin cancer is worse than a traffic accident, btw, so get more diligent with the sunblock!!

    Love,
    Debbie Downer

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  3. I totally wore sun block. Lots of it. I felt like a complete geezer while putting it on, but I reminded myself that I didn't want a sunburn. And what did I get? Exactly that. Why even bother? May as well be reckless.

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