Tired..

Meh, very sleepy. It's late now, and I'm still tired from an evening of playing squash and the vestiges of working out for the first couple of nights in quite some time. I downloaded Star Trek The Next Generation Season 4 last week, but I haven't watched it much until tonight. TNG is pretty much the best thing ever. It's awesome on multiple levels. I mean, you've got Jean Luc Picard, who, let's be honest here, is played by the sublime Patrick Stewart. I think if I was going to be one of those weird people that decide they have crushes on members of their sex, but aren't gay, Patrick Stewart would be my crush. He does everything.

Anyhow, I've spent the past week working and playing squash. I was too tired to play poker on Wednesday, because I'd just come from about two hours of squash, and had had a rough day. Playing poker when impatient or angry isn't a very good idea, and for that reason, I skipped playing at work the next day as well.

It looks like I'm going to get an eyebrow ring put in tomorrow. I just have to go to Urge and talk to them about aftercare, and whether or not I can play squash with it. I don't think squash should be a problem - getting hit in the face with a squash ball is usually pretty bad anyhow, and doesn't happen too often, so I think I'm basically going to take my chances. I'll post a picture of me once I've gotten the piercing done. I've wanted an eyebrow ring for about two years, but have never gotten around to getting it done. Worst case scenario, if I don't like it, I can always get it taken out.

I've had some really good thoughts lately, that I kind of want to take some time to sit down and hash out, but sometimes I get frustrated trying to articulate the thoughts and ideas that are racing through my head, especially after spending all day working hard. Seriously, it might sound dumb, but it's taxing trying to put your thoughts into words that are understandable and fitting. At least, it is for me.

Anyhow, I've got like three entries stuck in draft mode where I've tried to organize my thoughts on humour - why it works, how it works, what makes something funny, etc. I'm not an expert by any means, but humour is something I spend a lot of time thinking about. I think it's safe to say that it's one of (if not the most) the defining aspects of my personality. Some of these thoughts I came up with when talking with my friend Michi, some when sitting around doing some introspection. However, everytime I sit down and try to write them out, I draw a blank. I think that it's time I invest in a logbook that I can take with me wherever I go, and jot down thoughts whenever they come to me. I have one that I use at work, and I find it really helpful to be able to quickly write down anything that comes to mind.

I've also had some great talks with Myron about religion (especially the simpler takes on it, and some of the extreme cases), that would make interesting-ish entries. But once again, when I sit down and try to re-articulate those discussions and thoughts - nothing.

Tomorrow I'm going to grab a logbook, and then see what happens.

Wow... doing things like getting a logbook? Keeping journal entries of my progress in various areas of my life that I want to make improvements? That's got forty-five year old man written all the hell over it. Then on the other hand, I'm doing things like getting facial piercings, feeling unsatisfied with remaining idle, and getting myself into various hijinxes (five-dollar word for tonight). I remember growing up and just assuming that at some point in your life, a gland that sits idle in the back of your head through most of adolescence and early twenties suddenly bursts into life and starts making you act responsibly. It's funny how wrong I was, because I'm constantly fighting the urge to leap into the pool of stupidity and do something totally irresponsible.

My friend Nate from the squash club mentioned that I should have a section that is devoted to the books I'm currently reading, or book recommendations I want to make. I do a lot of reading, partially because I'm a fast reader, partially because I love learning new things, and mostly because I don't mind looking like a moron reading a book while I'm walking places. Time permitting, I'll hopefully have that up before the end of the weekend, and then everyone will be able to read the exact same things as me. This will naturally give me a huge disadvantage, because I won't be able to quote books I've read in order to give myself the appearance of intelligence. In order to accomodate for this, I'll be working out my forehead a lot, which will give me the appearance of having a super brain. Problem solved.