A Vacation

I think I should take one before summer is over. I just don’t know quite what I should do.

Some people have taken big trips this summer, to other parts of the country. It’s a little last minute for me to do something that big. Some of done camping things, which I don’t much want to do because of how much I fear poison oak.

Of course where to go isn’t the only question. Do I want to take people with me? If not then am I going to go visit someone? For how many days?

Vacations are an odd thing for me. I seem to find the most relaxation from just doing whatever I would normally do without obligations. It just doesn’t seem like a vacation to take a bunch of days off work anymore though. What would I do? Sit on the computer all day every day? It would be boring, I would want some kind of interaction.

So far the best idea I have had is to go visit my friend in his relatively new apartment. It would be a bit of a drive, which is probably a good thing. Getting me away completely from all of this stuff. It would be relatively cheap to do since I wouldn’t need to stay at a hotel or something.

So now its just this last minute thing. Should I actually do it? Do I really think it will help? Do you, the few people who read this, think I should?

Harry Freakin' Potter

It was an overly warm summer night. It was an air charged with an excitement more palpable than the musk left in the wake of hormone filled teenage girls watching sparkling vampires. This night, dear readers, was the night of Harry Potter and the half-blood prince.

The crowd undulated outside the doors. A mass of sweaty mouth-breathers who’s collective intelligence rivaled that of a headless pigeon. “There is a hedge right here with a path going past it, but you can’t see through the windows if the line goes that way,” stated one such person. The line instead turned towards the path of cars and parking areas. However, this was a night of magic, and like the hyphy bus from movie number three, cars would change shape to accommodate the crowd.

Soon the doors were opened by the mighty wand of the general manager, and the screaming of 450 muggles filled the small lobby. The lone floor staff of the night swallowed what little hope he had for a pleasant night, wishing only that he had some strong spirits to drown his ears in.

Harry Potter, the once paradox of babiness and power, was now a man. A man with such powers he could give God a run for his money using only the disarming spell.

Ok I’m done. This week was lame. Tomorrow is my day off. Yay.

4th of July

Not really my favorite holiday or anything. In fact pretty far from it now. I remember when I was little me and my father would goto the parade and all that. I also remember going to the fireworks for years.

Not in more recent years though. I think once our family’s friends moved away from that place right next to the field where they happen I just stopped bothering. Not so much because I don’t like fireworks of course, more because I don’t like getting home afterwards.

This year we did a kinda joint birthday party/4th of July thing. My dad’s birthday is only a few days before so I wouldn’t be surprised if I just forgot the other many times we have done this. So plenty of people visited, and we cooked up lots of chickens and ribs and all that good stuff. I ate a bit to much of just about everything yesterday. Payed for it today but it was worth it.

Good company is usually worth it.

I am going to attempt to get an extra post in this week to make up for last week.

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I have been trying to get to this for a few days. This is a placeholder because I refuse to miss a week completely.