neurological dryer lint

saw the reds get hoed last night by the astros. it was a sad game that showcased how virtually unchanged our bullpen looks. they've been 'eh' all season. we won't know if it's totally worthless (i.e. last season) until a few months in, i think.

finaly got back to the gym today. i finished up some kind of monster beforehand, and was in the mood to listen to st. anger, which proved to be a blessing because it got me pretty energized and i pushed myself way harder than normal. seeing any substantial 'making of' feature on an album really kicks up the appreciation of it for me. vh1 needs to do more 'ultimate album' shows.

speaking of - i saw a mitsubishi commercial today that featured devo's uncontrollable urge. jigga what? guess they were like "huh, pontiac's using the clash, guess we should mount up on that bandwagon".

got to see renee a bit this afternoon. staying w/adrian during mid-week, plus the ball game last night, staved that off for a while. it's definitely not like it used to be, though, where it'd be once every couple of weeks. feels like that was ten years ago, geez. marriage counseling ends tomorrow too.

played quite a bit more doom3 today and i'm STILL not at the end. it feels way long - a lot of repetition, which i guess is pretty unavoidable for a single player FPS (even half-life - top of my single-player experience list - got that way after a while). i'm at the "i have eight hundred guns, which one do i kill this demon with, oops, took too long to choose, now i'm dead and i have to take two minutes to reload from my quicksave" point. loving the chainsaw, though, way more than in the original - you can frappé a crowd of zombies in about four seconds with it.

and i watched closer, which was depressing and not very clever, but well directed, mostly. brought back suprisingly potent memories of what it felt like to get cheated on and hurt by someone else... i can't say i miss it... makes you more grateful for what you have, you know? anyway, skip it, it's a weak movie. julia roberts played the exact same person as usual - the emotionless, dry, stuck-up chick who's far, far better than you... but jude law was surpisingly solid and vulnerable, impressed the heck out of me.

i've watched a few episodes of the west wing on bravo - and i'm enjoying it a lot. i wonder if i should grab those dvd's from netflix now that i'm finsihed w/the sopranos...

listening to: notorious BIG - the realest