Incite Full

I got back from Europe Tuesday night, and it seems ever since then i’ve been living at speeds in excess of light. The two days of work saw me catching up on emails, computers going down, and me giving demos to the big wigs. Actually, there were no big wigs, and the work was pretty simple, but I’m still adjusting. The worst part of coming back from the trip was the sleep schedule. Jet lag, as it’s called, sucks a lot. I’d get tired at 7 and wake up around 4 or 5 am.

But i’m back to normal now, so i’m hoping that everything from ehre on out will be smooth sailing. A lot of good things have been going on recently, and i’m having a blast. Always sunny started up and i’ve caught up on the first four episodes which were side-splittingly entertaining. I think Dan also is coming around to the show, which is good because now he’ll be quoting it with us. Hopefully.

Tonight Dexter start season 3. Im pretty excited for this also, as it was a really dark but humorous show- something that doesn’t happen on TV too often.

I have a ton of stuff i want to be writing here right now, but after telling all of my stories to people and writing it all in my journal, i just can’t bring myself to write about it all. I’ll probably write it down somewhere on here eventually, but I just can’t seem to bring myself to write it. Such is the life of the eternally tired me.

Weak entry today. I’ll write more later…

If you’re one of those people, and by people I mean girls, that gets frustrated when guys begin to talk about sports, just close the window now. It’s not going to be pretty, and there is a lot to talk about.

We’ll start with baseball, because i don’t generally care about the sport. It’s too long of a season and the games are too long for the type of (in)action that occurs. I’m going to make a prediction here and now, and that prediction is the following: Angels win the world series over the cubs. I don’t think it’s going 7, but 5-6 is probably about right. 6 is what i’ll put out there as my official vote.

Aside from that, I want the brewers simply to make the playoffs, but it’s not looking great. Yes they have the wild card right now, but the Phils and Mets need to just get into a blood bath and save me some time of worrying. I’m also worried about the durability of CC “run-me-into-the-ground” Sabathia and Ben Sheets. We cannot have these two getting hurt when we need them most. I see us making the playoffs, depsite my worries, but losing in the first round. Hey, i’d be ok with that- although we won’t be making the series any time soon in the following years.

On to football, a man’s sport. USC played well against a non-competitive conference’s worst team. Which doesn’t give me high hopes just yet. I’m not drinking the koolaid, to be sure. And here comes Ohio state, a team that has been destroyed in the past 2 National Championships. I am confident that USC can win, but will win is a completely separate issue. They have a strong D against our nubile O line. I really hope that our boys (USC) grows up quickly and can protect Mark Sanchez and the stable of running backs we use.

Football predictions: USC over tOSU, Wisconsin over fresno, Michigan over ND, and Georgia over the other USC- that one by a sizable margin. Not really impressed with the other slate of games coming up, but I do think Oregon takes out Purdue by double digits. And I don’t want to play against ECU, as they are the newest giant killers in town.

NFL notes, now. Tom brady is out for the year and fantasy owners around the country cry. If you paid for your pool and had him, i’d want a #1 draft clause that lets you get out if your fantasy draft stud gets hurt. Yes, that’s silly to actually implement, but this changes seasons for tons of people. I’m not happy he got hurt; it’s never a good thing to see a player get injured, especially the face of the organization (and countless magazines, too).

True, I don’t like the guy, he’s too talented and good looking, generally people get one or the other. I also was hoping for a 30+ pick season, and not making the playoffs. But it appears the superbowl curse is alive and kicking (knees, apparently) and the madden curse might have retired early, when it’s coverboy didn’t. But only time will tell, but the one thing we know for certain are these two things: Bellecheck (sp?) will be seen for how good of a coach he is and apparently another AFC team sold it’s soul to the prince of darkness for a shot at the AFC championship.

Aaron Rodgers looked great as the packer’s starter against a team that many picked to win the North, and the bears looked really good against a perennial superbowl contender. Lets hope the pack stays healthy and the bears nose dive like I know they can. Here’s to Rex Grossman making a quick return.

Last injury update: Shawn Merriman. He decides to forgo surgery and play the season. After a loss he decides to get surgery and forgo the season. I’m not saying he wasn’t really hurt, and I’m not saying he doesn’t want to play, but changing your mind after one game/loss looks a little suspicious. Of course i’d never say this to his face, and I could very well be wrong, but the timing is suspicious and makes him look petty. I hope he gets better, but I also hope the charger’s rebound and win the AFC. The packers are superbowl bound… if they can get past the scary ass cowboys.

This just in, Slovakia 82, Bulgaria 0, and that’s a hockey game.

Turns out I might have broken my wrist.

Friday I had to leave work to go visit my doctor in what must be the China town of Pasadena. Actually, it is- Alhambra. My appointment was not until 9:45, which was kind of early for me. Unforatunely it was too early for my doctor, who didn’t show up until 10:30. Seriously, there are some jobs where being late is unacceptable. Doctor is one of them.

Once called into the doctor office, I began to describe my pain to the doc. He insisted on his own little experiments to figure out what was wrong. Saying “twisting motions, like opening a soda bottle” is not clear enough, as he wrenches my hand to the left, right, up, down and other motions unnatural to the human body. Most of them hurt, and I get an “mmhmm.”

“It could be a hyperextension,” he started out. “But it’s probably a break.” Is there a better way to give bad news? Can we have a class for doctors where they learn tact? To be honest, I do like my doctor though. He’s pretty good and knew what he was talking about. Unfortunately that means i’ll probably need a cast :-/

But before they do that, they need xrays!

Xrays are awesome, in theory. I mean, you can see through your body ‘n shit, right? I wish I could see them, but the sign said copies were 20 dollars each. I don’t need copies of my wrist- in a sadder life, that would be my pinup girl.

Aside from wait times, the xrays went quickly. My one complaint is thje safety. This lovely tech has me come into the room and asks me to raise my arms. I thought it was a calisthetic or something, and so I followed. She then put a lead apron around my wasit, perfectly protecting my crotch. I kind of felt like a handy man working on the Sun, or something.

She places my wrist on the xray table, and then leaves the room. I swear to god I hear boulders moving like the 3rd day of Jesus’s death- heavy doors closing in the backgournd somewhere, and then I see the tech’s face distroted through a thick glass window. I’m looking down at my cock-apron thinking, how does this shit protect my junk if she needs to be two rooms and 4 feet of concrete removed from the little machine that goes click.

I’ve got no problem with them looking out for their employees, but there is a fine line between safety for them, and making my balls recoil in fear- making the lead apron that much more effective. That line, on this day, was obliterated.

Oh well, at least i’ve got my health…

As a child, vending machines were not common place at my elementary school outside the teachers lounge. But in middle school, the wonderful world of 3-foot-drop candy became a reality, and there was great rejoicing for all things chocolate or sweet.

Upon several occasions, the kids would be around when this chest of goodies was being refilled, and it was probably every child’s silent (stealth, even) dream that the man would just surprise us all and turn around and start handing out the candy or soda. Free of charge, because we earned it, right?

Later on in life we would realize the man had a breakdown and went nuts. Bonkers, I believe, is the technical term. But we would grip that cavity filled day with a sweetness that could not be replaced, unlike our teeth.

Today coming into work, the coke machine guy was restocking. I flashed back to many failed – and silent- attempts at free cola, and thought to myself: We’re both adults here. I’m sure If i just walked up to him, and said “c’mooooon” he’d understand the gist.

The gist, is that he was also once a child, and he could make a still-a-boy-man-child’s day, right then and there. Of course I could probably never tell anyone, not for a weeks of course. And then it’d be a personal treasure, much like the coke bottle I would keep, and something I could never share with a person. No one would understand my love for the soda man.

No one.

Now, I’m not going to take issues with most of the easy fodder here. Lord knows enough people are going address the irony: the party of “family values” can’t keep the daughter “under control”, or whatever. They are making keeping the child, which aligns well with a pro-life stance.

My issues, while they exist, are not the point of this post. The daughter has decided to marry the father of this child, and I can only assume that there is some familial pressure. Alaska requires parental (or guardian approval) for a marriage of any minor to occur. This is a sensible law, although why in this day and age people get married before they are 18 (military, withstanding) is foreign to me. So the daughter will mary and the child will be raised with the full love and support of both kid’s families.

My issue is this: Is this really best for the daughter or the child? Honestly, isn’t this the wrong idea? Having your child wed at 17, when she was unable to make the right decision once, is the best we can do? I’m not taking low shots, it’s just a fact, in my opinion. Teen pregnancy’s are tough, but they are not life ending. Being a single mother is tough, but is not life ending. But what about having the young marriage of two kids who I have to believe have a lot going for them? Is raising this child in the spotlight of political controversy and turmoil really best for the kid?

I feel sorry for everyone involved. This should be a non-issue to be honest, not because it’s a private matter, but because Palin has no business being the VP pick. She should remove herself from the nomination, not because she can hardly hold her family together (low blow, I apologize) but because she has no experience and undermines the only reasonable objection McCain has over Obama. She has been Governor of Alaska for 2 years, and has no international experience. Imagine her in a debate with Biden.

I’m not a fan of either party, as a whole, but this is the kind of decision making that we, as a country, need to get away from. Stupidity like this is only made that much better more expected because we’ve been dealing with it for about 8 years. And that’s not a shot at bush, that’s a shot at everyone.

Regardless of what happens, I feel bad for the daughter, child, and the soon-to-be husband. Give the baby up for adoption, and let the kids live their lives. There are worse things in the world than that, and it allows the child and daughter to go on with their respective futures. But maybe I’m wrong, maybe it is the kids who want the marriage and family. If so, I don’t know what to say. As a parent, I would not want to move forward with the marriage, which I’ve discussed already. Somewhere here there is bad parenting going on, somewhere here there was the chance to make this something better, and I feel that everyone missed out.

Amazingly, Palin supports abstinence only sexual education. What are the odds that this changes between now and November?