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Birth day

On October 25, 1974, at approximately 6:50 AM, the skies darkened and the Earth shook. This is the day I was brought into this world, and it was forever changed. Well, ok, maybe not, but still I can dream, can't I? 🙂

Turning 32 isn't that big a deal, much like turning 27, 28, 29, or 31. At least 30 was a 'decade birthday'. Turning 32 is sort of like "yup, you're older than 21, but not 40". Not that special. However, it could be worse, I could be 12 (all the energy, none of the money) or 62 (all the money [I hope] and none of the energy). The only birthday I'm looking forward to is my 37th, related to a Monty Python and the Holy Grail quote:

King Arthur: Old woman.
Dennis: Man.
King Arthur: Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there?
Dennis: I'm 37.
King Arthur: What?
Dennis: I'm 37. I'm not old.
King Arthur: Well I can't just call you "man".
Dennis: Well you could say "Dennis".
King Arthur: I didn't know you were called Dennis.
Dennis: Well you didn't bother to find out did you?
King Arthur: I did say sorry about the "old woman", but from behind you looked…
Dennis: What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior.
King Arthur: Well I am king.
Dennis: Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society. 

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Finally, the fence is done

Finally finished painting the fence. What a chore, but it looks a lot better than it did before. With Kelly's help, we also got a good portion of the inside done too (minus the areas where getting behind the shrubs made it too difficult). That's alright though, that can wait until spring, I'm just glad it doesn't look so ghetto anymore. Finally. 🙂

Originally written Tuesday, Oct 24, 6:00pm (but dated the 22nd)… this is because on Sunday I was so tired it was all I could do to snap the photo. I crashed out on the couch within an hour of taking the photo, and have been too busy with work to get to it until just now. 🙂

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Fence & Sixpence

Today I got a bit more work done on the fence of doom, hopefully tomorrow I'll finish the outside of the darned thing. At this point, I'm pretty much thinking the inside will have to wait for spring, as it's getting harder and harder to find dry enough weather (when I'm not working, and when it's still light out). But that's OK, since it's the outside that anybody really sees (except me, and yes, it will drive me crazy until it's all done).

Tonight K and I introduced our good friends Ty and Aymie to Moon & Sixpence*. We had a great time hanging out, and I was able to try a dish (that Aymie ordered) that I'd ordinarily not have had, the vegitable curry pasty (I've had the Cornish pasty many times)… I can't say I've ever had curry anything before, but it was delicious! Not sure why I'd avoided curry before, since it seems that, as a lover of spicy food, it'd be right up my alley. I think it's time to expand my horizons a bit. 🙂

* Yes, Moon & Sixpence again, can't help it, it's a great place. Plus, Ty and Aymie had wanted to visit one of the pubs we have been talking about. So there. 😛

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Bowling, Beer, and More Beer

Yesterday, my company had a "team building" event at Hollywood Bowl (no, not that one, a local bowling alley). We all left the office at 1:45, and by 2:15 I was trying my best not to suck… it'd been several years since I last bowled. Pretty fun time really, my first game I scored a sad 97, second game I only marginally improved and scored a 119, however during the second game and the ensuing free-for-all after formal teams disintegrated, I was hitting more and more strikes. I still suck, but it was fun. After bowling I met up with my brother up the street at Moon & Sixpence for a few beers before going home. 

Tonight, Ghost Dog had arranged a small dinner outing with friends at the Rogue brewpub in north-west Portland. Had a great time, and sampled some more of the Rogue beers (including the Chipotle Ale, which, while odd to have a pepper-flavored beer, it was actually very good). Thanks for hooking that up GD!

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Sgt. Slacker

Yup, that's right, I've been slacking on the blog. No shocker there I suppose. Between my job keeping me plenty busy the past couple weeks, and the sudden urge to take care of chores around the house (before winter sets in), I haven't really had much too much to write about, nor the time to do so.

One of the big chores I've finally gotten around to is painting the front picket fence. When K and I purchased the house a year ago June, the fence was a mess. The previous owner must have been going through some serious indecision about color. Originally it was white, but at the front it was painted (very poorly I might add) a dark green, and about mid-way down one side, there was a patch painted that same dark green, and then painted over in a more 'olive' green that matched the trim of the house. But only a five foot patch. It's been bugging K and I for a long time, but there have been so many other things to get done that I never got around to painting it.

Finally this past Saturday I picked up some paint (matching the trim) and began painting. This evening I was able to get the outside of the one side done. There's lots left to do (second coat, the inside, and then sand and paint the front) and then it'll be done. At least now, from the outside, it's only two colors and not three. I'll probably post a photo once I get it done, but for now you can go here to see what it looked like before we bought the house.