Eric's Journal

I like how the new Mission Impossible movie uses iPhones and iPads. A long way from using cassette players.

January Recap

This was a strange month.  I’ll start with the big thing that happened, which was that I got mugged.  I didn’t give much detail about it at first because I was with other people when it happened, and I wanted to keep things private.  But since then it seems that everyone we know found out the whole story anyway, so I don’t think there’s harm in saying it here.  The part I left out was that I didn’t just get mugged personally, but the poker game I was at got robbed.  Three black guys with ski masks and guns stormed in and told us to get on the ground, and they took all our money and valuables.  I got pretty shook up after that, but I have a new phone, new wallet, all of my important cards, and soon a new watch.  So things are mostly back to normal, but I won’t have that poker game to go to anymore.

All month our bathroom has been getting remodeled, so I was without a shower for a couple weeks which was really gross.  We have a shower now, but they’re still working on the rest of the bathroom so I have to wait until they’re done for the day before I can shower.  I’ll be really relieved when they’re all done and I won’t have them disturbing my sleep and keeping me from a shower.

Work was pretty slow this month, although there were a few days that were pretty good.  I made $1,400 which was one of my worst months, and I had some bad weeks where I worked just one day.  However, I made almost $900 at poker this month which has got to be my best month of poker probably ever.  So poker was a big supplement to my income this month, and I hope to try and keep that going the best I can.

One Year Ago Today

I did my January recap for last year, and I said that it was an uneventful month.  That is a stark contrast to the January of this year because a lot went on (or at least one big thing).  I talked a lot about money, and it brought up something I’ve been meaning to talk about.  Last year at this time I was watching every dollar I spent.  I never ate out and I didn’t buy virtually any food for myself but ate whatever I could find in the house.  That meant that on some days when I couldn’t find anything I just ate crackers or whatever.  I was really careful about my money because mostly I just didn’t have any.  My only “jobs” were cleaning the church (for $30 a week), shoveling at the church (for $10 an hour), and playing poker (which varied greatly and the money stayed in my account).  I was saving up for my impending move to California, but looking back I’m glad I was responsible about the little money I had. 

So this year there is a very noticeable change in how I spend money.  I actually have a job now, but I’ve also been making some steady money at poker which has been fantastic.  I still have no living costs because I’m at home, but I buy almost all of my own food and drink.  Rent and toilet paper are really the only things I don’t pay for these days, so I’m slowly working toward being self-sufficient.  But now that I have a job I don’t feel like I have to watch every dollar I spend.  I allow myself to buy some music, movies, games, and whatnot now whereas last year I went without any of that.  I know that soon I’ll have rent to pay for, and student loans that are very high, but right now I’m in a very comfortable position.  My net worth is just around $6,000 which isn’t a lot, but at this time last year I was at maybe $2,000.  Work will pick up again soon, and if I can keep poker going like it has it should be even better for me.  I’ve lost one good weekly game, but since I’ve started going to Foxwoods I think I can make some good money there.

My Day

I thought about getting up right at noon to clean the church, but when I hear those guys working on the bathroom I just don’t feel like getting up.  So I kept sleeping for another couple hours and abandoned the idea of cleaning the church.  I showered when the guys left and hung out before going to dinner with my mom.

I met her at her work and then we drove to the mall first to get my new watch.  But they didn’t have it so I guess I’ll have to order it online and wait even longer.  After that we went to Asian Bistro for dinner, and I got two sushi rolls and some shrimp sashimi.  It was delicious, but I think I’ll go for three sushi rolls next time because they’re only like $8 each.  Then we saw Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, and it was pretty good.  It was entertaining throughout, and it didn’t seem unrealistic enough to make it less enjoyable.  Paula Patton is really pretty, and I don’t remember seeing her in any movies before this.  So I enjoyed the movie and had a good night.

When I got back home I watched Portlandia and then some Malcolm, then took a shower again.  I have to get up at noon tomorrow because I have a dentist appointment, so I’ll get to see how good my work insurance is.  I’ll get to cleaning the church later this week.  Thanks for reading, and “How often do you cut your toenails?”

—Eric Del Medico

Am I lazy for not wanting to work either of the two days a week I get scheduled? Man it’s starting already.

One Year Ago Today

I did some shoveling at the church at night so I wouldn’t have to do it in the morning.  I watched the movie 25^th hour which starred Edward Norton and was directed by Spike Lee, and it was pretty good.

My Day

I heard the guys working on our bathroom this morning, and I thought about waking up at noon which would be 8 hours of sleep.  But I decided to wait until my alarm went off at 1pm to get up.  But when that came I stayed sleeping, and I couldn’t pull myself out of bed until my dad called me at 3.  I was scheduled to work today but I really didn’t think I’d have to, and I mostly didn’t want to either.  I got ready at the last minute and while brushing off my car I got the call that they didn’t need me.  I told myself that if I had to get dressed and everything I would go to Wal Mart since I was out already, but since I didn’t even get out of the driveway I didn’t feel like doing that.

So I stayed in and watched through Workaholics again, and my computer shut off about five times while trying to watch it.  I don’t know why it does that, and since some days it doesn’t I’m really confused.  I watched a bunch of Malcolm after that, then Seinfeld before bed.  I really need to get started on another game while I watch all these shows, or start reading again or do something productive.  I don’t really feel like I’m wasting time right now, but if work continues to be slow like this then I’ll feel like I’m not doing anything with myself.  Thank God for poker though because that gives me entertainment, camaraderie, and money.  Thanks for reading, and “What’s a 401K? …Oh, no, nevermind.  I totally thought it was a laser.”

—Eric Del Medico

I always think something awesome might happen on my birthday. I should just be grateful if no one kills me.

Dreams

I had a dream where I was back in school, and I haven’t been to my classes in weeks so I thought it wasn’t even worth going back.  That was about it.

One Year Ago Today

I woke up at noon (which was sleeping in for me last year) and hung out, then got Chinese buffet with my dad for my birthday.  It was mostly relaxing, unlike the birthday I had the year before.  I’ll mention it again only because it was a strange one.  I had to give a talk at Crusade on my birthday, so that whole week leading up to it was spent by just working on that talk.  I revised it a million times and practiced it over and over that day, and all I wanted was to give a good talk and be done.  So after I spoke I could enjoy my birthday, and I had people over for poker at our apartment.  I did very well, but it was just a lot of fun to hang out.  It was my 21^st so I had a couple sips of some beer, but I didn’t like it.  Later I chose to email a girl I liked to tell her my feelings, which was an odd choice to do on my birthday.  Obviously she later got back to me with a nice message of rejection.  Overall it was a good birthday, but one racked with emotion.

My Day

I woke up at 2pm and didn’t have much time to do anything before work since I started at 6pm instead of the usual 7.  It wasn’t that busy in the poker room, but the tournament got fairly big and that sustained it for a while.  I started on break but after 10 minutes I opened a game, and I had a 3-table cash game run to start off with.  I got the $500 max game early, but I had back to back $2-$4 limit games later which sucked.  Overall though I can’t complain because I worked 5 hours but got 7 cash game downs.  I made $133 which filled my toke box so that was pretty good.

I hoped that if people knew it was my birthday I’d get more tips.  Usually I don’t tell people it’s my birthday, but in this case if it earns me more money I think it’s okay.  So I was happy when Rich came over and wished me a happy birthday while I was dealing, but I didn’t even get one birthday dollar from that.  He even made an announcement later but still nothing.  But thankfully no one gave me much trouble so it was a good night. 

Brian and I drove back home after work, and we stopped at Taco Bell on the way.  He thought it closed at 2am, but it turns out it was 1am.  That sucked because we got there at 1:03 so we just missed it.  So we went to Subway instead, and then I had a couple hours to watch some Malcolm before going to bed.  So that was my birthday.  I got the story of my birth which my parents give me every year, and although it’s the same story I like hearing it.  It means my parents love me, and it’s nice hearing them tell a unified story since they got divorced when I was young and usually just argue.  And that’s it for the night.  Thanks for reading, and I still need to get a new watch…

—Eric Del Medico

I think the best thing about turning 23 is getting to use the lyrics from Blink-182’s “What’s My Age Again”.

Although this isn’t my birthday post, it was typed up on my birthday.  Therefore I’m going to be really short.  No need for the other sections because they were largely uneventful.  I slept in a little late, and after hanging out for a couple hours my dad came by and took me to Applebee’s for my birthday.  It was pretty busy since it was Saturday night, although it was only 5:30 and it was Herkimer.  But we saw a lot of different types of people there so I guess it’s a popular eatery.  I ran into two old teachers, and after telling the first how I dropped out of college I didn’t feel like going through it again.  Our waitress was gorgeous, and I remember thinking that she was gorgeous for a white girl since I’ve been into Asian girls and other ethnicities lately.  The food was good and it was a nice dinner with my dad.

We went to the dollar store afterward and my dad said I could pick out one thing as my birthday present, which was as a joke but the offer was still good.  So I got some blow pops.  Then I went back home and watched Hearts of Darkness, which is a documentary about the making of Apocalypse Now.  It was pretty good, and now I’ll watch Apocalypse Now Redux and that’ll complete the whole experience.  I finished watching Season 2 of Malcolm in the Middle as well as the second season of Seinfeld.  I decided to stay up late and wake up late tomorrow, which means no church again.  I just don’t want the first things I do on my birthday be going to bed early and waking up early.  So thanks for reading, and “What’s my age again?  What’s my age again?”

—Eric Del Medico

Not much activity on Words with Friends today. Since it’s Friday night I must assume my friends have lives.

Dreams

I couldn’t get out of bed today, and it wasn’t because I was having good dreams.  My last one was the worst and only one I can remember.  I was at some kind of camp, and while taking some test I learned that the woman who was running the whole thing was evil.  I decided to take a stand against her, and my argument was that she hates us although she’s trying to deny it.  So we had a back and forth, and while she was being irate and loud I was being calm and collected.  She was saying how she has a “mutual disrespect” toward Phil, who turned out to be Phil Gibson since I don’t really know other Phils.  I tried to stick up for him since we were on the same side, and I was in real danger of getting tortured while there.  It was like a camp where we couldn’t call for help and we were at the complete mercy of the guards.  I then went to apologize to Phil for arguing with her and getting his name brought up.  Another guy said we only had 8 days left, so I had to control myself and stay out of trouble until then.  The strange camp came from my feelings of being unsafe, and how I don’t ever want to be in a situation like that where I’m at the complete mercy of my captors. 

One Year Ago Today

The Knicks played at home against the Heat, and today they play again but in Miami.  The Knicks won last year by 5 points in a good game, but the Knicks lost by 10 this year is a strange but hard-fought game.

My Day

I woke up late today because I guess I was tired from actually leaving the house yesterday.  I had to wait to take a shower until the guys finished working on the bathroom for the day, so I just watched some Malcolm.  Then I showered and had a late breakfast, and I hung out for the rest of the day. 

Later in the night I got to relax and watch the Knicks game.  Because of the MSG/cable stuff, blackout restrictions, and work, I usually don’t get to watch any games.  Since they played the Heat they showed it on ESPN so I got to watch it.  My mom and I got Chinese food too so it was a good night. 

After the game my mom and I watched The Princess Bride because it’s a hilarious movie.  Then I finally watched the movie Trees Lounge on Netflix.  It’s an independent movie written by, directed by, and starring Steve Buscemi, and I almost watched it months ago but I passed over it.  It was pretty good, but the overall story didn’t really go anywhere.  There was some stuff throughout, but the main character didn’t really change or grow like they usually do at the end of movies.  Then I watched a few more shows and then bed.  Thanks for reading, and “Truly you have a dizzying intellect.”

—Eric Del Medico

I finally trimmed my nose hairs, but now all the little hairlings are stabbing my nose. I know, “TMI Eric.”

One Year Ago Today

I played some poker, watched a couple movies, and nothing that big happened.

My Day

I woke up a little after 1pm and since I heard them working on the bathroom I decided to stay in bed and watch some shows before getting up.  I texted Brian to see if he wanted to get sushi and or play pool, and I was a little surprised he was because I haven’t been able to get something like that going in a while.  I wasn’t able to take a shower so I cleaned up before leaving.  Side note:  I got my driver’s license and AAA card in the mail today, so I just have my main bank account card to go before I’m back.  I also need to get a watch, which I started looking into online.  I decided I should research them a little bit so I can go into the store with some idea of what I want, so we’ll see how that goes.

So I got Brian and we got some sushi at the Asian Bistro.  This time I went for a combination platter, and I got one that had a tuna roll, some kind of cucumber-wrapped sushi mixture, and a bunch of sashimi.  It was delicious, and I love the taste of my burps afterward.  Then we played some pool, which was the first time in a year for me and longer for him.  It was fun to play again, and to get out of the house and have some fun.

When I got back home I watched the NBC shows, then watched the movie Our Idiot Brother.  It had a bunch of great actors, including Paul Rudd, Zooey Deschanel, and Rashida Jones.  It was a comedy but had some serious family issues, so there was some good drama.  But it stayed funny throughout so it was good.  Then I watched some more Malcolm, and now bed.  Thanks for reading, and “When women smile at me I don’t know what it means.  Sometimes I interpret it like maybe they’re psychotic or something.”

—Eric Del Medico

I’m just starting to think about my recent mugging slightly less than I think about girls. Back to normal.

One Year Ago Today

While looking up at the ceilings in the church I clean every week, I thought about how I need to stop and look up more:

I need to look up physically at the sky, and enjoy the life I have because it’s short.  I also need to look up figuratively by staying positive about my current situation and accepting what comes of it.  And I need to look up symbolically by praying and reading the Bible, and keeping my focus on God.  So I was thankful for that little moment of clarity I had today.

Thoughts

I was thinking about the mugging I experienced a week ago, and how I was praying the whole time it happened that we’d make it out of there quickly and safely.  We did, and then I wondered if I prayed for thanks enough and was as grateful for making it out of there as I should be.  There’s no question that I’m happy I’m safe, but it’s hard to recognize if I’ve thanked God enough for my safety. 

So that brought up a question:  Should we thank God for the deliverance from one situation, or for daily deliverance?  What I mean is that it’s easy to thank God after something bad happens, but we don’t take the time to thank God for all the days that bad things don’t happen.  That leads to a much harder question that I don’t think has an accurate answer:  Should God give us trials so He can save us?  I heard somewhere that without suffering there would be no compassion, which I understand although I don’t think that compassion is worth all the suffering that there is in the world.  This question is in the same vain, although you could say that God gives us trials so He can demonstrate His sovereignty.  After I got robbed I tried not to take advantage my daily safety and all the things I have because they can all be gone.  But is this newfound appreciation of life worth what I went through and all the trouble it caused?

My Day

I slept in until a little after 1pm, but I’ve been able to get up before 2 or 3pm lately so that’s good.  The guys finished working on the bathroom for the day shortly after, so I took another shower and can enjoy a whole day of being clean.  I watched a bunch of Malcolm in the Middle before poker.  I’ve been in the mood for pizza and wings lately, so I thought I’d get some good pizza and wings for poker tonight.

Poker

I decided that I’m not going to describe all the pivotal hands that I’ve played of each game.  I said I did it in the past so I could learn from it, but no one else cares about each hand and it’s enough for me to just jot them down on my phone while at the table.  Also I’m still a little shook up from last week so I don’t want to broadcast my poker playing any more than necessary.  So in short, we had 9 players which is the most in a long time.  I was card dead and played poorly at first, but then I started winning like every pot I played and I quadrupled my buy-in by the end of the night.  Now I’m going to bed at 5am, and I have another three days off before I work again (and my birthday).  Thanks for reading, and “Humans have fear of flying, same way fish have fear of driving.”

—Eric Del Medico

We finally got our shower back. This has been a very long, disgusting, and very disorienting several days.

Dreams

I had a dream where I was in a locker room, which is oddly a common dream setting despite my infrequency of being in them in real life.  I was going to a gym a couple times a week, and I realized that I could be using the showers there since I can’t shower at home.  So I walked around looking for a spot with few or no people but I couldn’t find any.  I walked all around until I realized I was in the women’s section, but ironically that was clear of any girls (that would have made for a much different dream).  Then when I got back to the men’s side I saw some women there, so I was all thrown off.  It’s obvious this dream was a reference to how I couldn’t shower in real life.

One Year Ago Today

The big thing (in a sense) was that I bought staples a year before, and of the 5,000 I bought I used maybe 50 of them.  I think I’ve used maybe 5 of them this past year, so I should really never need to buy them again at this rate.  That’s pretty exciting to me.

My Day

I woke up at 1pm and talked with my dad, and then I went to clean the church.  It was a breeze again, and I’m almost done with listening to all of my Newsboys albums.  I have three albums left so next week I’ll be through them all.  When I got back home my step-dad told me that the shower isn’t all done but it is workable, so I got to take a shower.  It was glorious, both because it was a new and improved shower and because it was the first in 5.5 days.  Trust me, I know how gross that is.

My new Bank of America debit cards came in the mail today, so I activated those.  It’s nice to have some backup for my cash now, although I don’t keep much in that account at all.  So I’m still waiting on my First Source card because that’s for my primary account.  The good thing about having these cards back is that I used one for Netflix, so now I can get some DVDs again and start watching those shows on my computer.

So there aren’t any new late night shows this week, or any shows that I watch except for the NBC ones on Thursday.  So that leaves me with a lot of free time to watch the new shows.  I watched the first season of Workaholics per Brian’s recommendation, and it’s a really funny show.  I’d say it’s similar to It’s Always Sunny in that the characters are stupid, but they’re a little younger and more into weed than just drinking.  But they get into crazy stuff so that’s where the comparison comes in.  Then I started watching Malcolm in the Middle (henceforth shortened to ‘Malcolm’), which is also a really funny show.  Since I already started watching Seinfeld I’ve decided to watch Malcolm whenever I want to watch a show, but save Seinfeld for the last few episodes of the night before bed. 

Just now I remembered that I planned to continue reading The Two Towers, and I could have been doing that for at least some of the 7 hours I spent watching these shows.  Maybe I’ll do that during the next few days since I have no plans until the weekend.  And now I’m going to bed, and hopefully the shower will still be functional when I get up tomorrow.  I have some thoughts from the lack of a shower, but I’ll save those for another time.  Thanks for reading, and “Those scientists better check their hypotenuses dude.”

—Eric Del Medico

My new phone came in today! All my contacts are back and I got all the messages I’ve missed. I’m back baby!

One Year Ago Today

I’ll share a funny line that happened on this day:

One good joke from the service today was when someone said that it was Dick Bly’s birthday.  The pastor asked if he was 62, and Dick said, “61.  I’ve done a lot of walking and bike riding so I lost one.”  I thought that was a really clever line, because you can’t take a year off of your life.  It’s like on Seinfeld when Jerry said he was trying to lose some height as opposed to weight.  But Dick really got a good setup in order to deliver that line.

My Day

My mom woke me up at 10am after five hours of sleeping, and she said she needed me to give her a ride to work.  I planned to sleep another three hours at least but since my phone was coming today I figured it’d be good to get up and get that straight as early as possible.  And since I couldn’t shower anyway it didn’t really throw me off. 

On my way back home I stopped at Wal Mart to finally get a new wallet.  I thought they’d be in the jewelry department, so I looked at the watches briefly because I still haven’t got a new one yet.  I was thinking of getting a cheap one while I carefully look for a new one, but I decided against it.  I found the wallets in the clothes department, and they’re nice and inexpensive.  I know it’ll get pretty worn eventually, but for 12 bucks it’ll do.  I got a trifold with a center flip, and it has a divider in the billfold.  I’ve always wanted that actually because I already have divided my ones from the rest, and sometimes $100 from the rest, so I can do at least one of those easier now.  I was excited about finally getting one with a spare key holder, but I guess this last one that I picked out doesn’t have one like I thought. 

When I got back home I saw my new phone waiting for me on the porch, so I excitedly opened the box to check it out.  I planned to go right to the Verizon store to activate it, but I saw that I didn’t need to.  I just plugged it into my computer and iTunes fully restored it.  Every app is there and in the locations I had them in, and I have every message, contact, and note that was on my last phone.  So it’s all set up and back to normal.

I stayed in and eventually got ready for work, although I didn’t think I’d actually have to work.  I almost forgot to shave like I did a few days ago, but thankfully I remembered in time.  I didn’t mind getting dressed and going out even if I’d get called off because I still wanted to get a new case for my phone.  I really wanted that case today so I wouldn’t drop it and scratch it or anything before I get a chance to protect it.  Then at the store when I was reaching for the case I got a phone call, and I fumbled it and dropped it.  Thankfully it didn’t break or scratch, but it was ironic because it dropped at the last possible time.  The call was from my boss telling me we didn’t have to come in because the room was dead, so it worked out well.  So I went to Denny’s with Brian and Cheetara and then I went back home.

I finished watching my Hulu shows, and I was planning to watch the show Workaholics next on Netflix.  Brian recommended it to me, so I planned to watch that one season before going to Malcolm in the Middle.  But Netflix isn’t working for me because I canceled my debit card, so until I get the new one I guess I’m stuck with the shows I already have.  So I had to jump right to Seinfeld when I planned to finished these other ones first.  But one minute into starting the series I’m already happy I’m watching it again.  Seinfeld never gets boring.

I watched The Lord of the Rings:  The Two Towers tonight to get myself psyched up again for reading the books.  It’s been over a month since I’ve last read, so I got myself familiar with the story again and hopefully I’ll continue reading it this week since I don’t work until Sunday.  Now I’m going to bed at 4am and I’ll clean the church tomorrow and enjoy having my phone back.  Oh, I wore my new The Office shirt today which was fun.  So thanks for reading, and “Thank you urinals for never taking any crap.”

—Eric Del Medico

I beasted thru season 8 of Curb Your Enthusiasm today. It’s a shame I’ll have to wait forever for new ones.

One Year Ago Today

The Celtics played the Wizards which is coincidental because they played each other today too.  The Wizards won last time though but lost today. 

My Day

I started snoozing the alarm on my clock which I’ve been using since I don’t have a cell phone alarm.  The first day I shut it off and got right up, then the next day I snoozed it once, and then today I snoozed it a couple times and then set it for an hour later.  This is what always happens when I get a new alarm:  First I treat it with respect and get right up, but eventually I basically ignore it.  I still got up at 1pm though so it was fine. 

I had nothing to do before work, so I started watching season 8 of Curb Your Enthusiasm.  I don’t have that season on my computer like the rest, and because it’s not on DVD yet I found a site online to watch it on.  That took some time because I had to weed through crappy links to get a good one, and my computer has been running slow so it was difficult to get through the first couple. 

Then I went to work with Brian, and when we got to the poker room there were only five games going and the tournament was looking to be very small.  There was a $2-$4 limit table (with the most annoying player ever), three $1-$2 tables, and one $2-$5 table.  If it wasn’t for the $2-$5 we probably would have just left right then.  We both drew tournament tables (no surprise) and by the time we finished that down two tables broke including the $2-$5.  So we decided to just sign the early-out sheet and leave, and once a tournament table went down they sent us home.  So we worked one hour today and only made money for the tournament down and $4.75 an hour we make, so it was basically nothing.  But it wouldn’t have been worth staying anyway because we would have gotten maybe two cash game downs, so we were looking at $30 tops since those tables looked pretty bad tip-wise. 

So we left at 8pm and decided to get Taco Bell, and since it was early (not like 1 or 2am like usual) we ate inside when we stopped at the Utica one.  It looks like the Yorkville one I used to frequent with my dad and brother before karate years ago, and we got the box that had basically a #9 with that burrito with the Fritos in it.  It was just another 20 cents to get that instead of the #9 and we got that burrito with it so it was great.  I have a new thing to order now.  It was delicious and made my night.

To add some filler to this post I’ll share something that I would have definitely included in the past, but lately I’ve been leaving out things like this.  We saw someone leave as we walked into Taco Bell, and there wasn’t anyone else there until a few minutes before we left.  Four people walked in who looked in the 16-18 age range, and three of them were girls and one guy.  None of them were white, and the dude looked some kind of Hispanic (but only like half), one girl looked the same, one like half-black girl (maybe, I’m not sure), and one black girl.  The black girls were kind of cute, especially the last one I mentioned. 

Anyway, I’ve mentioned before how my brain usually assumes that any girl who is a few years younger than me is interested in me.  It’s probably the stupidest thing that my brain does because it goes against every other notion I have.  Any other age and I always assume that they don’t like me, so there’s really no explanation for it.  Mostly because of that, and the fact that we were the only groups in the whole place, I assumed they’d sit on the other side of the restaurant.  So I made a dollar bet with Brian without telling him, that if they sat on our half he’d win.  Sure enough they did, and I gave him a dollar.  I figured that socially they’d prefer to have their own space, so it was kind of perplexing.  But it goes with the theory that they were interested in me/us so maybe that’s why they wanted to sit closer. 

When I got back home we watched the end of the football game, and I’m happy the Giants are going to the Super Bowl.  I’ll root for them partly because they’re the only New York team left, but mostly I’m rooting against the New England (i.e. Boston) Patriots.  This will be the first Super Bowl I’ve watched that I cared which team wins, but it’ll also be the first one that I’ve had to work during so I won’t be able to enjoy it and the commercials.  After the game I watched the rest of Curb, and I blasted through the rest of the season so I’m all done in just this one day.  It’s sad that I’ll have to wait for another season if there will be one.  Now I’m going to bed a bit before 5am, and if all goes to plan I’ll have my new phone up and running tomorrow.  Thanks for reading, and “I always think of nice things, but I never act on them.  What is that?”

—Eric Del Medico