A Peck of Gold

Thoughts on a Rainy Monday

Okay, I'm officially back. It was great to take a break for a while and now I feel refreshed and ready to blog like crazy.

Let me begin by saying, YAY LSU! Watching the game last night was a community event. Everytime the Tigers did something good/bad in the game, you could hear the reaction all over the neighborhood. When they won, I opened the door so I could hear --firecrackers went off, people were hollering all over, small car fires were being set, spontaneous parades/floats marched by... somebody threw me some beads, and I ended up with a hurricane in my hand somehow... It was what I've come to expect from not only LSU fans, but people in Baton Rouge in general. They're all crazy down here! I love it. Cajuns rock.

Well, let me tell ya, if you weren't at the Trislers house for New Year's Eve, you missed an awesome night of watching Dick Clarke and drinking Hornsbys in your pajamas. Maybe next year, you'll be able to make it down, I'm sure we'll be doing it again.

In other news, we inherited a Playstation1, and I've been going at it like a kindergardener on crack. No games came with it, so I've been renting a few. Croc- which is a deceptively cute but hard game. Oddworld, which I played about a second until I got turned off by all the fart noises. Spinjam, which has permanently numbed my left thumb, and the Simpsons Wrestling game, which Patrick played more than me. The selection is kind of pitiful at our video store, but I'll be looking for others. Any suggestions?

And in other news, the Trislers have gotten a DVD player... I didn't think I'd ever see the day! But we did, and I'm loving it. The bonus features are my favorite part, but they are a little sneaky. I ended up watching all kinds of crap I didn't really care about... like, the alternate endings for "Freaky Friday"... that's so unnecessary, but I couldn't stop myself! I can't stand leaving stuff unwatched.

Well, that's all I had to say at the moment. I'll be back on, posting more later. Good to be back, people.

By the way. I hope everyone has added "Blog More" to their New Year's resolutions. I may have to start cracking the whip on some of you slackers out there... blogging every two months... COME ON!! There's just no excuse for that.