Monday Feb 02, 2009

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A Drunken Man's Praise Of Sobriety

Come swish around, my pretty punk,
And keep me dancing still
That I may stay a sober man
Although I drink my fill.

Sobriety is a jewel
That I do much adore;
And therefore keep me dancing
Though drunkards lie and snore.
O mind your feet, O mind your feet,
Keep dancing like a wave,
And under every dancer
A dead man in his grave.
No ups and downs, my pretty,
A mermaid, not a punk;
A drunkard is a dead man,
And all dead men are drunk.

William Butler Yeats


You heard it right. I am now half way through my first day of Irish Lent (explained later for all of you who don't know it.) and I already feel like going and hiding in my cave. (A hermit's life stays with him forever.) Anyhow, back to the lent. Did my job really have to have the most important day of the year start a) on the day after Superbowl and b) the day I start Irish Lent? At 4:30 in the morning, no less.

So, the aforementioned explanation:

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

Lent is a time that the catholics use to prepare for Easter. During this time, it is customary to "give something up' for this period (usually about 40 days.) I usually give up drinking. The only problem with this is that St. Patrick's Day falls right smack dab in the middle and no Irish person can not drink on St. Pat's. So, to make up for that, I begin lent early (day after superbowl) and go until the weekend before St, Pat's.



Apart from tht, there isn't much going on.

We got the house and have been busy prepping it for moving in.

I lost a good deal of money on superbowl.

I did win a bet with a girl. We get to go to a nude beach and I am allowed to be as naughty as I want.

I haven't been walking or reading or listening to music or watching movies etc.

Busy busy busy.

More detailed entry to follow.
formerviking:
I'm waiting on the garage to do the estimate . The guy who towed it said he thought they'd probably fix it , no matter how hard I was hoping for " totaled " . Cars are never the same after a accident . But I know they'll try to fix it if they can . It is only 2 years old & I still have plenty of payments left on it .
Sounds like you don't have time to have " interesting " things happen to you right now . Be glad for that . Interesting doesn't always mean good . Wish I could do the nude beach thing with someone I wanted to be with . Don't see that happening any time soon .
voss:
Tisk. Need to work on those things. You know what I'm talking about.

I wish I had the cash to get an outfit so I could go to the V-Day party Fetish Factory but alas no go as of yet. However the drive to Lauderdale is an easy one so perhaps going for the weekend is not that out of the question.

Are you going to post pics of the house? And the nude beach? biggrin

I realized that I cannot resist a spoiler. For example, I know exactly what Lent is and I know what you do but I was still compelled to click it. Yes I know that I am a dork.

I want to come to Cali so bad but also if I make it out in the near future, it means I am no longer married so as much as I want to be there soon......same time not so much.

I will so post pics of bewbies and corsets for you. That's half the fun of being at ren fair.

xo

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