Da Day

Just dealt with an openly rude customer service rep from DirecTV. Lisa do not let me forget to complain about her on Monday

Anyway, after a nice, largely pain free day I had to climb out of bed and take a painkiller. Waiting for it to kick in before trying to zzzz again.

And Listen up Social Media! Green Bay Packers B.J. Raji on #Flipgate, complaints about the OT rules, etc: "That's sucker stuff, man. We lost the game. We should've won."

 I'm watching Match Game with LuLu

Tutoring

 My Dad tutoring YaYa at Zablocki library for her algebra final. He must be doing something right, as a stranger just came up and asked him for advice.

 We're playing the Family Feud Board Game for Family Fun Night 

Smiley's Work is On Display!

Smiley's artwork, on display at a local restaurant. Restaurant called "All in the family" at 1000 E Rawson Ave

LOL

Saw a panhandler on Holt & I-94 that had a sign reading "Why lie? I need beer."

Sinister 2

A rare sequel that comes close to the original. Close, but not quite. And sadly, that's makes the difference between a great horror film and a pretty good one.

Swim Letter

While the rest of #TeamSlap was at the party, YaYa attended her swim team

banquet. Plus, she got her letter in swim!

My Evening

Spent the last three hours listening to Big Band and writing 2400 words. Now watching an episode of Match Game before bed.

Phone Trouble

My phone broke over lunch, just fritzed out and became a brick. This happened only because it is a payday, and God enjoys cutting apart my budget. I bought a replacement. When I got home I told LuLu and asked if she wanted to see it.  

"Really? REALLY? My phone has had a cracked screen for six months, I can't use half the apps, and you still won't replace it! Ugh!" she said. 

Silence for a moment. 

"So . . .you don't want to see it?" I asked, deadpan.

"Argggggggghhh!!!!" LuLu said and stormed off. 

Lisa started laughing. "I would have HATED having you as my Dad."  she said.

My Grades

Finally got my grades from last semester. I got a B in Alternative Dispute Resolution, which is hooey, and a B+ in Constitutional Law 2. That puts my cumulative GPA at 3.0 for the first time in law school.

Dan Haggerty

RIP the great Wisconsin native Dan Haggerty, aka Grizzly Adams. Man I loved that show as a little kid. 

My German and Polish children, born and raised south-siders (and Catholic to boot) don't like a Friday fish fry..... Where have I led them astray Lord!? Send me a sign so we can get them on the right path of beer batter and rye bread holiness!! - Lisa

Please Lawd May Her Taste Improve

When I was stopped at an intersection downtown, I rolled down the window & gave a young beggar a dollar.

"He. Is. CUTE!" YaYa said.

"The homeless guy?

" Yes. Admit it, he was cute." she said.

"He's either homeless, an addict, or a conman" I said. "Nice to see you have good taste in men."

My Day

YaYa & I went to Marquette to buy two books for the upcoming semester. Cost? Around $300, plus the cost of a parking ticket. Then we picked up Smiley and went to visit Louise, followed by a stop at Toys R Us, where I ran into Mike C. The kids were shocked I knew someone, because I am, of course, a social leper. Finally a stop at Walmart, where the last scooter was taken by a huge woman with no cane/crutch/brace, which certainly gives her priority over the guy hobbling around on a crutch and a surgically repaired hip.

But - Joe McIntyre is on Angel from Hell on Fox!

:(

Bad accident on 8th and Oklahoma, a crumpled minivan. Multiple ambulances on the scene. You could hear a woman inside scream in pain as you drove by. Say a prayer for her.

Rene Angelil

 René Angélil, the husband of Celene Dion, has died at age 73. RIP.

 did my theatre demonstration with Beatrice six minutes ago and i'm still shaking. i think i did well though

- YaYa

My Thoughts - Presidential Aging

Every eight years we get media stories about how the pressure of the Oval Office has aged the President - how  he turned gray & wrinkled as a consequence of the job. While I agree it's a horribly stressful life, that's ridiculous. The fact is most Presidents enter office at the latter stage of middle age, and 8 years on the beach in Bocca would still see their hair gray & their face age considerably. Good grief people, do YOU look the same as you did in 2008?

Junie and the American Girl Dance

LK needed an American Doll for her dance class. Yeah, I know, right? But knock-offs are allowed and so we picked up a doll from Walmart and delivered it to her in class. If you were in New Berlin last night, you might have seen my wife cuddling with a doll as she drove down National Avenue.

My Hip

After two real good days with the hip, it's nothing but a world of pain this morning. Lisa keeps saying my expectations were too high, and that I'm doing great, but right now I'm in a woe is me/all is lost kind of mood. I'm sure I'm pleasant company.

The Martian

I watched this on Smiely's recommendation (he saw it in the theater with his friend Evan). Great movie. Rent it!

Good News

After physical therapy I stopped and weighed myself at a Dr's office down the road from my house, as I have every week for over a year. I was worried that after 3 weeks of inactivity my weight would soar; in the 2 wks before surgery I'd gained 8 pounds after eating my pain and anxiety. Instead, I've LOST nearly 3 pounds, and am down 66 pounds overall. I'm still a "before picture" and I need to get active again to lose the weight and preserve the hip. But that scale took a lot off my mind today.

The Last Samarai

It completely romanticizes the passing of a brutal and feudalistic culture best left in the dirt, but if you can forgive that it's one hell of a movie. Tom Cruise, as usual, was great.

A Brutal Night

Brutal night with the hip, the start of which coincided with a trip to Office Max for supplies for YaYa's portfolio. If you think the veneer of civilization was thin in Lord of the Flies, you should have heard my response to a sales clerk who merrily suggested I hobble to three different aisles and thus save her the trouble of knowing her own store's layout.