David S. Atkinson's Blog, page 36

Some People Are Going To Hate This

Some people are going to hate this:

Okay NOW We Finally Tried That Ramen Place A Block From Our House

Remember back at the end of May how I posed that we were finally going to try that ramen place a block from our house, the one that I’ve been trying to get her to try since we moved to our place in October 2018, only to have to update that we didn’t actually do it? Well, NOW we finally tried it. It only took a year, and wasn’t bad.

I waited until afterward this time so she couldn’t trick me and end up back at our usual ramen place downtown again.

Awkward

There’s a guy I see pretty frequently when I’m walking to and from work. I live about a 15 minute walk from the office and I can run into him anywhere between a couple blocks from the beginning to a couple blocks from the end. He’s going away from my office in the morning and towards it in the evening. I don’t see him every time, but pretty often. This has been going on for six months at least. I have no idea where he’s going. We do not speak, or even acknowledge each other.

Thinkin’ Bout…

Thinkin’ bout…

My Bottle Opener On My Key Chain Causes Me Problems

I have a bottle opener on my key chain. This causes me problems, specifically because I also have my car key on my key chain. My car key has the buttons for the electronic lock, but also for an alarm that we don’t use. Every once in a while, I’ll move and the bottle opener will press against the alarm button and the car alarm will sound in the garage. This ticks off my wife, particularly when she’s asleep.

I know what the problem is. I know how to fix it. All I have to do is take the bottle opener off my key chain.

To date I still have the problem.

There Are Still Episodes I Haven’t Seen

I think it’s still magical that there are episodes of The Simpsons that I haven’t seen. This weekend I binged season 25 and I don’t remember a single one. I watched religiously back in the day and got back into it years ago when I could watch episodes on demand, but I must have missed a few years. Some people don’t like the show once it got to a certain point, but I still enjoy watching. I’m going to go back and see what other seasons/episodes I must have missed over the years.

Random Thing I Shout

Every once in a while, I will randomly shout: “IMPOSSIBLE! WE ONLY GOT THREE PAIRS OF PANTS!”

I had a good childhood.

Nightmares Now And Then

Here are some nightmares I had as a kid:

– a rhinoceros was chasing me

– the moon was crashing into my house (oddly enough, covered in dried-out helicopters, or Maple tree samaras for those not from a region that call them helicopters)

– a non-human creature living in a hole in my backyard was trying to skin me and my friends to make items of clothing for himself

Compare that to the nightmare that I just had:

– the city was going to switch out the kind of trash cans that they used, resulting a huge amount of hassle for me to put out the cans an extra time to be replaced, dealing with whether or not they gave me the correct cans, and whatever changes to the trash I’d be able to put out would result from having changed cans

Sometimes I Love The Internet

The Internet can be a horrible place, but sometimes it’s wonderful. I was binge watching Gravity Falls again the other night and had a thought. Luckily, someone else had the same one. Even better, it was someone who could actually implement it so I could enjoy it instead of just thinking about it.

\m/\m/

I’d Probably Have To Cut Down On The Coffee

I’ll try, little compressed air canister,

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but I’d probably have to cut down on the coffee first.