Come On Let Me Stand Next to Your Fireworks

Pretty low-key fourth here: Beck and I both had the day off, so we lounged about, walking the dogs and snacking. The big plan was to barbecue turkey burgers, make some margaritas, and go see fireworks with D&C out at the Fort McDowell Casino. Our entertainment, brought to us by your social disease! Anyways, more or less done and done - Beck made some incredible margaritas, we saw an elongated fireworks show and the fourth was the fourth. Really, once you've experienced The Third, or you've had fireworks at your pre-wedding dinner, it's going to be hard for silly July 4th celebrations to register in our memories.

Beck got off work quite late on Saturday, killing our plans to go enjoy another dose of the Beautiful People with D&C. They had won a couple of nights at a local resort for the weekend, and spent at least part of Friday and Saturday admiring the silicone at a safe distance. The reported highlight was a big, scary strong dude with a tat across his back that read "Punisher." This pales, of course, to Dan's back tat which reads "Programmer."

Pretty wussy running effort by me this last week: skipped a couple of days, blah, blah, blah, and only ended up going 18 miles. D'oh. That still brings the three week total to 80 miles, so I'm within marathon distance of that 100+ miles target I set for myself. Hooray for our side! Also played Ultimate Sunday night after seven mile morning run, so between that and that thing from the Dalai Lama, I've got some stuff going for me.

(And seven more miles this morning, so hello 87!)

Before the disc on Sunday, beck and I went to SMoCA to check out the new exhibits. Nice little exhibit from the permanent collection on painting (as in, focusing on the act of painting), a not-entirely-spectacular installation on brands, and a cool exhibit called "Lisa, Light and Dark" from versatile artist Pae White. Really great museum, and a great way to spend an icy chilly afternoon.

So that's about it on these fronts. Counting down the days til the Ben-Ali-Party Bus comes to town. T-minus ten! Yahoo! OR, um, ALTAVISTA!!!

Penance for a bad joke: enjoy this comic.

Oh, and get fired up for THIS MOVIE: