I Can See Clearly Now

Today I went in for my year eye exam. I have to do that for my contacts not that I'm old. But since there is a new doc I had to start all over with the paper work. Family history and all that fun stuff. Where it has if anyone in your family is crazy (they put it the nice way)its so hard not to put yes.

Any way the Doc who's diploma is from May of 2007,got off on the wrong foot. He tells me that people my age need to have a complete check up. Glacoma and all the other stuff. MY AGE.....So after the fun look here and here and whats clearer and now and now...they dilated my eyes...Oh fun. Well it didn't take the first time...so he did it again...and still after 10 minutes nothing. What did I know I had my contacts out and couldn't see anything. Finally it takes..and booom,I noticed the differance. Still blurry but everything was really really bright. He then put on his WII helmet and flashed really hurtfully bright lights in my eyes. After all that he said my eyes are ok. I asked how long before I can see again? Well since I had to have three drops instead of 4 hrs it could be 8-10...

Then they let me loose on the world. I could see fine at a distance but close up. Nothing. Got home and tried to read HA and tried to watch TV HA. Tried to do some work on the computer...That was fun. NOT.I looked in the mirror and it looked like Little Orphan Annie...whites and then big black middles...So I did what I'm good at I went to sleep.

Now here I am almost 12 hrs later and just now stuff is returning to normal...or as normal for me. Another year to do it all over again.

A Good Slice

The other night I didn't feel like cooking and I had a craving for pizza. I didn't feel also like driving the 1-3hrs to get my favorite so I called one of the places here in the hood. Uncle Bills. I went and picked it up the smell of hot pizza filled the inside of the Blazer and I was ready right then to dig in. I opened the box and found it was a Harris pizza knockoff...Sadness.
Well it was too late now and I didn't have a really strong reason to return it and I was hungry. So with closed mind, I drove home and tucked in. What don't I like about it. It could be the square slices...the sweet sauce...the sausage paste....To me a pizza needs to be round...there are square ones out there,beware..the slices need to be triangle, rounded crust at one end and a point at the other. The sausage needs to be seen. Little meat balls would be nice. I don't know if that is what they call Chicago style or not. Harris and all it's clones have been around here for years and people rave about it. Not me...I also don't like Maid-Rites but that's a whole other food group.
So the next time I have a craving for pizza I guess a quick trip up to Rock Falls to Angelos or if I really have time to kill maybe Chicago for Gino's. Oh the lengths I go for my eats.

Words Of Wisdom From The Cookie 2008

You are a leader. Others soon will need your inspiration...Just calling me Your Majesty will be enough.

You never hesitate to tackle the most difficult problems. ..Really? I'm seeing running the other way.
Learn Chinese: Deng yi Deng. (dayng-yee-dayng) Wait a moment.

Productive people have more leisure time....There are some supervisors I'd like you to meet.
Learn Chinese: Quing zai shuo yipian (cheeng zi shwoh yee-pee-ahn) Please repeat

Charity begins at home...everytime that I say yes to the disaster people
Learn Chinese: Jiuyue (jee-oo-yoo-eh) September

Use your charm and personality to your advantage...See number one. King has a nice ring to it.

My Vacation...by I.M. Bored

For the last 10 days I've been on vacation...In that time I've gotten not a darn thing done if I could help it.
I did finish off a couple books.Straighten the CD collection (who's got the case for Steve Millers Greatest Hits)Watched a couple movies and slept...I figure a total of 110hrs...now this is over 10 days so its not that much. Went to lunch with friends. Ate at places I've never been before,Boozies and the San Francisco grill.Both places I'd go back to. Saturday was the high point of the week. With Lulu I went to the Beaux Arts Fair. Its in Downtown and local artist show off and sell their stuff(junk). There was some very interesting stuff. They had wood cuttings with names in them...Could find Savannah but not Constance...Not even a Connie. Went into the Bucktown artist building.Smile...nod...nod..smile...nod...oh yes..how nice....what the he..is this..smile nod....oh its a what...stand back and squint...oh oh...nice...
then off to the mall for some retail therapy. Saw the ugliest shirt...Ralph Lauren...flowers...can't really do it justice...lets just say Ralph must have been drunk or something when he ok'd that material. Its like a train wreck your eye just keeps coming back. $85 to begin with..marked down to $11 maybe when it gets to five...it looks like all of them that came in are still there.
Sunday went to a pub and had dinner with the Skinny White Chick, In this little hole in the wall place saw people that I know...So its true I know only bar flies.
Its been pretty nice out the whole time I've been off...Today just to add to the depression its been over cast and raining...Oh well I knew it had to come to an end...6weeks till my next one...

From Inside the Cookie

Its been awhile since I've been to an Asian place. Skinny White Chick doesn't like them. Something about rather eating ground glass and chopped up worms.
So this is the latest words of wisdom from inside the fortune cookies

Use your charm and personality to your advantage. (I don't write them I just eat the cookie)

You could prosper in the field of entertainment. (I'd like to thank the academy for voting for me)

Your principles mean more to you than money or success. (I'd also like to thank the small people)
Learn Chinese:Dianyling yuan....Cinema.

Confusing say

I found I had kept a bunch of fortunes from fortune cookies...Here they are

"You will travel and come into a fortune." Still waiting on that one.
Learn chinese;Niu-you (Nee-oo-yee-oo) butter

"A fun party is soon to be in your future." don't know when I got this so maybe it's happened.

"Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment." Have you met the people I work with?

"Your body is for use;not abuse." Not one word.
Learn chinese: Xiexie (ssee-eh-ssee-eh) Thank you

"Your first wealth is health." Hush again.
Learn chinese: Si (sih) four.