A Day Off
Recently I took the day of work. It was a beautiful day in San Francisco, and I spent it in a wonderful fashion. First let me clear up a misconception. Those of us who are young working stiffs, not too far from college, often dream that when we take a day off, it'll be like Ferris Bueller on steroids. We'll drive a Ferrari, eat at an amazing restaurant by conning a stuck-up prick, and be in a parade before solving our best friend's lifelong problems by trashing his father's most prized possession. Unfortunately, that just does not happen (to most of us anyway. if you're different, please give me a call next time you take the day off work.)
I slept in. Just a simple thing, but oh what a great start. Then I made chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. Now one thing I've found about chocolate chip pancakes -- it polarizes folks like few other things can (with the possible exception of Microsoft). Either you like them, or you're too polite to say out loud that it's one of the dumbest concepts you've ever heard of, and something you think should only be on the IHOP menu for the 6 year old kids with irresponsible parents. Well I'm here to tell you that these (when made properly, of course) pancakes represent one of earth's most perfect foods.
After the pancakes, I watched some of LOTR, specifically the Two Towers (if you don't know what LOTR stands for, then get off my weblog now. NOW!) These three movies are some of the best ones produced in the past decade, and watching them on the plasma TV while eating chocolate chip pancakes is exactly what days off should be like. Well actually I should probably be devoting my time to healing the sick, or enriching my mind, or working out. But honestly, sometimes you just have to let things slide. I could already tell it was going to be a great day.
Next I went downtown. Since this is already going to be a long entry I can tell, I'll just cut it short halfway through the day, and continue the rest at a later date. Anyway, I caught the J-Church a few blocks from my house. With the aid of www.nextbus.com, I didn't have to wait for eons wondering when the train would come. Seriously folks, if you live in SF don't bother looking at the MUNI schedule, cuz you know even the MUNI drivers have never seen it. NextBus offers a technological solution that is easy and practical -- GPS tracking on certain MUNI lines. Perfect for not waiting.....I just wish I had known about this last winter.
The MUNI ride was uneventful, and I read my book during the majority of it. I used to listen to my iPod on journeys of this nature around town, but since I lost it a few weeks ago, I've been learning live a life that is iPod-less. It's lonely and scary at first, but you get used to it. Seriously though, it's amazing how something so new had so quickly become an indispensible part of my life. I had not realized how much it actually cut into my reading time. I'm back to at least one book a week now, and closing in on two (i know, i should post reviews of these more regularly. i promise to get to it soon. recent reads this week include "Everything is Illuminated" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains").
Gotta run. Perhaps I'll finish this tale up another time.
Recently I took the day of work. It was a beautiful day in San Francisco, and I spent it in a wonderful fashion. First let me clear up a misconception. Those of us who are young working stiffs, not too far from college, often dream that when we take a day off, it'll be like Ferris Bueller on steroids. We'll drive a Ferrari, eat at an amazing restaurant by conning a stuck-up prick, and be in a parade before solving our best friend's lifelong problems by trashing his father's most prized possession. Unfortunately, that just does not happen (to most of us anyway. if you're different, please give me a call next time you take the day off work.)
I slept in. Just a simple thing, but oh what a great start. Then I made chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. Now one thing I've found about chocolate chip pancakes -- it polarizes folks like few other things can (with the possible exception of Microsoft). Either you like them, or you're too polite to say out loud that it's one of the dumbest concepts you've ever heard of, and something you think should only be on the IHOP menu for the 6 year old kids with irresponsible parents. Well I'm here to tell you that these (when made properly, of course) pancakes represent one of earth's most perfect foods.
After the pancakes, I watched some of LOTR, specifically the Two Towers (if you don't know what LOTR stands for, then get off my weblog now. NOW!) These three movies are some of the best ones produced in the past decade, and watching them on the plasma TV while eating chocolate chip pancakes is exactly what days off should be like. Well actually I should probably be devoting my time to healing the sick, or enriching my mind, or working out. But honestly, sometimes you just have to let things slide. I could already tell it was going to be a great day.
Next I went downtown. Since this is already going to be a long entry I can tell, I'll just cut it short halfway through the day, and continue the rest at a later date. Anyway, I caught the J-Church a few blocks from my house. With the aid of www.nextbus.com, I didn't have to wait for eons wondering when the train would come. Seriously folks, if you live in SF don't bother looking at the MUNI schedule, cuz you know even the MUNI drivers have never seen it. NextBus offers a technological solution that is easy and practical -- GPS tracking on certain MUNI lines. Perfect for not waiting.....I just wish I had known about this last winter.
The MUNI ride was uneventful, and I read my book during the majority of it. I used to listen to my iPod on journeys of this nature around town, but since I lost it a few weeks ago, I've been learning live a life that is iPod-less. It's lonely and scary at first, but you get used to it. Seriously though, it's amazing how something so new had so quickly become an indispensible part of my life. I had not realized how much it actually cut into my reading time. I'm back to at least one book a week now, and closing in on two (i know, i should post reviews of these more regularly. i promise to get to it soon. recent reads this week include "Everything is Illuminated" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains").
Gotta run. Perhaps I'll finish this tale up another time.
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