Hoot? Yes, it was.

See subject. I'm not exactly sure what that phrase exactly means. How can something be a 'hoot?' I will have to consult a dictionary or a book of phrases to get the true meaning; but I digress. Semi-colon misuse notwithstanding, it was good to go home for a whole weekend: whooo!

- My workaholic boss told his wife not to have her baby until next Wednesday because he has a big presentation to give on Monday. He was joking, but at the same time he was 100% serious. Whatever happens, I hope the birth creates a slower week. Its late Sunday evening right now and I still feel like I just left work.

- The Badgers, Bucks, and Packers won their games this weekend. Not a bad weekend to be a Wisconsin sports fan. I'm only casually following the football teams, but I'm dead serious about the Bucks this season. I was glad I got the chance to actually sit down and watch a Bucks game in the comfort of a house. You tend to miss a lot when you're in a sportsbar. I got to soak it all in, and let the football put the cherries on top.

- A Filipino won the Featherweight Boxing title on Saturday. I don't follow boxing at all...but it was cool to see my dad witness a fellow country-man take centerstage for about 8 minutes. My dad looked pretty proud when the guy won...I bet he'll bring it up the next time he chats with a group of his friends (all of his friends are Filipino).

- We put the Christmas lights on at my parent's house. It is way too early for any of this holiday business but it was the only chance the lights would get put up. I have been in charge of putting up the lights at my folk's house every year since I was thirteen (last year excepted). It didn't really hit me until a few years ago that I put up stuff critically judged by the neighbors. I bet my work has been the topic of conversation at dinner tables across my immediate vicinity at least once in the last twelve years. I just realized today that all these years I've been practicing an art, not doing a chore. Whatever the case, suburbanites can be so petty about that shit....and I've been treating that task like taking out the trash. Ha!

- I went to church today and I actually enjoyed it. I haven't been much of a Catholic lately. I have not been religious in the Christian sense since high school. I think I really enjoy going to my old church on Sundays because it has been a family institution. I think its the only thing I do with my parents where we aren't shopping, driving somewhere, eating, or watching television. It's also always fun to go back and see a completely different congregation mixing with the few families who have been there every Sunday since I was born.

- On a short loan, my mother loaned me flannel sheets. They should be warm and cozy. However, the sheets feature a bunch of fall flowers. My mother said she'll swap a more boring pattern with me next week. It doesn't make me any less of a man to be sleeping on a bunch of flannel flowers, right?....right?! I should be fine considering that I won't be 'entertaining' any guests anytime soon.

- I am listening to Turbonegro right now. You should do the same!

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