The rarest night

CAUSE I CAN SLEEP THROUGH ANYTHING ...

... but if I do wake, I am up! Woke up about three this morning, FOR NO GOOD REASON. So I signed on, checked mail, returned some, started reading ... will prolly do that for today, as there is NOTHING ON MY AGENDA!

Did get my 'offical layoff' from the hotel Friday! So I could have been staying at nice hotels around the country at a discount ... dag on that, for real!

FOOTBALL ... YOU BET!

The reason that I remark about football games on the telly, is that watching football has been something I make time out for, since always. I can only remember watching from kickoff to gun a hand ful of games this season ... OSU-Wisconsin (it's a party state!), Texas - Tx Tech, and the Fiesta Bowl featuring Texas and OSU. It sort of bothers me, but not necessarily a BOTHER.

I have a notion that when people make real changes in their lives, space opens up as they transition from one way of thinking and doing, and begin another. I try not to dwell too much over the choice to become 'new' ... but I also keep in mind that I don't want just anything to fill in the seemingly empty spaces in my life.

Still haven't had a 'real' NPR weekend either. It isn't something that I am supposed to 'try' to have, as much as it should happen. That it seems to be something I have to tell myself to do ... makes me ask the question, 'What is taking its place?'

Were it not for NPR weekends, I wouldn't have gotten to know Nebraska. I liked the structure of my time from back then, my 'pre-Mookie' days. Get up, go run ... then get some coffee and sit and listen to 'This American Life' as I ate cookies and posted on message boards ...

THOUGHT I SHOULD MENTION

... speaking of Nebraska, I think that our relationship has gotten a little deeper. It could be me, and I have no idea if she bothers with this mess here, so I feel comfortable in speaking about this. I think we will be alright, being in the same town together. As to deeper relevations regarding 'us', that is for another time.

GETTING INTO 'TROUBLE'

That is what I have always called it, when you go out without a reason to be out. Not that you are going to get into anything, but you are going to find something to get into, a street fair in the summer, or ride through a park when the snow is fresh.

Had a weekend where doing nothing was perfectly acceptable. The only reason I am here writing, is something woke me ... no, I simply woke up. Not trying to get 'into trouble' here either, by thinking up some stuff to write about. Other than Florida winning the BCS (just don't mention it to the folks in Texas, Utah and SoCal!), State stuffing the Jayhawks, not too much else going down for me this weekend.

I will prolly still cheer Big Ten when I get to Nebraska. But I am a mess when it comes to loyalties like that. I mean, I don't care for Florida, but I do hope Tim Tebow does well. They say he isn't a 'pro' quarterback, and that may be so. But cats like him know how to win and inspire people to do their best. As long as he isn't a Detroit Lion, he will be alright.

Hopefully I will go see 'Gran Torino' this weekend, possibly with the Fly Skimmie. She emailed me this week, saying that I still haven't met her for coffee ... okay, okay, I am going to make time out for her. But she lives in western Oakland County, and that is more than a stones throw away. It is a different universe from where I am at, and the there is a vast emptiness between us. For her to come fetch me, then for us to go back 'out' for coffee, and then her dropping me home, is asking a bit much. That is why I have been slow in trying to go out there. Long ride 'to', and the 'from' part could be dicey ...

... hmm ... sounds more like an excuse not to see her. Wonder why that is, as if I hadn't guessed by now.