Given that Carrie and I have been feverishly hunting for a place to move over the last couple of weeks, I was actually relieved for this weekend, for a couple reasons. First, I was getting my root canal on Friday, and second, because that meant I’d need time to rest and recover. And rest we did.
The root canal was scheduled for after work on Friday, and something about getting that done right before the weekend was nice. Sure, it meant that doing anything real exciting was out of the question, but that beats dealing with discomfort at work. Plus, both Carrie and I are mostly broke, and need to pinch pennies until we’re moved and settled in.
As for the root canal itself, it was mostly easy. I needed no fewer than 5 shots of lidocaine to make the process not excruciating, but once I got through the painful process of that 5th shot, it was smooth sailing. A mere 90 minutes (and $140 copay) later, and it was time to go. My mouth was totally numb and incredibly sore, but the tooth pain and temperature sensitivity are long-gone. I even ate ice cream last night. Mint chocolate chip FTW!
Saturday gave me the opportunity to play some RCT, and it was awesome. That game, while still simple in terms of it’s presentation, still holds up after nearly a decade. It was a lot of fun playing, and I could have easily lost 4 hours to it, instead of the semi-reasonably 2 that I ended up playing.
After Carrie got home, we mostly did nothing, and it was awesome. In fact, we were kind of wondering why doing nothing felt so awesome, and came to the realization that our last 2 weekends (and even more before that, considering the holidays) and the week in-between were incredibly busy, with all the houses we’ve been looking at. To say we’ll be relieved to finally be moved would be an immeasurable understatement.
Totally out of chronological order, but we did watch I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry on Saturday. It was a 40%/25%/35% mix of funny/overdone joke/strange, though given that Adam Sandler is obviously running out of good ides by now, what else can you expect. I suspect I’m not the only one who saw Grandma’s Boy as a clear sign its time for Sandler to stick to production, and leave the acting to others. In other viewing news, we watched episodes 4 & 5 of Heroes (via the Netflix instant-watch feature), season 1 – I’m hooked! Now we just need to catch up before the new season starts this fall.
All things considered, it was a pretty awesome weekend. I’ve been such a crab lately, on account of my chronic tooth pain, and we’ve been so busy that Carrie and needed some time to just be. Of course, now we just crave even more of that, though I think that’s what happens when you’re so crazy about being around someone. Moving day can’t come soon enough!
Jack Thompson Guilty on 27 Charges
May 21, 2008 — BThis is awesome. Jack Thompson, the sworn enemy of gamers, free speech advocates and intelligent people everywhere, has been found guilty on 27 of the 31 charges against him. Judge Dava Tunis released her report which details the charges.
Again, this is awesome, and a massive win for free speech as it pertains to games. This jackass was constantly placing the blame on game publishers for violent games ending up in the hands of kids. Never mind that the retailers broke the law in selling those games to minors, he never seemed to get the concept that parents need to be held accountable as well.
Its always nice to see sanity prevail.