The Nerd Within

The new “Star Trek” movie DVD came out yesterday. So I ventured out today to pick up a copy. After all, it was a pretty good movie. As I walk towards the back of Target, where the electronics section is, I could see the movie’s display looking back at me.

“Sweet.” I thought. “I’m going to watch it as soon as I get home.”

Then I saw it. Not only do they have plenty copies of the standard, one-disc edition for $15.99…but also a two-disc special edition version. What made this two-disc version extra special wasn’t the fact that it came with tons of hours of extra footage, director commentary, or “making-of” sequences. No. It was the inclusion of a model of the “Enterprise” that doubled as the DVD’s case!

I debated with myself over which version I would buy. Questions like, “Is it really worth the extra $8.00?” and “Is it really as cool as it seems?” and “How will I explain this the next time I bring a girl over?” followed closely by “If I buy this will a girl ever come over again?” ran through my head for the next 5 minutes while I stood there with both copies in either hand.

Which one did I buy?

In all its sweet glory.

I’ll manage the girl thing somehow…

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Hands of an Angel….and Devil

Hello readers,

I’ve been noticing more and more hits on my site recently. Despite not updating the blog for months, you guys are still stopping by daily in the hopes that fresh words have been painted on this canvas of internet – true fans indeed. I’m not sure why, but according to the stat tracker WordPress uses, most of you who visit my site have been finding it by searching for the word “burger” or by my full name. I assume the former refers back to my “best burger” post. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the name or the exact location of the place that I claimed might actually serve the best burger here and as far as I know I’m not currently on talking terms with the person who showed me, so we’re all S.O.L. for the moment on this side. As for those of you searching by my name….I’m going to assume you know me and that’s why your using my name. That’s better than having the stalker-types using it…unless you’re the stalker types who want to send me free stuff and don’t really want to see me because that would be ok because I like free stuff.

Anyway, yesterday I experienced the miracle  that is having a professional massage. It was my first and it was amazing. It felt like the hands of a goddess were working out the kinks in my shoulders and back. Except for the part when she was working on my calf muscles and it felt like her knuckles were hitting the back of my shin bones. That was more like having a dull object….well, stuck into the back of your leg with all the might a 100 pound she-devil could muster. I didn’t think muscle could move out of the way like that and from how it felt, I don’t think it’s supposed to. After she was finished, she told me I needed to stretch my legs better before running, stop sleeping on my right side so much, and asked about a left rotator cuff  injury (that’s a shoulder joint for those of you who just said “what?”) that I had no clue was ever injured. Other than the continuing soreness in the back of my legs, it was effing awesome and I highly recommend it to others who have yet to experience one professionally. It’s even better when you don’t have to pay for it like me. Thanks to what I’ve been considering my “severance package” from my most recent relationship, all I had to do was hand the lady a gift certificate with my name on it and leave a tip. Thanks…you know who you are.

Well my iphone just finished restoring for the third or fourth time since I installed the 3.0 firmware so my attention is turning back to that. If they would hurry up and update all the jailbreak software to work with 3.0 I wouldn’t keep crashing my phone….

Going back to VA in 4 Days! If you’re there and reading this, get ready for my return! It’s gonna be good times…