Time of my Life

The receipt does a good job at summing up our new years.

What it doesn't describe is our narrow escape from the tow truck drivers. Let me explain: Last night we decided to ride the light rail into downtown for obvious reasons but we thought we'd drive to the stop and hit the taco bell right next door. When we got to taco bell the light rail parking lot was full so we asked the manager of the t-bell if we could park there overnight. He agreed and off we went.

This morning we get up, grab the dogs and go for a little walk over to t-bell to get the car. When we got there you can bet we were in the mood for another high quality taco bell meal so we put the dogs in the back and went inside to grab ourselves some tasty burritos. While inside Nicole notices some rough looking guys checking out our car and the dogs in the back. They come inside with confused looks on their faces and asked if that was our black volkswagen. We said yes and they said they were there to tow a black Volkswagen Jetta which had been parked overnight. They were confused because one, there was no Jetta in the parking lot, and two, we had dogs in the back of the car so there was no way it could have been there overnight. Phew!! Saved by the dogs and a poor vehicle description.

From the way things have been going so far 2007 is going to be a damn good year.

Nicole and I fight 98.5% less than before the wedding.

Everything seems to be adding to my frustration lately. More snow isn't making it easier. I've had it with winter. I used to look forward to snowboarding but I can't seem to find time for it anymore. Damn.

I danced so hard last night at Fall Out Boy that I hurt myself. Nicole and I sang along to every song. Which was something most of the crowd couldn't do. We had a damn good time.

If you don't live in Colorado or do live in Colorado and have just woken up from a coma I need to express to you how god damn cold it's been.

I'm no wuss when it comes to cold weather. I've got good swedish blood and I've seen snow every winter of my life but this streak of cold weather is wearing me down. We're heading into our second week (after three weeks of snow) of below freezing temperatures. Sure, maybe a piece of asphalt that gets hit by the sun all day has gotten up to 45 degrees but if you're a real person and go anywhere you're dealing with I'd say on average a temperature of 12 degrees.

Anyway, enough about the weather. Nicole and I moved into good'ol Dad's place last weekend. It's pretty nice I must say. Dinner is always ready, there's free cable and I can walk a block to the bus stop and take it to work with only one transfer. I'd like to thank the lightrail gods for bestowing the hundreds of miles of track on Denver (also my employer for the free RTD pass). Oni-Dog has a damn good time chasing cats and the best part of it all is that Dad's letting us stay there rent-free as long as we help out with utilities.

Things are lookin' good for 2007. Watch out Europe, here we come!

If winter were to have a sex it would have to be female. Forget that old man winter stuff. No man could ever be as cold, cruel and remorseless as a woman. Guys don't have that little extra punch of ambition to drive that cold hate right into the center of your heart. Women will go out of their way to abuse you while men I think will usually (after a little venting) forget the whole thing.

The reason I think winter is a woman is because when it's cold it stays cold. Think about this: In the summer on the hottest of days there's still relief in the wee hours of the morning when it's been dark and the heat gives up, much like a man. Summer just says, "Aww fuck it, I'll get them in the afternoon." But, in the winter the cold only gets worse at night, much like a woman driving her cold hate right into the very center of you.

I'm not saying all women are this way but I'm sure we can all think of at least a few of them.

Well, enough bitching. I'm going to go warm up.

Not only is Lady Winter unforgiving, she's tenacious.

Snow. This weekend. Again. You suck.

It was 18 degrees on the way to the bus stop this morning and it's going to get colder every day with a high of 6 for Friday.

I just want to hide under the covers with my wife.

PS - Public transit fucking rules.