So I headed out to Adam’s parents house yesterday for a bit of a soiree (I’m on vacation, I don’t need accent marks). His dad and stepmom have a pool, so we swam and grilled and chilled… It was fun.. Today I met Jon Whitney for lunch and picked up Real Genius on DVD and a few CDs.

Today I am extracting episodes of Good Eats that have been collecting on my Tivo for awhile and processing them for my Good Eats archive..

Have not updated much lately, mostly because I am enjoying my “vacation”. Last night Matt and I made some fantastic chicken on the grill. We made a Red Rub and “Mutha’s Sauce” from the Dinosaur Barbecue Cookbook, and let me tell you, that was the best damn barbecue chicken I have had in my life (Including the barbecue chicken I have had AT the Dinosaur). The recipe for the rub yielded a large pizza shaker’s (plus a small tupperware container) worth of rub, and the BBQ sauce recipe yielded 7 cups of sauce… Tonight we made steak using the rub and sauce on the grill and it was fantastic. My plan of cooking on the grill every night of this vacation is panning out well so far. =)

After taking a post-world-cup nap this morning, Matt and I headed out to get some Jamba Juice, and while we were there stopped by Kitchen’s Etc., where I bought a Digital Kitchen Scale and Matt got a Canning Kettle (he is following my footsteps and making fresh jam tonight!). We also stopped by Toys R Us where Matt was tempted by the Radio Control Rock Climber (yes, you read that correctly).

After some kitchen cleanup I will probably end up playing some Neverwinter Nights tonight.

Woke up at zero-dark-thirty to go with Omar for the World Cup Final fiesta over at Carlos’ house.. It was a great game, and coming home many people were cheering the fact that Brasil won the tournament. Even as I write this horns are still honking….

You know, I initially rejected Portishead, but in the past year or two I have really grown to appreciate their music… I don’t find myself being so off-base about music (by that I mean that I don’t find myself rediscovering music I didn’t like at first).

My boss approved my vacation days for next week, so after tomorrow I will be on a 9 day vacation of nothing… I was contemplating going back to NJ, but I think I just need some relaxation time that doesn’t involve hectic travel. I can’t imagine that this week will be a good travel week, so I think I will just take a pass, much to the chagrin of my family. =)

I want to go home now.

I played Neverwinter Nights from 8pm until 2am last night, and I think I am starting to get into the game… As some of you know, this is the first RPG I have given the time of day to in over 10 years, so I am kinda surprised that it has held my attention for as long as it has… I am sure that some of that is due to the huge need for diversion in my life right now… =)

I took this picture from the bus last time I left for Jersey, but it has humored me almost my entire time in Boston. The building is down near South Station in Chinatown (Boston), and the best part is that they have two of the same signs (you can make out the other on the left hand side of the image).

Made another mix cd for the other day:

1. Download - Sticky Glandstin
2. Add N to (X) - Brothel Charge
3. Technical Itch - Darkhalf
4. Squarepusher - Square Rave
5. 808 State - Flow Coma (AFX Mix)
6. Luscious Jackson - Space Diva
7. Phoenecia - Grrl Trrbl
8. Thievery Corp - Encounter In Bahia
9. Secret Chiefs 3 - Adept Chamber of the Magian Tavern
10. The Boy Without Hands - Novocaine
11. Dead Voices On Air - Castered Carts
12. Alder and Elius - hung merci tear
13. Boards Of Canada - Music Is Math
14. Kid 606 - PS I Dub Ya (Posterboys Of The Apocalypse mix)
15. Múm - Please sing my spring reverb - amx
16. Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag

I also made a playlist for all these songs so I can play the mix “cd” on my mp3 player at will…

After my scrambling… After my long nights…. After getting caught up to a project that was monumentally not supposed to be possible given the amount of time… After tons of self-doubt and worry…. Finally saying you are done with a project is a good feeling….

AND THEN YOU ARE TOLD THAT THE RELEASE IS GOING TO BE DELAYED SO WE CAN ADD MORE FEATURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My company rules, but this project is like sand in my urethra. I hope they realize that I am taking off M, T, W next week whether they like it or not…

Seems like such a long weekend, I guess that’s because it sorta was… I stayed up Thursday night to watch the Brazil vs. England game at 2:30a, then slept until 7am to watch the US vs. Germany game (screw germany and their handballs), but only watched the first half because I had a 9am dentist appointment. I was actually falling asleep in the dentist’s chair, which I can’t even believe was possible.. He fitted me with a temporary crown, and I have to go back in two weeks for another temporary crown. Before they fit that one, they are taking the mold for the permanent crowns… So I am going to have these tempoary crowns for like a month, which sucks, because they are somewhat uncomfortable. (Started this entry before lunch, and while I was at lunch, the temp crown fell off…. This should be fun…)

Bought a grill on Sunday, and made some chicken breasts marinated in Worcestshire sauce, salt, and pepper, which came out really good…