Worldwide Suicide

I'm not exactly sure where the time goes. It seems like before I know it, a week has passed. It'd be nice if time would slow down just a little bit.

I promised some pix of the Vegas trip. To the right is Joey at Paris. I love this picture because it almost feels like we're in France. Here's Joe and me on top of the Stratosphere right before we got on that damned ride. Look at the fear in my eyes. Here's Joe and my sister Sue - they hit it off pretty well. Both are smart-asses. Here's Joe and I with my cousin Janine after a HUGE breakfast. Here's my dad with Joe. Dad really liked Joe, which was cool. Dad liked him, despite the fact that Joe broke my dad's glasses and knocked over a 7-foot tall lamp in my dad's hotel room. These are the fountains in front of the Bellagio. I loved watching them.

I wasn't too keen on going back to my normal life after the fun of Las Vegas. SJ helped ease the pain by picking me up at the airport, taking me to his place and cooking some delicious Jambalaya (it was Mardi Gras). He threw some beads at me, which was sweet. It made me feel like less of a whore when it came to taking off my clothes.

The next day was normal rugby practice. We did a lot of running but no contact or tackling of any kind. After I got home, I noticed my back starting to stiffen. Within an hour's time I was completely bent over. I could not walk straight.

The next day was no better so I went to my doctor/chiropractor. I couldn't sit for more than 15 minutes. He gave me flexeril and vicodin and told me to rest it. Just stay on my back for a couple of days. If it didn't get better, see him again.

It did get better, thankfully. This happens to me every once in awhile. It's a pain in the ass. It usually happens if I don't lift for awhile (which I hadn't). So a combination of not lifting weights and sleeping on soft hotel beds did me in. It still hurts but at least I can walk now.

Saturday, SJ and I went to Jen's (read her blog if you need a good laugh at being a young parent) house for dinner. It was very good and I had a great time, despite losing at Trivial Pursuit and Spades. I was on drugs at the time, so I'm using that as my excuse (to losing, not having a great time). I was really out of it. I kept getting paranoid because I was sure they were on to me. I felt like there was a 30 second delay between things they said and my response. I was laughing two jokes back.

HAPPY TUNESDAY MOTHERFUCKERS!!

OK. How psyched am I right now? Pearl Jam just announced they are releasing their new album this May. The first single off the record is available as a FREE download (for a couple of days only, I think). The MP3 has no digital rights management attached to it. So people can legally e-mail it to friends and play it on any kind of audio device. That's why I love this band so much. They're just cool motherfuckers. Anyway, the single is called Worldwide Suicide and despite the killer beat, it's a sad subject--it's about the state of the world right now. And that's not a happy subject.

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