Its a B-Side day.

The webcast radio I've been rocking lately is playing B-Sides by bands I like. Heard some odd "And you will know us by the trail of the dead" and getting some cool "Thievery Coporation" right now. It fits the day real well. I'm just going for an unusual type of life today.

It was a rough night followed by a groggy morning. As I walked in circles in front of the train station, I realized I was skipping songs on the player so I wasn't listening to the singles. Or at least the well-known songs. I don't think I've even seen a single in 5 years. But I continued on to work, didn't grab a coffee or a doughnut as is my normal ploy. It just isn't that kind of day. Instead, I dropped by a rib joint, picked up some hashbrowns which may or may not be the greatest form of potato ever, and rolled into work.

The work-a-day world for me today is laughable. No work, taunting the cubs fans buying tickets and not even making my usual cracks about my former team member being a manager of 10 people starting Monday. Which is my usual form for taking out the pain of a night of drinking. I didn't even head over to the hidey hole and pass out for an hour. Which is an integral part of my plan for dealing with Thursday Night Drinking.

I think this is not strictly due to TND. An awesome girl called me on Wednesday. She is cute, funny and amazingly intelligent. Hell, she's the one who told me about the terrible, terrible Tucker Max. I was, of course, a bumbling, mumbling moron as we spoke. These things happen in a crowded coffee shop on a cell phone while playing palace. No, it didn't occur to me until just now that I should have gone outside. But, this girl was calling to make sure I was going to the Hockey Tournament this weekend. So maybe(read: assuredly) I am reading too much into the call, but I am now all excited for the weekend. Even more then normal.

And yes I am leaving work early to get down to Champaign for practice tonight. Its gonna be hockey in 13 foot deep water hell. Balls. Gonna die.

And now, lunch, and making a complete ass of myself to my coworkers. Although both of those fall into my fortes of life, I'm gonna do it with self deprecating humor. Which, shit, also common. I guess the B-Side is still the music. Yeah, gonna do it with the B-Sides.
- posted by Pat @ 11:47 AM