Last Day of Freedom

Ok folks. We're down to the point where we can count the hours without actually billing them. I'm sure you'll want to know how I spent it, so here goes:

1. finished out the wine collection. I am locked, stocked, and ready to rock, vineologically speaking. I now have: 30 bottles of miscellaneous red (yay wine bar), 8 bottles of miscellaneous white (yay special wine refrigerator), 2 bottles of port (yay incompetence when originally purchasing red wine), 2 bottles of champagne (one of which is from France and came in a box... that one's for "the ladies", but neither are Spumante... I have yet to find the appropriate liquor store for a Spumante purchase), 1 bottle of Drambuie.

2. sat barefoot on the balcony and played guitar, occasionally making up songs about passersby. Here's an example, spawned from a guy getting into a new SuperCrew F-X50 (don't know if it was a 1 or a 2):

For those of you who can play along, the first part has accompanying chords

(D two beats each) I love, (G) this truck
(D) It brought me, (G) a lot of luck
(D) And a title (G) I won't see (A hold for 4 beats) for six years.

It's got, four doors
But I don't know, what for
'Cause all I haul anymore is ass.

My Triton, V-8
Makes sure, I'm never late
But it sure takes a lot of gas.

Chicks don't, look at me
Like they did, in '93
Except when I'm in my Ford

Got a two inch, extra lift
Underneath the stock, suspension bits,
To make up for where I was shorted by the Lord.

3 Talking to various people including my brother, my former coworkers, and my friends via telephone and the internets...

4. Thought about going to an Edwards / Darfur rally, then I learned it was really a Darfur rally. I don't know about that mess. We have a mess and a half here and three or four messes in Iraq to deal with... I'm not sure where to prioritize that mess... Plus,

5. Doin' laundry. I've got loads and loads to do.

All in all, an exciting day.