The wheel of time, neverending

Well, it's Friday afternoon and a few things have happened since my last post. Some good, some not so good, balance of the universe and all that shiznit.

Yes, i said shiznit.

Let's see if i can remember it all. But before that i must make a comment about Gary Gygax. He was one of the Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons who recently died at age 69. At the end of my crazy mid 20's there was a time when i made friends, a circle of friends to be exact.

We would gather every weekend at the house of a couple who was part of the circle and play AD&D (second edition) and our esteemed GM (Game Master or Great Master depending on his mood) would sink us into great adventures of the mind.

Elves, dragons, evil wizards, enchanting and sometime disorienting locations and a lot, and i mean a lot of tumbling on the part of one of our companions who loved to carry a hacky sack.

It was AD&D and the original NES game Final Fantasy which got me into RPG and gaming. I wasnt aware of the impact Gary Gygax had in my life until after his passing. Today i thanked god for Gary's gift to gaming.

Ok, now on with the blog.

Tuesday night at 7PM i come out of the library to find that luckily i had missed the hours of rain that had poured while i was inside. I get on my bike and almost fall. The source of my sudden inability for balance and control of my bike is simple. A flat tire, front wheel.

At that time, nowhere to get it fixed, plus last time i was ripped off.

Walk to DD, get my freebies and chit chat with the crew, then BK where i leave my bike locked for the night.

Mary calls me and asks me if i can be up early so i can drop her off at the airport and drive the car back to their house. She was going to NY to bring back her mother to help them.

So i agreed. The next day i was up a bit after 5AM and was at BK at just about 6AM. I called her to make sure she was up and by 6:30 she picked me up and off we were to the airport.

I helped her with the lugage at the terminal and wished her a nice trip. Drove back to their home and... oh did i mention i wasn't driving the SUV? Cadillac, yeah, expensive sport car. It was a nice drive.

So i hang with Derr a bit, get his daughter to school and discuss what we can do while Mary is out since he can't hit the airport because the kids need him.

He gives me $20 before he drops me off at BK which helps me later in the day to buy a new tire and tube. The old tire was well worn out anyways. In the middle of the process of replacing tire and tube it begins to rain a bit. Its light rain, a drizzle but stand long enough under it and i think you get the idea.

I had to work fast, and considering i haven't done any bike work in quite some time you can also imagine me using my tools and trying to move as fast i could without breaking or damaging something.

Luckily a car service center was nearby and i got free air and voila! new tire, new tube and then riding as fast and safely as possible to the library. I saved the old tube since i found it only had 1 hole, i will fix it sometime this week if i can remember as a back-up.

I'm currently reading Spellbinder: A Love Story With Magical Interruptions by Melanie Rawn and i have to admit that it has slowly drawn my interest in her characters. I can't recommended it yet, but so far i'm likely to do so.

Oh yes, i did watch Stranger than Fiction with Will Ferell and it was funny, touching and a good comedy. Yup, i recommended highly.

Another movie that i watched was Mostly Martha, a german romance/drama (yes, subtitled) about a female cook, her niece and an italian cook who appears in her kitchen at work that changes the atmosphere of her work place. I recommend it if you like romantic films.

I borrowed another movie which i tried to watch that night in my tent. It was a swedish movie which was also romance/drama. I was watching Under the Sun and it was probably the last 20 minutes of it when the laptop battery died, it had been fully charged when i had left the library earlier that night.

This morning i finished watching it at the library. The story takes place in the 1950's in Sweden and it's quite touching. If i had a special someone i would've in all likelyhood watched it with her. Hmmm... note to self, watch it again, with someone special.

Derr is busy with business and will call me later today for work.

Oh yes, apparently there is a leak in my tent, probably the tarp because a bit of water gets stored on top of my tent and it leaks right on top of my "bed" so i got to keep covering the wet side with stuff so i can lay down to sleep.

I really want to get out of there, soon.

Well, that's all for now. Have a great day and god bless.