I was flipping around HBO the other day and I cam upon the Masters of the Universe movie. Y’know, He-Man. Dunno why they didn’t call it He-Man, but still, it was the hotness when I was a kid. A stupid, stupid kid. Anyway, it was on, and I watched the first 15 minutes of it and realized that the young teenage girl is Courtney Cox. Then I saw that her teenaged love interest was Robert Duncan McNeil, aka Lieutenant Paris from Star Trek: Voyager. And then they had their schmaltzy love talk in a van…while listening to the song “I’m livin’ in a box, I’m livin’ in a cardboard box.” That’s the definition of ridiculous: Courtney Cox and Lt. Paris sitting in a van have a deep conversation while listening to “I’m livin in a box” in the He-Man movie.

I’m on vacation now. Sure, I had to work at Dark Star today, but now, I’m on vacation. For real. I can stay up late without undue consequence, although I’ve stupidly put tons of pressure on myself for things to do during this week. We’ll see if more than half of them get done.

But I’m an optimist. Honest.

Also in my flipping around, I saw the first half of “Carrie 2: The Rage,” on USA. I think it’s bold to subtitle a movie with the emotion people have after wasting even a minute of their time watching it. But I respect boldness.

I’ve been pimping myself out on Friendster lately. Not only that, but thanks to my particular brand of psychosis I’ve been looking up all manner of folks from high school, be they friends, crushes, acquaintances and enemies. It’s funny to see who’s still out there. I must have ten year reunion on the back-brain-burner. But there I am, add me if you’re on it, and if you aren’t, get on there and then add me. Because we could all use more friends.

Should I stay up until 2:15 watching Roger Corman’s Frankenstein Unbound? It seems like a dreadful way to start my vacation, but hey, dreadful has its place.

Tattoo has healed nicely. Pictures maybe one day. One of my vacation agenda items is futzing around with this page, so we’ll see what comes of it. I’m tired of having a splash page at the main address, so I may try to not destroy everything and fix that. We shall see.

Yesterday was splendidly gorgeous, and I went for a six mile bike ride. It was nice to get out in the sun, riding at a nice pace along the bike trail. It’s mostly wooded at the edges, but every now and again you get a peek into the surrounding farmland, flat as Ohio gets. Off in the distance there are the highways, running parallel, but much faster, to you. That’s fine, though. Some people take the highway, some people take the bike trail. Some people get there faster, some people take longer. The important thing is to go at your own pace, the pace that you want to sent, and not one that’s set for you. Enjoy the ride, feel the sun, take care of yourself, and try to keep the bugs out of your teeth.

I don’t know what I’m talking about, but I remain…