theswordsman's Diaryland Diary
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bacon
I hate to agree with anything haters say on justintv chat, but New Moon really has nothing to offer for straight guys. I've left it playing in the background just for noise while I type this. I'm pretending that the vampire and werewolf story is an allegory for something historical or political that I can't comprehend because I haven't read the books. But it's a tough sell.
It was interesting to read that the whole Twilight saga started with a dream, and the then non-author decided to describe the dream and later flesh out the details.
It's a level two waiting weekend. Team Astana and I have both submitted our paperwork and are waiting for approval, hopefully early next week. Contador should know what's up by Tuesday or Wednesday. It would be nice if I had an early answer, and money by the end of the week. But this started with promises of action last July, and has been delayed every way possible, so I'm leaving the chickens uncounted. This is one of those situations where it's better to have low expectations and be pleasantly surprised if something goes right.
People will be celebrating the start of the holiday season just a few steps from my front door all day, after starting last night. I know a lot of people are facing tough economic times right now, but they can still go out and hold hands, sing along with the carolers, and enjoy the lights. I'll be sat here in the basement trying to find amusement online, as always.
I just ate bacon at home for the first time in forever. My sister gave me a package yesterday. For many years, bacon has been something tasty on a fast food double cheeseburger, or on a breakfast biscuit with egg and cheese. Seeing the uncooked stuff for the first time in a decade made me question if I really want to do that to my body. I went ahead and microwaved some, and it was okay with cheese on a sandwich. Later on I'll fry some eggs and leave the yolk a bit runny so I can flatten a bacon sandwich and use it to sop up the eggy goodness. It's a thing from my childhood.
Contador has an official website run by his brother, but Like the Hole In The Wall Gang hideout, it's impossible to find unless you know where it is. The landing page has a photo and the words "English" and "Espanol". That won't make it come up in any search engine. There's a fan site that I used to find it - the person who runs it and I are twitter friends - and yesterday CNN International mentioned that as being the official site.
I'm trying politely to persuade Alberto's manager/brother to redo the site so that potential fans can find it, especially since they want to set up an online store. Some of the people trying to demean Alberto can reach a million people with a one-sided twitter, and have that repeated as truth in the world media. It would be good to have a website that doesn't qualify for a best-kept secret award so they can go and learn the truth about things.
That's my day. I'm a bit less anxious about things because of the unemployment letter, but don't yet have short-term security. I am ready to start a shopping list, though.
Oh, it's X Factor day. Stacey for the win. And I'm curious, are British guys more willing to talk about things because of the way TV shows are handled? Here we'll have an episode of American Idol and then move on to a cop show or something. There you have the X Factor and go straight to the Xtra Factor where they talk things over with judges, fans, celebrities and contestants. It was like that for Big Brother, and now for I'm a Celebrity.
Oh! I watched Zombieland last night, and have a horrible craving for Twinkies. That's number two on the shopping list, after Sam-e, for when there's money on my debit card.
10:08 a.m. - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
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