I am....

a bit eccentric, I think. Or perhaps that's how I believe others see me. In reality, eccentric probably never comes into mind. Nuts, perhaps. Scatterbrained, surely. Maybe I just need to be around people with larger vocabularies!

This observation came to mind as I rode my shopping cart down the ramp of Target this afternoon. I've always done it, and I see no reason to stop now. It's fun! I generally find that I do things to please ME, and to hell with what anyone else thinks. Life's too short to worry about stuff like that.

So here are some things that I did this past weekend. I took apart the lawnmower for some cleaning and a tune-up. I replaced the spark plug and cleaned out the oil filter, which was badly fouled with dirt and grass. The machine runs like a dream now!! I was so proud of myself for working it out finally!! I also bought some screen, spline, and a tool for the bedroom windows...Haven't replaced anything yet (it was terribly windy Saturday, and yesterday I was just too busy or too tired.), but I got the stuff now. woohoo.

Yesterday morning I taped off the guest room for painting, and tried to find some of that off-white paint to use (still can't find it, hon!)... I think I'm going to go with the pale yellow of the living room, as we seem to have plenty of that left. Yesterday afternoon I had a mountain bike race here at NuDraper. Didn't fare quite as well at this one as at Zink. Got 6th out of 10--and one person DNF'd (Did Not Finish). It was terribly hot, and since I've had heat exhaustion once before, I sort of figured that when I started feeling the cold chills and cramps that it might be time to back off a bit. Then again, I'm woefully out of shape since I haven't ridden in about two weeks. I blame it on the furkids and my guilt at crating them.

So here are some kudos I would like to give out: To Michael Moore for taking the Pomme d'Or at Cannes--The highest prize at the most acclaimed film showing in the world. It's quite shocking, really, that such an anti-establishment film (Farenheit 9/11) would take such a prize--but a wonderful shock it is. More people will see it now, and maybe more people will learn to pay attention to news and world events and not take everything and everyone at face value. On the flip side of this, kudos to Dubya for being a mt. biker and taking a dive while on a 17 mile ride over the weekend. Don't like his politics, his vocabulary (or lack thereof), or his person, but I gotta give the man props for taking a ride and a good hard fall! The photos were pretty cute, too.

And on that note, I'm going to sign off and go prepare some goodies for Snack Day at work on Wednesday. laytah!