it's been a while ....so i was away this past weekend for a retreat in trout run, pa. in general, weekend retreats seem to sap more of your energy and you come home more tired than when your left ( but that is generally because you stay up too late flappin your gums with some psuedo-friends/aquaintences). however i found time to unwind...not fully. but i loosened my screws a twist or two. the week i had last week alone... i am suprised that the screws even budged. the whole concept of the weekend and thus the name was to "Chill". Yes it was cold. but the fire was very warm. I think i spent at least 3-4 hours in front of the fire with a good book. If you like Tom Clancy... Red Rabbit (so far) is good. It's a step back in time in the Jack Ryan series. It would take place after Patriot Games and before Hunt for Red October... to learn more about the "ryanverse" you can surf to (cuz i have not figured out the link thing yet) : www.clancyfaq.com/ryanvers.htm

So i was able to relax and enjoy the company of some pretty cool peeps. I met my roomate Bill's jersey girl Anne-Marie. I have been busting his balls about seeing/dating a girl from New Jersey. she is really nice, and easy to talk to (what a plus...you wouln't have to carry the conversation) and tall. amazon-esqe but with scandanavian features. and she didn't have that aggrivating jersey girl hair/attitude/accent like a couple of people that were also at the retreat. What is the deal with the accent, it's a poorman's/woman's NYC accent but with layers of whiny-ness that is akin to fingernails scraping across a chalkboard (not to be confused with jewish mom accent, what's not to like) anyway a great weekend to forget about work and to just be. now that the work week is rolling along we'll see what it brings. prolly too much stress and not enough sleep.

NP: Cardigans & Tom Jones - Burning Down the House
- posted by TundraBoy @ 5:11 PM