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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
How I spent Monday night
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Happy Monday Night
9:13 p.m.
Falcons 0 Saints 0.
I hate the fact that it gets dark somewhere around 3 p.m. By the time I get home I feel like it’s time to go to bed. I am forcing myself to take my beloved Roxy, born of Satan—you know the rest, and walk. With the warm weather on us this week, what excuse do I have not to? None. I mean even NFL doesn’t hold water as an excuse. Falcons vs. Saints? Don’t think so.
9:16 p.m. Saints 7 Falcons 0. Like I said, I hate the early darkness. We walked at a local walking area near one of the parks. Good walk; just under three miles. Roxy didn’t kill anyone or anything. She’s had a good week.
9:22 p.m.
Saints 7 Falcons 7.
You know the old saying: With age comes wisdom. (In my case: With age comes less dumbness—most of the time—no guarantee however.) I’m at a point where I have to work out to stay out of shape. I’m trying to get home and get changed and get into my Dodge Ram pickup truck, the one with the big toolbox on it, the manly one— the one that screams: “Manly———whatever” on it, and go walk before I change my mind. I stop into the convenient store, packed with people and moving at a pace that is anything but convenient, so I can get a bottle of water. I need the water so I can hold the bottle of water and talk to people saying things with the word “hydrate” in the sentence.
In front of me is this really ugly dude who asks for a pack of some cigarette, specifically requesting the “hard pack” version of that brand of cigarette.
The counter-cash-register technician checks but can only find the “soft pack” version of that brand.
The little (he was really short) guy gets mad!
“How come you people (was he talking about all counter-cash-register technicians or other humans in general?) can’t stock the hard pack??!!
I’m thinking to myself: “Well, smack my ass and call me Judy!” (I don’t know what that means and who is Judy?)
9:41 p.m.-Saints 10 Falcons 7. What’s this guy thinking? Not only does he insist on slowly killing himself but apparently he’s a man of style. He prefers the hard pack to the soft pack because he’s a man—a man’s man! He won’t sacrifice his standards—life? Yes but not his standards. He’s a man who demands the hard pack so he can pack those cigarettes, slam ‘em down on his palm and push that tobacco down hard so that he gets that full tobacco experience!! I guess in a few years when he looks like a piece of beef jerky, he’ll look back and say “I did it my way!” Adios pal. Other Monday developments: The folks at Court TV have been calling. They want old police videos as part of their programming. When cases have been disposed of in court, departments will provide old videos to these shows. What I noticed in the paper today was the article that Court TV was going to change to TruTV.
10:03 Saints 17 Falcons 7 TruTV brings a different format to the audience. “True Engagers” they call they call this target audience. Here’s a sample of the format: “Sky Racers,” the story of a woman helicopter pilot who jockeys for position during police chases, or what we call in Atlanta, “We’re Just Seriously Following You.”
“One False Move,” which follows people who live “at the brink of disaster,” such as rescue crews who work two miles below the Earth’s surface and construction workers named “Chad.”
“The Real Hustle,” about experts who can steal a person’s identity and turn it into something called “Hannah Montana.”
You know, I actually talked to some TV people about writing some goofy wacky police and dumb criminal stuff. Too bad it didn’t go anywhere but I got a free omelet at IHOP after I showed for the meeting. Really though, I’ve got ideas.
“Lilburn Vice,” about the never ending battle against illegal Karaoke and Trivia.
“The Lone Strange Ranger,” about one woman’s quest to rid the world of Harry Potter books all the while going through life labeled as “the opposite of a party.”
10:38 p.m. Saints 31 Falcons 7 So much for Monday.
