Crash! Boom! Bang!

20_05_05, originally uploaded by xdrjohnx.

I woke up at 11:00 AM to a thunderstorm. The lightning was popping just overhead, the wind was screeching, and, oddly, it was really bright out. Being half awake I was sure a tornado was about to rip the wall off and hurl me three miles through the air onto a fence. So I stumbled out of bed and ran into the other room - actually between the two rooms using the divider for cover. No one was here; I was going to die alone! I grabbed the remote and turned on the TV. No tornado alert; must be on the next channel. Flip, flip, flip. I went through about ten channels and didn't see any alerts. The wind was dying down now and realized I was getting cold because I didn't have any shorts or shirt on. I changed the station a few more times then turned the TV off. I walked over to the window and parted the blinds - not that windy after all and the lightning was already pretty far away. I was suddenly very glad to be the only person in the apartment. Back to sleep.

That was by far the most interesting thing that happened today - and nothing actually happened. I got out of bed at 3:00 and had lunch at On The Border, which was where I had that Chicken Burrito two days ago.


This is their Margarita Chicken which goes for about $8. It was really good; just what I felt like having. It's basically just seasoned, grilled chicken on mexican rice with grilled squash, red peppers, and cucumbers. I could only eat half of the chicken breast it was so big. Tasty stuff.

The rest of the day was spent at the new house. I would have walked around for a few hours but it was raining. I need to thin up because "fat" is relative to who you're around. In the US I'm moderately skinny, but in Thailand I'm probably a fat-ass. And if I don't want to leave a trail of sweat everywhere I go, I need to get as thin as possible before leaving. But cannot walk today. So I napped.

Actually, I feel like an idiot about this picture. I had to set the camera up, put it on a ten-second timer, then run back over, throw on the blanket, and act like I'm "relaxing". Pretty stupid. But it was either that or a hold-the-camera-at-arm's-length-shot. Neither are very good, eh? But, hey, my fans demand it. hehe...

Alright, here's a gen-u-ine mystery. This is for people who knew me around freshman year of highschool. My church went to a summer camp called Centerfuge in New Mexico one year and this girl was with our group. I found these pictures while sorting through a box. I liked her at the time even though she was a few years younger than me. She had a little brother who wore glasses that was always slapping people with one of those sticky, stretchy hands. Anyway, I don't know her name or who she was ... anyone remember?