Long Sundays
 

What is it about Sunday afternoons that are just majorly boring? I mean time stretching out endlessly, nobody around to play with, never ending silence kind of boring?

I like long lazy Sundays. More time to do nothing.

Obviously, you live in sort of parallel universe from mine. I've been running since I got out of bed, and I won't stop until I get back in tonight.

Got up this morning, made breakfast and answered my mail. Then, My son and I had to drive about 25 miles north today to visit my grandson, then I came home, dropped him off, went back out a few minutes later to the store for something we needed for tonight's initiation ritual. Now, I'm cooking dinner, then we'll have ritual, then weekly coven which lasts until 10:00, then I have about an hour's worth of work to do on some government forms to make sure my son keeps getting his Social Security disability payments.

Re: Long Sundays
 

Today was just that kind of day for me. All I've done today is watch TV and read a book. Thought about running an errand....and decided against it.

Actually we will be going out to dinner in a little while, and maybe going to a store.

So far, it's been a very restful day, same as yesterday. My only complaint was that in the BCC (big comfy chair) I picked to read my book, I didn't have a CD player set up nearby.

I'm going to fix that....tomorrow.

For me it's Friday nights, if I'm alone, and have no date, and no prospect for one.

Digital cable...keeps me entertained for hours on end.

Even that sucked ass.

You have to understand ... I've watched the Malcom X documentary on On Demand twice already (but only because I saw Circus Freaks three times)

There was truly nothing on ...

You work for the cable company and they charge you, even if a nominal fee that's lower than most people's basic plans with no converter, for the service? Unbelievable.

Thank God neither of you is my woman...you require too much stimulation.

Go take a drive somewhere. :)

I was going to provide the obvious answer here, but to save poor sycamore's sensibilities, I decline to do so at this time.

so far to day i have been on a service call , left at 6am got back at about 11:30 , got SOME ;), had breakfast/brunch, washed wifes van and my truck , hauled about 10 small loads of horse shit for the garden that i will till sometime this week , lit the grill for steaks and brots , and now i am working on the cellar tshirt design .

OC go out side , breath some fresh air , hell its Verry spring like around here , we even had the windows open for a while .

*whew* Thank God you're both taking the self-righteous high road...I was worried there for a minute. :)

I am caught up on not one, but four (count 'em FOUR) message boards. And I'm continually pissed off that no one is responding fast enough on any of them.

And no, as a matter of fact, I'm not over my regular caffiene dosage. Why were you asking?

I guess you shoulda gone to Mass this morning, eh? ;)

Wolf, since you're here, was it you that mentioned Bringing Out the Dead, as a pretty good ambulance flick? Watched it last night, fabulous. Nice soundtrack to...

You too?

Man, if someone doesn't post on one of these boards soon, I'm going to have to break down and do some housework.

Yes, Griff, that was me that loves that movie.

Best ambulance movie ever ... most realistic. The book is really intense too. Best fire movie is Backdraft.

I always find my Sunday afternoons way to short, at least as of late. I've been closing at the restraunt I work at(we close at 2 A.M.) , and then having to go back in at 10 the next morning. I usually only put in about 5 hours on Sunday, but by the time I'm off I just want to sleep, and when I get up the day is shot.

But before I started working there, I remember Sunday's going by incredibly slowly.

So what is you opinion of Mother, Jugs & Speed ?

Cute movie, funny comedy, formerly known as the "only ambulance movie."

I was never very fond of Bill Cosby as an actor. Stand up? yeah. Actor, no.

so far the Sunday list is looking good.

The hole and the powder burns in the wall have been repaired/painted over.

I filled out 25 job applications with a black crayon ( as usual ) but had to use the red crayon after the black one got too small to write with.

Sent Bush an e-mail.....recieved an auto-reply with an attachment showing a military style "thermal image" of my side of the building, presumably from that nice friendly cube van that's always parked down the street. They goofed up my name too....called me Mr. Hinkley. Ahh-well, just got me mixed up with someone else that just e-mailed them prolly.

Found a stuffed aminal dog ( that I *didnt* run over with the car ) to substitute for the neighbor's mutt. Should buy some time anyway.

Peeled the black plastic away from the window and *looked* outside instead of actually going outside during daylight.

While looking outside, spied some people that looked like they might have a life......studied them briefly....made some notes in my "if I had a life" workbook.

Took the vac totally apart to "fix" it.....lost some pieces in the process insuring that the vacuuming task stays deleted.

so overall.......looks pretty productive for a Sunday.

Sundays:

Collect shells with 2yr old neice (yes.. EVERY sunday :rolleyes: )

Kayak - this is my sunday sport. its the most relaxing thing to do, you see beautiful sights, you get the sunshine in your face, you get out and se the wildlife and its great upper body exercise.

tapestry - currently doing a work of a jabiru from the Northern territory wetlands.

study or do one of many overdue assignments.

if i can help it, i dont watch TV - it bores the crap out of me.

go visit some friends

go surfing/ beach lengthing (weather permitting)

Go to yoga (9.30 am on sundays, or 4.30pm in the arvo)

so yeah, thats me.

I'll go back to activities on Monday and see if they have any extra black crayons.

Do you like the "regular" size (from the box of 64 with the sharpener) or the "big size for small hands" kind?

When you say tapestry ... do you mean needlepoint, crewel, embroidery, counted cross stitch, or actual tapestry weaving? I do a lot of different textile crafts and am always on the lookout for a new one.

I should have been doing some crafty stuff today, didn't really feel into it.

Spent part of the afternoon shredding documents.

I like them both. The regular sized crayons sharpen easier but the large size holds a point longer.

The larger size also can clog the vac, which is another side benefit.

When i say tapestry, i mean of needlepoint variety. the others i am not very interested in however i would love to try the woven type but the cost of setup is way beyond my price range, for a hobbie anyway.

I have done a few things, flannel flowers, hibiscus, old corner store, galahs in flight, fairy in the moonlight with flowers and trees, and the current jabiru.

I like the natural scenes and wildlife tapestries, i dont really like the ones with the 19th century ladies in then or the boring cottages with flowers in the garden. its hard to find these nice nature tapestrys however, they seem to cater for a much older generation of needlepointer in Australia.

I think its relaxing, and at the end you get a beautiful original piece to decorate your abode with.

:cool:

where i get some of my tapestries

www.needlegraphics-downunder.com

www.stitcherscorner.com.au

I've done a few needlepoints, but much prefer cross stitch.

There are a lot of kits and patterns available on the US market that aren't "little old lady". Lots of nature stuff, dragons, wizards, and fairies. Some of it is really striking.

Come to think of it, I'll have to start taking some pictures of my finished (mostly unframed) cross stitch stuff and post it).

Yeah you must id love to see them. do you have any links on where to get some non- granny style canvases?

my pop is great with wood and he binds and frames all my finished pieces. he frames then with hand turned ceder or tasmanian oak wood and the look amazing. sometimes takes away from the art!! ill have to take some pics and show you as well.

A whole weekend of major PC problems with a quick trip to Lancaster (150 miles) squeezed in today. I'd love to be bored for a day or two.:)

It used to be my Sunday evenings that were dull.

And I filled at least a few of them with jwz's gruntles.

Are these the noises you make when you click on a link and find out there's nothing there?

i just don't understand. you're one of the nicest, thoughtful and intelligent people i've encountered on the WORLDWIDE web. that's silly!

The obvious answer is...NASCAR, and in the fall PACKERS!

Stace, thank you! I'm not feeling sorry for m'self, I'm actively addressing the situation. :)

Da Bears. But it's a long way to August.

If they ever start broadcasting Sunday afternoon pro-rally, i'm set, but circle track bores me silly.

Sunday
- went out on saturday so sleep till 12, cook some tasty meal, study and do some housework, drive back to Brussels, check the cellar (don't have internet at home) and mails

- didn't go out, get up at 9, go for some running (1hour), go to church, cook some tasty meal, study and do some housework, - drive back to Brussels check the cellar (don't have internet at home) and mails, go to bed.

Why don't you just stop watching TV if there's nothing on

Because we are Americans.

The TV has to be on when we are near one, no matter what.

Especially if there is nothing on, because we have 200 different channels to complain about.

It's what we do.

Like you guys putting mayo on fries.

It doesn't make any sense, but you do it.

Sundays aren't just lazy, they're plain ridiculous. I've come to severly dislike Sunday, and that's only because my life is revolved around television plots. Sad but true.

On a regular Mon-Fri, this is my schedule:
Wake, attend classes, race home in time for X-Files at 3:00 on Sci-Fi. At four I watch Strong Medicine, Conan O'Brian, or Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 5 o'clock rolls around and I flip between Charmed and Law & Order (It depends severly on whether or not Charmed is a 1-3 season episode because I tend to tolerate Milano so I can lust over Shannen). At six I watch a second episode of Law & Order and try to catch at glimpse of Queer Eye. 7:00-9:00 is Law & Order: SVU. I'm usually able to catch a shower between 9 and 9:30. At 9:45 I go in for my shift and eat a little something and then I retire around 3 or 4 in the a.m.

I realize that my choice of television viewing is odd, but I embrace it's oddness with my fullest, and damnit, I like it.

I work all day Saturday and I get no TV time in there, but Sundays? All day with absolutely nothing. It clearly drives me insane. What other excuse do I have for this hectic schedule of absolute nothing?

That's belgian and they invented the fries (so it should be belgian fries). And it tasts just great. When I first saw Pulp Fiction I didn't understand the dialogue between Jackson and Travolta. It's just so normal over here in the Old World. ;)

I used to hate Sundays, mostly because here in Utah, the state shuts down for the day. Nothing is open. These days it's not so bad though, the lazy day is a nice respite from the week's craziness, and a nice opportunity to spend time with my wife.

Of course yesterday was nutty. We cleaned the whole house and then made a big batch of Jambalaya since my brother and his wife were coming over for dinner. Mmmm... Jambalaya. We ate until inches from death. Then I drew a picture, and went to bed.

This sunday I changed a little bit because I went visiting a friend and they are having carnaval right now. It's a little village near Binche in Belgium and their carnaval is very famous (Carnaval de Binche). This one is some smaller but very traditional and folkloric. You have different groups : paysans, pierrots, ... The last ones are the gilles. So all the groups are throwing small oranges into the spectators. It's very funny. But you have to take care when the gilles come. These are the men and the young men and they throw their oranges quite strongly. And if they don't like you they really bombard you with oranges so the residents are putting some protections in front of their windows ;) So the photo shows on of my friend who is a gilles when they past me
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See those Mormans know how to promote family values.:)


You're very lucky you didn't chose to become a political cartoonist. Bush would of had you in Cuba by now. ;)

I saw some "design your own cross stitch" software at Michael's the other week. (Ooo! Ooo! Cellar cross-stitch! :censored: )

There are, frankly, some Sundays when I wonder if a day at work isn't quieter.

Are you calling me a Mormon? I could take offense to that, ya dirty, one-wife-at-a-time bastard. :D

Utah wouldn't be so bad if the Mormons went away. Of course then we wouldn't have so many Prozac-infused minivan-moms to make fun of as we dart out of their erratic paths.

No, nay, never. But it was the Mormans closing everything down on Sundays, that provided you with the bordom in which you find respite and nookie. :)

One good thing that John Ashcroft did as Governor of Missouri: Repealed the Blue Laws on everything but liquor. (That was repealed by Mel Carnahan--RIP--in 1992.)

I have to wonder how someone in Utah is lucky enough to know about the delicacy known as jambalaya.

What other southern treats are you familiar with?

It comes in a box with the name "Zatarain's" on it. :)

Cajun is food heaven... best mastication out there.

Cough

I'm partial to Jambalaya, Crawfish Etouffe, Smothered Chicken, ... Mmmm. And it's pretty hard to go wrong with Gumbo. There used to be a local place that sold some tasty Po Boys, but such a non-customary food has a hard time getting a toehold here, and they went away.
Hey, this shit is from scratch, baby. It takes 2 and a half hours, but it's worth it. Rice, andouille, chicken, shrimp, lotsa spices and a few veggies for show. Tastier than shit.

Come to think of it, that expression isn't so complimentary. But, it is damned tasty. I have a little fiddling to do with the recipe, but it's pretty close.

All right, boy, pony up. Recipe in Food and Drink ASAP.

Which...you *should* be doing anyway... :angry: :D

Working on it... the recipe doesn't include all of the critical instructions at the moment, so I'm adding all of the info, then I'll post it.

Ok, the recipe is posted. Enjoy.

*laughing!!* Well then, I guess I must be a closet native of whatever country does that, because I LOVE mayo on fries!! (and they have to be very hot too...I mean temperature-wise).

Oh gosh, my secret's out...ha! :blush:

Hey, don't feel "odd", just feel "different". :) Quite honestly, I like the fact that you freely admit to watching TV. Nothing wrong with that.

I'm sort of the same way (considering that M-F I'm home), and there's always something on TV, although I've found myself getting bored by watching one station for any length of time (I'm such a channel surfer). :cool:

"Love that chicken from Popeye's". :D