Sunday, February 02, 2003
Saw the Stones last night. They're old, but they still got what it takes. The guy next to us saw them play 25 times and said this is the best tour he's ever seen - they're all clean this time.
Mick Jagger, at 58, looks good. He's a total spaz, he's jumping around, doing things that would get someone like me laughed at, but he looks damn cool doing them. If I can look as good and be in half the shape as him, I'll be a lucky man.
We were off to the side, in front of where the players' bench would be in hockey land. So we were about 50 feet from the front stage. But they have a catwalk that leads to a separate stage in the center of the arena. We were about 15 feet from them at that point. Wow.
Anyone who says that it doesn't matter where you are because it sounds the same anywhere is full of it and is just trying to conole themselves. Anyone who says it matters is trying to justify paying way too much for tickets.
8:55:15 PM
One of my friends challenged me to a chess match on Tuesday. Since it's been ages since I've played chess, I decided that I needed to study up on my game. So I got the palm pilot chess game. I also ordered a few books from Amazon. I've tried to read a chapter of the for dummies book every day and play a game against the palm pilot, just to get the gears a-moving again.
So that's just fine. I expect the same from my adversary. We both claim we suck, but whether I suck more will be determined on Tuesday.
But then I made my bad move. This happens in my chess game, too. I make a whole bunch of good moves, but then I do not know what move to make next, so I make a bad one. So I also ordered a Scrabble book. My thought process seemed logical at the time: I like to play chess, I get chess books. Hey, I like Scrabble, too.
But then I told my girlfriend of my new purchase. Scrabble has always been a friendly rivalry between us - we're about evenly matched, so I win some and lose some. But this, it seemed, was taking our competition somewhere else. Impulsive side takes over, does something without thought and there I am in a bad position. Happens to me all the time.
Like tonight.
I've been totally stressed about work stuff lately. I'm twice as busy as usual, I can't get everything done and so I am there on the weekend banging my head against the wall trying to do something simple. But when I'm stressed, I tend to be preoccupied. I try not to take my mood out on other people, but I stop thinking, and I say stupid things without considering their consequences.
I just need to stop talking.
8:51:18 PM
SADDAM Hussein's senior bodyguard has fled with details of Iraq's secret arsenal.
8:41:08 PM
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