july 22, 2006 - 9:12 p.m.

son of a bitch. did i mention last time something about overbearing heat. that was an understatement. good god. what have we wrought upon ourselves? so it's been like the hottest day i can ever remember and it's humid as all get-out and shit it's like after 9 p.m. and it's still that way. i'm watching with a little interest the lightning show off to the south, which sadly doesn't seem to be coming north fast enough to let me experience some real fireworks. oh well. 

so i'm off to washington for a few days this friday. should be fun. don't really know what's all planned yet, but it'll be nice to see bb and get in a little sightseeing. probably won't be doing any fishing, but might find the time to scope out a few spots. i'd like to see a little music when i'm up there if possible and maybe some nice wildflowers or something natural like that. been jonesing to do that as well the last few weeks but the weather here just isn't cooperating this year.

lest i forget, tonight's fare is brought to you by the good folks at the columbia crest winery in washington. how suiting. heh. a nice, slightly bitter 2000 cabernet, with not as much fruit flavor as i'm accustomed to, but at least it doesn't have that nasty finish.

speaking of which, who the fuck can taste hints of currant and oak and pepper in a glass of wine????? shoot me if i ever become that pretentious.

did i mention it's hot?

for those of you who care, and i know at least some of you seem to, based upon my server logs, i think i'm gonna reevaluate my webcam follies. seems as if some crazy ass stalker i've accumulated along the way has gotten more stupid ass ideas into her head. the long sad story i had hoped was over began anew with an unsolicited phone call to my girlfriend. so after ruining the tail end of a pretty nice night for her, i'm hoping the additional threats of legal action and whatnot will stop the madness once and for all.

which reminds me of a similar situation i faced many years ago up in bishop. a good friend got tracked down some four hundred miles from home at a campground in the middle of nowhere. go figure. what makes girls so freakin crazy at times? ick. i only hope my situation won't be as whack as that one.

but enough of the negativity.

did i mention i'm reading the bible? haven't formed a lot of thoughts on this work yet, but one has been standing out as sift through the pages of leviticus and exodus. good lord it's boring. too much law and begating going on. i suppose it's important in the scheme of things, but it sure doesn't make for great literature. i think i know now where melville got his inspiration for the god awful portions of moby dick where he describes in lengthy and painful detail all the different kinds of whales. groan. and how did they ever make bible movies that last five hours from just three paragraphs of verse anyway? i'll have to ask chuck heston at some point where in the bible there are old women being crushed under pyramid blocks.

well enough silliness for now, i'm gonna go kewl off somewhere else besides this hell hole.

snuff