Crank

Hi.

It's 3am and I should be in bed.
I just got gome from work.
Well, I got home from work an hour ago.
It took me 40 minutes to ride my bicycle back from work.
I bought a Giant Sedona ST bicycle last Sunday. It was much cheaper than the Giant Yukon I was recommended.
And it's a good thing too because I also had to buy larger tires, a larger seat, a lock, a front light
and a rear light, and a backpack to make this thing into a complete take-the-Kzin-to-and-from-work device.
It's been a while since I've ridden a bike. At least 1998, back when I worked (briefly) at Best Buy.
This bike-riding makes me walk funny, like John Wayne.

So I left work at 1am this morning. My boss and several colleagues were still laughing and drinking.
The boss had a bottle of very good tequila. I had one shot. It was indeed very good tequila.
I also had a Smirnoff Twisted V Black Cherry, one of 'em alkypop thingies.
Them crazy kids and their booze and their foul language and their high school mentality.
Two of these guys actually use the word "douchebag" repeatedly, along with "faggot" and "gay".
Yeah, they're gamers alright, but damn, they're in their late 20's/early 30's! They should know better.
I'm not quite used to this kind of environment. I mean, I graduated high school a long time ago.
I thought I had left this crap behind.

Anyway, still working 6 days a week over there, testing the Jak X game.
And on the 7th day, do I rest? Not really.
I do laundry, go to Trader Joe's to buy food for the week, and catch up on various stuff.
I'm lucky if I can watch a movie!
Which brings me to "Constantine", starring Keanu Reeves, which I recently watched.
I've never read the Hellblazer comics this is based on, so I can't give you the fanboy's view.
I personally enjoyed the movie. I'm always interested in movies that portray Heaven and Hell as
two divisions of the same company: one handles good people, one handles bad people.
The people cast for the role of the Archangel Gabriel and Satan were awesome!!
It's worth a rental, unless you suffer from Keanuphobia.

Well, I better wrap this up and get some shut-eye.
Oh yes, one addendum to my previous post, regarding the "fictional characters you have the hots for" meme:
I no longer have the hots for Ashelin from the "Jak And Daxter" videogames. She's a mean bitch.
Rayn is the one I find interesting and attractive. She's a key player in "Jak X".
And when she puts on her racing outfit, she almost looks like Nightfall from Elfquest.
Her outfit is green and she wears a green cap over her hair (which is black, unlike Nightfall's red).
Her ears are way too big, of course, and she has a cultured English accent.
But when she's ready to race, almost Nightfall! It's uncanny.
There's a character named "Cutter" in "Jak X", but he's a faceless thug who wears a wooden face mask.
Once we beat this game into submission and get most of the bugs out, it should be a fun title!

Anyway, way past my bedtime!
Goodnight and good luck.