OK, so just to warn you right off the bat, I'm in a bit of an irritable mood today. So if I sound unusually angry, well, I'm sorry. Maybe it's because of my irrational hatred of the Red Sox. Why do I hate the Red Sox? I don't know, maybe it's because after October 2004 they went from lovable losers to another Yankees, with bloated budget and insufferable fans and all the rest. Not that I'm particularly a fan of the Rockies, but come on, the Sox' best hitter is a DH, the biggest abomination since Scream 3. Sorry, I'm an old-school baseball fan. Or if it's not the success of the Sox, it's knowing that this weekend is going to be annoying enough for me to miss my classes and beg for Monday to come sooner rather than later.
First of all, I have to go to a wedding. I hate weddings. I haven't even met any of the people involved. Worst of all, since I've been down here, my wardrobe hasn't drifted out of the t-shirt and shorts genre, and I'm really not looking forward to wearing a tie. I hate wearing a tie (and a jacket and a dress shirt for that matter) almost as much as I hate the Red Sox. Don't get me wrong, I'm not angry about having to go; it means a lot to my mother, and I owe her a lot for the support I've gotten in recent years (or for my whole life for that matter). So, I'm happy to do this for her, since it's really the least that I could do. If I can get my brownie points all in one day's work, that's much better than years of small favors. So I'm not angry about Saturday, not at all. I'm just not looking forward to it.
Not to mention I have an essay due on Monday. And I like to have all weekend to procrastinate over finishing a paper. With this wedding on Saturday, I lose one very valuable day of squandering time I should spend working.
Oh well, really, I guess things could be a lot worse. I could be a Rockies fan. Or even worse, a Notre Dame fan. I guess you have to take the good with the bad. And overall, my life's going pretty well. My classes are going well, my mood's up, and my job is a whole lot less painful than working in a mailroom. And, in the realm of fortuitous timing, on this busy weekend there are really no good movies coming out, so I won't be missing much. I mean, when the two releases I'm most excited about on a weekend are Dan in Real Life and Lars and the Real Girl, there's something seriously wrong. I mean, there were five movies last weekend that I was more excited than any of the movies this weekend. That's poor scheduling. And no, I'm not pumped for Saw IV. Until next week, when hopefully I'll be in a better mood.
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