I'm awaken every morning by the chirping of annoying birds. For some reason, there's been an influx of birds. This reminds me of the crow influx that occurred in 2001 in the Sunset District. I thought the birds were kind of cute when I looked out the window and they were sitting on my window sill. However, I noticed recently those damn birds ripped my window screen apart:
As a result, I've commissioned my Dwight Schrute bobblehead to scare the birds away, and so far it's been working:
These window screens are expensive. The birds owe me $30, or best offer.
On another note, I was attacked by a bird on 18th and Rivera near the firestation while walking to church. I was just walking when a bird swooped down and chirped three separate times until I jaywalked across the street to get away. This is the second time it's happened to me on that street in the past few years. It must think I'm trying to mess with its territory. I hate birds.
OK, so I will admit that I've failed my April resolution of getting a bicycle. After much thought, I decided that getting a bicycle would increase my chances of injury significantly since I'm not skilled enough to ride one without crashing. So instead, I've decided to purchase something else: Star Trek The Next Generation Season 1 DVDs.
It came in the mail yesterday from Amazon, and I've already watched the first 5 episodes. I've always been a Next Generation fan. Here are some Star Trek facts you probably didn't know:
1. Most Trekkies will refer to Season 1 as the "the early years", but it's actually called the Will Riker Butt-Chin Era. It's not until the later seasons that Riker grows out his beard, aka the Post Will Riker Butt-Chin Era.
2. Paramount Television's costume and design crew went on strike midway through season 1. This is why Wesley Crusher is always wearing weird rainbow-colored outfits:
3. In the episode titled "Skin of Evil", Lieutenant Tasha Yar is killed by a tar-like creature. This has been the only tar-related death on television, ever.
I took the day off yesterday to watch Opening Day of baseball on tv the entire afternoon. It was pretty fun, and something I've always wanted to experience. During high school and college, classes would always conflict with opening day. I'd watch an inning, then go to the class. Then I'd come home and watch some more baseball, only to have to go to class again or start homework. But yesterday, I was a complete sloth. I just watched game after game.
The Giants won today, and for the first time in many years, I am hopeful. Billy Sadler (the pitcher who signed my baseball mitt) didn't make the team. Maybe he should've spent less time signing autographs and more time working on his fastball.
I never got around to talking about me, Pat, and Kenny's adventures at Wondercon. It took us about 4 hours to find Adam West, which was the only celebrity Kenny wanted to meet. Finally, we found him in a little booth. I shook his hand, and he seemed sort of hesitant at first to shake my hand. Then afterwards, Pat went to the men's room and we saw Adam West go inside. Pat shared the same bathroom as Batman. I hope he washes his hands.
All in all, Wondercon was pretty fun and something I'd go to again next year. We didn't buy anything, but the experience was well worth the price of admission. I mean, how often do you get to take photos with two space cadets and Darth Vader?
Wow, I didn't realize it's been so long since my last entry. Kenny reformatted my computer and I deleted everything on my computer, including all my bookmarked sites. I guess I forgot how to navigate to my own Xanga.
Update: I'm 3/3 in my New Year's Resolutions. And when I say 3/3, I mean I've failed 3 out of 3 times. Not bad. If it's any consolation, I did a decent amount of Bible reading last month, but I was nowhere close to meeting my goal. I underestimated the amount of reading in the Old Testament. I'm currently on Judges and would like to finish the Old Testament by the end of the year.
My goal for April: get a bike. Let's hope I can meet this one.
