“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”

- Damon Runyon

Hey, guys. What's shakin'? Let's see...what can I talk to you about?

Well, last Friday the Princess's family took me with them to see "Invincible", which was actually pretty good, considering it was about football. The thing I remember most about that movie, though, were the trailers beforehand. There was one for a movie called "Happy Feet" which I really want to see. It has a star-studded cast, lead by Elijah Wood! Yay! That one had all of us yukking it up. We also saw the trailer for that movie with Ben Stiller about the museum that comes to life at night, which I can never remember the name of. I do want to see it though. I also really want to see "Snakes on a Plane", but I don't know if I'll get there.

Then on Friday night it was Hugh Hewitt's trivia, which y'all already know about. I was there, just trying to do my job as team manager, and what does Terry Keegan do? He kicks me off our table! Hey, man, that's not cool!

So I had to go sit in the corner, where I met another lady who had been kicked off her table, too. She told me her husband has a blog called Late Night Rants and he also writes for Anti-Strib. We had fun, even though we were exiled; and I found out that she is from Switzerland. Cool beans, huh?

I also got a couple of photos of my team, but it was hard because of a low battery and people getting in the way. We lost with 17 points, and I've been debating on whether I should drop these guys or give them another chance.

What do you think?

Hey, everyone! Sick of hearing about my birthday, yet? Remember, only 361 days until my next one!

My week was a blast; what with winning trivia, Sock Wars, dresses and presents! I especially liked Sock Wars, where several friends I hadn't seen in a while showed up. For Keegan's, though, my memory is a little bittersweet because I really wanted Marty to sing me Happy Birthday, and he didn't show his face all night. Coward. But, I did get a cigar as you all saw in an earlier post.

Saturday was dress-up day, and we ate cake and opened presents. Even Felix fit right in for this occasion, as he always wears a tuxedo. I decided to put a bow on him for good measure. Isn't he cute???





We also played a game that Surly Dave taught to us. We have decided to call it "The Spanish Inquisition!" It's a bit like 20 Questions, but played in a larger group. One person is "it", and they have to leave the room while the group decides on something to do or be. Then the "it" person comes back and has to figure out what the group has decided by asking yes or no questions (there is no limit in this game). Well, one round I was "it", and I must be very hilarious, because the whole group was busting a gut at my questions while I was utterly confused. They were so mean to me! What I didn't realize was that the thing I had to figure out was that everyone wearing glasses had to answer "yes" to every question, regardless of whether or not it was true, while everyone not wearing glasses could tell the truth. There were three bespectacled people sitting in a row, so I'd ask questions of the first two, hear "yes" and then I'd think I knew the solution and I'd ask the last one, my uncle, if the answer was such-and-such. He'd say "yes" but no one would celebrate so I'd ask the next person (no-glasses) if I'd won and she'd say "no." I had to put my head down a lot, because it hurt. Sound like fun?

But anyway, I had a very good birthday. Now I am older and wiser. I feel older because Sock Wars made me sore; and I am wiser, because I know I need to stretch first next time.

My dad said, "post something to keep the homefires a-burnin'!"
Like he can just take the rest of the summer off and make me do this instead.

As I stated before: I am lazy. For today, at least. Thus I instigate (dun dun DUN) an open thread! Cool beans! If you've never posted a comment on the Nightwriter blog before, I dare you to. To all you regulars- Welcome back! I'll think of something to start with.