Frerbruraryr 28, 2012

Ok, so Sunday I'm at a loose end. Mom has a luncheon at the church so I'm on my own for lunch. I think about going to the shop with one or both of the 1911s to do a little more amateur gunsmithery but decide to hold off for a bit. I wind up watching “Heavy Metal” on DVD. Wow, there is a lot more nudity and sex in that than I remember. Also, I didn’t get the line exactly right. Instead of “Relax Charlie, I got an angle,” it is, “Shut up Charlie, I got an angle.” I'm going to keep saying “Relax…” though. Anyhoo, after that I decided to watch “Logan’s Run.” Yeah, a lot of almost nudity in that one as well… along with a full frontal on Jenny Agutter of course. Those aren’t movies one would think of as tear-jerkers, but I seem to cry every time. When? Well, when Taarna’s bird thingy saves her even after being shot by the mutants in “HM” and when the old man, played by Peter Ustinov, asks Jessica to promise to bury him when he dies in “LR.” When the film was over, I looked at a few of the special features on the DVD and thought about watching it again with the commentary on. I didn’t… at that time. I did eventually grab the two 1911s and the stock hammers and went to the shop. There I cut off the spur from one of the stock hammers and installed it in Heldey LaMarr. I popped it back in the holster and was very pleased with the way it didn’t poke me anymore. I thought about doing the other hammer for Monty but didn’t. I looked around to see if there was anything I wanted to do at the shop and decided there wasn’t. I went back home. It was nice having a mid-size 1911 on my hip without it poking me. Back home I'm informed that mom has another thing at the church so I'd need to move Fiona. I did and then sat down to watch “Logan’s Run” again with the audio commentary on. I dozed off a few times and had to rewind but it was kind of interesting to hear what the director and Michael York had to say about the making of the film. So, I guess that’s about it for my weekend. I'm still testing my creative writing skills by filling out time logs of what I do on a daily basis. This, for instance, is called “Daily Paperwork.” When one of my associates wanted to show me a Spitfire he found on Craigslist, I put it down as “Consult with XXX on an internet issue.” My favorite however was when we couldn’t think of a certain person’s name, I walked through the building where she offices and looked on her office address sign thingy then put it down as “Assist desktop support with a user identification issue.” They aren’t lies, they just aren’t all that truthful or helpful. Well, in theory, my “boss” is supposed to be here to give me my “annual” performance review. I haven’t had one since 2009… and it covered 2006-2009. “Annual,” nice one. Ok, he’s here. I'll call it a rant.