Domestic Geek

Marcus is fascinated with katana swords. I think I first noticed his interest after the Matrix Reloaded came out. There was definitely some impressive sword fighting in that movie. After Kill Bill came out, though, I knew he was hooked. It seemed all he could talk about for weeks was how awesome of a sword the katana was. He has even expressed an interest in getting a couple of swords so that he can take classes to learn how to use them. Because of monetary issues, I haven't been able to get him one for a gift as I had intended to do back then. I'd still really like to surprise him with one someday. Maybe I could get him a sword stand as well so that we could display it on our mantle. That would be cool.

A visit to Leslie's page this morning reminded me how little time there really is left until Christmas (less than 13 weeks). I know I'm going to have absolutely no time to prepare once I become employed full time again (very soon—I'm thinking positively!). I've been wanting to make and send Christmas cards for years and I always put it off. Well, I'm gonna do it this year. If you'd like to have a Christmas card handmade by moi, leave a comment that you'd like one, but send your snail mail addy to me via email—the link is in the sidebar (domesticgeek [at] gmail [dot] com). I really don't want you guys putting your addresses in the comments, OK? I'll put a little reminder in the sidebar in my new layout. I'm really getting sick of this one.

Speaking of Christmas, I've got a gift idea for Marcus. He already knows about it because I had to ask him if he would actually wear this item if I got it. In the "White and Nerdy" video I linked to last week, Weird Al is wearing two different White and Nerdy hoodies. He wrote on his myspace page that a hoodie will be available for purchase soon. I'm not sure which one they will offer, but Marcus said he'd definitely wear it if I got it for him. Yay!

Fall is in the air, the days are getting shorter, the new season of television programs are starting. This could mean only one thing—it's time to pull out the halloween decorations! I love Halloween more than any other holiday, including Christmas. I was so happy when manufacturers started creating cool outdoor decorations. While not as large as the Christmas collection, I have several boxes of Halloween things. I'm always looking for unique items to add to my spooky stash. I have to have this Ghost Tree Face. It glows in the dark and fastens to either side of an object to make the ghost appear to be moving through the object. How clever! There's another awesome decoration that you hang on a tree and it seems like a Witch's Face is emerging from it. That site has a lot of cute things I'd like to have.

So, Happy Birthday to me! I've been on this crazy planet 40 years now.

I wish I could call in sick. I've had 3 hours of sleep and I feel like crap. Woo hoo!

Marcus sent me the following ecard to me at work today for Valentine's Day:



If you don't know what it says, copy the following, go to http://nickciske.com/tools/binary.php and put it in the binary box to decode it.

01001001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101

Isn't he a sweetie?