Domestic Geek

I totally forgot to mention before that Marcus is sick. He's been running a pretty good fever for the last couple of days and hacking up lungs. He hardly ever gets sick. We're supposed to go get our Christmas tree tomorrow, but I don't want him tramping around in the snowy woods if he's still feverish. I've been pumping vitamin C into us both because I really don't want to catch what he's got. It always takes me way longer to kick a bug than it does for him.

The dog not letting us get a full night's sleep is not helping. He keeps falling down on the linoleum and then he can't get back up. A couple of nights ago, Marcus woke to him screaming. He had gotten into the back bathroom and couldn't get out. When I tried to pick him up, he tried to get away from me by climbing into the tub. Last night I found him crying behind his water bowl. I keep trying to put up blockades to keep him on the carpet at night, but he's peristent that he has to be on the linoleum. He's driving me batty. I've been trying to keep him awake most of the day so hopefully he won't do his nightly wandering and sleep through the night.

Hey, look...I finally finished Marcus' Thanksgiving graphic the day before yesterday for his site. I present the iPod Pilgrim, actually making an appearance before the holiday. It's not my best work, but it didn't come out too bad. This is the third in a series I've made for his sidebar. As soon as he gets me his idea, I promised to make him one for Christmas. I told him he should start a little archive of all of the little guys somewhere on his site to save them for posterity.

In other web news, I've got to find out why my freaking site is loading so danged slow. I'm absolutely sick of this.

The Barenaked Ladies are in town tonight. I had really hoped I could've found a way to score some tickets, but no such luck. *sigh* Next time they are in town I will see them!

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.

One song I didn't include in this week's Thursday Thirteen list is Marcus' and my song. It's by Bad Company called "How About That" from the album Here Comes Trouble. It was in the rotation on 106.7 KAZY when Marcus and I first got together in 1992. Sadly, not too many people remember it. In fact, on the official Bad Company site, they don't even list the album on the discography page.

As I read through the lyrics, it strikes me how much this is still "our song" today after 14 years together. Marcus and I truly are best friends. I can't speak for him, but the room still brightens up for me the minute I catch a glimpse of him. We enjoy spending time together, but we still understand that each of us needs our own space to be ourselves. We could've have picked a better song back then.

Anyway, here it is if you want to hear it:

Bad Company - "How About That"


How About That
by Bad Company

Last night, when the moon was new, I couldn't sleep, I was thinkin' of you
And how much I need ya, how about that

I act like I'm tougher than steel
With a heart like a stone, but you know it ain't real
I need you baby, how about that, hey

Oooh, how about that

I used to spend my life on the town, it took your lovin' to turn me around
I'm crazy about you, how about that

People used to tell ya I'm a crazy fool
But you taught me more than I could learn in school, I say
I really need ya, baby, how about that

If ever you need time and space
Don't run away, just tell me face to face, yeah

Oooh, how about that, how 'bout that, oooh, how about that, baby
Oooh, how about that, yeah alright, oh baby

(Solo)

When I think back of how it used to be, before we met it's just a mystery
I can't live without you, no, how about that

And you got my heart and you got my soul
Ooh you got my whole life under control
Looks like we made it, yeah, how about that, ooh yeah

And everytime I see your face, it lightens up the whole damn place
Yeah, I wanna see this whole thing through
Yeah, there's nothing I won't do for you, oh yeah

Oooh, how about that, how 'bout it, baby
Oooh, how about that, yeah, t-tell me
Oooh, how about that, how 'bout it, baby, oooh, yeah

Last night, when the moon was new
I couldn't sleep, I was there, lookin' at you
Yeah I'm glad that I found you, how about that, hey

Everytime I see your face, it lightens up the whole damn place
Yeah, I wanna see this whole thing through
Yeah, I wanna spend my life with you, oh yeah

Oooh, how about that, hey, how 'bout it baby
Oooh, how about that, t-tell me
Oooh, how about that, tell me baby
Oooh, how about that, baby yeah
Oooh, hey how about that, how about that, how about it baby
Oooh, yeah how about that, oh, oh...

Well, this is what I've been dreading about Marcus' new job. He's the only IT guy for a fairly large company. It's a printer that runs the presses 24/7, so that means he's on call all the time. We were sitting in the family room watching Mythbusters on the PVR, relaxing after both of us had pretty crappy days, and he gets "the call." Yep, he had to go to work to rebuild a Windows (big surprise) box that took a dump. *sigh* What sucks is that I don't sleep well when he's not home, so I'll probably still be awake when he gets back. Man, getting him up again in the morning to go to work is going to be a bear.