Getting a life in the dreamer's dream!

I have been living an uninspired and uneventful life the past two weeks.

I attempted a feature story for the Milan News-Leader but the woman I needed to talk to never returned my calls or e-mails. I'm quite disappointed. Of course, this story was for the newspaper I interviewed for. It can't be a good mark for me.

The Olympics have been going on for a little while now and I have found myself watching footage for more than a few hours a day. I even watch it on foreign channels. I'm not interested in the sports and I can't understand what's being said, but I have nothing else to do.

Before the games began I was sure I wouldn't watch any of it. I didn't watch any of the 2000 or 2004 games, so I figured it would be more of the same. However, I have found myself cheering like I haven't cheered since 1996. I have become a Phelps Phan (sorry Aaron, Ashley and Alexa, my three A's. I know you hate misspelled words for the sake of making it seem cool and trendy). I just watched the women's gymnastics team lose to China. Two gymnastics finals, two gold medals for China. At least the U.S. has been able to win some sort of medal in that event.

I'm sure it helps that a certain Detroit baseball team has not given me anything to cheer about. In fact, I can't even sit through a game anymore because the pitching staff is just so wretched.

I must change the topic before I begin a rant.

I've been playing Pokemon a lot. I've gotta catch'em all. It's driving me crazy.

I recently became acquainted with a guitar pick. It's opened new worlds for me on the bass. Of course, I'm still not very good but I'm able to do so many more things. I can play fast now. But not this fast.