Pezrealian

During my time off there were many many things I could have done instead of slumbering through the mornings and job hunting during the night like a nocturnal member of the order of chiroptera. Because lets face it, if a person finds oneself home because of layoff being in the oil industry in Houston expect to be home for the rest of this year. The end of the year is always slow in this business, even during the good times.

Now in retrospect I figure I could have done a few things to bide my time better. I could have stained & glossed our bed which is made from a naked Ikea birch wood, ditto a full length mirror. I could have taken daily bike excursions through the scenic farm lands way west of Houston and run a daily chronicle through this blog a la Jill Homer. I could have taken to drawing more. What I did do besides taking it completely easy was finish reading The Stand, watch an ungodly amount of anime and learn the tricky art of resume writing.

One evening Lily and I are watching TV or rather channel surfing through our 71 basic cable channels when I get this idea of ordering premium channels to end our endless indecision. I speed dial Comcast and in less then ten minutes we have about eight different Showtime channels all playing an array of good to corny SyFy'esk movies at one time. So much for our indecision. It gets better during the weekend. Just this week I've come to appreciate the five dollar adder for the next six months even more. We've discovered Nurse Jackie, Dexter & Weeds. All shows with pretty good writing. Writing you won't see on regular cable stations. Acting and a cast rare for series television. We laugh, we cry, we feel the drama unfolding each week as Nurse Jackie hammers her ring finger flat to escape her engagement. For now this luxury of dialing into channels 474 thru 482 works well for us since we're opting to stay in more these days. We live a simple life now, now that we're close to being totally commitment free (id est debt free).

Stay tuned for more drama next week though. A finished project may find itself gaining more life through this blog or a trek across flat southeast Texas farm land may be featured. Whatever's clever on my endeavor.