Packing. That pretty much sums up my weekend. After winning big in poker on Friday night I packed all day Saturday and Sunday with a brief intermission to take a collection of clothes, computer supplies, decorations and appliances over to Good Will. Seriously had to be a couple of grand in merchandise.

We’re moving to a new apartment in the Courthouse area of Arlington. Younger, near a metro, one of my favorite bars around the corner. Perfect set-up.

It’s funny how this became the perfect set-up. When Robin and I were first planning our move down to DC four and a half years ago we had all these grand plans. I think the official 5 year plan (six months from now) was to be in San Francisco, in a house on the bay with a big window where we’d entertain friends and eat Chinese Food. The house also had a room that was 100% fish tank (including furniture), a spherical and padded “music room”, an entertainment room with multiple screens, NFL and MLB season pass and a different gaming system hooked up to each one and a comic book room with museum style display cases all over the room.

Yes, this all seemed within reach to me in “five years”.

I think my perception of reality was warped somewhat. My parents struggled quite a bit, we lived in Red Hook, Brooklyn in a house that was my home but was always in need of repairs, money was always a little on the tight side. But despite that, I always had what I needed and wanted, you know? I needed and wanted stuff for school, video games, ski trips, etc and I always got it. I think what that did was set-up the following perception:

“Shit, my parents are struggling and yet they could still hook me up like this. When I make bank, I’m gonna be living like a king.”

Instead, I should have known then what I know now:

“Shit, my parents are struggling because they hook me up like this. When I make bank I am soooooo fucked.”

I’m more grounded now. A nice place in Courthouse is fine by me. It’s just funny, Robin and I, combined, make the kind of bank that I didn’t even IMAGINE making 5 years ago and yet I still thought the San Fran Plan was an easy route back then.

Anyway, while packing I came across some stuff, photos and the like, that are going to drop you punk asses to your knees. I also started thinking about other stuff that either I or my parents had that can entertain. In the coming months you will hear songs, see comic strips, funny pictures, movies (including Moose the Movie but, even better, a video from when I was seven years old, in black and white, showing my favorite dance moves…you can’t even imagine how funny it is going to be…I will become the new Star Wars Kid), horrible flash animations, even more horrible drawings…you will be assaulted with a barrage of media that will make you want to tear your eyes out. Most of it will have to wait until after the move and I need to pick up some stuff from my parents but it will be worth it for you.

I spent 25 years trying to be artistic and compiling a whole lot of crap. And now, I am ready to make fun of myself, and I hope you join me.

And your friends, start pimping the site. You have to admit, you’re chuckling a little bit.

Finally, I am putting a “media” link on the side where I’ll keep links to MP3s, videos and pictures of merit.

Ok, have a good week everybody, I hope to have some of that good stuff starting tomorrow.

read a book, fanboy: Survivor

turn of the metallica, fanboy: Funcrusher Plus