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Last night I watched a show on anorexia called "thin". I really need to
quit watching TV. Anyways I think of these shows as a chance to do the
opposite of the show. For instance when I watched the Biggest Loser I
made sure to eat 2 hamburgers and watch other people workout. Since I
was watching a show about getting bigger I decided to do the elliptical
machine while I was watching it. I guess if I wanted to really lose
weight I should watch the Karen Carpenter story. The show got me
thinking about how women really think that if they are thin that they
are worth something. I think that is terrible. It should be about money,
not looks. Actually it really shouldn't be about anything superficial as
we all are worth being respected by everyone. I guess it is the fashion
world and high-schoolers saying "be like a supermodel". My message to
the women of the world is being a skeleton is only good-looking if you
are dead. Not that dead people are good looking... Not that being dead
is good...I think I'll take my foot out of my mouth.. I'll call that the
foot diet.

Thought of the Day
"You know why fish are so thin?"
"Why?"
"They eat fish."
- Jerry and Naomi, in "The Watch"

This Thanksgiving was OK. I went to Missouri and drove my mom up there.
We stayed with my sister's husband's family. It was a huge Thanksgiving
with 23 people attending. I kind of felt like an outsider cause I only
knew my close family. I also was missing Holly big time. But,
nevertheless, I enjoyed the turkey and watching the Cowboys win. It also
was good to see my nephew and niece. I will post the pictures later on
in the week. This was the first Thanksgiving I had "fried" turkey. I had
never even heard of it before and Holly mentioned it and then we had it
for the meal. There were 2 regular turkeys and one fried. The fried one
was just different cause it was moist on the inside and crunchy on the
outside. The drive up was 8 hours and made me road hypnotized. That was
interesting as I got used to changing lanes because of all of the
traffic. If it wasn't for all the traffic I probably would have fallen
asleep. No major incidences occurred. It was a typical Thanksgiving. On
Sunday I went and visited my step-brother and took Holly. That was fun
cause everyone was excited to see us, which is different from when you
visit with people you really don't know. Anyways, I am glad to be back
and now have a month of being super-duper busy. How was your
Thanksgiving?

Thought of the Day
"If I go back in there without any food, there's gonna be trouble!"
- Kramer, whose new girlfriend has a voracious appetite, in "The Soup"

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at BrianAldenBass.com! Wait a
minute it is just me. I may blog about my Thanksgiving if I have time. I
am sure it is going to be an adventure as par the course. I just wanted
to say that I am thankful for so many things. Too many things that if I
listed them all you might be envious, so I shall not. Anyways, I hope
everyone is safe in their journeys and remember - Kramer must've been
high.

Thought of the Day
"I know how to press those buttons, buddy."
- Kramer, in "The Mango"

And now for the weekend update. This Friday I went and saw "The Who" in
American Airlines Center. As far as big concerts go it was the next best
one next to Paul Mccartney. I was sitting on the first row of the
stands. I was 6 feet away from $500 seats. It was a good show and they
played almost all of their hits. I was sitting next to a 70-year old man
who was shaking it like a polaroid picture. I wonder if I will be able
to shake it when I am 70. Anyways on Saturday morning I went to check
out the habitat for humanity houses for a get to know you kind of
meeting. I am going to help on Dec 9th. Although I did meet the daughter
of one of the founders of Habitat one time. She said it was a good thing
up until 5 years ago when the Habitat Corp fired her father for some
made up harassment charges and slandered her mother. Talk about a weird
story. Anwyays, on Saturday night I went to Holly's and she had a
birthday bash for some of our friends. It was pretty good. I must admit,
I am too fond of chocalate chip cookie dough ice cream and hot fudge.
Holly has 3 Christmas trees up. Look like I need to move my already up
tree from the garage into the house. It even decorated already. On
Sunday we did the usual and I finished the evening watched the Cowboys
win again. I think I will get Super Bowl tickets this year cause they
are definitely going. In other news I just found out that my contract
with MSD was renewed for another year. Woot. Sorry recruiters, they got
first dibs. Anyways if you don't check this again I hope everyone has a
safe and happy Thanksgiving.

Thought of the Day(BTW I can't believe Kramer said that)
"Ya know, I don't get it. I'm not allowed to ask a Chinese person where
a Chinese restaurant is? I mean, aren't we all getting a little too
sensitive? I mean, somebody asks me which way is Israel, I don't fly off
the handle."
- Jerry, in "The Cigar Store Indian"

Today Dallas shall be called the windy city. Apparently we are having
gusts of up to 65mph. I left the house this morning and noticed my fence
in the backyard was swinging by the bottom as the top board had been
broken. My next door neighbor's fence was on the ground. I guess I need
to get a bunch of nails and put it together again. In other news I am
working away and so is Holly on her test. Gotta go.

Looks like I have been approved for overtime again. I guess I'll see
ya'll next month. It gets to be like this in the fall. Gotta go.

And now for the weekend update. This weekend I was a nitty gritty Texan.
Since I had Friday off I went to Wichita and met Holly there. She was in
town for a science teacher convention. I took mom grocery shopping and
the like. Then I went with Holly to the local high school football game.
If you have ever seen Friday Night Lights it is very true to life as to
what high school football is to Texas. This game was for the city name -
Old High vs. Rider High(my alma mater). There were even kids vandalizing
cars and stuff because they were crazy. Rider won the game like 46 to
17. As part of the Texas tradition the weather changed 30 degrees when
we were at the football game. It went from the 60s to the 30s during
that period. Everyone left in the fourth quarter because of the cold. We
then went to the local hangout, IHOP, and noticed how everyone in town
was there on a Friday night at 11pm. Holly and I have a habit of
slipping past all of the groups waiting in line to get a table. It
happens cause we are only 2 people and get a table for two a lot
quicker. Saturday I got mom setup with a mom-cam so I can check in on her
every now and then. Saturday night we went back to Dallas and went to
Gilly's Country Bar. I saw Holly ride a bull and last like 12 seconds,
of course it ended up with her being thrown off and losing her shoes. We
also did the Texas Two step and she tried to teach me the waltz. I am a
bit of a bumbler as my center of gravity is above my head. I even wore a
Stetson cowboy hat and one of Pepper's old shirts. I had it all down
except for the jogging shoes. Sunday I did the usual and finished the
evening watching a DiscoveryHD show about a tribe living in the
mountains of Africa. Apparently the men like their married women fat and
put them in a fattening hut before they are to married. After months
they come out of the hut and are round. They are all arranged marriages
even though they are born-again Christians. It was wild and got me
thinking how we should all be fat and have arranged marriages - not. How
was your weekend?

Thought of the Day
"I don't wanna be a cowboy!"
- Jerry, who only has cowboy boots to wear, in "The Mom and Pop Store"

When I become busy it is harder and harder to post. This weekend I
actually worked on my company from 7pm to 3am on Friday. I finally got
the business requirements all done. Then on Saturday I decided to cook
Holly dinner for our being together for 10th months. I actually went out
and got some silverware, plates, placemats, candles and some piano
music. I made barbeque chicken and salad(well I bought the salad). When
Holly was to arrive she knocked on my door and said you've got to see
this. Apparently she had decided to decorate my front yard with leaves
and pumpkins and Thanksgiving placemats that say I love you. The only
problem was, she got the wrong house. She didn't realize it and knocked
on the door of my neighbors house two houses away. A little girl and her
mom walk outside and are like,"What is this?" I tell you I was laughing
so much. We then watched a funny comedy remake of Star Wars I. It was
hilarious. Sunday I did the usual. Yesterday I slept in and didn't get
to work until 1. It's good being the boss. Today I am going to vote,
only I am an unhappy voter. After dealing with those homeless ordinances
I don't really like either party anymore. I think I'll go and vote
non-rep and non-dem out of protest. Have a good voter day.

Thought of the Day
"That is one angry clown."
- Jerry, in "The Opera"

Is this me? "Weird Al" Yankovic's music video from his new album "Straight Outta Lynwood" (in stores Sept. 26)

When I become busy it is harder and harder to post. This weekend I actually worked on my company from 7pm to 3am on Friday. I finally got the business requirements all done. Then on Saturday I decided to cook Holly dinner for our being together for 10th months. I actually went out and got some silverware, plates, placemats, candles and some piano music. I made barbeque chicken and salad(well I bought the salad). When Holly was to arrive she knocked on my door and said you've got to see this. Apparently she had decided to decorate my front yard with leaves and pumpkins and Thanksgiving placemats that say I love you. The only problem was, she got the wrong house. She didn't realize it and knocked on the door of my neighbors house two houses away. A little girl and her mom walk outside and are like,"What is this?" I tell you I was laughing so much. We then watched a funny comedy remake of Star Wars I. It was hilarious. Sunday I did the usual. Yesterday I slept in and didn't get to work until 1. It's good being the boss. Today I am going to vote, only I am an unhappy voter. After dealing with those homeless ordinances I don't really like either party anymore. I think I'll go and vote non-rep and non-dem out of protest. Have a good voter day.

Thought of the Day
"That is one angry clown."
- Jerry, in "The Opera"

I am busy at work as usual. A big hello goes out to my 23 visitors who
stopped by this site yesterday. I seem to have some repeat visitors all
over the country. Woot. My life is going so well. In no particular
order, I've got a great girlfriend, great job, great friends, great
savior, and just had a mini pepperoni pizza and haircut at lunch. My
cholesterol even came back normal at 161 the other day. The pizza was
good, the haircut even better as it was the kind where they give you a
mini-massage. I am now relaxed enough to go back to work. Have a good
weekend, yall and be safe.

Thought of the Day
"Four-thirty? Who eats dinner at four-thirty?"
"By the time we sit down, it'll be quarter to five."
- Jerry and Mort Seinfeld, in "The Cadillac"

Halloween was fun. This year I helped out with the extreme quad jump
ride at the church. Basically it is a huge inner tube that the kids jump
on while they are strapped to bungee cords 20 feet high. The inner tubes
are very springy and the kids can fly 10-15 feet in the air. I wish I
rode that when I was a kid. My job was to walk them to the tubes and
tell them to take their shoes off. It was easy cause they all were
like,"no problem". Mom was telling me about one year how her and Robbie
gave away quarters for trick or treaters. They were the most popular
house on the block. This year as I was leaving my house I noticed that
only 9 out 20 houses on my block had their lights on.I think this was
the first year that the local festivals overtook normal trick or
treating. I also didn't see any common costumes like I normally do. The
only one that was double was some buzz lightyear costumes. By the way,
what does the ween mean in Halloween?

Thought of the Day
"So, what does he import?"
"Uh, chips."
"Oh. What kind of chips?"
"Potato."
"Ah."
"Some corn."
"And what does he export?"
"Diapers."
- Susan and Elaine, discussing Art Vandelay, in "The Cadillac"