Vacation: Week One
By Wyatt Earp | June 29, 2005
Okay, so it seems that when you are the father of two boys (ages four and one, pictured here), “your” vacation suddenly becomes “their” vacation. In a span of seven days, I enjoyed leisurely (?) trips to the Camden Aquarium, The Franklin Institute, and my wife’s friend’s home in Fleetwood, PA (about a ninety minute ride – one way). The Philadelphia Zoo, and Storybook Land were also on the itinerary, but the oppressive heat, humidity, and thundershowers postponed them.
I know what you’re thinking: those trips don’t add up to a full week. Correct-amundo! Yesterday was Wifey Day – a day set aside for a romantic stroll to our local Saturn dealer! The missus purchased a 2005 Saturn Relay (read: minivan) for the low, low price of . . . alot.
Meanwhile, my master plan of sitting on by ass and alternately drinking Guinness Draught and Rogue Dead Guy Ale has been put on the back burner. Hell, the only real thing I wanted to do these two weeks was catch up on my DVD viewing. I still have more than a few in my collection I haven’t seen. (I know that sounds asinine, but what can I tell you?) With the first week a distant memory, I have but seven days to watch the following flicks:
- The Boondock Saints
- Braveheart (never saw it all-the-way-through)
- Hellboy
- Kill Bill, Volume 2
- King Arthur (Keira Knightley . . . Schwing!)
- Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
- Sleepy Hollow
- Underworld (Kate Beckinsale in a leather catsuit = Meow!)
Do the math kids, that’s just over one-a-day. I have no shot. Oh well, at least I’m getting out to see Batman Begins tonight. It’s a start.
Topics: All About Wyatt | 6 Comments »
June 29th, 2005 at 4:28 pm
Boondock Saints is long and weird. It was sort of like an Irish Batman, with more homosexuals and less batmobiles.
June 29th, 2005 at 5:15 pm
Liked the Butthead quote; that line got my sister into the show.
June 29th, 2005 at 10:37 pm
TM – That doesn’t sound that good. I did see Batman Begins tonight, and loved it, though.
Damian – Thanks! I wish I could have thought of it myself. Mike Judge, you’re a genius!
June 29th, 2005 at 11:26 pm
Mike Judge was into a lot of drugs. He was no genius; he was just a stoner with a penchant for recording his ramblings.
Not that “Beavis and Butthead” is wrong or anything…
June 30th, 2005 at 9:16 pm
Nor is “Office Space.”
“I told those fudgepackers I liked Michael Bolton’s music.” – Michael Bolton, Office Space.
June 30th, 2005 at 10:54 pm
Touché, Mr. Earp.