In a Fix

One week later, here is a not so happy post about the John Deere. After working on my paper for a couple hours, and suffering through a miserable US World Cup loss to Ghana, I decide to clear my head (in more ways than one) and start mowing! I manage to get most of the front yard done, when attempting to drop the blades for one last go around the clothes line, it fails to drop. Dammit. I knew from a month or so ago exactly what this meant: mower belt has come off. Ugh. This happened a month into owning the damn thing, and we immediately called the person we bought it from and they were cool about coming over. I just don't know if I want to do this again . . . on the one hand, I want to call her, but on the other, I don't want to be this annoying, neighbor who is going to fuss over every problem this mower has--we did buy it and maybe we should begn dealing with it? For those of you that troll this site and for those that respond, I'd appreciate your thoughts on the matter. Here's where I stand: I'm ready to call our old lawn guy up and tell him to mow the backyard for the next 2 weeks until I get back from WV and we can handle it . . . here's why . . .

I began writing my paper yesterday and feel fairly focused about the direction it is heading in. And, to be perfectly honest, I don't need the distractions of this yard right now--and mom is coming in next Sunday, so I really want to get this finished and submitted PRONTO. Sigh. I don't mind the flowers, or the garden, but I'm really trying to work hard for the next week or so . . .which leads me to . . .

the realization that hard work, particularly of the intellectual kind, makes me drink more than usual (I think, could be the onset of summer, though I probably say this for every season). I doubt this is a good thing, but it appears to be working, so why tamper? Plus, it gets me away from World Cup soccer and bad Lifetime movies which has to be a good thing. I haven't, however, given up the YOU TUBE fixation.
Over on Feministing they had a funny post about a classic, Sandra Bernhard smack-down on The View. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwIO-DpLeHE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eavclub%2Ecom%2Fcontent%2F

Not sure if this will be a live link (just paste it) to see what I mean.

Not much else new, though I think Broken Social Scene's song "Hotel" is hot.

Later.