stacky has been really burned out lately so we made no plans for this weekend.  none.  zero.  there were no projects, no goals.  the only responsibility was to grocery shop friday night, which we did.  but before that, we hit rei and spent a bit of our dividend on shoes for yours truly.  that truly is the one place i can always just walk in and find shoes on sale just for me.  i needed some bumming around shoes as my trusty columbias recently gave out after 8 or so years of service.  we walked up to the sale rack and bam size 13 merrils just for me.  50% off too!  we ended up spending $0 and walking out with about $80 in gear.  i do so love the co-op business model.

following our food acquisition, we went home and i dug into god of war 2.  by saturday afternoon i had kicked its ass.  people were saying that had this game come out for the ps3 it would have saved the launch of that console.  let me say this, had it come out for the ps3 i don't think i would have been arsed to buy it.  but with the GIANT FUCKING CLIFF-HANGER-ASS MUTHERFUCKING ENDING of god of war 2, i will now have to spend $700 for closure when the title comes out for the ps3.  so releasing this game for the ps2 may just save the ps3 in the long run.  not that there's any saving to be done.  i mean, fuck it.  people buy the consoles they buy.  now my "choice" is easier.

fuckers.  i totally had him dead to rites.

sigh.

we saw 300 this weekend and it was like one long cut scene from god of war 2 so it was like a theme or something.  i enjoyed it.  it was great as a "last stand" film.  it looked gorgeous.  not heavy on plot, but amazing visuals.  it was impressive.  check it out at a matinee as i don't know how the small screen will treat it.

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having "spoken" with my father via IM this morning, it would seem that he is headed this way.  for real.  that would put three generations of us in the same city.  that's something very, very novel for the paternal side of my family tree.  we tend to wander off, lose touch, drift.  it's what we know.  the men of my family do two things consistently: spend time in remote locations (usually alaska) and marry brilliant women.  i won't deny looking forward to having him here despite the warts that might come with it.  we made peace years ago, but i feel much closer to him now.  i'd like to make up for some lost time, maybe.  and i'd very much like for my child to know my family.  there will be so much love from his mother's that it could be easy to lose touch with the family that isn't seen as often.  i know that's the way it was for me with my dad's family.  i'd like to make new mistakes...not the same old ones.  variety is good.

he'll make his decision today, likely.  and wednesday we'll get our big ultrasound.  it's going to be one helluva week.