I could have used a lot more sleep this weekend, but then there are only 24 hours in a day. Other than that, it was a great weekend. Saturday was the first Valentines day since 1994 that I got to spend with a gorgeous woman (actually, I would say the first ever, the one in 1994 wasn’t gorgeous). We didn’t do much, but we had a great time doing it. We spent several hours baking brownies from scratch, along with making frosting for the brownies from scratch and homemade ice cream. While they all turned out great, it was a lot more work than I expected. But then, it was the activity we were after, not the finished product. We also went to Knuckleheads comedy club at the Mall of America with Vanilla Gorilla, his wife and three of his friends. That was also a good time, but could have been much better. The comics weren’t all that talented, and I’d seen the headliner at least twice before. There was way too much in the way of F-Bombs and sex jokes. The mark of a talented comic is the ability to get laughs without delving into these two crutches. In the end, I can’t compain, as the show was free. Vanilla Gorilla won 20 free tickets to the show, so it didn’t cost any of us a thing. My date had never been to a comedy club before, so it was fun to take her. I look forward to taking her to Comedy Sportz sometime, to show her that comedy clubs can be a lot more fun. CS uses local improv comics and they keep the comedy clean, clean enough that I’d have no problem taking an 8-year-old to any of their shows.
My wonderful girlfriend got me a cool Lego set for Valentine’s day. She remembered that on our first date I mentioned that as a kid I loved Legos. The set she bought had more pieces than all the sets I had ever gotten before put together. It was fun to put it together, I built a helicopter. She helped get it started on Saturday, and I finished it tonight.
She got me a REAL helicopter. But I am two drunk to fly it. Its not like driving a car.