Ok, I have just arrived home from Best Buy where I spent a little more than I probably should've on new DVDs. I now hold in my hands Dark City (US $20), an amazing piece of film making I've been meaning to get my hands on ever since buying a DVD player, and the Hercules Action Pack set (US $40). The set includes 4 DVD's, two being of the "Oh Yeah!" veriety, and the other two being "Ho hum, I'll take 'em cause they're part of the pack" Yeah, yeah, I know. I have fallen victim to the bundling marketing ploy. But the thing is, if I were to go out and buy the two I really wanted separately, it really wouldn't cost much more than getting the whole 4-pack. That's my rationale, anyway. :)

Anyhow, the pack includes (ordered with the ones I wanted most first, least last): Warrior Princess Trilogy disc (episodes: "The Warrior Princess", "The Gauntlet", and "Unchained Heart"), the second disc featuring two made-for-tv Hercules movies ("Herc and the Amazon Women", and "The Lost Kingdom". They're classics. Trust me.), The Hercules and Xena animated movie (voiced by Kevin and Lucy; I've heard it's sort of ho-hum, but I'll certainly watch), and a Young Hercules disc (my thoughts exactly: Who cares? But again, I'll watch). For $40, not a bad bundle IMO.

Well, I guess that answers what I'll be spending a good portion of my time on during the upcoming N-day-weekend. (N being defined as an integer which is either 4 or 5, whose value will be set based on the return value of tomorrow's work day.)

So, today at work, was... insane. An insane day. Ever have one of those times when everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING) just pops up in your face simultaniously? Today could definitely be described as such a day. Note that I wouldn't say it was a "bad" day. The people on the team I work with are too cool that having a day I would truly consider "bad" is an unlikely event. (Ok, so there have been a few days I could classify as "bad" since starting working there. But they are few, and I wouldn't consider today one of them.) A stressful day? Yes. Some tense moments? Yes. A few times during which I felt like my brain was going to pop? Yes. But a bad day? No.

(Added to the general stress of work was some... news I received about a friend. If either of us were Christian, I would have said, "My prayers will be with you." (In fact, I said as much. I didn't actually say it, but I said I would say it if I were Christian... You know what I mean.) Anyway, so this is what it's like empathize, while being utterly powerless to really help. Here's to hoping, and best wishes.)

Well, after today's insane nerve shattering funky trip hellride, I finally left work at around 1820. At that point, I decided, "To hell with it. I'm going to be a baaaaaad boy and splurge." And so I did. So now, I'm going to activate my view screen, soak in some pixels, and after a short while, ingest my sub-lingual dosage and hit the sack. Cause at this rate, tomorrow could very well become another bone cruncher.

Life sucks. Life rocks. Life goes on.