busy-ish weekend, i'm proud to report. that's at least two in a row, perhaps three.

nothing of note friday. much of note saturday. the boy came in town, and we did it up just fine, thank you. watched the bulls at a local establishment. a tough loss, but conversation was fairly strong and the grub was quite good. the highlight would be the mega-pitcher, a 96-ouncer (i believe) complete with an internal slot for an ice pack and, most importantly, an actual tap. making the dinner better was the fact that it was on dad's tab.

we then wandered over to blue cat to meet up with ben the intern and greg the former intern, although only ben sat down. again, strong conversation, followed by a 1ish turn-in.

today marked my grandma's 80th birthday party, the reason for the boy's early arrival in the qca. neither older bro nor sister were able to make it in, nor could one of the top cousins. however, the clear youngest member of the afternoon - the 5-year-old son-of-a-cousin - was present and in fine form. the highlight would be the conclusion of a brief football game, which resulted in three older bullies (myself included) shoving the nerf football in the 5-year-old's pants. it started as a standard off-color joke around a kid, but became increasingly hilarious as the youngster couldn't get the ball out of his pants. a solid ten minutes. reaching down his backside. unsuccessfully. reaching further. pushing the ball down further. saying 'can someone help me get the football out of my pants?' eventually dropping his pants completely.

we would do it four more times, and only on the third try did he really get the hang of getting the ball out. he then asked us to play duck hunt. we declined, because it was incredibly nice outside.

yes, this qualifies as fun. don't judge, dude.

i guess that's really it.

oh, hey, arrested development is officially the finest television program in the history of the world. of course, i've not watched much tv, so i'm not entirely qualified to make that judgment. however, tonight's all-new full hour was some of the snappiest, funniest television i've ever seen. if you haven't watched, i'd highly recommend. it's an odd premise, but it's not that tough to get a handle of what's going on.

i'm on the mega-xtc kick. up to six of their full-lengths, with at least four or five to go. great, great pop songs.