Strange Obsessions

I know that I have not been updating the blog very regularly lately and I think that I have figured out why. Ever since my surgery, I have had several strange obsessions. The fact that I enjoy these things is no surprise, but I have just found it strange that there are so many at once. They are not really big things, but they take up my time.

Oatmeal. I have found that I REALLY like to have oatmeal in the morning and if I do not wake up early enough to have some before I go to work, I think about how I missed it all day and try to devise a plan to get up earlier tomorrow. I also try to think of different things to put in it, you know, berries, sugar, brown sugar, different combinations. How messed up is that?

Star Trek Deep Space Nine. I have to watch it and like every single day. At least one or two episodes. One is not enough, two is just right, but three is bliss. Four scares me because I know if I watch too much, I will finish soon and not have any more to watch. (Of course I will watch Star Trek Enterprise next and then Battlestar Galactica, then Dr. Who.) I don't even care about regular TV any more. I do not care what is going on in the present. Except for Big Bang Theory… Strange.

Facebook. Ever since I ditched MySpace for Facebook and installed the mobile app on my blackberry, I have to constantly update my status. I just figure that all of my fans what to know what I am up to all the time. What is funny is that I have actually had one person look on Facebook and see that I had not updated in a while, so they actually CALLED me on the phone to see what I was doing! (Love you Malissa!). Now I am not only flipping out my Crackberry to check my email, the weather or whatever, I have to tell the world what I am doing and see what my friends are doing all of the time.

Football Tycoon. I think about this stupid Facebook game all of the time. It is NOTHING like football. It is more like … hoard money and get skill points… Whatever. I obsessively check my game to see how much cash I have, if I can play some games, or if I can buy any new stuff. There is NOTHING to this game. I simply have to get high numbers. I guess that they make me a better person. Whatever. (Hold on, lemme see how I am doing…)

Buying clothes on eBay. In the past week, I have bought two sports coats, a pair of Dockers and I have been obsessing over this super fine Calvin Klein tuxedo that I just HAVE to have. I mean, a TUXEDO? Really? I would actually have occasion to wear it about 4 to 5 times a year, but still, I don't think that I should be thinking about this as much as I have been. I have bought new clothes on eBay here and there for years, but now I find that if I see someone wearing something that I like, I want to find out more about it to make my eBay search easier. Ok, that is just weird!

Anyway, I am sure that this all has to do with some strange government device that was secretly implanted in me during my surgery. I know that they are watching and trying to control my consumer habits, but I think that something is wrong with it. Maybe someone in a black Perry Ellis suit and Ray Ban sunglasses will come and knock on my door and fix it for me.

Surgery

As many of you know, I have been out of it for the past while because I had to have surgery to repair a hernia. I guess I was working out too hard and getting all kinds of buff and hurt myself. I don't really want to go into details about it but I do have some things to say.

First off, this is the first time that I have ever had surgery and it ends up that surgery is not fun at all. There is nothing cool about it. It is expensive and it hurts. It makes you feel old. On the other hand, I did get to old man it around the house for a couple of weeks and work from home for a while. I think that it gave me a good peek into what the future holds for me and it was pretty cool. If it was not for the pain, I would totally do that all of the time.

Second, Kasey sucks. Ok, not really, but as it ends up, it hurts like CRAZY to laugh after someone pokes and sews all over your abs. Kasey just happens to be a really funny person and would end up making me laugh a lot. Sometimes though she would do it on purpose because she thought that it was funny to see me laugh and cry at the same time. I mean I was literally crying because I was laughing and then laughing at the absurdity of it all as I cried. It was not cool at all. Kasey even got up to go around the corner and laugh so that I could calm down, but I think that she forgot that I was not deaf because I could totally hear her and it did not help. I am really thankful for her though. She was a lot of help and helped to keep a smile on my face, even if there were tears at the same time.

Third, you use your abs for like EVERYTHING you do. After they cut them open, it really hurts to do anything.

4^th Vicodin (Hydrocodone) is awesome. I mean it is not the best thing in the world or anything, but man, it sure was my best friend when I had to get out of bed in the morning.

Star Trek is awesome. This experience has given me a chance to delve into Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It was a great way to remind me why Star Trek is so great. I cannot wait for the new movie.

A great response when someone asks how you are doing (they ALL do) is "I'm feeling a little better every day". It lets them know that you still hurt, that you are getting better and that you are done talking about it.

Putting ice on the wound does not really help, but it makes you feel better.

I knew that I would talk in my sleep, but I found out that I also scream and complain in my sleep too. J

Anyway, I am sure that there is more, but that is all that I have time for.