2009...worst year on record for the Frenchly Damned One since, oh...1990? 1992? I recall early 2003 being a stinker. Lyd and I would laugh about how dreadful things were. I was cashiering at CM, had "boy problems" (tee hee!), my grandfather died and I had to go do battle with the Bluth-menians. But that all ended on Bob's 37th birthday when we sealed the deal.
2009...FUCK. YOU. Seriously, asshole year. I don't need to write about all the other shite that happened but do know that for the first time in five or so years, my back went supernova and I spent Thanksgiving lying around the Ap Fam Manse in pain. You should have seen me trying to get in and out of the car. It reminded me of something I saw on the #1 bus the first week I lived in Austin back in 2000: this guy got on and started demanding the first row of handicapped seating because he had a straight leg, i.e. no knee. Even after the folks sitting there skedaddled he kept yelling "I've got a straight leg!" I was beyond gimpy. "I GOT A HURTY BACK!"
Back spasms are the worst. Your muscles squeeze the shit out of whatever they're protecting and as such they lock up. Owwy.
Also: a lot of people died in 2009.
I have a ton of stuff to do now that I'm back in CIudad Happy, such as grocery shopping, picking up the house, rolling cans of trash and recycling to the curb, several improv rehearsals/performances/tech responsibilities, and confronting El Novelero. My back is still sore and I'm afraid of hurting it further. I definitely need it for all the improv stuffs this weekend. Eep! Must. Not. Hurt. I do not have readily available manservant Bob handy to pick stuff off the floor for me.
I have three improvs this weekend:
Friday:
8pm This Week Tonight (news-themed show)
10pm Improv for Evil: The Musical!
Saturday:
9pm Battle-Axe returns to the Cagematch...for blood.
Plus two rehearsals and some sounding for Dickens. I hope I can sit on that little stool without wanting to die. Fortunately, I can be gimpy and limpy in Battle-Axe. It works perfectly.
I have Vicodin. It's all good.
Posted by Zerd at December 2, 2009 09:56 AM