a history of me

Despite the fact that Hurricane Charley barely grazed the Naples area, there seems to be a fair amount of damage. Many areas were still without power today as we drove around looking for amusement. We spent a little time in a cheesy "theme park" called King Richard's. It had arcade games, small carnival rides, mini-golf, and the like. I played the worst round of mini-golf in my life and then I developed a nasty looking blister on my thumb after a few swings in the batting cages. I've never had a blister before and they're really freaky. It's like my skin is just loose and it hurts but I don't dare touch it or it hurts more and it moves a little. Disgusting.

We tried to have lunch/kill time at the local mall, but thanks to spotty power outages it was only 5% open. Still, lots of people were wandering the halls with nothing to do, almost like Dawn of the Dead. We managed to find a bite to eat at a small Mexican eatery called "Taco Ardiente." Yes, ardiente is Spanish for "ardent." Kind of a silly name, I think, but lunch was pretty tasty.

Most of the afternoon we spent at home watching various Olympic events. I like how they're covering these games so far. Since NBC owns so many goddamn networks they're spreading out their coverage to allow the viewer more choices. Events air live during the daytime (remember, Athens is seven hours ahead of EST) and then recaps are aired at night during prime time. Since I have nothing but free time, I can watch whatever I want and not have to sit through Pat O'Brien's nasally-challenged highlight show. Thank goodness for small favors.

Everyone is going to sleep here so I can't type anything else. But I suppose I didn't have anything else of interest to say. Later.