July 2000: The Virtues of Coffee

Sketchy:
Omigod! I have the best plan for my future. I will be in Williamsburg, in Williamsburg there is Busch Gardens. At Busch Gardens there is a train ride. I want to drive the choo-choo.

Godzilla:
We had this same conversation in the car last night. I have never been to Busch Gardens. That will change soon enough, though.

Boy did I have a boring staff meeting this morning. I remembered as I was drag-assing it around my house this morning. "Oh shit! I have to hurry."

Bah.

So hows'it on your end?

Sketchy:
First of all: All aboard for a tour of "America's Most Beautiful Theme Park." Travel the tracks on one of three steam-powered locomotives. These antique European reproductions will take you on a journey through Scotland, Italy and New France.

That's right, the locomotives for the choo-choos are steam powered.

Kick-ass!

My end is fine -- even after eating that pizza last night.

Godzilla:
I'm all about riding on the choo-choo. I am confused about the whole "New France" thing though. That makes no sense. There were no trains in New France. Temporality didn't work out that way.

Last night before I went to sleep I resolved some inner turmoil. Afterwards I found myself asking what the hell I ate that could have made me do that. Then I remembered the pizza.

I need purple flavored ANYTHING right now!

Sketchy:
If I get to drive the choo-choo, then maybe I can try to sneak you up front.

Oh, I can tell them I already have my own pocket watch -- that might help me get hired.

The Evil Robots Regional Staff Retreat this weekend was awesome. There was drunk day (Friday), baseball day (Saturday) and lazy day (Sunday). I wish my life was a rotation of days like that. Hell, even just every weekend.

Well, takeout was the order of the day so we were either getting pizza or Chinese. Also, I decided I was going to pay, so Chinese got ruled out when I found a menu and did the math.

Godzilla:
Was I complaining? I really like Chanellos pizza. The everything was particularly tasty. I was thinking it, but forgot to say it. Alls I'm saying is that I made a hella loud smell.

Yes, life should be so fulfilling! Boredom is the mind-killer. Sometimes I sit at home by myself for days on end letting my hair get greasier and greasier.

That and I've been trying to figure out how I fit into the puzzle of everything. That's so hard. I think I need new pants.

Sketchy:
I didn't think you were complaining. I was just saying that pretty much anything that we got was going to cause internal torment. Then I explained my reasoning behind the pizza.

Puzzles can be puzzling. Pants too.

I need to work up a 5-7 day rotation, and then find a way to make that my life. I think $300 million (15 million a year over 20 years or 40 payments of 3,750,000 every 3 months) would help me in this endeavor.

Godzilla:
You did think I was complaining! I command it so! No, I know. You chose wisely on the pizza, young jedi.

Damn, son- my back is tight today. Batting cages musta worked it in good. That and the biking last week. Biking worked the lower back (doesn't bother me at all). My upper back is nice and muscle-used. It feels good to stretch.

You, sir, seem to have a keen eye for observation. Puzzles are puzzling! Pants too. That stuff you said seems to be correct to me . Very correct. Possibly omni-correct. I love the prefix "omni". It is the best. Your attention to detail is astounding. You are insane or something. I do contest your theory a little bit though on that count.

Hmm, you might even be devious!

What you said is right. One hand that is obvious and true. On the other hand I am crazy, and this is no secret

I think there's some leftover meeting food 'round here somewhere. I'm going undercover! Somebody said "dip". To the conference room!

Sketchy:
Back off man, I'm a scientist.

Yeah, I feel powerful today after going to the batting cage. You realize we each had 9 tokens, and typically you get 20 pitches a token. We got somewhere upwards of 180 pitches.

If "dip" was short for Dippin' Dots -- then you should burst through wall to get there sooner. Dippin' Dots are the ice cream of the future. And we are living in the future.

Godzilla:
Damn, you are a genius. I should burst through the wall in the name of saving time. And urgency! I saw these Ice Cream products at the R-Braves game. I was intrigued.

I don't know what being a scientist has to do with anything.

Double damn. I just realize something bad. While you will be a scientist, and I have political powers, Princess will be a political scientist. That's no good. She'll use our own powers combined against us! That's the clincher. We need jet packs. Get on it.

So my inane rambling has reduced you to talking about ice cream, eh? I am omni-powerful!

Actually, one day I will be able to read minds. That will make me so happy. That and the invis-o-specs.

Sketchy:
Being a scientist gives me keen powers of observation and deduction. I used my powers of observation and deduction to sort out the previous confusion about puzzles.

Therefore, back off man-- I'm a scientist.

I definitely feel like I'm at some kind of weird summer camp today. I was sitting at my desk and I had no idea what I was doing, and then I had some weird thought about going home in a couple of days or something. I think I need more coffee.

You said something about dip so I thought of Dippin' Dots -- the Ice Cream of the future. I like the ice cream we had yesterday.

I need coffee.

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