The Update

First I am happy to announce the lifelong challenge of defeating the Dark Lord of Evil Ganon has come to a close. Yes, it was a miraculous afternoon, rainy, cloudy and cold, where I spent a number of hours plugging away at the gameboy to complete the last 4 dungeons of my epic quest. I must say Caitlin's response to my victory pose upon completion was far from congratulatory. If you look at the last post about my adventures in Hyrule there is a picture of the stance I attempted to replicate followed by my rendition of the beautiful melody all Hyrulian's know as the "hey look what I found" sound. A shake of the head and probably a mental note of how she can insult me someday was all I received. Either way I can now continue with my life and face more challenges now that I do not have such a burden to carry any longer. Thank you for all the believe and support I have received. I never would have made it without all of you, the man near the grave, and the old woman, who all contributed to my saving the land. And real people also.

Well besides the things I do when I am alone, Caitlin and I attempt to do things together. Well with my poor planning skills usually anything I suggest is not even considered because some people require 14 hrs of preparation to think about all the things there is to plan for when doing anything simple. For example: what to wear, (even though a clothing option could have been planned weeks in advance the moment of departure will come and then the clothing will be too fancy, too casual, and often times just not catchy enough), directions (even though most plans have very little time restrictions, and we have a gps if we don't know long beforehand we can't go because "Danny's lack of planning"). Now for the example Caitlin and I were going to the Humane Society to see the Guinea Pigs because we have been considering getting a pair of the little rascals. We got there and the place closed. Pretty much that quickly, so ha ha! victory to Danny's planning because Caitlin's failed. Not too bad we both realized that Piggies may not be the best because there is the possibility of Caitlin being allergic to them and me returning to being the Nerdy kid with asthma once again due to their peculiar "stuff" they release into the air.

On the way back I suggest going to the nickel arcade I've been dying to visit but the response was "I really don't feel like doing anything tonight." That was fine. I'm reasonable. So I began to mentally prepare myself for a relaxing night of the two of us just chilling. Still on the way back after I had transformed my attitude into "home" Danny she received a text. Next thing was "Skyler wants to know if we could go to a bar." Wait a minute! My plans were killed because the lack of going out enthusiasm, and now Skyler simply asks about just a bar and boom the desire of an outing is reborn? The explanation I was given is something around the lines that she doesn't want her friends to see her as a not fun "poop" (her word choice), so I concluded she just doesn't care that I know and live with this "poop" of a party person all of the time. Therefore, because I have been with "Relationship Caitlin" for 5 years now she is comfortable fusing that attitude with "fun pooper Caitlin" because she has nothing to prove to me and I do not deserve very much effort to keep the latter title hidden away in a closet somewhere for me to discover only when "nearl dead Danny emerges." I feel I may have brought this on myself though. Now that I too have become comfortable with the relationship I have allowed to see my true form, none other than "Dorky Danny" who loves rocking video games and dislikes taking frequent showers because they seem to pointless if I don't move all day. So it seems that we have accepted the worst the other has to offer, so I believe things are looking up.

Though there is one aspect of my Dannyness which is growing in me and developing everyday. That being "Danny, The lover of Peanut Butter." We bought two large tubs of it, one for her one for me, because she didn't like the fact I have been spooning out gobs of rich gooey goodness for weeks. But that even came into conflict when I found my jar empty and hers unopened. It's just so good! So I busted into hers and made a sandwich. I vowed to myself, which I have found with food my word is not very strong, that I would never eat straight from her jar, and I haven't, but it was still seen as crossing the line. I'm in the doghouse as far as going to the kitchen goes, because she knows I'm up to no good.

And before things get long we and our friend couple went to comedy club recently it was great. My only fault of the night was when I was asked to drive Brian (a fellow asthmatic) to get his inhaler. I sort of blanked and said "I'm good." I claim I didn't know what they were asking, so I dropped the ball when I let Caitlin drive him while I sat stupidly with Skyler waiting for the show to start. Caitlin and Brian missed a solid 10 minutes. Whoops. Either way the show was great which I could tell because my chest and face hurt from laughing so much.

We also went to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry for the Bodies exhibit. I don't get grossed out by much, but seeing a skinned human made me super conscious of all the functions in my body so as I moved everything just felt weird. I couldn't believe how awkward I felt. Cool none the less. I guess the best part was when they had a scan of someones stomach who had a life threatening case of constipation! You wouldn't believe the size of the monster growing inside of that persons lower abdomen. The reaction after the chuckle was of course "Ouch."

I find myself cold even though there is a lack of snow and real cold weather it kind of ruins the ego of being able to handle cold. I am mad that I am going to miss hunting this year, because Matthew is out chasing around (not shooting mind you) allegedly much larger deer than previous years have produced. Unfortunately for him I will not be there to get lost in the woods only to randomly spook a very large buck right in his direction. I am also going to miss the family Thanksgiving which is making me wonder if I will need to sing by myself "Now Thank We All Our God" wherever I may be at the time of Thanksgiving. Please enjoy family though "Jacob? Matthew? oh your the other one" isn't there this year.