the office...

how could i forget the office...?!? one of my favorite sitcoms of all time. and even though i watch alot of tv, my DVR allows me to skip the commercials, so that cuts down my actual tv viewing around 33% to about 7 hours. ha.

life in the 'burbs...

i'm playing lotsa tennis (maybe 2 or 3 times a week). doing lotsa bike riding (maybe 2 or 3 times a month). watching lotsa tv... our regulars:

lost
scrubs
desperate housewives
grey's anatomy
boston legal
monk
sons & daughters
8th & ocean
house
american made
america's next top model (mrs. roboto's influence)

that's like 10 hours a week. oh man. i should probably cut down.

pop-u-u-lar...

i have no friends in chicago...
which is understandable... it'll take me time to get buddy-buddy with the folks here...
since my life is void of any kind of live, in-person, social activity, i feel popular when i get three separate requests to update my little blog.

my job search is still fruitless. i've planted a bunch of seeds, i just have to water it and wait. i sort of find comfort in the fact that i met a guy that moved here at around the same time i did and was sitting in the same boat. he came by way of l.a. and was looking for the same kind of work as me (but he wasn't my competition, he's much more senior-level, won an emmy for some show open he did a couple years back). we were commiserating a little, what-the-hecking about the chicago motion graphics scene. anyways, i just found out he gave up and took a job back in l.a. i find comfort in this because it validates my argument that it's not me... it's this place. this anecdotal, weightless story at least restores some of my confidence.

soon... i can feel it...

fillings...

i had to get two new fillings today. actually, they were two old fillings that had to get redone because the first ones were done poorly. so much for getting cheap dental work from your dad's friend's friend's brother.

the worst part-- ok, the two shots of anesthesia were pretty bad-- was the complete numbness of the tongue and lip... i had to skip lunch so i wouldn't accidentally bite my tongue off.

aside from the starvation, double-stabbing in the mouth and extra drooling; i got two free movie tickets from my dentist. her monthly newsletter contained a riddle with an offer for the passes to the first person to respond with the correct answer.

A dozen Royals gathered round,
Entertained by two who clowned.
Each King there had servants ten,
Though none of them were also men.
The lowest servant sometimes might,
Defeat the King in a fair fight.
A weapon stout, a priceless jewel,
The beat of life, a farmer's tool.

What am I?

Same Old...

I've been averaging once-a-month in posting in 2006... i've gotten one request (from family) to pick up the pace.

This was my first ever Easter with a "traditional" Easter meal... we had ham (with pineapples), corn, greenbean casserole, marshmellowed yams... all without rice or kimchee. Mrs. Roboto and I were assigned to make the greenbean casserole-- actually she volunteered, I was forced by marriage to participate.

We have the day off today and are thinking of fun stuff to do. The only thing we can come up with is to drive from our suburb to another suburb and just walk around. Exciting, huh?