This collection of entries is from June 04, 2002.
The game keeps adding more and more twists. First we've seen The Exemption. Now we've seen The Neutralizer - neutralizing an exemption and adding money to the pot. Well, Lisa is gone. Nuts. Well, see you at Comiskey! Even though she said it was the last day to get her job back, at least we know it all turns out OK. The game moves from Switzerland to Italy, and Patrick makes an odd move - tearing out pages of his old journal now in Katie's possession, causing a $5,000 fine for the group. The team won $0 in the Rappelling challenge, $30,000 in the Morality Game challenge (helping change tires on cars of stranded motorists), and $50,000 in the Dumb vs. Smart challenge. The pot is now at $166,000. The team feels that Patrick isn't strong enough to get information by himself and he won't get far. Sure enough - Patrick is executed.
It was a year ago this past Saturday that I worked my last day at full-time position. I've now been unemployed for over a year. One of the (many) bad off-shoots of this is lack of complete health insurance coverage. We haven't been able to have it straightened out until last week, so it was off to the doctor this morning to get checked-out and get back on my blood pressure meds. One thing's for sure - I need them: 150/96 left side, 140/90 right side. Meds, exercise, diet... should all help. Just have to do something about the those last two things...
Thunderstorms are ripping through the neighborhood. The power went out, so the UPS's for the computers are beeping. I swear as I'm laying in bed that I can hear the thunder directly above me, through the roof. I don't remember that sensation before. My cell phone is going off with Emergency Weather alert messages for thunderstorms and flash floods. There was one crack of thunder after a blinding flash of light that must have been pretty damn close. Should be an interesting day.