"Long days and pleasant nights..."

Finished "The Dark Tower" today. I read somewhere that a lot of fans were unhappy with the ending, but I actually liked it. I guess you could say it was half-happy, and half-hopeful, because King basically leaves the story open for your interpretation. I had my own opinion on the matter, which King actually reinforced in his afterword of the novel. The whole collection pretty much comes down to the idea of LIFE being a WHEEL. Things always come back around, and the smallest decisions and interactions can have the largest consequences. Everything has a meaning, and everything happens for a reason. I love that kind of stuff.

Outside of the book, my day was pretty much made of gym times and work. My gym is doing a "Race to the North Pole" contest that's pretty cool, where the members are divided into teams and where every ten minutes of exercise gives you a mile. Whichever team gains the number of miles from here to the North Pole first wins the contest. If a member brings in a toy for charity, their number of miles gained on the day triples. It's a cool concept, and it's definitely gotten me motivated to kick my own ass at the gym this week (plus, I've been struggling since Thanksgiving). My goal is to at least TIE my mom's number of miles, since she's in there all the time. I think it's kind of a pride thing...

Anyway, work was real average tonight. Had two big parties, but the people were cool. I'm still having a good time working there, but I'm ready for the next step. In the meantime, it's a pretty decent networking tool, because we get a lot of regulars, and I mean, if you know me, you know I'm pretty dang charming (not to talk myself up, of COURSE).

And speaking of networking, I'm all booked and ready to go to LA this weekend! I talked to a few folks on the Mayer message board (My Stupid Mouth) in hopes of finding ideas of what to do in the city, and several people gave me great responses. One of the women on the board is even a travel agent, and she booked me a car AND a hotel with a good location. So this time Saturday, I'll be watching Mayer rock out and kickin' it in California. Can't wait.

One more shift of work to get through in the meantime. And more holiday cheer to spread, of course...

Long days and pleasant nights,
Drew