TheAdamHarrisphere

A couple of days ago I was hanging out with my friends Chris and Zach. Some one brought up the topic of being in a coma and how long they would want people to wait before pulling the plug. I told them if I they didn’t think I was going to wake up, I wanted to them wait until no one was is looking. Then, pull the plug and sneak me out. Then dress me up in a hat and sunglasses and make people think I was still alive and had escaped from the hospital. I made them promise to do this. I called it the “Weekend at Bernie’s” pact.

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This morning I got up at 3 AM to go see the Texas Stadium implosion. I went with my dad, my friend Chris and two of his friends. We got there a little after 4 AM, and parked on the south side of the stadium. When it finally started to implode I was standing on the grass next to the service road, right behind the Channel 11 news camera. Here’s the video I shot.

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When the Harris family plays a board game, any board game, it always goes the same way. It could be Apples to Apples, Scrabble, Monopoly, Scategories, it doesn’t matter. My dad always tries to bend the rules, my sister is always the first to call him on it, and my mom is the final judge on any disputes. The game always takes forever, because we each put a lot of thought into our turn. Tonight, we were playing Scrabble. There was a lot of searching through the dictionary to see if made-up words might actually exist. My mom came in last, even though she is the best speller in the family. My dad wouldn’t give up at the end. He was still trying to find a spot to use V and N. I won, thanks to words like queen on a double word score, and powdery with the Y on a double letter score.

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My parents have 5 animals in their house right now, not including the occasional possum in the garage. There are 2 cats, 2 dogs and a baby squirrel. Last week, they took in a skinny gray cat that wandered up onto their porch. It’s really friendly and house trained. So if someone wants a cat, come get it. Then yesterday, someone found a baby squirrel that had been abandoned by it’s mother in my parents’ front yard. It drinks puppy formula out of bottle right now. My dad has named is Nutty. I’m responsible for bringing in one of the dogs, but that’s all. If they get a couple of pigs, we might have a George Orwell situation on our hands. Here’s a picture of the squirrel.

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I bought a magnetic paper towel holder at The Container Store. It kept sliding down the side of the refrigerator. So, I decided to make my own. I took these two underwater salvage magnets. They can hold up to 250 lbs each. My dad helped me cut a dowel to fit through the middle. Here’s a picture of it. I don’t think this one will be sliding down anytime soon.

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The refrigerator in my apartment leaks. The apartment says it’s the condenser. All I know is that, on a regular basis, water drips from the inside of the refrigerator and runs down onto the floor. In the process, it also runs into the chiller drawers and onto the shelves.

So, I made a plastic tube to catch the water and channel it out into a tray of dirt with grass seed. Here’s the video:

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Tonight, I made my own pizza. I used Jiffy pizza crust mix. The pizza had turkey, mushrooms, onions and bell peppers. I used swiss cheese, because it’s low in sodium. I also used Hunt’s no salt added tomato sauce. I couldn’t get the crust in exactly the right shape, but it still tasted good. Here’s a picture of it.

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Today, I achieved a small level of success in organization. At work, I have to document what I do and put it into a spreadsheet in Google Docs. During the day, I write down what I have done, usually taking one sheet per day. Today, I filled up a 150 page notebook. It covers from March 18 to September 8. Usually, I lose the notebook or just start filling it with random drawings. Then, I revert back to my old system of writing things down on miscellaneous pieces of scrap paper and keeping them in a bundle. Now, if I can just keep from losing my pens…

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We named the dog Wookie. He’s doing great. He gets along really well with my parents’ dog, Max. Here’s a video of Wookie.

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So, last night at the jogging trail, I found a dog. Someone had put him in a pet carrier and left him out by the jogging trail. The first time I passed him, I thought the owner must be near by. When I came back, there were three people standing around, trying to figure out what to do with him. He had pooped in the pet carrier and it reeked. I tried calling animal services and then the non-emergency police number. No one would come out

after business hours to get him. So, I took him to my parents house. My mom gave him a bath, I got him some food and water, and my dad made up a bed for him.

His face looks like an Ewok, and he has an under bite. He’s really small and really friendly. So far, potential names are Wookie or Goober. I’m leaning towards Goober. I need to find a place that does vaccinations for cheap. Also, my dad says I owe him three hours of sleep from all the barking.

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