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"We're blowing right through naptime." Knoxville, it's Thursday, I have no clue what that really means, besides every single establishment in Knoxville is hosting specials. To tell you the truth, I can't make it out the door until I finish watching CSI. Yes, I am apparently a mainline American since it is "America's most watched TV show." Hell, now that I think of it, I may be mainline American. After all I did eat at an Applebee's last night (Valentine's Day) and I definitely had steak and crab cakes (I was going for the crab cakes appetizer, but it was $7 for 2 crab cakes... and the steak came with crab cakes and was $13... this math is much too easy.) Crab cakes and football - that is what Knoxville does (a very blatant joke stolen from Wedding Crashers).

Applebee's was my perfect choice for a Valentine's Day date. For two reasons: 1.) My date specifically requested we don't do anything out of the ordinary (by all means!) and 2.) I believe my date disliked Valentine's Day more than I do. (The whole "this is the day that Love has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it" type of thing). With her specific instructions being to just go with the flow and not really pay attention to the hype surrounding the holiday, I officially broke my 6th grade curse...

...Which involved getting up the gall to ask out the girl I had a crush on for the entire year. But to do so I ask my best friend's girlfriend to ask her for me-- after all she does sit by
this girl at lunch every other day. She said yes! Bowling it was! Unfortunately a pimple ruined my bowling form, and instead I called her on the phone to break up... even though we were never dating. In fact, we never spoke (but did manage to date later on, after my growth spurt and confidence). Applebee's saved me this year though, and so I will unabashedly promote applebees.com ala Wayne's World.

Now, if you will allow me to remove my blogger coat and put on my environmental jacket for a second: I'm not going to preach on renewable energy, coal, oil, etc. I hope you know about those things (if not, please let me know, I will submit one blog to summing up the entire issue in detail - I'll probably do it anyways. Let's make it February 20th, please). I want to talk about the biggest issue in my life right now-- when it gets below 40 outside, my house gets down to below 50, below 60 with heat on. When
you can't afford KUB, but you can't afford a doctor, what do you do? Last night, I found my solution. Last night was one of the last straws, laying in bed not being able to sleep
because my curtains are blowing in ice cold air, I wondered, is my cheap rent worth this? When the heat comes on, the warmth just reminds me that at least half of that is leaving my house, racing outside to the colder air, the other half is sucking my bank account dry. I have requested insulation for my house (we literally have none - evident by my nailing a picture through the wall, and catching upwards of of 10 mice, 2 rats, and a
couple of serious colds).

I found this really great publication, hopefully each of you all will use it the way I plan on it, looks like we could all save some money really easily. I thought this was worth sharing. I am an environmentalist, because I'll be damned if my ignorance and laziness is going to ruin my way of life - I say that, and I still eat meat, I'm such a hypocrite.

Back to Thursday night-- I am unsure of what the night brings, I guess it depends on which way the wind blows - and if you want to know what to do - hell, you're already on the site. Friday night I will be out and about on the town, but not before traveling back across the mountains to watch my brother compete in his high school wrestling regional championships (not to mention congratulate him on getting a minimum $10,000 scholarship from Coca-Cola, one of 250 out of the original 88,000 applicants, not bad for a guy who graduated from a high school of 650 total students).

Well ladies and gents, it's off to the plasma center! Keep gamblin.