How I Spent My Day Off From Work by Keith

1. I enforced my own freedom. Well, basically, my freedom to leave the country whenever I want.  I renewed my passport, which expires at the end of this year.  The sad thing is that renewing my passport made me realize I haven’t left the U.S. in 4 1/2 years, not even for a drunken run to Canada… or Mexico.  But once I get my new passport back, I’ll be able to—and for another 10 years!

2. I made it possible for me to see again. I updated the prescription lenses in my glasses and sunglasses.  This, of course, meant that I had to wander around Los Angeles for 2 hours today with no glasses whatsoever, blind as a bat and blinded even more by the blinding sunshine.  (Without my glasses, my vision is 20/500, which means I can see things clearly at 20 feet that most people see clearly at 500 feet.) Among other ways I passed the time was sitting in a chair in a mall, reading Lewis Black’s new book, which is not only funny, but I could hear his voice in my head reading the text aloud, which made it even funnier.  (And possible a little creepy that I heard his voice in my head.)

3. I had my way with TiVo. Translation: I finally got around to watching a movie on my TiVo that had been sitting there for the last two months, waiting for me to watch and then delete it. 

4. I disengaged from work… mostly. I only checked my work e-mail three times!