Live From Sciatica

Aw, baby, I know it's been a long time, but you know baby, sometimes we just get too busy.

An impressive distance between posts, absolutely, but here we are. Maybe it's just the ample time I have on my hands today.
Yesterday morning, after not running, jumping, climbing trees or lifting television sets over my head, something went "boink" in my lower back. That was apparently what is uncommonly known as the sciatic nerve. Amazingly enough, it's the longest and widest nerve in the body, and when you mess with this bull, you really do get the horns. One might think that being forced to lie around all day is great. Well, so is chocolate icing, but after a while, you long for a grapefruit. So, I fortunately have a few things to occupy myself: a Larry McMurtry book, the David Carradine Kill Bill diary, access to my laptop (thank you hulu) and phone for access to net news wire, a fantastic rss reader. I watched North by Northwest last night, and have the last disc of Season 1 Alias today. Hulu helps with 30 Rock, Daily Show, SNL clips, Family Guy, etc. and I chase that rabbit down the hole as far as you can. Makes me wonder how I ever missed this:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/16771/saturday-night-live-snl-digital-short-iran-so-far
I think I'll just keep updating this post throughout the day. Watch as sanity degrades. Enjoy!
b

Edit 1
That was so funny! Watch how sanity degrades! Rhetorical sarcasm? Self-fulfilling prophecy? Doesn't seem so funny now. I feel like I'd give anything to go to the kitchen and make some hummus. Or take a hot bath. Or go for a run even. Now I can't get the "Iran So Far Away" melody out of my head, like a worm burrowing further and further in. At least it will be a funny insanity. 30 Rock really is a consistently great comedy. Like when Tracy Jordan asks Jack if he likes Phil Collins. His response: "I've got two ears and a heart, don't I? "
I also got sidetracked because I started thinking of the Summer of George. This is the Seinfeld episode where George gets fired from the Yankees, but has three months severance. He basically does nothing at all and in the end slips, hurts his back, and goes tho the hospital, only to have the doctor pronounce that "Your legs have sustained extensive trauma. Apparently, your body was in a state of advanced atrophy, due to a period of extreme inactivity." Hmmmm.