Aaroneous is dead.

I’m killing it right . . . NOW.

( . . . wheeze . . .  Clunk.)

Why oh why, you ask:

1.  I’m distracted with “real world” stuff lately.  Possibly including a boy.

2.  Stalker, Texas Ranger’s hovering presence here is like a cockroach infestation to me.  His obsession is such that I am disinclined to say anything very personal here ( Read more... )

 
Yesterday I left work at noon, so I could attend the sentencing of the guy who broke into my apartment back in February.

The court building is new and fabulous.  If there is any such thing as a majestic view of downtown Grand Rapids, it is found from the 11th floor of the court building.  I first reported to the Victim/Witness Unit, because the ( Read more... )

 
Because in 1987-88 I held the highly esteemed position of Class Vice President --- although there was little vice to preside over --- I now find myself on the committee to organize our 20th high school reunion.

I was actually not feeling old and pathetic until this committee was formed.

Whatever strange turns your life may take, on a day-to-day ( Read more... )

Tomorrow I begin a career as an adult literacy tutor.  At the liberry downtown.

I've been meaning to do this for a long time.  Sometimes I think, "What would I be if I couldn't read?"

And the answer, in all likelihood, is CONTENT.

But there are a lot of important reasons not to be content, and since I'll never have kids, this seems like a good way for ( Read more... )

Suddenly, there’s a posse of folks trying to convince me to sign my soul to Facebook.

By posse, I mean two people.

There’s Libby, the cute intern who sits next to me here at Amway HQ.  She works on special HR research projects like:  What dress codes to companies have these days?  And:  How do big corporations help their employees cope with the ( Read more... )

Your result for The Attachment Style Test...
The Free Agent

15% Anxiety Over Abandonment and 28% Avoidance Of Intimacy


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 Los Angeles made me think.

On the way to Laguna Beach, somebody mentioned Norman Korpi, from the 1st MTV Real World.

Hours later, Norman Korpi walked between me & the sun.

Lying on the beach, my buddy said his specs were too old, and it was about time he got some new ones.

An hour later, ocean waves knocked him over and sucked his specs out to sea.

At ( Read more... )

 
Crazy rainstorms yesterday caused massive havoc. Flooded streets, cars, mud slides (!!!), intersections made impassible, traffic lights and streetlights dead, tree branches down, cars being pushed up side streets, police flashers around every other corner.

Since nothing particularly rotten happened to me, it was sort of a blast.

When I left the ( Read more... )

 
I’ve been hitting the gym hard the past week.  It’s been so long since I had to remember the equation

Desk Job + Over 30 - Exercise = Fat Tired Slob

It feels good to push myself physically again.  If you were reading last summer, you picked up on the fact that I spent every day biking, at the gym, or watching some crap Hollywood blockbuster movie. ( Read more... )

 Saw "The Incredible Hulk" with my old boss Denise last night.  It was gripping and all, but I had trouble believing Edward Norton as a pioneering scientist.  He's way too puppy-eyed sensitive.  That's why I love him so much --- that disarming hint of girlishness.  Liv Tyler was handsome and adorable, too --- and I had just as much trouble seeing ( Read more... )