The Birmingham trip was pretty fun.  Really!  It was a nice change of pace from my usual fiddle-farting around the house, it was some place I had never been, and it got me out of the house while mom was in "Cleaning Mode" (Ed was playing in a golf tournament, so guess who would have been the object of much pestering?  You got it).  Nothing happened ( Read more... )

Shelly had invited a few folks to come with her to Birmingham.  Of them all, I am the only one still going.  As I stated to her last night, I am not expecting anything.  She has made her decision that it's just too soon after her last relationship to be getting involved with anyone else, and I have decided to step back because of this.  We're both ( Read more... )

After the whole issue with the last woman I went out with, I decided to go ahead and step back from the whole "Shelly and I" thing.  She's not ready for another relationship, and we both know it.  She's not even really over her ex, though I think she tries to tell herself that she is more over him than she really is.  So we have a situation where ( Read more... )

So I started dating this gal not too long ago...

It always seems to start that way, doesn't it?  It's to the point now when I mention that I am seeing someone, there has to be a question of "what's wrong with her".

Things seemed to be going along well.  She let me know that she had gotten out of a relationship gone bad about a month ago.  No big ( Read more... )

This new position is killing me.  We swapped positions just before the onslaught happened.

Two weeks ago I moved from monitoring the internet calls to handling all the emails that come in from our Customer Service website.  A week into it, everyone and their fucking horse decided to start calling our Repair and Customer Service centers, thus ( Read more... )

My money-spending has come and gone.

New purchases:

Big-screen HDTV

Alienware laptop

All 7 seasons of Stargate SG-1

Had the sofa, loveseat, chair, and stool re-covered

Paid off my truck

HD flat-screen monitor for my desktop

Some landscaping.

Life is goooooood :)

MY MONEY IS IN!!!!

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Mom is here... for TWO FUCKING WEEKS!.  Oh well =P

The mineral lease check should be ready tomorrow *crosses fingers*

Hoping to do some EQ2 exp'ing until my eyes bleed tonight. =p

The end of this week will mark the end of my monitoring calls.  I am switching jobs and will start handling the Customer Care emails.  It's about time for a change, I've ( Read more... )

I am a bit of a political animal.  My leanings are conservative, I voted for Bush in the last 2 elections.

While I still think he was the better choice than John I-Don't-Really-Have-A-Platform-Other-Than-"Bush Sucks!" Kerry, I have to admit that I am a bit dismayed at his continued spending practices and lack-luster effots on the US/Mexican border.
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I am chomping at the damned bit for my cash.  Things to do with it:

1.  Pay off truck

2.  Get the sewage line on my side of the house fixed

3.  TV

4.  Laptop

5.  ATV

6.  New floor in the living room

Last night I finally met the mythological "Hatch's sister" and she is every bit as drop-dead gorgeous as I had been told.  So damned attractive that I ( Read more... )