So, here's the deal. One of my good Birmingham friends told me the other day that she's got kind of the itch to move. She's been in town a few years, moved up for a relationship that ultimately ended, feels like the city isn't home anymore if it ever was. Basically, it's getting to be about that time. I guess the problem then for me is that, if she ( Read more... )

I think we can all agree that I'm due ( Read more... )

I vaguely, indistinctly, as though through thick panes of old, warped glass remember a time when I was a funny guy. I was professionally funny, for God's sake. Granted, I wasn't very good at it. Maybe only one in every five or so Two Bits were ever worth a damn, but even then, I had a knack for the stuff. The ebb and flow of comedy, the pitch and ( Read more... )

Jesus, I wish I could think of something to post about that didn't involve me being annoyed about my job or what I'd like to do once I'm no longer working there. Seriously, how sad is that? Somewhere along the way "Some day I'm gonna leave these assholes in my dust," became my watch words, and that can't possibly be healthy, especially considering ( Read more... )

For about eight years --No. No, I never liked the guy, but it took a couple of years to really get my hate on. Plus there were those weird two months there when everyone convinced themselves he was wise, intelligent and a leader of men. Let's say six ( Read more... )

which I feel like is at least part of my problem, because when I get into one of my moody spells like, oh, now, and I do the self-critical "What the hell have you done that's so great, lately?" spiel, all I can come up with is shit like, "Um, well. I went for a run yesterday, and I'm finally catching up on Heroes: Season 1," which is nice and all, ( Read more... )

So, I kind of wish that at some point along the way I could get to be young and irresponsible. Like, okay, I'm twenty-five. I've got a Master's Degree. I've got a job that, while I'm not over the moon about it, isn't too shabby for a fresh out of school job, and it's not like I have to stay for forever and a day. I've got friends, no girlfriend, ( Read more... )

Life continues to tick along back here on the ranch. I kind of wish I was having a bit more interesting of an existence right now, but at the same time, it’s not like it’s a big pile of fail either. So yeah, On balance, I’m quite happy, but I think I could do with a little less bittersweet resignation to the idea that you can’t always get what you ( Read more... )

When I first got to college, in an effort to make friends and on the prodding of my dad, I decided to pledge a fraternity. It was a fairly small frat composed primarily of the sorts of people I felt like I'd get along with. They were good guys, and I had a pretty good time, but I could never quite get comfortable there. I felt like I was visiting, ( Read more... )

I started to post this on New Year's Eve, but thought better of it when I realized I was just about smashed, which doesn't generally lead to good things when mixed with the giant megaphone that is the Internet, but when I logged in today, it was still cached, and I think it came out halfway decent so here it is ( Read more... )