There was a spat with Brian last week about how I interpret his friendship and what he considered his priorities. This has led me to accept that we aren't actually as good friends as I thought, and upon reflection the imbalance of actions compared to words falls heavily toward me, while spouting words with no actions falls on him. I will be taking ( Read more... )

So it's been a week since the Family Reunion. All went reasonably well i suppose. There was no real drama and I met my 3rd cousins and my 4th ( Read more... )

Alright well I am still able to go to New York, albeit for a shorter time. I'll simply be gone on my Days off, meaning I'm leaving Friday morning, and coming back Sunday afternoon, hopefully in time to go straight to work. I very much am looking forward to getting out of LA for even a while and sitting on our deck in the Hamptons...maybe with a ( Read more... )

So Ian Dundore returned a couple of weeks ago (from Iceland) to Los Angeles, and we took advantage of the situation by hanging out pretty much every day he was here. We went to Swingers, hung out at Venice Beach, visited places that changed in Santa Monica and LA since he left. We talked a lot about politics, and the cultural differences in Iceland ( Read more... )

after the twin Vegas trips, things settled down a bit. I went back to work as usual. I did take 3 consecutive night trips to Round 1 with Phil and Brian to beast at Pump, where I found that my limits right now are 'Double 23' and 'Single 22'. I hung out with Nisha some (requires another entry) and am paying off all my debt responsibly like an adult ( Read more... )

Erick, Brian and I left early Friday morning to make the drive out to Vegas, as I had bought a Friday VIP ticket to the Electric Daisy Carnival. Erick had a friend and business to work out there, and Brian just wanted to hang out with people ( Read more... )

I went to Brian's birthday party last night with a two-fold agenda, neither of which were accomplished but it was cool anyway ( Read more... )

My brother Chasen has moved semi-permanently back to the house. It seems prices in San Fran were simply too high for him to save up any money up there, so he came down here to cut costs. He was transferred by his company as well so at least he still works (though I haven't actually seen him go to work...and he has no car [he sold his Altima]). He's ( Read more... )

I'm gonna have a real heart-to-heart with a few people to solve this and see where we are as far as friendships go. I want them to clear their minds as well as I clear mine.

of course I say this but lets see if I can really do it. "It's better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission"

-So the Marshall/MacKenzie Family Reunion is officially August 12-14 in New York. Our relatives (my dad's side) from Guiana and wherever will be there, as will some of my cousins who actually live in Irvine? somewhere in socal and they are my age!? They would be the only other "young generation" of that side of the family. I'm sure it will be ( Read more... )