I am starting to think I'm going to be an eternal student. I was in a Business Administration-Marketing program earlier this year, after working on journalism, graphic design and architecture programs earlier in my life. Now, I have decided marketing isn't for me, and I'm working on an IT degree ( Read more... )

Never ask how much worse could it get, because it invariably will get worse. It had already been a string of bad events - sewage flowing into my shower, my AC freezing up and flooding my hallway, and my computer getting fried, I thought it couldn't get worse ( Read more... )

One of my coworkers a few weeks ago passed around a PDF that broke down the effect of plastic bags on our environment. Since then, I've been thinking about going shopping with canvas bags. I have memories as a child of visiting my grandparents in New York, who used to walk to the grocery store every week with their own canvas shopping bags and fold ( Read more... )

Thanks to TJ, I have a bicycle again, so today I did something I'd been thinking about for a while: I rode a bike to work. It took me 27 minutes to get here, while it usually takes me 10 minutes in a car. Not a huge time difference, I can live with that. Thankfully, it's pretty much a straight shot from home to work, and a bike path 90% of the way ( Read more... )

Apparently my sister missed her calling as a salesperson, she's one hell of a networker. I asked her if she knew anyone who might like a dog, and the next day she has two people lined up to come look at the pooch ( Read more... )

Last night, after I got off work, I hit a dog. She ran across the road right into the path of my car. Fortunately I had already seen her and had started slowing down, so it was only a light tap. The dog was fine ( Read more... )

The mechanic's had my car since Monday, and still no word. Good thing I can be patient. I have to be - the guy I took the car to is a friend of my dad's, who does good work, very cheap - but not very fast. There's that old business saying: Cheap, Fast, Good - you can only pick two! Definitely applies here. You can get cheap and good, but fast is ( Read more... )

After a long talk with someone last night about content in my journal, I decided to go and read back, and see if I can recall what I was thinking and where I was in my life when I wrote the words. It was an eye opener, if I didn't know me and I read all the various entries, I'd have a picture in my head of a chronically depressed gamer with no ( Read more... )

You can't have freedom of speech if you don't invite everyone to speak.

What does it say about you that you go to a club, and wind up saying hello to a lot of bartenders you know from a different club? And I don't even drink that much!!! Oh well, I had a good time at the show last night, seeing Combichrist, Porcelain Black, and some other bands I completely missed. Missed Infernal Doll Factory as well, but I'm sure ( Read more... )