I've been terrible recently. Worse than terrible, in fact. I've blown by a number of startling revelations. I'd have a great idea, and I'd think to myself, hey, that's so great, I'll never forget it! And then, next thing you know, I can't for the life of me remember what it was. But that's not what this is about. This is about one of those ( Read more... )

I've just had a startling revelation. I am a glutton for punishment. No matter how much pain I go through, no matter how horrible someone is to me, I keep coming back for more. No matter how many times people attempt to prove to me that they are, in fact, bad people, I keep coming back. And I think the reason behind it is because it gives my life a ( Read more... )

So I've gotten my own personal blog finally set up. So in the coming weeks, I'm going to probably be using LJ even less than I normally do, if at all. Most of my posts moving forward will be on the blog. And with the brave not-so-new world of RSS feeds, blog communities like LJ are becoming less and less necessary. For those familiar with RSS, you ( Read more... )

So I just went and hung out with a bunch of Serbian people. And what's scarier still, is I actually ENJOYED IT. They're not old-world rednecks like the folks back home, they're actually young and modern. I was quite shocked. But I really had a good time. Riding home may not have been the greatest idea in the world, but it wasn't all that bad. Now, ( Read more... )

So I'm not exactly one for social events. Yes, yes, a real shocker, I know. So here's the rub... I'm BECOMING more of a social events type. Good thing, right ( Read more... )

Sometimes you have to take time away from looking for what you think you want, and instead take the time to find yourself. After all, if you don't have yourself, who will there be to enjoy that which you get.

Five Nines. 99.999%. It sure sounds impressive. 99.999% of the time the system will be available. Great, right ( Read more... )

Oh the difficulties of joy... when we are young, we find it so easy to be happy and to make others happy. But quickly, all too quickly, we have that stripped from us. We are exposed to angry, hateful, hurtful people, and they strip away our joy and our ability to instill joy in others. Where it was once so easy to make people happy, it is now very ( Read more... )

Today has just been one of those days. Or not. No, it's been a really odd-bad-boring-stupor-type of day, so not really one of "those" days. I woke up feeling half dead and it's been downhill from there. I think my pulse has been one beat above death-level all day or some such. Just... bleh... nothing bad really happened... just... bleh ( Read more... )

So I just had my first motorcycle accident involving another vehicle about 2 hours ago. I was coming in to work, waiting to make a right hand turn, and a guy in a large black Land Rover comes up behind me and doesn't bother to stop. The guy said later that he didn't see me... apparently a 6 foot tall guy with a bright yellow helmet on a 400 pound ( Read more... )