Gah, what a beautiful day it is outside. Such is the curse that keeps me indoors with ailing health. The luster of the sun is no less alluring through the clouded blur of the screen window before me. The rich purity of the cloudless sky beckons for me to bask in its warm temperature ( Read more... )

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Ok, ok, so it's a fakie, but it's engraved with my name and everything! My wonderful acceptance speech has made me somewhat famous in my department. I was so shocked that they called my name, and mortified when they made me go up in front of everyone, that I turned bright red and my ears got really hot. Then my palms started sweating and Susan, the ( Read more... )

How's about Sing Sing on Friday at 8? or 9? Anyone can come - it will be fun! :)

Holymolycow that was INCREDIBLE! Forget that I had to stand outside, freezing my arse off for 2 and a half hours before I got to go meet the band, it was well worth it. Too bad I'm a loser and was too nervous to shake any of their hands! But they all signed my blank cd so I'm stoked! Time to frame it and hang it on the wall with the rest of my ( Read more... )

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Oh yeah, I'm cool alright! I won a backstage pass to Linkin Park on Monday! This is the best birthday present ever!!!

As a child there were many-a-time when I tried to craft the can-string-can phones, but they never worked!  Alas, I chalked it all up to being a myth.  Today fiction became fact! An applicant for one of the open positions in my department was trying to make a good impression on my boss. He crafted one of these very same phones - and we tested it out ( Read more... )

This is ridiculous. For all that I've been through, one would think that I have an invisible shield made of titanium alloy to protect against pain. But pain is such a strong force that it permeates through the chain-meal and spreads like an infectious disease.

I put up an intentional wall to guard my fragile emotions, but it must be made of shallow ( Read more... )