I have no idea who reads LJ anymore. In fact, I have no idea who still reads MY LJ, seeing as my posts have become so few and far between that you could probably count how many times Haley's comet has come around between journal updates. Facebook really has taken over the landscape of digital contact, but the updates are small and you usually need ( Read more... )

I've decided that I need to record my next rant about American Idol (how the show is an insult to actual working bands an artists, how 99% of the show's viewers/voters do absolutely nothing to support the careers of the very artists they vote for once they start releasing albums, how the artists are offered horrible contracts that almost ( Read more... )

Does anyone on my friends' list know anything about the International Scholar Laureate Program Delegation on Medicine ( Read more... )

It would appear that I only had 7 posts in all of 2010, which I would consider abysmally low considering how often I actually log on (3-6 times a week). I would actually put that number at 7.5, because there is one that I had almost finished in September, and then just never posted. It was actually auto-saved on here. It was long and boring anyway ( Read more... )

Will anyone in the Mid-Michigan area be attending just the closing weekend of Summerfest at the discounted rate? And if so, could I possibly hitch a ride in exchange for gas money and witty banter?

My acceptance letter into the Surgical Technology Program came in the mail not 20 minutes ago. I now have the paper reserving my spot signed, dated and enveloped and I'll be dropping it off in a mailbox on the way to work tonight.

WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!

The minds of Monkey Rampant are at it again, and this time there is visual evidence. Check out our new music video, How Was I To Know, on YouTube!

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When I was younger I believed in easy answers. I believed that anything that didn't come easy, or at least with little effort, was best dealt with by giving up and moving on; finding a new easy answer to replace the hard question more than resolve it. In fact, this belief was so entrenched in the foundation of who I was that I didn't even recognize ( Read more... )

As of January when I started my diet and exercise routine I weighed 253 pounds. As of Friday, February 26th, I weight 237 pounds. That's 16 down, 17 to go.

Woot.

It's Valentine's Day! The anniversary of the day St. Valentine (though not called "Saint" at the time) was stoned and beheaded by his captors. By obvious natural progression, this has turned into the holiday the majority of the western world celebrates by purchasing overpriced candies, flowers and cards as a means to show their significant others ( Read more... )