So I spent this Christmas in Amsterdam. No, it was not the hedonistic European country but the town a little outside of Albany. Since I was working the day before Christmas and the day after Christmas, I decided that it would not be a good idea to travel all the way home for the holidays. Anyway, I was in Amsterdam, NY because my friend, Peter, ( Read more... )

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I was talking to a friend of mine from Japan. He's cool guy, funny and overall odd in that Japanese guy kind of way. Anyway, he told me that his friend and former housemate, Nao, has been missing for three months. The day before she disappeared, they had talked about going to dinner the next day. Her parents haven't heard from her either. I've ( Read more... )

Yet again, an episode of Real World: Philadelphia has inspired me to write another journal entry. I didn’t know that the Real World was such an inspirational show. Anyhow, the “black guy,” Karamo, is confronted in a bar by police officers who say that they received an anonymous tip that he was carrying a gun. Eventually, they find nothing and he ( Read more... )

So I was watching te Real World: Phillidelphia a few weeks ago and one of the roommates, Willie, said that he used to be a kids' show called "Ghostwriter." I was was shocked. I thought I would never see anyone from that show ever again. Ghostwriter used to be an insanely cheesy show on PBS in the early '90s that attempted to promote literacy, ( Read more... )

Updates on my dreams for the future ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday Darryl! Also happy belated birthday to Keith!

Not much. School starts tomorrow (today) and Daniel moved in today. Oh yeah, and I got my job at ExpressMen, but I knew I had it a week ago. I had orientation on Friday and my first scheduled shift on Saturday (1-6). Apparently, they've hired a ton of people, because there were about 16 or so people at my orientation alone, not to mention the ( Read more... )

I make an Olympic-calibur mistake in my last entry. Michael Phelps is trying to tie for the record of most medaled athlete in a single Olympiad, not the other thing Isaid yesterday ( Read more... )