So... (why do all my thoughts begin with "so"?) Jess's comment made me realize that besides my assertion that I was going to use my journal as a real journal that I haven't actually posted anything in nearly a month. Silly me. I guess I'm back to the old nothing to say. Work sucks. Hardcore. Dustin got accepted to law school, which means ( Read more... )

So I stopped writing in my journal because it’s inherently dishonest; I edit what I really feel to fit the audience that I think might be reading it. What's the point of a fucking journal that doesn't actually reflect what you're thinking? Why even bother? More ironic, I think the only person that actually does read my journal is Kari, but I ( Read more... )

China all the way to New York ( Read more... )

Last night, we got off on the subject of Dune. How we got there is a long story that isn't that interesting, so I'll just start with we were talking about Dune, and it turned out that, besides me, Jared was the only one who had seen the miniseries and read the books. Jared and I have a lot of common interests; he's the only other person at work ( Read more... )

I feel really smart all of a sudden, or at least good at analysis. I spent a good part of today finishing up the anime series RahXephon. I'm sure you're wondering why on earth wasting my time watching anime would make me feel good about myself. Here it is: The story, when complete, requires digestion. While I'm doing this thinking, I like to ( Read more... )

So I saw Cold Mountain yesterday, with the vague hope that it would actually be good. I thought it would be for a bit, but then it turned out to be a sucker punch movie. Dustin asked me to define the term, so I'll do it here as well. It simply means a movie that is contrived or has scenes contrived to make you cry. My sister likes these movies ( Read more... )

I have been waiting, annoyed, since Friday for my claim to go through. I was just to the point of calling them today and telling them, "Look, it's been a week, could you call him?" I was planning on that today, but when I got home from work, they had left a message that they were going to pay for the damages and a rental. Yay! So now it's just ( Read more... )

Not content with making me miserable while I'm at work, Target is beginning a campaign against my home life as well. It was bad enough when I was there until 3, or 4, or 5:30 in the stinking morning. When you're at work 10-12 hours a day, your non-work options begin to shrink. You sleep, eat, and then return to the job ( Read more... )

So I went by my agent's office first, because Dustin and I needed insurance cards anyway, and filed a claim there. She said in an hour or two I could call the local claim center. So I went home and made our bills list out and had lunch and then called. They told me that my claim was being handled by the Central Claim Center, so I called them. I ( Read more... )

Here are the resolutions I made last night at about 12:05 (all sealed with champagne):

--to NOT be at Target the same time next year

--to exercise with Melissa, 2-3 times a week, at least

--to talk to my mother only once a week (this requires me upping my evasion stat)

--to play LESS than seven RPGs this year (speaking of stat maxing) For ( Read more... )