Hello traveler!

You probably came here from my girlfriend maypirate's journal, because I can't possibly think of any other reason you'd be here. I'm sorry to report that this little experiment in "blogging" didn't quite grab me, as you probably tell by the lack of updates in the last 100 years. I do still like the idea of a blog, and someday I may give it ( Read more... )

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Seven months ago I travelled 600 miles to meet Amber (maypirate) in person for the first time. We had only known each other for a month, but during that month we talked online and on the phone so often that it felt like we had known each other for much longer than that. She was funny, intelligent, attractive, sassy, and dreamed of someday punching people in ( Read more... )

I drove to Anoka, MN (near Minneapolis) on Sunday for jesslyn's Going Away/Beat Cancer party. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer last year, but has kicked cancer's ass with treatment, surgery and unshaken perserverance. Her and her boyfriend Jason have been my best online friends for the past three years, and I finally got to meet them in person. We ( Read more... )

Washington, Washington. Twelve stories high, made of radiation.

Kevin, a long-time Tennessee friend that moved to Madison two years ago, joined me, maypirate, homoshiroi and Joel for dinner at Sa Bai Thong Wednesday night. Much merriment was had, as all five of us share the same unglued sense of humor. Kevin and Joel had much in common: They both like GURPS, lasers ( Read more... )

maypirate: Once I colored a page from a coloring book for my friend and wrote "Anyone can drown at any depth" on it and he hung it on his wall.
infinityduck: Can we be friends? For real?
maypirate: Yes. I think so.

The above chat snippet is from 30 minutes into our very first conversation ever, way back in January. I knew right then that she was someone special. :-D

I met homoshiroi ( Read more... )

I attended the birthday revelries for cecilmcgrlybts with maypirate last night. I'm fairly sure our server at the Italian restaurant was a Velociraptor in disguise. I had delicious butternut squash ravioli. Later we played Dominion, a nifty card game where the objective is to acquire gold to buy as many moats as possible, if you're playing by maypirate's strategy ( Read more... )

I've discovered that job hunting involves a lot of waiting around for people to get back to you, so I've had plenty of time to catch up on a lot of TV shows on DVD. Currently I'm watching X-Files, Arrested Development, Deep Space Nine and Avatar: The Last Airbender. I figure that should keep me busy for, oh... a few weeks.

YES I KNOW AVATAR IS A ( Read more... )

The show Tuesday night kicked ass! We had technical problems while setting up the stage that delayed the opening band for over an hour, but we still rocked into the early morning and drew a small but enthusiastic crowd. I think we played pretty damn well for having only two weeks to learn 24 songs. All in all it was an amazing night, and I can't ( Read more... )

Today is going to be a busy day. I have two job interviews, band practice, grocery shopping, a check to deposit, and a meeting with someone interested in buying my laptop. The next six hours are going to be hectic, but I'm actually looking forward to it. It's nice to have a full schedule after months of having very little to do ( Read more... )