So last week was the annual Fall Festival, the week all of Evansville gains about 20 pounds. I hit the festival each of the 6 days it was going, and spent a total of $60 on food - exactly $1 more than I spent last year. Twas a good time with pretty weather all week. I love the festival...but I'm glad it only comes once a year. If it came more often ( Read more... )

I haven't updated in forever, it seems. Then again, I haven't done much of anything online in forever, other than GTF and hockey stuff. Work has been beyond insane, and evenings and weekends have been booked solid as well. Just been busy as hell...nothing super interesting (that I feel like rambling on about) is going on. Still alive and kicking. ( Read more... )

It's hot in here. My air conditioner compressor broke this morning, so it's really freakin' uncomfortable in my apartment. It only got up to about 82 today, but it got up to over 90 in my apartment and it's still 88 now, even though it's been dark for a couple hours. My apartment has a window facing west, so from about 2 PM until the sun goes down ( Read more... )

Monday morning, my grandpa passed out while mowing his lawn and fell off of the lawnmower. It ran his leg over and chopped two of his toes off. The doctors wanted to give him a couple days to stabilize and see how the rest of his leg would recover. Today they determined that his leg will heal, but his foot won't. So on Tuesday, they're going to ( Read more... )

What a week this has been. Work has been nuts. Monday, I was assigned two jobs with a Friday deadline. And they're both jobs that, according to our workflow standards, should take a minimum of 4-6 weeks each to complete. People more experienced than I have told me that they've never seen a single job like these completed in less than 7 business ( Read more... )

Something pretty incredible happened today, and it's really reassuring and pleasant, after my uncle killed himself less than a month ago ( Read more... )

Can you believe it's August already? Damn...this year is just flying by. Of course, August is fine with me. Means fall is almost here, and therefore, hockey season is right around the corner ( Read more... )

To quote the great Arrogant Worms ( Read more... )

Yesterday my mom received a personalized copy of the suicide note in the mail. It's quite obvious that he was planning this for a while. He basically explained his reasoning (nothing we didn't already suspect), said his goodbyes, and said he was proud of me ( Read more... )

Yesterday, my Uncle Ken committed suicide. He lived in a small Colorado town with my Uncle Gary. Last night, they went to the town fireworks display for the 4th and Ken used a handgun to shoot himself in the temple in the middle of the show. I guess he got up and told Gary he was running to the bathroom, then found a secluded spot in the back of ( Read more... )