Being sick has its benefits. One of which is that I haven't had a cigarette for a week. The only problem is, now that I'm feeling even just a LITTLE bit better, I can FEEL the cravings start and I'm worried that it's going to turn me into a monster and we're not ready for that yet ( Read more... )

New Years Eve I came down with the flu. Carey spent the evening taking care of me while I made my way through textbook symptoms of neasea, vomiting, diarrhea, cold sweats, chills, fever, hacking away all night, not enough energy to sit up in bed etc. It's been five days now and I'm still dealing with it. I'm back and forth between feeling like I ( Read more... )

I was standing at the kitchen sink a few minutes ago and was pretty sure I saw a snowflake... just one. I looked again and yup, there was something tiny and white dancing about outside the window. So of course, what better excuse to go outside and have a cigarette.... I haven't seen it snow in 7yrs ( Read more... )

Day 2.25 in Chicago. It's nice to be here. It's nice knowing that finally we don't have to worry about how many days we have left until I go home again ( Read more... )

It's hard ya know. No matter how much you think you're okay with it. No matter how much you think you'll be fine. That you'll see everyone again soon, that life isn't changing in a huge and monumental way, the reality is... saying goodbye sucks ( Read more... )

My official Lump 'Cranium WOW' t-shirt design submission. Check it out, vote, spread the word (please). You can even use the link on my submission page to get some lovely code that you can copy and paste wherever HTML is accepted. It would mean the world to me ( Read more... )

Maybe it's the fact that I'm moving to Chicago in 8 days, maybe I'm just 'done' with the whole uber busy days, bad back pains, cranky customers and crappy employees but as I sit thinking that I really do need to leave for work soon (yes, it's 3:30am) I realize that work these days is like ripping off a bandaid... make that... ripping off duct tape ( Read more... )

Maybe I'm behind the times... maybe. But for the first time ever, I got some digital photos turned into prints at my local Sams Club today. The end result was... simply amazing.

Early on in the digital revolution, I had no faith in the results (uneducated I suppose).

After taking a CD with 190 photos on it, handing it to the girl and saying, "I ( Read more... )

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I haven't been excited by any upcoming movies... until now. Here are three movies that I'm actually giddy to see. There's just something about them that seems to pull me in.

WANTED
What can I say... Angelina Jolie, fraternity of assassins, 9-5 kid becomes gunslinger. woot.
The Golden CompassHoly shit. Talking animals, badass polar bears in ( Read more... )