After last night, I woke up at 3:30 in the morning. I needed to break a $100 bill for rent, and I decided at the 3:30 in the morning, the best place to do such a thing is a gas station. As I clicked the apartment door shut, I realized I had forgotten my keys ( Read more... )

Having finally compiled my various tax forms and worksheets, I decided it was time to buckle down, break out the checkbook, and pay my great country what is due ( Read more... )

Here are two ditties I created this afternoon while jamming. The first is to the gentleman who lives below me, and the second is for the single mother down the hall.

Volume

Well you can pound on the ceiling ( Read more... )

I had this dream, I was on a boat. Cramped cabin interior, lit by 40-watt bulbs and a sheet metal sky. It was hailing and raining. There were people on the boat, I don't know who, but I remember from where I was standing in the cabin, I could kind of see into the bathroom, and man was wretching. The 40-watts were flickering. I leaned in the doorway ( Read more... )

Well, the rest of the Verizon staff got their lay-off notices today, and through tomorrow. Christine (with an "e", not the evil "a" version) and I moped at Panchero's last Thursday, then at the Chinese restaurant tonight. I was going to save the leftovers, because Chinese always has leftovers, but I ate them already at eleven. Dammit ( Read more... )

Worst Holidays Ever for me are still going strong. I hope the payoff is I get to makeout with Brody Dalle on New Years Day. Even if she tastes like gin, tobacco, and cat-piss ( Read more... )

Couldn't get Christmas off. Was offered the 28-2nd of Jan off. Took it. Ten seconds later thought, Man, I really don't know if I can afford 4 or 5 days without working. Being sick last week for 2 days already robbed me of $150...Told management to cancel my request. Called broken-hearted mom via the company dime to break the news ( Read more... )

Looks like my written letter output will by maximized next year:


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I couldn't go home for Thanksgiving, what with working this weekend and the long drive. I do not attend church, so I had no outlet there. I do not have anyone I would consider a friend in this town, still, so I had no outlet there. My roommate did not invite me to go with her to her family's celebration, so I had no outlet there ( Read more... )

I was tooling around on the downloadable ringtone/song clips that Verizon offers, and was distraught to find Rilo Kiley, The Distillers, Death Cab, Weezer and Postal Service available. Death Cab had a good few albums worth of material up for ringtones. It just seemed invasive, some horrible violation of my musical realm ( Read more... )