When trying to talk a girl into going home with you, never utter the phrase, "But I bought you grilled cheese!" Even if you are joking. I guarantee you that even if she knows you're joking it will end poorly for you. Especially if she's kinda already irritated with you.

I went on a date. Not one of those "I don't know what I'm doing with this guy...it could be a date, but it might not be" dates. An official date. It went well. As well as first dates go I guess. I mean, honestly, do you know anyone who has a good first date story? It was awkward and we were both clearly fishing for things to talk about. Not ( Read more... )

The setup: My sister is talking to a guy after Mass. A cute guy at that. He leaves and I ask who he is ( Read more... )

We seem to bond over music. I think he has good taste, and obviously I think I have good taste. We both enjoy introducing each other to new music, especially when it's a genre that the other would not normally hear.

Walking into the movie theatre yesterday, he gave me the left ear bud while he kept the right ear bud. And then we jammed to There ( Read more... )

Archbishop Jose Gomez's closing remarks from his Mass of Welcome ( Read more... )

Today I stumped the head programmer. The guy you go to when all others have failed. The guy you go to when you have a problem unrelated to programming. The guy you go to when you need someone to run interference with clients or the other head honchos. And stumped him ( Read more... )

I get a weird satisfaction from cleaning. I can tolerate a certain amount of uncleanliness almost anywhere, but eventually I get to a point where I can't take it anymore and it must be taken care of immediately. It doesn't matter what I'm doing, I take care of it immediately ( Read more... )

Today I am grateful for the wisdom and guidance of friends, especially friends who value and cherish their relationship with Christ and remind me daily to value and cherish it as well. They remind me to thank God for the good and bad things that happen in my life - especially when I've asked Him for help ( Read more... )

Life has been stressful lately. Scratch that. Work has been stressful lately. The rest of my life is just fine. This stress has led to many breakdowns: at work, on the drive into work, on the drive home from work, on a plane, at my house - everywhere really. My hands can't seem to stop shaking, and I'm not sure if that's my stress level or ( Read more... )

My life is full of lists. Some of those lists have sublists. Others have partner lists - like compare and contrast, pros and cons ( Read more... )