So, I officially suck as a LJ blogger, yes? Yes. But hey, I'm even worse when it comes to my xanga blog! And I've failed at updating on blogspot as frequently as I have wanted to, so that's something, right ( Read more... )

What's the opposite of a schlub?

And now that I've told you something terribly personal, here's some more news ( Read more... )

When I was ten years old, I had the opportunity to be taught by a wonderful woman, Ms. Kathy McNamara. Sometime during the course of my fourth grade year, I first gave serious thought to being a teacher. Over the summer and the subsequent years, this thought became a determination. I was going to be a teacher. I went through the horrors of middle ( Read more... )

I have finally given in to the pressures from friends and Google. My primary email address is no longer sir_xela@yahoo.com. It is now alex.t.valencic@gmail.com! Woot.

And now, a poll.

Poll

I asked my girlfriend to marry me last night. Wait... you know, that sentence is a bit ambiguous... let's try it again ( Read more... )

So, I got a rather annoying email from a dear friend who, unfortunately, has the somewhat annoying habit of sending, well, rather annoying emails. You'd think that, with all of this annoyancing going on, I'd be annoyed with my friend, but, surprisingly, I am not. No, I don't know why this is ( Read more... )

On Wednesday afternoon, Gretchen and I began watching Heroes S.1. She had never seen it, and knew nothing about it. My roomies, Lars and Ryan, joined in later. We were up until about 2 am, and watched the first two discs ( Read more... )

After 24 years, 6 months and 27 days, I am no longer single.

There is a ginormous fly in my new townhouse. Possibly more than one. But it is a fly of DOOM. I want it dead, and I want it dead now, but it is too fast for me, and the only time it lands is to sit on Charlene. And although I am going to be defenestrating her soon, I can't commit flyicide until I have a new notebook ( Read more... )