wow. so its been quite some time since my last update. sorry, i know that no one really depends on my blog for their life sanity, but here it is anyways. several new items have happened with my life so i figured it would be good practice to make a periodic update ( Read more... )

there are few things as gratifying as working a lame job for a full month without getting paid, having $25 in your account, barely able to buy enough food to survive on, and then logging on to your bank account to see over $5300 sitting in there. finally seems to be paying off :)

ok so I think my last life update occured right after i got home from cancun way back in early march. since then, heres a rough run-down of the life of shawn bowden these days ( Read more... )

wow.  just got back from the trip of a lifetime but now is not the time to post about it. one more thing to do tomorrow i think. for now: bed and recovery

man.  i've gotta update again soon. if only i can find the motivation

i suppose now seems as good a time as any to update. im not tired, don't particularly have to be up early, yada yada.

this weekend went pretty well. it was the family 'vacation' to downtown chicago. my dad decided that since i might not be able to be home for christmas next year, what with the army and whatnot, we should do something special this ( Read more... )

overall, this break has been awesome, all 3 days of it so far, except for tonight. tonight was sad.

Korbel, my mom's cat for the past 12 years, had to be put to sleep tonight. he was in the fourth and final stage of kidney disease, the same illness that claimed our oldest cat, Kit Kat, 13 years ago. it was obvious he was ill so tonight my mom ( Read more... )

so overall life is fairly fantastic, though there are several down spots that are causing discomfort and some unrest. thanksgving break was pretty great. i was busy, i saw most of the people i normally enjoy seeing, though some slipped through the cracks due to time constraints. racked up some impressive statistics and though for most of the week ( Read more... )

hmm. this could be trouble.... 

 ok so tonight has been a pretty good night already, but these past couple weeks have been great. i have to hope the next week is *minimum* as good.

i found out that i am officially going to be a helicopter pilot in the united states army, i got branched aviaiton like i have hoped for the past 4 years. we were so fucking stoked. with the exception ( Read more... )