I am going to Chicago tomorrow. Driving will be the transport of choice and my companions on this trip will be my only begotten offspring, Anna and my ladyfriend Tabitha. My hope is that I will not nod off while driving (as I am wont to do) and to make it to the lovely city while there is still daylight. Because we know that once darkness falls ( Read more... )

I am sick of winter. The lingering chill in the air is driving me mad. I want the day to lengthen. I want to feel the warm sun on my face and arms. I want to sweat. I really hate winter. I like it when it first gets here, but it does not take long for it to wear out the welcome. Not at all ( Read more... )

I didn't know him. Not at all. When "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" came out, I was frightened by what I might see. I was stuck in a psuedo-Christian mindset. One that made me feel guilty for owning a Slayer album, so I was less than receptive to the idea of seeing that film. Years passed, the shackles of my former life were broken, melted ( Read more... )

Dog piss smells pretty bad. Two dogs pissing is really bad. Two dogs pissing in your house is fucking out of hand. So now they are both outside because this is just too much. I mean, fuck that. This isn't just some excited, happy to see you dribble either. This is full blown hosing down the floor so loud it wakes me up. Fucking beasts ( Read more... )

I am depressed today. My foot hurts quite a bit. I feel the days slipping away with no end to much of what weighs heaviest on my soul in sight.

Tab was really nice to me, which is the saving grace of the day.

Upon awaking this morning, I discovered that things were not going quite the way I had hoped they would. At first I was shocked, but shock gave way to the realization that things actually never go the way I would like them to. The thing is, upon realizing this, I then discovered that I actually do not know how I expect things to go. I just ( Read more... )

I woke up at 4 this morning with a really sharp pain in my head, then I noticed that my left nostril was caked and coated with snot, which is not normal for me. I got up, blew my nose and tried to go back to sleep, but it was not to be. It has been about 3 weeks since I have gotten a good nights sleep, and it is showing. Plus, if I am fucking ( Read more... )

I have been flu stricken for the past few days. I don't get sick often, but when I do, it takes me down like a lion does a gazelle on the Serengeti. The dreams while in full on fever mode brought the most discomfort. At one point the chills got so bad that I drew the hottest bath I could stand and just slept there for a while. This was at 4 in ( Read more... )

Then it is done. I go home. Working on Sundays is pretty much the most horrid thing ever. Not because I wished that I was at church or something. It is horrid because of people that go to church. Because they are the only ones actually up and around on a Sunday morning. And they are assholes when it comes to their phones ( Read more... )

So I have been listening to the Attic Tapes pretty much non stop of late. The last song on the CD, "The Blue and the Grey", is about his grandfather who fought in WWII. It talks about how he hoped his grandfather would not be ashamed of the life he has made for himself. It got me thinking about my own grandfather (who is still alive) and all ( Read more... )