In September 2004, Mike and I visited Lauren for an afternoon/night on our way back from West Virginia. We took my resilient little Blazer, so I did all of the driving for our trip ( Read more... )

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It has been close to ten years since I started writing in LiveJournal ( Read more... )

It has been so long since I've updated this that, apparently, my password is too easy to guess. LiveJournal recommends that I change my password so that no one can hijack my blog.

Someone hijack my blog?

Pffft.

What's the worst that someone could do to my LiveJournal? Update it?

I should update my MySpace blogThose people have been waiting a ( Read more... )

Today I saw my friends and co-workers Joe (age 62) and Megan (age 19) giving each other a friendly hug. I walked to the front counter and said, "You know, I never get a warm, friendly embrace like that!" So I gave Joe a big hug; it put a smile on his face that could only be outdone by mine when he hugged me back ( Read more... )

Lately I have put a lot of thought into the order--or disorder--in my life. Somewhere along the road, I took an ill-advised detour and lost my way. And while I have enjoyed myself immensely and felt a little more like my former self, my true Self has been tortured by all of it ( Read more... )

This isn't really filler, I suppose ( Read more... )

I'm kind of buzzed tonight, so I hope you'll forgive me if this starts to look like Joe's LiveJournal ( Read more... )

Fortune cookies don't contain true fortunes anymore. This past weekend, I opened my cookie to learn that I "have an unusually magnetic personality." Thank you, fortune cookie. A boy likes to hear those things from his post-dinner treat. I opened another fortune cookie today to discover that I am "demonstrative with my loved ones." Oh, fortune ( Read more... )

Nothing like standing outside at 7 a.m. at 34 degrees to both invigorate and kill one's soul.

Rather than suffer the cold, I went for a drive this morning, and on said drive, I thought about how badly I wished I had my own place. It's cool living with my parents and all--I don't pay for shit, I can come and go as I please, and I can play my music ( Read more... )