I just figured out my taxes for 2006. I owe $588 to federal, $133 to the state. Hooray. I'm not sure how this happened, but there's a deduction for "contributions to retirement accounts" that I didn't get to take this year for the first time. With 3 jobs I passed the allowable income threshold for that one. This of course happens the day after I ( Read more... )

I love me some flexeril. It makes the muscles go aaaaahhh. My shoulder isn't completely better now but I have a much better range of motion today and the worst of the pain is much more dull. I'd give myself a 2 on an illness CGI rating, probably a 4 on the improvement scale. Not totally better yet, but getting there. Of course I haven't been able ( Read more... )

Fucking muscle spasms ( Read more... )

I don't really stop to assess my life much. Most people don't really. I think there should be an annual "State of the Union" in each of our brains, just to evaluate where we are, where we're going, and how that fits in with our lives' bigger plans. This has been on my mind lately, due to recent changes in my living situation, and ya know what? I'm ( Read more... )

Since my tables moved out I've been looking for new ones. New coffee table was obtained a week ago and I've been touching up, sanding, painting, and polying since then. FINALLY finished and got to put the glass back on the top. (It is now black w/ red shelves.)

Today I found on Craigslist this table with these chairs. (Table about like it looks, ( Read more... )

Once upon a time this young naive guy named Anthony moved away from home to go to Bradley University. He didn't know anyone and was looking to make friends in the days between dorm move-in and the start of classes. There was this girl...attractive, intelligent, similarly alone, had left behind a long-term boy similar to Anthony's long-term girl ( Read more... )

This shouldn't surprise me any more, but after saying the last goodbye to Sarah this morning Disarm was the first thing on the radio when I left for work.

Ooh, the years burn -Disarm
The goodbyes we speak and the goodbyes we hear are the goodbyes that tell us we're still alive, after all. -Wolves of the Calla

Every new beginning comes from some other ( Read more... )

Today I got a gift card to Barnes & Noble from my sister for Xmas (that blizzard suuuure slowed down the mail! :-P ) Headed over there thinking I'd replace the cookbook that's moving out Sunday, but got distracted by the big shiny sale sign. TV DVD Box Sets...Buy One Get One Free. HMMMMMM. I ended up with The Office (BBC version, both series + the ( Read more... )

Dear lord I had the most awkward haircut ever today. I stopped at Fantastic Sams on the way home from work...went to 52nd & Wads for some reason, rather than the usual place on Youngfield. Taking my life into my own hands and living on the edge baby. So it starts normally enough...there are 2 guys in there, getting their hair cut by 2 girls. I'm ( Read more... )

Seeing as Sarah is moving out, there are lots of things I will need to own in the next few weeks. This process started this weekend.
The one sole fun purchase was "Little Miss Sunshine" at Borders...hooray Xmas giftcards! They were out of "Eternal Sunshine," but that will be next since the copy here is Sarah's. Yesterday I got new baking dishes, ( Read more... )