Hello Livejournal, you are dead, and yet you are still here, a shell of yourself, filled with ghosts of people who have long since abandoned you. I of course, am a man who will sometimes find himself reflecting upon the past. And of course, I am reminded of how when I was younger, before the days of the internet (which I didn't have until I got to ( Read more... )

So, while I have a few minutes, I just thought I'd recount this past year ( Read more... )

So, it occurred to me the other day that it had been since August when I last posted a Livejournal entry. I've been ignoring my poor LJ for far too long. Of course I also know why I haven't posted here in so long. I don't feel I often have enough worthwhile to write about to make a LJ entry. If I have anything to say I can usually fit it into a ( Read more... )

So, now that it's been a week, I can't really say married life is any different than dating/engaged life. If anything it feels a little weird because I consciously know that I'm married, but nothing has really changed for us in reality. A heavier ring hand and some extra paperwork is all that really changed. Of course I'm still basking in the glow ( Read more... )

So, as a few of you may not know, I became a married man on Saturday. It was a wonderful event. So many great friends there to wish us well and several in the wedding party. I feel blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life. My wife, of course, was stunningly beautiful. Her dress was wonderful. I see from the guests at the wedding that I ( Read more... )

So, as it turns out, by the time I had the money to renew my domain name for my website, I had already passed a 30-day grace period for renewal. After being initially confused and calling up godaddy to find out why I couldn't renew my domain name, they told me that my domain name could only be reclaimed by paying the DNS people $80 (I forget their ( Read more... )

So, long after it having been released and several weeks after it's DVD release, I finally got to see the spectacle of Avatar tonight. It was pretty good. I can see where some people complained that it was a preachy sort of movie, but honestly, I don't think it's that bad. It really is a retelling of a moral tale that's been told before; progress ( Read more... )

So, I'm looking for a little input from you all. As I mentioned previously, my website domain has expired. When I get my next paycheck, I am most likely going to renew it. What I am pondering however is if I should keep my chris-briggs.com domain name? I checked, and I could also do chrisbriggsonline.com or chrisbriggsillustration.com. Would it be ( Read more... )

Another life update for the ol' Livejournal, and this one has some weight to it. First off with the more important goings on in my life. Last weekend my grandfather on my mother's side passed away. He was 79, had previously suffered a stroke, and I assume had health problems from being a smoker and drinker for a good portion of his life. He was a ( Read more... )

So, I'm posting, more or less just to post. My mind is a jumbled mess these days and the daily routine of Wal-mart wears upon me. Relatively mundane things that are out of my normal routine seem like a breath of fresh air to me. It's actually kind of sad. Also, since I spend inordinate amounts of time sitting around Wal-mart since we don't have ( Read more... )