And then, when you least expect it ¾ and don’t even care to find it ¾ BOOM. 
Surprise.

You see him out and about, at clubs or parties that you didn’t even plan to attend. Then he pops up at a neighborhood bar, the one you go to when you just want to sit and drink and be alone, the one place you can be certain you won’t see anyone you know because it’ ( Read more... )

to who(m?) ever knows this quote:
"now I'm where I want to be and who I want to be and doing what I always said I would and yet I feel I haven't won at all"
A bit obsure, but my buddies are smart. Someone knows where it's from and why I might find it relative of late.

OK, “sick of” may not be the correct phraseology. 
Bored with, perhaps, although the situations and the partners involved have been far from boring. I’ve experienced things … well. I’ll leave that to your imagination. For now, anyway.

Disappointed? 
BINGO!
I want more. After an extended period of near celibacy (resulting from the meningitis and hep and ( Read more... )

yah, I know it’s laissez les, but you rouler your bon temps your way and let me rouler my own. 
Having a most splendid Mardi Gras, just in for a quick pee for me and a drink for the pup before we return to parades. Not working tomorrow (thanks the gods; don’t know if I’ve got the mowing in me after this weekend) and I promise to write of the ( Read more... )

my personal 36

1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A. Yup, with my dog. I need no other.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. To go to the moon with Neil Armstrong or to become a priest.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. I believe I have talents enough. What I lack is the courage to act on them.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it ( Read more... )

YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I want to know 36 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine ... You're on my list, so I want to know you better!

BE HONEST! COPY FROM HERE, THEN SEND DIRECTLY TO ME IN A COMMENT, THEN REPOST THE EMPTY QUESTIONS.

1) Are you currently in a ( Read more... )

Well it’s taken me all year (yes, a whole, grueling two weeks,) but everything is moved and mostly put up where it belongs. I am so much more comfortable in the new space. When on the second floor of ‘the big house,’ my belongings seemed meager, sparse, being so spread out in that expanse. Here in the new apartment ¾ “not too big, not to small” to ( Read more... )

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In the past year I’ve helped 6 people move. They, and 4 or 5 others, swore on the lives of their mothers they would be here to help come time for me to move. 
And how many are actually here?
I can count them on no hands.
That’s OK. I’ll strap the mattress to Bone’s back and between the two of us we can get it up those stairs.
(Reminder to self ( Read more... )

Don’t remember if I mentioned it here or not (and don’t feel like going through past posts to check,) but I got a little part-time, under-the-table job to augment my income and give me something more exciting to do than sit on my ass watching telly all day.
The long-term, live-in girlfriend of a friend owns a small landscaping company. I am now ( Read more... )

 With new living space and hot dates and black (as opposed to red) in my checking account.
Yah, I’m finally moving into the new apartment. Gotta say, he may have taken five months longer than expected but this new landlord did an incredible job on these apartments. Mine is on the 2nd and 3rd floors: a large downstairs which will be kitchen, dining ( Read more... )