I have been using this blog lately only to update my musical projects. I haven’t posted any personal blogs and I have no idea why I haven’t. Over the last several months, there have been a lot of changes in my life. First, I learned that Jamie was getting married. This was good news, but was still shocking because at the beginning of the year, we ( Read more... )

NOTE -- This was originally written on Tuesday.January is my least favorite month. I absolutely hate the snow. I hate driving in it, I have having to brush it off my car, and I hate having to scrape my windows. I hear that this could be the coldest winter in something like 25 years. We better have a halfway decent summer as a result of this sheer ( Read more... )

Schmed is still here. He supposedly reconciled and was going home to Michigan this weekend, but James is STILL there, even though Amy was supposed to give him the boot a few days ago. She also didn't bother to call Schmed on New Year's. I told Schmed that he has to accept that fact that she's with James now, and not you. She's been with him for 2 ( Read more... )

My crackhead uncle and my drunken uncle are down to their last $100. They are homeless and plan on living at a truck stop. They are so broke, they begged the Jehovah's Witness uncle for $10 and he loaned it to them. They blew through $5500 in the span of 3 weeks. No one actually knows where my drunken uncle's money went. Some believe he passed out ( Read more... )

My grandma's house was sold and the checks came in yesterday. Well, all hell broke loose. My drunken uncle Joe and my crackhead uncle Sonny went completely NUTS. They have been staying in hotels, well, my uncle Joe was thrown out of the hotel. He was also thrown out of a bar as he got loaded on doubles and triples of whiskey. My crackhead uncle ( Read more... )

I have written many responses to the recent drama in my family. I haven’t posted any of them. I have learned over the years that best action you can take in matters like these is inaction. My cousin has apologized to my brother and my mom, but I haven’t heard a peep. My aunt apologized to my brother and doesn’t understand why Nikki is so mad at me ( Read more... )

My drunken uncle and my crackhead uncle have officially pawned everything in my grandma's house. I mean everything. Every lick of furniture, knick knacks, pots and pans -- I mean everything. The only thing that remains is the patio furniture on the enclosed porch, because that's where my drunken uncle sits all day. They are on food stamps and when ( Read more... )

My dad has been out of commission since he broke his arm a few weeks ago. My mom and I have been helping him do everything. Well, it's getting to the point where is he starting to take advantage of us. We are being called upon to do every little thing for him. He doesn't even say thank you anymore. He will say little things like, "You didn't even ( Read more... )

My dad has a friend from work over, some guy named Pete. My mom is already calling him a "cling-on". He's one of these middle-aged guys who has never married and lives alone, and doesn't ever know when he has overstayed his welcome. Much like Fishman of the past. My parents have stopped drinking, had coffee, came in the house, and he still won't ( Read more... )

Schmed finally did a proper proposal to Amy...ring and all. It happened last week at a Japanese restaurant in Pennsylvania with Amy's sister and mother watching. She accepted, of course. Her mother thinks it should have happened "years ago". YEARS AGO?? My mother was accepting, but not too enthused. She said to me on Monday, "Erik's been living ( Read more... )