So, the weekend.

I went to to talk with someone I had only talked to a few times before, but they were having a hard time and insisted he couldn't really talk to his closer friends. I'm a convenient near-stranger. I get down to the bar and he's already about three or four drinks in. I don't know the guy especially well, so I just assume his alcohol ( Read more... )

Having a little more consistent free time from work and other obligations has made me turn my eye back to some of my writing projects I've let gather dust. Rich always told me that sometimes the best way to get things going again was just to sit down and start writing and writing and not care for exactly what was coming out as long as it was ( Read more... )

I remember when we had finally determined that we were moving to Austin that I bitched about that certain kind of Texas person. You know, the ones who are all "I'm from the country of Texas," or "We got somethin like that but better in Texas," or "Hurr hurr Texas hurr hurr de durr." I landed in Cincinnati last night and after getting everyone ( Read more... )

So today marks not one, but two important milestones for me since moving to Texas.

The first is, of course, a Christmas Eve (and, consequently, Christmas) without being with a single member of my family. I feel a little weird because not only do I not have any of my family around, but I don't really have any of my extended faux family, either, ( Read more... )

I really should post something ( Read more... )

I should have been on the road about a half hour ago, but I just couldn't get out of bed. I sort've figured I'd be having doubts, second thoughts, etc at this point in the game, but that didn't really help in dealing with it. So here I am, fucking around on my computer instead of boxing it up like I should be ( Read more... )

I wish life was organized like books - there would be a point every so often a chapter or arc would end, and you could sit at that point and reflect on that contained section of your life before moving on. We found out last weekend that Joe's company is moving to Austin, which is great since Kim and I wanted to go. Of course, the downside is that ( Read more... )

Austin was pretty cool. The trip back and forth, however... let's just say thar 13 hours in a cramped room with anyone will start to tickle your angerbellum. Pretty sure that if I had to drive that long with even Mother Terry I would have had to end the homicide statement with "... I hated that sanctimonious ho." We stayed with Nikki in the suburb ( Read more... )