Finally! I hope y’all dig it. And Chapter Two, well, it might be a while….

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Hello, brothers and sisters. I am OgreVI, and I did not choose my first theme song. It was assigned to me by a young woman for whom I had great affection. She always called me Joey. My name is not Joey, but that was the name of a Concrete Blonde song that she thought was ( Read more... )

Will be updated with pictures: I don't have my USB cable with me at the moment.
Ah, long weekend. I’ve been absent a few days. Forgive me.
Amy and I went to Charleston this weekend for a bonfire and a general meetin’-folks kinda thing. This turned out to be a little bit troublesome, since my truck inexplicably decided not to start, but we took Amy's ( Read more... )

Well, I’m investigating grad schools for the first time EVER. How exciting! There are surprisingly few universities in this great big country of ours that offer an MLS program. I knew already that I couldn’t go home, since neither VCU nor UR has one (and neither has William & Mary, which distressed me greatly; I would love to return there in ( Read more... )

Well, I'm going to Minneapolis.  I'm leaving right now.  Amy and I are gonna scrape this tired little town off the soles of our shoes for a few precious days, visiting my sister and her (relatively) new baby up North.  I won't be on the moon or anything, and I'll be able to keep in touch with LJ from up there, but wanted everyone to know that we're ( Read more... )

Okay, so I haven't really been myself the last few days.  That happens sometimes.  I've been weighed down a little bit with despair...I lost my faith for a little bit.  I think it might be back now.  I'm not sure, but I don't feel as heavy as I have felt recently.  And you know, even if my faith isn't back I'm gonna go on just like it was.  "Act as ( Read more... )

The trip to Marlinton is over, and I'm back here where I...well, not where I belong, if I’m gonna be straightforward about it, but where I pay rent, anyways.

It's amazing how quickly you're back when you come home from a trip.  You think you're gonna get your feet wet, maybe wade into the kiddie pool a little ways before you start relearning how to ( Read more... )

So, here I am, reporting from Marlinton. I'm at Heather's, drinking whiskey and water and watching a movie after a day of bike-riding and science-type stuff, and also cell-phone-losing. My cell phone vanished somewhere on the grounds of the Green Bank Observatory. I don't care much about the phone, because I was gonna get me a new one anyways. But ( Read more... )

So, Sarah and I are off into the wilds of Eastern West Virginia to visit Heather. We are abandoning civilization (such as it is) for Marlinton, population 35 but they have their own opera house and a damn fine restaurant, and we're bringing booze, and what more do you need?

Anyway, I never actually told Heather that I would go to the ends of the ( Read more... )

The Fourth is coming up, which, I know that's not news to any of you.  I work for the state, so I'm off that day.  It's a Tuesday.  I'm off Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday.  Monday, I'm supposed to be here.
I want to go to visit Mrs. P.  A two-day break isn't long enough for that.  So, I'm not working on Monday.  I'm taking the day.
I like that ( Read more... )

Anybody have any idea how long it’s been since the Spurs last lost four straight? Oh, wait…the Laker series in last year’s playoffs. They didn’t lose even three straight during the regular season, even when Duncan was hurt. They do have a history of playoff flameouts, I guess, though they all seem to have come against LA. At least that’s some small ( Read more... )