I have a lot to say about the CT shooting, but I'd rather save the details of my opinions for an actual discussion. Part of the problem is how much attention these incidents garner from the media, giving the shooter/terrorism/whomever their 15 minutes of fame. I debated mentioning it at all, but so as not to seem indifferent:

Death always hits me ( Read more... )

Here's my quick recap of Halloween:

First we carved pumpkins. I made my second ever pumpkin, and this year was Doctor Who themed (Tardis Pumpkin). Eric attempted to make a zombie face, but I sort of hogged the tools. So he junked his and, though we planned to buy more, didn't get an opportunity to make more. I didn't even get to show mine off ( Read more... )

I've been getting more and more responsibilities at work. I mentioned a couple of times that I've been calling companies to try and get promotional merchandise for movies and books related to whatever upcoming programs we might be having. Then there have been the giveaways, which I've been in charge of for the most part. Recently my boss let me ( Read more... )

My cousin came to the house this weekend and picked up a bit. He cleared out part of the back room, most of the bedroom, and emptied the closet. The mom's wanted to take a look around and see just exactly how bad it was, so they came over with us to check it out. I just wanted to see that my cousin really did clean like he claimed he would. There's ( Read more... )

I'm excited to announce that we're finally seeing movement in reference to my future living space.

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My cousin finally came and picked up the dogs, and my dad got a copy of the keys. We got to go inside and take a look around: the place is trashed. The ceiling is collapsing ( Read more... )

As I predicted, my cousin extended his stay in the house: first until the middle of April, and then until the end of April. To add insult to injury, he apparently is going to need surgery for some issue in his intestines. I can only assume that this means he'll be extending his stay (on a biweekly basis WTF? I mean honestly pick a date down the ( Read more... )

A few posts back, I listed upcoming events that had me growing more and more excited and impatient. I've got good and bad updates in relation to what I listed.

Good news: Tattoos! I got my Om tattoo:


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I went this past weekend, with Eric and Dad, to check on the house that my cousin's moving out of. The idea was to take a look around and figure out exactly what needs to be done before we can move in. I figured that there's going to be a lot to do, but I was not prepared for what I saw.

My cousin paid his rent up to the end of January, which is ( Read more... )

For the last couple of years I've gone on a week long vacation with The Moms to Cancun. This was suppose to be the last year for a number of reasons. First of all, they both have been to Mexico five times and are ready to move on to some where new. I wanted to go back to visit Chichen Itza and to see my friend David, who I did get to see last year ( Read more... )

Brace yourself, this is going to be an emotionally heavy post.

A friend of mine died last night...

Half an hour before my shift at work was over, I got a call from a very frantic Eric. He mentioned he had been hanging out with a friend, who I'll call Joe for the time, when Joe started coughing violently and stopped breathing. Eric said the ambulance ( Read more... )