Since July, I've been dealing with a mystery skin illness. I mentioned in my last couple entries that I was seeing doctors and dermatologists about the problem and after getting a biopsy done, I finally have my answer: Lichen planus. It appears that, once again, my immune system has decided to go all crazy and attack normal body parts. In June of ( Read more... )

The two-week shutdown my workplace has imposed upon us is already nearly over. It's already Friday of the second week and I'll be due back into work Wednesday night. I was hoping to get so much stuff done, but in reality, I haven't really accomplished much of anything. I tried to switch to being awake during the day, but that only worked for one ( Read more... )

For anyone who missed it in my last entry, here again is a link to the short film I made as a Christmas present for my brother: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ianz0puWRR0So it's the end of twenty-ten and the beginning of twenty-eleven which means I need to do another one of these increasingly self-reflective and somewhat tedious year-in-review ( Read more... )

First off, Happy New Year! It's the first few minutes of 2011 but this entry will be about the last week. A real entry about reflecting on 2010 is forthcoming ( Read more... )

It's only been two weeks since Blu left us, but it feels like it's been months. For my mother's sake, we've done as much as we can not to remind ourselves of the dearly departed. Strangely, it's worked. We've been less sad and the memories of how Blu lived come easier than how he died. It's been good. My dad even fashioned a Christmas tree ornament ( Read more... )

So I've been back from Boise for two weeks now, and it's been near mayhem. My dad cooled his jets while I was gone but now that I'm back, the home improvement projects are gearing up yet again. My brother tells me that while I was gone they didn't do a whole lot. He says, "But isn't it ironic how now that you're back and there's two extra pairs of ( Read more... )

Ryan made it to Ohio just fine on Monday. Since then, it's been a rather calm and quiet place, as I expected. Ryan's cat, Dakota, has been a grump. We think he knows when Ryan's gone and just doesn't want anyone to even touch him. It's kind of distressing because the poor cat recoils and hisses as if he's in pain. Maybe when Ryan gets back, we can ( Read more... )

First off, I have to mention that it's snowing right now outside my window. It's 1 PM on February 10th and it's snowing out there. This has got to be the strangest winter I've yet experienced in my nearly two decades in Oregon. Crazy ( Read more... )

Ehh... It's been another wonderfully uneventful week. Nothing really of note at all happened in my life, which is typically a sign that things are a-okay. The weather has been wonderful and the summer is finally showing signs of its arrival.

I know I said I wouldn't talk about On The Lot anymore, but some final words need to be said before the ( Read more... )

At this moment, I'm pretty sure I wasn't picked for a first round interview in the On The Lot reality TV show. The forums on the official website have become rumor-central since the show's producers are being silent on what's happening. Every so often, news does get out and is dissected. Of the twelve-thousand applicants, only two-hundred worldwide ( Read more... )