I know I said I'd start a new journal. Not yet. I have to come up with a name for it first. But for now, I have to write. I need a record of everything that happens to me. I hate to forget. Even the bad things ( Read more... )

This morning I was at work when my phone started vibrating. Caller ID showed an unfamiliar number. The voice on the other end didn't enunciate particularly well, so at first I thought I heard him wrong.  He was a policeman in Alabama. This could only be about one thing, and I knew it, but still, he had to repeat it a couple times before it ( Read more... )

A couple weeks ago, I had an person interview at American Express. (see previous entry where I was waiting to hear back from them after my phone interview)  A woman gave me a tour of their huge building and then I sat down for the interview with one man who was there and 2 on the phone. A little different. And I guess I did well, because I got a ( Read more... )

Justin's out playing a gig with his band.  I've seen them play so many times, and I'm tired of sitting by myself and watching their shows, so I've been taking a bit of a hiatus from going to them.  I like getting to bed at a decent hour.

We've been spoiling our cats.  Got a cat tree the other day...they love it.

I've been watching a little bit of ( Read more... )

This weekend, Justin and I went to Maggie Valley and stayed in my parents' motel.  They were there, too.  On Saturday, the 4 of us woke up early and went to Chimney Rock State Park.  I haven't had time to go through and tweak all the photos I took (I took a few hundred on Saturday), but here are a few.
This is an HDR photo I took from Chimney Rock, ( Read more... )

P.S.

I Am Legend is an awesome movie.  Go see it if you haven't already.

I'm sad that Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer's and I hope he will continue to write his wonderful books for a long time.

I'm going to New Hampshire for 3 days/2 nights next week on a business trip.

I've recently been procrastinating on my homework and browsing Wikipedia...and I have something exciting to share with you.

From this page:
"On August 14, 2006, scientists announced that they are considering possible means of bringing a hybrid species of the long-extinct woolly mammoth back from extinction. They say that sperm frozen in the testes ( Read more... )