oh, bar patrons. why do you get so nasty with me at two a.m. do the math on this one, okay? i'll win. every time.

Oh, MJ. I love you so much. You've been a huge part of my life for as long as I can remember. Thank you for everything. I won't ever forget the good times we had.

so, i'm gearing up for some new writing projects and i'm also seriously considering a change of venue for This Side. i'm curious to know who is still reading me here in lj-land. i'm going to leave this post up for a week. in the meantime, if anyone has suggestions for other blog sites to move to, lay 'em on me. now is also a good time to offer ( Read more... )

well, my grandmother just died. my mom's mom ( Read more... )

had a breakdown on wednesday during which i dashed off an email to shannon. she wrote me this long email back that was full of support, love and encouragement. i'm pretty sure i mentioned this in a past post, but one of the things i wanted to focus on this year is confronting all of my demons. a few weeks ago i realized that's going to take way ( Read more... )

man with all of the reporting on the 25th anniversary, i really want to play some tetris.

In the future, if you're wondering? "Crime. Boy, I don't know," is when i decided to kick your ass.

for the second time this week i heard a reference to shakespeare that i couldn't trace. i pictured the dictionary-sized "Complete Works of" on my bookshelf and thought once again about throwing my head back into his worlds - where the tragedy isn't the betrayal, but rather the motives behind it ( Read more... )

last night at work i had a conversation with a colleague about how much we both despise waiting tables. he works for a company that i used to work for and i was describing the times when, as the bartender, i'd be the only one on the floor in a 200 seat restaurant. that meant waiting and bussing tables upstairs and downstairs, making all of the ( Read more... )

it was susan's last night in the states and after they all went bowling about thirty people showed up at the totsy last night. one minute i was passing the time with sam and nina while they played cards and the next minute i was in the weeds. fortunately my friends were all understanding, most of them have been in before and it's apparent to ( Read more... )