Happy birthday.

My Livejournal has 1,290 entries in it. Only 9 of those entries have come this year. It isn't that I've given up on the concept of journaling, it's that I've not dedicated the time to doing it. I imagine if I spent more time writing out my heartaches, my triumphs, my fears and my dreams, then I wouldn't as often find myself in moods like the one ( Read more... )

I want to go rollerskating. Something about Matthew Wilder's "Break My Stride" gets me in the mood for it. And not the in-line kind either. That's for an afternoon on the waterfront.

That's all. :)

It's another Saturday night and I find myself at home, in bed, watching YouTube videos and listening to music from my past. While there isn't anything terribly wrong with taking time to unwind, it's the rewind part that bothers me. It isn't 2005 anymore, and it never will be. At some point I have to lay it down and walk away from it ( Read more... )

I had a meeting this afternoon with the director of GLMV (GreenOaks, Libertyville, Mundelein, VernonHills) chamber of commerce. Lots of good information, we'll probably join at some point later this summer. I know he wanted a decision today but I just wasn't ready to pull the trigger ( Read more... )

It's the end of a relatively uneventful day. The highlight of the day was scheduling a dentist appointment, my first since I lived in Bellevue, Washington nearly five years ago. I'm not looking forward to how much work needs to be done, or how much it will cost me. I am, however, looking forward to having a much healthier mouth which will in ( Read more... )

One hundred and forty to go. Days, that is, until my birthday. It's June 1st, I've been in the Chicago area for nearly two years - and I'm miserable. I've gained a significant amount of weight since I started working for Starbucks last August (although, I've leveled off in the past 60 days and now I'm just treading). Due to the amount of hours ( Read more... )

I've claimed in the past on more than one occasion that my life was at a crossroad. It's probably been true on half of those occasions. Today, my life is not at a crossroad. I'm firmly planted in northern Illinois and that's the reason for today's journal entry ( Read more... )

What follows below is an email I sent to OK Cupid this evening because they instructed me not to use Firefox - because the CEO of the company made a donation to a cause they disagree with. *deep breaths ( Read more... )

I wish that I could be more selfish. If I were more selfish, I wouldn't be thinking about the situation I would leave behind - I'd just do it. I don't think anyone understands the extent to which I hate life.