A friend of mine recently got engaged while on a trip out of state. I'm going to assume that he did the live action cliche of "buy her an expensive ring and get down on a knee when asking". While I lament that yet another man will be descending from the high ranks of bachelorhood (I myself am still a bachelor, but in a serious relationship), I am ( Read more... )

So yeah... went back to Louisiana, and it was weirder than I could imagine. Staying with my parents in their temporary rent house was like staying at hotel (except without the kickass shower heads in the bathroom... the house has plumbing issues), and looking at what remains of their actual house is one the more depressing things I've done in a ( Read more... )

I'm off today. Just hanging out and talking to my mom on the telephone, hoping they find themselves a place to live pretty soon ( Read more... )

A friend recently forced me to actually do something with my long lost MySpace page. And therefore, I have decided that I might actually would like to make some sort of appearance here, as well. I realize that it's been almost a year since I last posted, and many of the people who use to come here to read or hear from me are likely long gone. But ( Read more... )

You know you're a real (as far as games go, anyway) man when you beat down a Rosie with nothing but a wrench.

Still smiling.

So, I wanted to let you know that I have the most awesome girlfriend in all of the land. Not only did she volunteer (without strong-arming) to pay for half of a new Xbox 360 for me, she also decided that since she had money in her savings, to pay for it now instead of me having to wait to come up with the rest of the cash in a week or so ( Read more... )

Case: Antec 900 ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, we get a thousand dollar bonus because our store won a sales contest for last quarter.

An extra grand on my paycheck... very nice! *smiles very wide*

My baby girl, Daisy the Dakota, has hence decided that her battery shall no longer hold a charge. So it's off to Autozone or Advance. And it's off with 85 dollars.

*Sigh*

I managed to get the last book finished last night, and I have to say...... meh ( Read more... )