Last Saturday was my rather modest birthday celebration. But I like simple, comfortable parties. It mainly consisted of my sister, Val, as well as Leann coming over and everyone having home-grilled burgers. It was a nice day and we all had a good time! My parents and Val got a wonderful chance to really hang out with Leann and see how she meshed ( Read more... )

I said last year that I had a feeling I'd be 28 before I knew it. And here I am, on my 28th birthday. Unlike last year, I enter my 28th year with new friends, new loves and new optimism! I look forward to the future more and more these days. With my social calendar bursting, it's hard not to be excited. This year for my birthday, we're playing it ( Read more... )

Back in February, I ran out of my Asthma medication. Even though I like to believe I've got a mild case of the disease, it still requires specialist care to get medication refills. And what do we know about specialists? They're expensive. Thankfully, earlier this year, the guy was nice and granted me one refill without coming in and seeing him. Man ( Read more... )

Last Saturday night, my father hosted a tiny get-together with a bunch of his friends from work. Since neither my mother, brother or I knew these guys very well, we more or less hid from the "party" in our rooms. At one point, however, Ryan and I were unable to escape as everyone congregated in the theater room for a demonstration on how the whole ( Read more... )

So my sister, Val, has been living at home with us for about a week and a half and so far it hasn't been as stressful as I expected. The last time all us siblings were living under one roof, all I can remember was it being all crowded and noisy and messy. This time around, however, Val's barely around. When she's not at work, she's in her room with ( Read more... )

On Wednesday, Val and Franko took off on a 10-day winter-vacation to Orlando. They're gonna try to hit all the major theme parks and even hopefully attend a Space Shuttle launch on Sunday (Unless they delay the launch again). Franko gave Val a serious, professional digital camera as an early Christmas gift so that they could get great shots of the ( Read more... )

Well, this year, I broke with tradition and opted out of joining the huddled masses yearning to spend money during the Black Friday holiday sales. Yea, I know, I'm not hard core unless I spend 10 hours standing in a line freezing my fuzzy bunny butt all to buy a $12 flash drive. But for crying out loud, the deals this year sucked!! Where's the 500 ( Read more... )

What a busy few days I've had! Well, busy being wacky. On Saturday, Val and Franko gave me an early Christmas gift: A three-month subscription to Xbox Live so I can spend the holidays playing Halo 3 online alongside them and my brother, Ryan, when he comes home from college next month. Already, I've spent a good chunk of the last few days playing ( Read more... )

Wow, I've been meaning to write an entry for days now but I've been neither here nor there lately. I can't believe I've let two and a half weeks go by without posting! How uncharacteristic of me!

These last few weeks have kind of passed by in a blur. My dad's two-month-long sabbatical has continued and he has chosen to use it on home improvements ( Read more... )

Well, as many of you are aware, Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 came out last Tuesday (September 25th). To preface this entry, I'll begin by saying I'm not a huge fan of Halo. The people who came up with the original Halo, Bungie Studios, were the creators of my favorite computer game, Marathon, back in the mid-90's. Bungie was good back then; developing ( Read more... )