We had a good holiday with family and friends on a very brief 2-day trip to Atlanta. At my brother's house for Christmas dinner, my mother looked well and happy. My nephew and his girlfriend were both there. My niece was there, cracking jokes and making up odd holiday songs, while her fiancé is in New York visiting family ( Read more... )

I really hate living like I am here, all alone, but at least I have a place to live and a temp job to occupy my days. I appreciate those things in my life. Now, I just wish they weren't the only things in my life.  Actually, I just wish I lived with someone else tonight. Like a goer and (modest) joiner with aesthetics closer to my own and not quite ( Read more... )

 Just got back from seeing Tron in 3D with Fun Lisa and monstermustdie . Had the unexpected pleasure of seeing my friend David at the cinema as we were leaving. Now, I feel like going out clubbing or doing things tonight but it is too cold and wet to want to venture out - and I’ve got no joiners, anyway, here. MonsterMustDie does not care to go out and Fun Lisa ( Read more... )

Someone I knew from the eighties, Mr. Dickens, phoned tonight after seeing some very old photos of him that I had scanned and posted. Funny. I'm glad he's alive and well and grumpy as he ever was. We didn't talk as much about the people we both knew as about the time zone and life in general - nothing in specific. It was a nice conversation. I hope ( Read more... )