Saturday at home.

An actual slow Saturday. Which I'm fine with. It's been nice to sit around the house and do nothing. I should clean and pick up, but...meh.

So a work story. This past Tuesday I was sick. Friday, Talitha asks me which day it was that I was sick. I tell her that it was Tuesday. She then asks if I was in on Sunday. I said, "No, I never come to work on Sunday". She then tells me that they are running a Websense report. Websense is a proxy that blocks websites that an employer can deem not worthy of employees looking. It also keeps track of all sites you go to.

Talitha then tells me that it must be broke or something is wrong with it because it says that I used the internet at work on Sunday and then on Tuesday. I was nowhere near the building on either day. Talitha then tells me that she's going to ask Dave about it, maybe something is wrong.

So, a bit later, Talitha tells my team that if they want to see the Websense reports, to see if we stay on task, we can. I decide I want to see mine. So I go over to her and say, "I want to see mine, especially I want to know what I was looking at on the days I wasn't here." She then says "I don't know what is going on with that, it's really weird, and Dave doesn't know either, all he could say is that we should check the security tapes and see if you came in on those days and aren't telling us."

So, at first, I didn't really think much about it. Then I got thinking about it and it kind of annoyed me what Dave said.(Dave by the way is the manager, the boss.) I told a few people. Then when I had lunch with Carmen, I told him about it. I came back from lunch and sat back down at my computer and then realized that I was really mad about it, that I didn't really appreciate that comment. Dave basically called me a liar, and said he trusted a really shitty program that we use, and have a lot of trouble with, over me. So I decided to tell Talitha that I wasn't too happy about that. I almost went directly to Dave, but then thought, well, he didn't say it directly to me, and I didn't want to get someone in trouble for maybe saying something they shouldn't.

Talitha then told me that she said I did have a reason to be upset, that it was uncalled for on Dave's part, and she said something to him about that. She apologized because she brought it up to Dave(I said she was just doing her job, she had no reason to apologize). She then said she'd say something to Dave about it again if I wanted her to. I decided that I was happy with someone knowing I was upset about it, and plus, in my opinion, Dave's a wanker. He seems like a nice enough guy, but doesn't seem to be someone that cares if he's upset the people under him. So instead of butting heads and me getting more and more frustrated, I decided to just let it drop at Talitha.

Other than that the week has been pretty decent. Heather got me started on Old Chicago's World Beer Tour thing. They do "mini-tours" occasionally. Her and I go on Wed. typically because it's buy 2, get 1 free. Well, this past Wed., our waitress either made a mistake or liked us a lot. She gave us a bunch more than she should of free, plus she let me cheat on the mini-tour, so I got the t-shirt at the end before I was suppose to. She was really slow though at taking the bill though. That made us a bit upset. Plus I was getting really tired, and it didn't help when Heather will dump beer she doesn't like or doesn't want anymore in my glass. That just makes me extra tired.

Oh, South Park with World of Warcraft in it. That was great. Haven't seen South Park in forever.

That's about it, really.

Oh, I got a postcard from my friend Amy who lives in Japan. It was from Singapore. The guy on the front should be an Arcadia character. I should show it to you Carmen.

The end.

Answers to a survey, answers dated Oct. 11, 2004

Ok, here is that survey. My answers today are on the post before this one. See what being sick does to me, I get so bored. Enjoy my answers from two years ago....Oct 11, 2004.

Note that I didn't read these before I filled them out in 2006, so anything that's the same answer is creepily funny.

1. last person you wrote a testimonial?

No one, I think

2. sport you would love to play

the one where I sit on the couch.

3. last movie you watched

Dogma, on Saturday

4. what do people first notice when they see you?

I really don't know, maybe people don't notice me.

5. do you like peanut-butter?

yes, but not the smell.

6. most memorable place

I don't know, I haven't really been much places.

7. do you read comics?

yes. I haven't lately, but I haven't really done anything I enjoy(hobbies) lately.

8. how pretty/handsome are you?

I plead the fifth on this one, I think I make enough self depreciating remarks as it is.

9. do you like earthquakes?

I never met one, I'll tell you later.

10. worst nightmare?

I don't know, I usually forget them after I have them. I remember though for about five years I would have the same nightmare when I would be sick. I would have it the night before I got sick, and while I was sick. I don't remember it very well though, I remember it had a mouse hole in the skirting in it. and a very nefarious mouse.

11. most beautiful place you've visited?

don't know.

12. wanna be a celebrity?
No, not at all. If I were, I'd probably be a recluse.

13. do you like surveys?

when I'm bored.

14. your high school close friends:

I had a lot of them. Nathan or Katie were probably the closest friends I had in high school, and both relationships ended badly.

15. your best physical asset

that self depreciation thing again.

16. your worst physical asset

You think this one would be easy, but I really don't pay that much attention to myself.

17. most people would describe me as...

nice

18. one thing you hate about yourself...

that when it comes to certain things, I don't have the confidence to do or say things.

19. vegetable you hate

what the fuck does these surveys have against vegetables.

20. you like to go out on a grocery?

I don't like shopping actually.

21. favorite person/s in the world?

I don't know if I have a FAVOURITE person...maybe I do...

22. can you dance?

depends, slow dance, yeah, anything else. no, a thousand times no.

23. favorite past time?

reading probably

24. are you happy?

despite a lot of things, yes I am.

25. do you believe in God?

no, but I respect people that do.

26. what is the worst rumor you've heard about
yourself?

I heard that Katie(the one from high school yes) was telling people that she got a restraining order against me because I wouldn't leave her alone. I was hanging out in front of her house because I loved her and didn't understand why she didn't love me. I have never had a restraining order on me. One day Katie just stopped talking to me. I tried a few times to find out what I did, but I never found out, so I stopped talking to her. The law was never involved. I heard the rumor from two or three different people. I told you it ended badly.

27. what is the most stupid thing you did for the
person you love?

I don't know, forgiven something I probably shouldn't of.

28. are you in love?

I don't think so...I have feelings for various people, but I don't think any of them is love.

29. do you miss him/ her?

depends...I hadn't thought about Katie for awhile. I shouldn't even remember her in all honesty, it's been almost ten years, but I remember... She is married with a kid now, but... I do miss her.

30. what is your greatest personality?

I don't have multiple, so I guess I would say my personality is the best.

31. what time is it?

11:02 AM on Monday morning...good god, I have a whole day left.

32. aside from answering this survey, what else
are you doing?

Um...listening to a cd, thinking about what I want to accomplish today...thinking about Katie.


33. first thing to do when you wake up tomorrow?
go to work.

34. where are you right now?

In my bedroom, that needs picked up something bad.

Wonderful!

Almost two years ago (on Oct. 11, 2004 to be precise, I took this survey...I thought I'd fill it out again, now, just for fun...(i didn't read my answers yet from two years ago, I thought it'd be fun to see if I say the same things or not. I saw glimpses of them as I deleted them, but didn't read them thoroughly).

Also, this was posted on an old blog I had, from two years ago...that blog was mainly started as a place to complain about Rebecca without her being snoopy. She would look at my chat logs,I used Trillian at that time, and it keeps logs of all conversations, she would read them and get mad at me for talking about her to other people, so I set up the blog so that a friend of mine could know what was going on. As I was home sick today, when I had the energy to sit up, I was reading these old blog entries and ran across this survey. I will post my answers from two years ago after this, so we can all laugh and compare. Ha Ha!

Anyway, here are my answers, right now

1. last person you wrote a testimonial?
Do people write testimonials?

2. sport you would love to play
Raquetball

3. last movie you watched
Well, if we count Mst3k then, "The Beatniks" if not...I think "Fight Club"
4. what do people first notice when they see you?
I'm guessing "Harry Potter" glasses, which wasn't my intent when I picked the frames...next year I think i might get new ones.

5. do you like peanut-butter?
yes, but the smell makes me sick...figure that one out.

6. most memorable place
hmm...what does that mean? I'll say..."a chair".

7. do you read comics?
Not as much as I used to. Apart from a very few, they seemed to be lame now a days.

8. how pretty/handsome are you?
Not really.

9. do you like earthquakes?
We've never met.

10. worst nightmare?
I had one a year or so ago, where some lady was filling up her car at the gas station, and she just started on fire, she walked towards me and these other people, the whole time screaming and her flesh melting off, while these three or four other people are taking pictures of it happening. It ended with her on the ground as the scream was dying, and her just a skeleton. Needless to say I woke up very startled and couldn't fall back asleep for awhile.

11. most beautiful place you've visited?
I have no idea.

12. wanna be a celebrity?
Not really.

13. do you like surveys?
Not really

14. your high school close friends:
I'd say Nathan or Katie. Though both friendships ended badly. the lesson I think is that you should be friends with me, it always ends badly.

15. your best physical asset
Ha!

16. your worst physical asset
Probably my teeth. Stupid family.

17. most people would describe me as...
fun to be around...maybe?

18. one thing you hate about yourself...
Only one? my teeth.

19. vegetable you hate
Most of them.

20. you like to go out on a grocery?
this isn't even a complete thought. Next!

21. favorite person/s in the world?
Well, if I picked just one, then the rest of the world would be jealous now wouldn't it?

22. can you dance?
Poorly

23. favorite past time?
Reading

24. are you happy?
Indeed I am.

25. do you believe in God?
It's not something that I really think about or concern myself with, but have utter respect for people that do believe in a superior being.

26. what is the worst rumor you've heard about
yourself?
I had heard from more than a few people that I was stalking Katie(the one from high school). she told people that she had to get a restraining order because I wouldn't leave her alone and would hang outside her house wanting to talk to her. I've never had a restraining order against me, and the most I think I ever did was ask people that knew her how she was doing, since she'd give me the cold shoulder the two or three times I ran into her after she decided not to talk to me anymore.

27. what is the most stupid thing you did for the
person you love?
Forgiven something that was unforgivable.

28. are you in love?
No, probably not.

29. do you miss him/ her?
Who? You have to be more specific. But really, I don't miss anyone.

30. what is your greatest personality?
Seeing as I only have the one, I'm picking that one.

31. what time is it?
Buy a watch! Ok, it's 6:04 pm

32. aside from answering this survey, what else
are you doing? Um..talking to Heather, coughing an awful lot, and listening to music.

33. first thing to do when you wake up tomorrow?
Probably sit on the computer and see if anyone messaged me while I was asleep, or if I have any email.

34. where are you right now? I am in my bedroom. at home.

My Crane Wife.

Not a whole lot really. I should post about the two adventures to Minnisota. One adventure featured Bryan Bornmueller, and the most awesome pickle salesman our time has ever seen. The second adventure features two dogs that like to vomit. But I'll save those for later.

Other than that, it's been a pretty fast month this month. With a whole lot of nothing going on. Frank's new game started, I've been writing training documents at work, which is something different. Spending a lot of time with Heather which is...

Um, didn't know why I opened this. Nothing really to say. Oh well.

About the last post.

Written at a time of anger, and no one really to vent to. So why not the blog. What is a blog if it can't be all teen and angsty. But if it was teen the post would of looked like this...

Y doesn't she like me...OMG WTF?!?!?!?!?!??LOL?!?!?!?!

Or something like that, I don't get how that stuff works.

Poor poor English language, I weep for you.

Anyway, that's really about it. Thanks for watching.

anger and frustration.

Now, first and foremost I'm going to start this by saying that I understand that you can just not want a relationship with someone, or just don't see a person in "that way" and all that buisness.

But, it gets so old to hear someone bitch and moan at you how they can't find anyone decent and they get lonely and blah blah blah, especially when the spent almost ALL FUCKING WEEKEND with you. Don't look for sympathy from someone that wants to be with you. What the fuck is that?!?!

Ok, end of rant.

And with that I've used up my emotional/emo quota for this week...probably next.

Inconcievable!

For the first time in a few years, I did not attend a 24 hour game day.

It 's not that I didn't want to go, but I woke up Saturday morning and decided that I wanted to clean up the apartment. It's nowhere near done, but I did get a lot done. I also made plans with Heather for the night time, so by the time I was worn out on the cleaning, it was time to get ready and go to her place.

I've decided that her and I can't watch movies unless it's in the theatre. Everytime we've tried to watch one at her place or mine, we just end up talking through the whole damn thing. I was trying hard not to talk this time, as it was a Woody Allen movie I hadn't seen. It just didn't work though.

Then after that, it was mindless TV. The show "Next" on MTV. All friggin' night. If you've never seen this show, they take a man or woman, and then five potential dates for said contestant. The five potentials sit on a bus. I have guessed that they have a gas leak in said bus, because the people act so stupid while on the bus. So, one at a time the potentials come out of the bus, and do some sort of crazy thing with the contestant. At anytime the contestant can say "Next" for them to go away. For any reason. Usually, this leads to some witty banter between the two people. Such as "You're ugly anyway!" Now the potential gets a dollar for every minute they were on the date. If the contestant decides they like one of the potentials, they can give them an option. They say "We've been on this date for (insert amount of time) minutes. Now you can take the money equal to the amount of time, or you can go on a second date with me." Now here is the part that drives me insane. We've been watching this date, for the past ten minutes or even less. When the question is postulated, they give us a flashback of the date! I've been watching for the past five minutes, I don't need to be reminded. Is this how bad the memories of America has become.

But this show is like a train wreck of stupidity. It's so dumb, you can't help but watch. Plus, you can almost tell that the whole damn thing is scripted. I'm not sure on that, but I've got a hunch. Also everyone that is on the show is so damn arrogant. I want to be on the show so I can say "Honey, I'm slightly overweight, and not that attractive, plus I snore...oh, and I...um...drink...a lot."

Anyway, watched that for a good three hours or more. Yes, it sucks you in. Beware the show "Next".

No 24 hours of games for this kid though. Maybe next time.

A question asked, and a long winded answer.

First, I wish that Blogger had some sort of feature where when someone comments, you can respond to it, that way they know you responded to what you said, instead of always looking at the comments. LiveJournal has such a feature, but I like the Blogger interface much better.

But, this post is in response to what Jennifer had asked about music.

You shouldn't feel old. All those bands hardly hardly ever get air play. Stephin Merritt's bands especially. Public Radio seems to dig him. He doesn't perform under his own name(ok, he has two albums under his own name) and he has I think, five bands. But they are just him, with help from his friends. Anyway, I'm getting off topic.

How do I find out about these bands if they aren't on the radio you ask? I'll start by saying that music is an obsession for me.

At first, I was much like a casual listener. Music was on at work, or on in the car when you went from place to place. Strangely enough, my first CD I bought was a country music CD. I got into country music for a few months. After a few months I found that there wasn't much different at all in country. I had outgrown it and wanted more. So I went to other radio stations. I started getting into Top 40 stuff. I grew out of that as well in a few months. But since I was so into music I was picking up magazines and voraciously reading what my favourite artists were saying. They'd mention these tiny independent bands that they were really digging. So I'd go out and get a CD of that band. Then it would just become reading reviews and if the reviews of said CD sounded very interesting, I'd get it. I remember my first blind purchase not hearing a single note from the band, but almost every music magazine out there was saying "this is THE album!". I bit and bought "OK Computer" from the band Radiohead. I was so paranoid that I'd thrown away money by buying a CD that was going to just be horrible. By the second track, "Paranoid Android", I was absolutly in love. THIS was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. As I said, I was getting tired of what was "popular" on the radio and wanted something different. Here it was. Three guitars playing completely different things, yet sounding so great together. Thom Yorke's signiture british whine, which seemed so much more sincere than anything the pretty boys on the radio were singing, and if you'd ever seen Yorke, you'd know he's not one of those guys either. Horrid teeth, one of the biggest lazy eyes you've ever seen and he always looks like he just got out of bed. THIS was what I had been looking for.

I, of course, ran right out and bought anything that Radiohead had put out. Since then, this is how it's been for me. If someone in a band I liked, played guitar on some other bands CD for one song, I go get it. I've downloaded a ton of live shows off the interet, because I'll read that live a certain band played one of their songs different than it is on the album.

I've went to all sorts of genre's too. I've listened to them all. I've become disgusted with them all, just to come back to them. When I was in college I was really digging punk music, and then got tired of it, just to come back to it now. (and not the "punk" that seems to be on the radio now. Green Day is a hybrid of true punk and this punk crap that is labeled that now. Give me my NOFX, or Rancid...hell, go classic, Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys...now that's punk!)

But that's my obsession. Ask anyone about theirs. I'm sure if you ask Bryan about board games, the story would be very simular to this. He played one, and had to try more, and then there was just one that blew it open for him. Same with Carmen, I bet there is some mini painting story where he said "Oh My God, this is just the greatest thing in the world!"

Heck, my obsession has went as far as I'm contemplating getting myself a guitar for Christmas. I'll probably be crap, but I want to mess around on a guitar.

Ok, that was fun.

Until later.

Oh, to clear something up.

On the Heather thing...

She didn't ask me to stop playing WoW. I stopped playing it because I was spending a lot of time with her. We'll see what she says when I start playing again here soon. It wasn't because of WoW or anything like that that made her come to her decision. I really have no idea what her decision was based on or anything like that.

I just know that before I went to Indy, we had discussed some things about her and I. Something happened that I thought threw that out the window, but came back home to find that it wasn't true. She was more adamant about the "just friends" thing.

The only thing that gets on my nerves is her telling me about how she can't find a nice guy that will date her. I don't know if she WANTS a reaction out of me or what. She's gotten it a few times. We'll see. If this friendship becomes more trouble than it's worth, than I shall have to end it.

Good day to you.

In which I talk about music.

I found a most wonderful artist, his name is Jonathan Coulton. You may of read about him in the Penny Arcade blog. The song I recommend most of all is this one right here.

http://www.jonathancoulton.com/lyrics/the-presidents

Click "Play song" at the top of the page to hear it, and the lyrics are on this page so you can sing along!.

Also on this page...

http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songs

are a ton of songs from him. I recommend "Skullcrusher Mountain", "Todd the T1000", "Millionaire Girlfriend" and "Re Your Brains". All the songs on there are great, so listen to them all.

Every other musician that Tycho had on the Penny Arcade blog I've been into for quite some time, but I recommend them as well...(for the record, Stephin Merritt, Colin Meloy from the Decemberists, and another I can't remember...)

In other news...

*crickets chirp*

That's right, nothing. Work could become more interesting, or more stressful, I'll have to wait and see. Perhaps if I have more to do, it won't be as dull. But I doubt it.

Couple of shows coming up at the M-Shop I'm looking forward to. That will be exciting and something different. I might go to some shows that I don't know the bands, just for a new thing to do.

That's it for today, have a good week.

The drugs don't work, they just make you worse.

For those wanting to know, Heather expressed that she has no interest in dating me. Though we are remaining friends. Friends that talk...all the damn time!

It sucks going from spending almost everyday together, to barely seeing her at all now. Though She's usually the first person I talk to in the morning, and always the last person I talk to at night.

Probably something I shouldn't share, but she had a date. Said date stood her up to play World of Warcraft. To which I told her, "I haven't played in about two months." Which she responded with a resounding "Good for you!". I replied with "I stopped playing about the time I met you, I'm just saying." Her response was "oh." and then a sad face.

So the lesson here. Don't ever even kinda sorta date me. I'm an asshole.

The Virtues of Being Too Nice.

So I thought I'd post, as I hadn't in awhile. I've got nothing I really want to say though.

I got reviewed at work. They said that I was one of two people that know how to do every process that the company has. So that was nice I suppose. But of course, I thought to myself, "Damn it, I didn't want to be here THAT long." But I suppose it isn't that bad of a thing.

Can't remember if I wrote about GenCon or not. It was pretty fun. The crap thing is, both times I've went, I've had some personal issues going on, so I'm thinking more about that than enjoying myself at the convention. I think that since it's the status quo for me, I think the slogan for the 40th GenCon should be "GenCon: A Sure Fire Way to Mess Things Up For Rob and Any Woman He's Interested In." But I tease GenCon.

Cutting my hair wasn't as bad as I thought it was. I thought for sure I'd instantly feel regret for having gotten rid of it. But the opposite was true. I thought, "I should of done this awhile ago." Oh well, no big deal, it's done now.

Ok, that's it for now I guess. I'm dull and boring. But you knew that already.

A long delayed entry.

So, Gencon was fun. When I first got there, I didn't know if I wanted to go back. But at the end of it all, I decided I ultimately had fun and shall return.

One thing needs to change when I go to Gencon. I've been to the convention twice. Both times, I had something going on where I just wanted to get away from Ames and certain people that lived in Ames. Hopefully next year I got no drama going on and can actually just focus on the convention, and not be thinking about what's going on back at home.

Tomorrow is back to work time. I don't really want to. I'm not sure how I feel about work really. I think I need something new and different in my life or something. I've felt very bored lately. Perhaps running across the highway during rush hour will get me the excitement I crave.

Ok, I really got nothing else to write about. Sorry to be so boring.

Thoughts and Gripes.

First off, comics have become way more expensive than they are worth in my opinion. There are only a few titles out there right now that I think are worth the money. Sadly, trades are worth the money in my opinion. You get the whole story at once, and they actually work out to be a bit cheaper than the individual issues. As much as I hate to say it, I think that's where the industry is going to be heading. Actually, in my opinion, is pretty much there. There aren't many individual stories anymore. There are always these huge arcs. Why? That way it can go into a trade. I really think they are going for the bookstore market. A trade is going to sell much better in Borders than an individual issue.

(can you tell I bought comics yesterday, and paid way more than I wanted to, and that was AFTER weeding out the crap!)

I'm just really slow at getting things done. The second series of Doctor Who has been done for almost a month now. 13 episodes total. I think I have watched six of these episodes. You'd think that they are broadcast once a week on Saturday nights, I could find the 45 minutes to watch it at some point in the week, and stay relativily up to date with it, but alas, I can't do that. Venture Brothers is the same way, I've only seen the first episode of this season. It's not that these shows bore me, they are some of the best there is out there right now. But, I just always put it off to do something else.

Heather went home to visit her parents this week. Whilst there, she got shingles. She is on her way back to Ames as I write this, deathly afraid of me thinking she will look "not cute" with Shingles. She can be kind of paranoid sometimes, but that can be for the best I suppose. She also has reason to be, which I won't get into.

Um...Kinda sorta looking forward to Gencon. I always feel just, "meh" to leaving and not sleeping at home. Plus I think I want a vacation where I'm not doing ANYTHING. I've never had one of those. I guess when I worked at the radio station, I'd take a week off and just play video games the whole time. They would tell me I wasted my vacation at the station. I said I wasn't there and didn't have to see people, so I was happy. I'm sure when I get there though, I'll have a ton of fun.

All right, started this post hours ago, so I think I'll just end it now. Bye.

Come in, she said, I'll give you shelter from the storm.

Hello all.

Yeah the week in review thing didn't last very long. Mainly because the weeks became mirror images of themselves. Each one only vaugely different than the one that came before it. Nothing at all wrong with that. It means things are going well.

This Thursday I felt bad. Heather's power cord for her Apple laptop shorted out and burnt through the insulation. So she asked me if I'd go down with her to the Apple store and then to Hu Hot. Well, when we left I wasn't feeling very great, and it just got worse as the afternoon progressed. The Apple store lived up to the pretentious tone I expected it to have. (Don't get me wrong, I liked it a lot.) The only thing that was a little much for me was the "genius bar". Mainly because the overuse of the word genius is one of the things that really get to me. If I remember right, the employee had the title of "genius" too. If I were feeling better, I would of probably mocked it a lot more.

She got her cord replaced and we were off. She then asked if I was feeling good enough to go to Hu Hot. I said that I wasn't all that hungry because of how I felt. She then said that we didn't have to go. I told her it was her birthday so we should go. She then said that if I wasn't feeling good we didn't have to go. So we didn't go. She was in an extremely good mood on the way down, and on the way back she didn't talk at all. When she dropped me off, she just said "I'll see you later." Which isn't how things usually go.

She then told me later that night that she was upset that we didn't go. I then told her that I felt extremely horrible that we didn't go, since she really wanted to. She then seemed very touched that I felt horrible because of this. She then said something about ex boyfriends never caring if she was unhappy or something like that. So I think I scored some major points by just not being a jerk. Which is something I do normally. (well, ok, to people I like).

I just downloaded a program called CleverKeys. It's suppose to allow me to look up words from any program I'm using. It is the nerdiest thing ever. But if I can figure out how it's used, I am going to absolutely love it.

It looks as if Heather is going to be around Ames for awhile. Which is good. She's moving out of where she is living now, and that is an EXTREMELY wonderful thing. She's a great girl, but has some trust issues due to some recent events in her life. Living by herself I think will help that a lot. For those who haven't met her, you shouldn't feel too bad. She is extremely shy, so anytime there is a possiblility of new people she hasn't met being somewhere she'll try to get out of going. But once she meets people she is more comfortable with being around them.

Um, nothing much else. That's about it. Many books and albums coming out that I'm excited about, but no one is probably that interested in that.

Oh, the other thing that has been on my mind for a few months now is actually cutting the hair. This means it would be the end of an era I know, but sometimes change is good. If this happens it will probably happen when I do a massive clothing shopping excursion. I haven't bought new clothes, except for a shirt or pair of pants here and there, for a long time. My thought on the clothing was to go for a little nicer, dressier look. I just have to go and do this, as I've been thinking about doing this since about March. The haircut thing has actually been for awhile, but have only recently thought more about it in recent months. I was thinking of going with the Weaver or Garvey look. Ok, not really. I will probably still keep it kind of longish. Not super long. I feel comfortable when it's longer. But then again, I'm horrible with going in and getting it cut as regular as some people. That is how it got long in the first place.

All right, I've droned on long enough. Nothing like killing time by blogging. Fun times!

Until another time.

Good Morning!

Haven't posted in awhile. But things have been boring.

Here is a song I discovered. The artist is Michael Leviton, and the song is called "Summer is the Worst". I like it a lot, and going to check out more of his stuff. He has a shirt that says "You will pay for your day on Pleasure Island". I might have to get that one. Here is the song.

http://www.acefu.com/MP3s/MichaelLeviton-SummerstheWorst.mp3

I know some was probably wanting a post about Heather here. All I have to say is she's taking away from WoW time and I haven't mailed a Netflix movie back in a long time. Well, one is Ice Pirates and waiting to watch it with Carmen and Charlie. But still.

That is all you get for now.

Know all of your enemies.

I've been lax(i think that's with an x, let me check...yup) in doing the Week in Review or just updating in general. Why? Nothing at all has happened. I get up, I go to work, and I come home or go do something. Nothing out of the ordinary. I'm not complaining. Sometimes boring is just wonderful.

I have been wondering about work though. I'm not sure if I should stick it out or go somewhere else. I got about a year or so on the student loans and then I plan on going back to school. Kingland would be a great job for during school. But I also plan to try to get a job at WOI, since that's the only job I ever had that I absolutely loved. It's the only job I've had where if I didn't get paid, I wouldn't of cared(that is to say, if bills and food and what not was all taken care of.)

Oh well, right now I don't think about it too much. No reason to cause worry.

Also over the past couple of months I've had a few dates and wondered if I was ready or not. Pondering if I still wanted time to myself or not. Or maybe if I just wanted to stay single for awhile longer. A lot of questions really. But, talking to a friend at work, she pointed outthat I always asked her if I knew what someone's name was(always female) and then my next question is always if they are single. She said that if that's my second question, that must mean I'm ready. I think I agree with that.

OK, enough Lonely Hearts Club. Time to go do something else other than sit at the computer. I spend all day at work at a computer, and spend a lot of time at home at the computer. Better than sitting in front of the TV, which is hardly on anymore. Mainly to watch movies.

The King of Carrot Flowers

I didn't do a Week in Review on Sunday. I'd like to say I feel bad, but I don't.

For those keeping track, the Title of this post is a song title from the band Nuetral Milk Hotel. This is some of the best music I've heard in a long time. I've listened pretty much to just this band all day today.

At Frank's behest...yes, I had a date last week. Her name was MJ. How cool is it to say you had a date with someone named MJ? Especially for a comic nerd.

I honestly don't know what I thought of her. She's very nice. I haven't decided if I should ask her out again or not. The person that had us meet hasn't said anything to me about it since the date, and kind of just ignores it if I bring it up. Since I wasn't bored to death by her and she was very nice, I suppose it wouldn't be a bad thing to see if she wants to do something sometime.

The date also made me think of how I pretty much just kind of let things die with Valerie. I haven't called her or anything since the "I don't know if I want to date right now" conversation. I have no idea what to do in that kind of situation. Do I just forget about it like i have the past month or so? Or do I still try to be her friend? I'm looking at it from my point of view, as in I would think it odd if someone wanted to keep trying to be friends after I said no to dating them. But then again, as I was telling someone this week, when someone flirts with me, my reaction is usually "Why are you being annoying?" I don't really catch on to those kind of things, and I'm just an odd person.

There is someone at work who I think is very attractive. I'm trying to find out what her status is. I should also actually try to talk to her too.

That's it right now. Mainly posting for Frank since he asked about the date and said I should of blogged about it.

Good night.

She ain't fancy, she ain't fine, and her fingers number only nine

I've been reading an essay a night before bed from the book "Naked" by David Sedaris. A lot of these essays are about him hitchhiking, or mention his hitchhiking that he did whilst in college. It reminded me of a hitchhiking story or sorts that I have.

I grew up in a small town called Barnum. It's about eight miles west of Fort Dodge. Coming home one morning from class or somesuch, I turn off the highway onto the stretch of road that leads to Barnum.

On that mile stretch of road, there was a woman walking along the side of the road. She flagged me down. I figure she either wanted to ask a question or a ride into town. So I pull off to the side of the road, and roll down the window. She tells me she wants a ride into town. Sure, it's only about half a mile into town.

She opens the door and sits on the passenger side. Along with herself, she brings the smell of the Budwiser Brewery. Her breath smelled as if she licked a barroom floor, and then went back for seconds.

She tells me to just take her up to the bar, because she's going to use the phone. This is followed by some nonsense and jibberish. Then she asked if I knew John Smith(I can't remember the actual name, so this will have to do). I told her that I did not. She then tells me how she is related to this John Smith, and how it used to be that you did not fuck with him or anyone in his family. If I did, I would come to regret it.

We get to the bar, and it's closed, she can't get in. I put the car in reverse and tried to slowly eek out of there before she could think of how I could give her a ride elsewhere. It didn't work she ran up to the passenger side and remembered that I said I lived in Barnum, and she could use my phone. What could I say, you don't fuck with John Smith or his family. Which I heard about four more times in the three block drive to my house.

We get to the house. Drunk Woman gets out of the car, and goes into the house before I do. My Mom was there and was in shock. I made a "drinky drinky" motion, and said that Drunk Woman wanted to use the phone. The woman used the phone, couldn't get ahold of anyone. She then says to Mom that I must be a very nice husband. Mom says that I'm her son. Drunk Woman was shocked for some reason. Then she tells Mom about John Smith and how he's not one to fuck with. Then she asked if we had a beer in the house. Mom went to the fridge, and we indeed did have a beer. The woman grabbed it, reached in her purse, and pulled out a ten dollar bill. She hands it to Mom and says, I have to pay for the beer. She then asks if she could have a ride back to the bar until it opened. I said sure. I never saw Drunk Woman again, and John Smith never came to get revenge.

This week went very quick, and was extremely busy. Even though it was only a four day work week. Not much at all happened. Very dull, but busy none the less.

I can't remember what I did in my free time this week. I think just watched movies and read mostly. I finished "A Long Way Down". Very very good. I think my next book will be another Nick Hornby book. The only two fiction ones I haven't read are "How to be Good" and "Fever Pitch" which isn't really fiction. It's a sort of an autobiography of himself, and how much he's addicted to football(or, to us stupid Americans, soccer).

There is something else I could talk about here, but am going to wait for a bit. To see how things go. Plus it's something for readers to look forward to.

Until next time.

Three day weekend. (Week in review..kind of...nothing happened)

Are always nice, but seem to go quicker than the actual two day weekends.

When I was younger, I used to carry around four or five books with me around the house. Out of those four or five books, I would be reading one of them, MAYBE two. Mom would always want to know WHY I was carrying around all those books. My answer was always because I was looking at them, or trying to decide what I was going to read next. Which was at not at all true. I honestly don't know why I carried them around with me all the time.

I was remind of that because over the past decade or so, I've tried to keep myself to reading just one book. Here is a list of the books in my apartment that have been started...

1. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
2. Naked by David Sedaris
3. The Complete Bone by Jeff Smith
4. Cerebus, Vol 1.: Cerebus by Dave Sim
5. V For Vendetta by Alan Moore
6. Watchmen by Alan Moore
7. Pure Drivel by Steve Martin
8. Longest Day byMichael Collier(an abysmal Doctor Who novel, I can usually read these in a day, and am at least entertained. This one has plodded along as if it has the next decade to get where it's going. I should just abandon all hope, but haven't)
9. The Pythons by The Pythons

The past month or so I haven't done well at the "one book at a time" thing. 5 of the books on the list have been read previously. One should just be burned, and then burn the ashes. Three I've never read before.

The Pythons is a coffee table book. An autobiography of the Monty Python troupe. It's a big book and hard to hold to read.

Naked is a book of essays, so I read one a night before bed. It is excused from my "one book at a time" rule. It's a very good book. David Sedaris has a very sarcastic take on growing up, and just in general, from the pieces of his I've read on "The New Yorker" website. I like it a lot, and find myself laughing out loud at parts. Which I don't do often when reading a book.

A Long Way Down is excellent, as I figured it would be. I think Nick Hornby is probably my second favourite author. Mainly because he's got a huge love of music, and music plays a huge part in most of his books. This book is about four different people that decide to commit suicide on the same building on New Years Eve. They all decide to stick together. The author tells both a sad and funny story, and doesn't take the cheap shots or plot devices you'd think he would from a story dealing with such a touchy issue. I'm about half way through it. Very good stuff.

A sad Week in Review. Nothing at all happened. Nothing. Nada. Work and then home, or out doing things. Nothing huge happened at all. Dullest week ever. Except Bryan was in town for the weekend, which it was nice to see him again as usual.

I'd like to say I'm going to go out and shake things up this week to have an interesting week. But I'm not. I'll be happy with dull and slow. Maybe I can finish one of those nine books up there. One can only hope.