spooning - leads to forking

Yesterday we installed the pond. Cole, Frank and myself installed the underlayment. We used builders sand, which just happened to be orange and we topped it off with several layers of wet newspaper. Diane, one of Frank's friends and a coworker arrived and she helped us position the Firestone EPDM pond liner into position. Frank and I removed out shoes and go into the pond and started to flatten out the liner and fold over excess liner to form to the shape of the pond. I was very excited because you could see the final shape and look of the pond without the water. How long would it take to fill the pond? We were about to find out. We timed how long it took to fill a one-gallon milk jug and used that in conjunction with how long it took to fill the pond to figure out how many gallons were in the pond when filled. And, we used the water meter's gauge. We used both because neither was going to give us a perfect-to-the-gallon result since I could stop my other roommates from using water while we were filling up the pond, and because it is always better to have two sources to base your results. I still don't know the exact water volume because I had to work when the pond was topped off after the rocks were placed around the edge of the pond, so I will have to figure that out. But, I will post it later.

A month or so back, I got the idea to install a garden pond to enhance the beauty of our backyard. I did my homework and scoured the Internet for everything imaginable pertaining to the topic of planning, designing, creating, maintaining, stocking and landscaping a backyard pond. I couldn't wait to get started! I began drawing a layout for the pond on graph paper and after several revisions I finalized the size and shape of the pond as well as the location -- one step closer. The next step was the excavation of the area where the pond was to be located. The location works out very well because it will mix well with Frank's elevated flower garden.

This past Sunday, Frank and I went to Pondz Fest at AZ Ponds in Birdsboro, PA and bought the necessary supplies needed to build a backyard pond -- another step closer. I am thrilled at this point. I read every page of every instruction manual that came with the pond supplies.

Hopefully, I will remember to post a picture of the excavated pond location before we install the pond liner.

I won a beauty contest and I won $10. Isn't that exciting. Monopoly is too kind.

Last post of the year! I work from noon to 5pm today, which sucks. Then, Bree and Rusty are coming over and the we are all having dinner before we head over to Rusty's parents' house to ring in the New Year. That should be fun, yes? Honestly, I have no idea. I'm probably going to be bored out of my mind. Oh well. *shrugs*

I have so much laundry to do. Frank keeps telling me that it is bad luck to start the New Year with dirty laundry. I've never heard that before. It doesn't matter, anyway, because Samantha and Frank have been doing laundry non-stop since the beginning of the week - no joke! The washer and the dryer have practically been running 24/7. There isn't enough time in the day to get all of Frank's laundry done, let alone even think about doing m own.

I am so tired; I can barely keep my eyes open. I should be in bed. I should go to bed. *yawns*

I don't have time to do anything except work and sleep anymore. I rarely have time to eat! Blah. On a good note, however, I am going to get to see my parents this Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. It'll be nice to spend some time with them, albeit Christmas chaos! I'm heading home this Sunday and I'll be back this Tuesday evening; I work early the next morning.

Little Girl had her puppies this past Monday - six of them! She has been such a good mother and she's almost always with them/nursing them. But, she is laying on my feet in the living room. How cute.

Another day...just another day. Blah. I am tired. I don't want to go to work. It is going to be a long day - a very long day. I work both of my jobs tonight, Thursday and Friday. I only work one job tomorrow. Luckily, I think, I don't work either job this Saturday, but I think I work one of my jobs Sunday. I don't have any idea when I am going to get the chance to go Christmas shopping. Maybe I won't. Maybe I won't get anything for anybody. I don't have time! *sigh*

I stumbled across a website that generates an elf name based on your name.

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Today is my first day off from both Weis and Tuesday Morning in over two weeks. It feels so nice to findally have a day "off" to myself. I am planning on putting up the Christmas tree today and decorating it. I'm also going to try and decorate the rest of the house, but I don't know how easily that will be accomplished because we don't have a ladder. I'm also going to clean the basement, wash dishes, and do my laundry today. Honestly, I don't have much of a choice because I don't have time any other day of the week to work on it. Tomorrow morning Frank and I are going to build a whelping box for Li'l Girl and her soon-to-be puppies.

Last night I started my new part-time job for the holidays and to pay for my laptop, which I just order last night (more on that later). My part-time job wasn't bad, actually. I kind of liked it. It is very easy and the time goes by really quickly, just the way I like it.

Samantha and her crew went out last night to their favourite hick bar. They went out several nights ago and when they came back, the upstairs reeked of alcohol. I wanted to puke. This morning, the upstairs reeks of alcohol and is a pig sty. *shrugs*

As previously mentioned, I ordered my new laptop last night. I called Toshiba Direct to get more information about the particular laptop that I configured. I was in luck, because I talked to an English-speaking person, which is always nice. He helped me out with all of my laptop-related questions and told me that he would take a discount off the price of the laptop equivalent to the tax, effectively taking off the tax. I was excited and immediately told him that I would like to purchase the laptop. Tax on a purchase of that price is a quite a bit of money, so I definitely had to take advantage of his offer. Now, I just have to wait!

Frank is back at home with his family because his grandmother passed away earlier this week. This time of year (Thanksgiving through the New Year) is probably the worst time that it could have happened, but they are dealing with it as any family would. The viewing was yesterday and the funeral is today. I know it is tough to lose someone, especially someone that has a large role in family functions. I lost my grandparents (on my mother's side) several years back and I know it was hard on my mother and her brothers/sisters. It sucks. :o(

Just like last year, I am making the Coconut Custard Pie a second time. Last year, however, I didn't know to put aluminum foil on the crust to keep it from browning too quickly under the high temperature. This year I managed to over-brown the crust. It didn't burn; it was browner than what I had hoped for. So, I got up extra early this morning so that I could bake another pie before leaving for work. Let's keep our fingers cross that this one comes out perfectly. I can't show up to Thanksgiving dinner with a pie that looks worse than last year's pie!

I've been baking for most of the evening since I got home from work and I'm beat. First, I attempted at a Pumpking Coffee Cake recipe, but that flopped. In no way did it resemble or taste like a coffee cake. In fact, it was flat and carmalized. I'll have to see if I can find a decent coffee cake recipe and modify it! I moved on to make the Pumpking Crumble Cake that was requested by several people. I made it last year for Thanksgiving and it was a hit. Why not again, right? Right now I have a Coconut Custard Pie in the oven. It is the same recipe as I made last year for Thanksgiving. It was also requested for this year. To add something new this year, I am going to make a Peaches 'n Cream Pie. It is SO good, but it doesn't travel well. So, I am going to make it Thanksgiving day and hopefully it turns out; I'll only have one chance!

I'll start by recapping this past weekend. I had Saturday off, which is always nice. I relaxed at home with the dogs and watching some TV. Amy wanted me to meet her for lunch but I was showering when she called, so I missed out on that opportunity. After she got out of work she came over to my house and we hung out. Cole (a.k.a. Dexter), Frank, and Ashleigh were already here by the time Amy got out of work. I fell asleep while we watched The DaVinci Code.

Sunday, I didn't do a lot, either. I had to work a short afternoon shift from 1:00pm to 5:00pm so that put a kink in my day. But, at least the shift was short! Afterwards, Amy met me at work where she picked up some things to make English Muffin pizzas. They weren't too bad, actually. I picked Frank up from work just before 7:00pm and he had some mini pizzas, too. We started to work on a jigsaw puzzle of the "Las Vegas Strip" in Las Vegas, Nevada. We didn't finish by the time Desperate Housewives was over, when Frank and I left. I'm not sure what Amy did with the puzzle because the last time we left a puzzle on her dining room table. One (or more) of her cats decided to eat the pieces!

That brings us to Monday! So far I haven't done much of anyting other than eat a bowl of cereal, put a load of laundry in the washer (and now the dryer), take the dogs outside to do their business and tidy up the kitchen from Saturday's get-together. I'm eagerly waiting for a check to deposit into my bank account so that I can order my new laptop. I'm so excited. Once ordered, then comes the painful wait for it to be built and shipped. Blah

Amy doesn't want me to come over to her house.

Edit: She does want me to come over to her house. She doesn't want me to come over to her house with me yet-to-purchase laptop.

Here's another oldie but goodie: Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels. I came across this one by accident the other day. I haven't thought about this cartoon in too many years.

Hell, I'm going to continue down memory lane with another all-time favourite 80's cartoon of mine: Snorks. Man, I miss this cartoon.

I can't believe that I am going to admit to this one, but I used to watch Jem and the Holograms in the 80's. This is a trip down memory lane.

This was my absolute favourite cartoon in the 80's. I would give anything to own the entire series on DVD.

Where have I been? What have I been up to? Working! I love my job, but it seems like that is all I do these days. *sigh*

Frank, Ashleigh, Amy and I went to the Warren County Fair the weekend before last and I had a lot of fun. I think they had fun, too. My family seemed to like them, too. I can't wait for next year!

We just had dinner and Frank thought it would be funny to throw a large glob of softened butter across the kitchen and it landed on my shirt and arm.

Not funny.

Everytime I hear "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira on the radio at work, the following Gidol! video immediately comes to mind. It makes me laugh everytime; I can't get enough.

I managed to get a lot of weeding done today. There are these stupid vine things that grow several feet a day, I swear. Every day they have grown up the sunflowers and will eventually pull them to the ground. I rip them off an out of the ground, but they just keep coming back. It's uncanny how quickly they grow. If only good vegetation such as treets, fruits and vegetable could grow that quickly!

I also trimmed up some of the strawberry plants by removing some of the crazy-long runners and repotting the ones with good root systems. Now we have almost twice as many plants that we started with earlier this summer. In fact, there are plenty out there to triple or quadruple the amount we started with!

We also managed to mow the lawn today. It needed to be mowed. It should have been mowed a week or two ago. It was nearing 8 or 10 inches in length! Now it looks real pretty. :o)

Frank and I are over at Ashleigh and Amy's place right now. Ashleigh started dinner and she and Frank just left to go to the store to get some sour cream for the chicken tacos. Amy has taken over dinner and we're just waiting for them to get back.

I just found out that they were going to kidnap me earlier today. They were going to dress in black and wear stockings on their faces. They were going to tie me up and put me in the trunk of their car and drive around town for a few minutes so I didn't know where I was going. Can you say Jawbreaker! Honestly, I don't know if I would have been a happy camper once we arrived wherever we would have ended up. I think I would have been seriously pissed off!

'Eh, oh well. Happy Birthday to me!

I don't even know where to begin. It's my birthday and I should probably be in a good mood and doing something with friends. But, I'm in such a depressed mood, moreso now after I went shopping by myself for something for myself. I went to the Nittany Mall, both Walmarts, Circuit City, Best Buy, Michaels, Bed, Bath and Beyond and Office Depot and I couldn't really find anything that I would have spent my money on. There were some boxed DVD sets at Best Buy that I want, but I don't really want to spend those prices to get them. Blah

My birthday is over in less than 7 hours. Happy Birthday to me. :o(

I lost my cell phone at some point this past Monday and I feel so disconnected from the world without it. I have looked high and low for the stupid thing and I just cannot find it. I did find out from Cingular that there haven't been any new calls made from my phone...yet.

I had today off and I didn't really do anything. I lounged around most of the morning with Frank before he went to work. The plumber was supposed to be here today to install an overflow tank for the water heater, but s/he never showed up. I was told that the water would have to be shut off, so I hadn't started any laundry or washed any dishes. Argh. I could have got so much accomplished today if it wasn't for the plumber, or lack thereof.

I cannot wait for my next day off (Tuesday). I am so tired from work. I run around trying to get everything done - usually more than I have time to do - and I am asked to work in another department because there is other work that hasn't yet been completed. Argh. However, I manage to pull through and complete everything, or most of it, anyway. But, because of this, I don't stop and take the breaks that are given to me aside from my unpaid lunch break. Honestly, if I were allowed to skip that and if I wasn't so hungry by that point, I would most likely skip that as well. I have great time-management skills when I put my mind to it and Weis Markets is challenging that!

I received the following IM from Amy.

omg, we finally caught him. i went to meet ashleigh at walmart around 11 and we shopped and when we got back we sat around outside calling him, i didn't think we'd get him tonight but all of a sudden i spotted him with the light just sitting there so i crept up into the woods while ashleigh held the light and he was a little scared at first but then he came over to say hello and i snatched him up. he left some gashes in my arm and a hole in my shirt, but he's inside now, eating the tuna, and i got him a name tag while i was at walmart in case he ever gets out again. i just can't believe he's back!!!

Everything turned out fine with the exception that Amy is now covered in bruises and scratches from various thorned bushes, rocks and one upset kitty. Tonight Amy and I are going to have ground turkey burgers. Hopefully we won't lose another night and spend all night outside shaking pet food treat containers and shouting the pet's name. What a day!

One is fat; the other is tiny. One is old(er); the other is young(er). One hisses; the other meows. These are the two kitties of Ashleigh and Amy and this is their tale.

It all began last night. I went over to Ashleigh and Amy's place because Amy and I were going to have ground chicken tacos for dinner because we bought ground chicken at nearly half price. I set up my laptop on the dining room table while Amy was cooking the ground chicken. Shortly after, dinner was ready. We sat down to eat. The cats were running around the apartment. After dinner we sat at the dinner table and talked for a while and then Amy decided that she needed to take her cat out for a walk. She bought a harnessed small dog leash the other night and "walked" her cat the night before. There really wasn't any "walking" of the cat; it just sat there on the ground flapping its tail back and forth. Then, it made a bolt for the tiny little dried-up stream just outside of their apartment. Gone. The cat squeezed out of the harnesh leash and bolted up into the hillside woods/weeds meowing all the while. Without a thought Amy ran up into the heavy brush after the cat. An hour or so later, she finally came out of the woods almost giving up for the night. She decided to put a can of tuna fish outside of the apartment hoping that the cat might come back (and not one of the other neighborhood wild cats). It was at this point that I went home because I was so tired and needed to get some sleep. Amy, however, continued to look for her cat.

It looks like, if you live in Vermont, you can get your electricity from the methane produced from cow shit. It costs an extra 4 cents per kilowatt-hour, but it is renewable energy from cow shit!

There is going to be some kind of inspection done at our place either today or tomorrow. It seems that it is going to be a routine (read: when too many houses catch on fire) inspection to check for fire hazards and electrical issues and other similar issues. Hopefully we pass with flying colours, although with the state of the exposed electrical wiring in our place, I don't know if that will be the case.

Now it is time for me to go to work. Blah.

I was getting ready for Ned and Gillian's wedding since we were all runnng behind and didn't have much time before we had to leave, and the following is what Amy sent me via IM while I was shaving and showering.

Amy: Oh my god, if we get ready and you don't come get us I swear to god I will kill you and you won't need a dd cause you'll be dead and even so, it won't be me cause I'm not driving your drunk asses home if we have to get a taxi there.
Amy: gee, thanks for answering my question
Amy: i know you're there
Amy: are you trying to piss me off or what?
Amy: fine, i'm pissed off, now you can be happy.

But, stop means continue apparently. Ugh. I am so upset right now. When someone says stop, they mean stop and that goes for me as well. When I say stop, I mean stop. So, please don't continue whatever it is that you are doing. *screams*

It's my first day off since last Wednesday. I'm so beat from work and I am not motivated to do anything. I should be doing my laundry, cleaning the kitchen, tidying up my room, etc.

My entire body aches. I think it is from all of the physical labour that I endured at work today. I was extremely busy and never really stopped to take a minute for myself other than my 30-minute lunch break and my 15-minute break. I think my legs ache the most and a nice massage would feel so good right now. But, since that isn't an option. I see aspirin in my near future!

I just finished watching the 72nd, and final, episode of Futurama. *sigh* Why are all of the good shows cancelled (e.g. Six Feet Under and Queer as Folk)?

This weekend Frank, Ashleigh, Amy and myself fixed up George's old office and turned it into a somewhat-livable bedroom. We had to replace some electrical outlets and light switches, which included tearing apart some walls to get to the electrical wiring. All of the walls and the ceiling were painted with several coats of a glossy white paint. It looks a lot brighter and bigger now.

The week is over. Michele has moved out. It was sad to see her move, but exciting at the same time because Frank is moving in. I'm definitely going to miss Michele. She added her own unique personality to the house, which was always nice. Frank won't fill her void. He'll add his own personality to the house. *shrugs*

As you may be able to tell, my new blog is coming along nicely. The basic functions work well. But, it is still a pain in the a$$ to insert new posts.

I walked away from my computer momentarily and when I go back there was a popup ad on my computer screen. It read "Outknit Saddam and get a free ringtone." Interesting idea. It featured a cartoon old woman with Saddam Hussein's head, on the left, and another cartoon old woman with George W. Bush's head, on the right. Click the thumbnail for a larger version.

I think the successor to .Text is Community Server is going to become the replacement blog for me until I can write my own. Check it out. It looks awesome.

I've decided that I am going to create my own blog web application from the ground up. I am, of course, going to be using a similar design as used by my current blogging application, .Text. It really is a complete package but there are features that I would like to have included by default and the underlying code is so hard to understand, for me anyway. So, I am going to write my own from scratch. We'll see how that goes. *shrugs*

I hate "springing ahead" and losing an hour for Daylight Savings Time. My mother called me about an hour ago to remind me to set my clocks ahead one hour and also to see if I received the money that she sent me in the mail. Blah.

New brake pads were installed on my car earlier today. I need to get a new right exhaust pipe for my car and I might have a ball joint going bad. I suppose with all of the bad news that I have had lately, these things aren't all too bad. LOL.

On another note, I think I am going out this Sunday with Ashleigh and Frank, so if anybody else would like to go out for an evening of fun, let me know. I always have a blast when I go out, so I am hoping that it'll be another fun time on the dancefloor.

I'm headed home this afternoon to visit my parents and get new brakes put on my car. This, of course, comes after the fun of my brake line developing a leak earlier this week. I took it to Monro to get it fixed and a $4.95 USD brake line cost me $210.99 USD to replace. Argh.

I want these shoes.

I know that it's a few days late, but Happy Pi Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

TGIF. That's all I have to say. It has been 15 days since I left Balfurd Cleaners and I still haven't been able to find a job. I've filled out countless job applications, turned in many resumés, and been on a few interviews. The search for my next great career seems to be slowing to a snail's pace. I need to find something soon or else I am going to be toast. Blah

My life has fallen apart. Some of it is my fault; some of it is not. I cannot change/take back the things that are my fault, although I wish I could. I screwed up. What's new? I'm one big fuck up.

Yet another Sunday with nothing to do and still unemployed...

In other news, I am now the proud owner of a Yamaha P-250 Digital Stage Piano. I pre-ordered this baby with my tax refund (before I physically had it) and it arrived February 25, 2006.

I started stretching my two ear piercings to a larger gauge. They were, for years, at 14 gauge. I bought a set of 12 gauge stretchers/plugs for them. I'd like to work up to something around an 8 gauge, but we'll see how that goes. :o)

It's been quite a while since I last made a post. I am finally getting my computers back up and running. My life seems to be a lot more organized. I finally have a clean and tidy bedroom, for the first time since prior to Christmas. Blah. Life can be so hectic.

What was this dude thinking???

Last Saturday, I attempted to make my first Pumpkin Roll. However, it didn't work quite as well as planned. I made the cream cheese/whipped cream filling without any problems. I even made the pumpkin roll batter without any problems and I doublt-checked the recipe several times, so I don't know where I could have went wrong. But, while it was in the oven baking, it rose much more than it was supposed to. It ended up being 2 1/2-inches thick when it was only supposed to be 1/2-inch thick. Damn. It was way too thick to roll, so we sliced it up and put the filling on top, somewhat like a standard cake. I still want to make a proper Pumpkin Roll. It just wasn't the same to eat the cake warm with the filling on top. The roll should be refrigerated and cold when it is sliced an eaten. Oh well.

The Pumpkin Pudding Cake turned out really well and it is really good. Too bad that it is almost gone. :o( I guess I'll just have to make another.

I have been home alone since Friday because my roommates have been out of town. I spent the first part of yesterday working and then the rest of the day just lounging around and not doing much of anything. Today, however, I have been baking like a mad man! So far today I have made Chocolate Chip Swirl Cookies, Pumpkin Pudding Cake and currently I have my very own special Extra Chunk Mint Brownies in the oven. Mmm...

It's the end of an era. Queer as Folk has come to an end. I just finished watching the final episode and it was sad to see it go. Prior to the final episode, there was a "Saying Goodbye" special with the cast members and it was extremely sad. This show has touched the lives of many people and it was always there for me, every Sunday. I grew attached to the show and it will always be a part of me. I cannot even begin to express how this show has affected me and what it meant to me to watch it religiously. I am really going to miss it and all of the characters. Goodbye QaF.

I really don't feel like making a post right now, but I was finally able to get my website re-activiated. Don't ask.

I don't think I could be any happier. The past two weeks of my life have been some of the best days of my life. I feel like I am a new person. I don't know. I can't explain it.

Today is George's birthday! Everybody wish him a happy birthday if you see him.

Last night was the first night since I met Frank that we didn't get a chance to see one another. It felt...different. I kept picturing his cute smiling face and I could imagine his lips pressed against mine, but he wasn't there. I know we can't be together all of the time. It's just that it was the first time since we met that we haven't been together. *sigh*

Honestly, I don't know where to begin. The guy that I mentioned in my last post is absolutely amazing. He is such a beautiful person and he is so adorable. I have a hard time letting him go home. I think about him all of the time. This feeling is something that I haven't felt in an extremely long time.

Where to begin? I haven't made a post in a long time because I have been so busy with our recent move and life has been so crazy. Work is going well. I still love my job, for the most part. I love our new house. And, I love living with Samantha, Michele and George. We sit down and eat a home-cooked meal every night. It is really nice. Then, usually after dinner we go outside to our deck/porch/patio and have coffee and dessert and sometimes we work on the crossword puzzle. It is a lot of fun.

Last night we had a group of friends over and we sat outside and drank wine and enjoyed conversation. Then, as we do every Sunday, we watched Queer as Folk. I can't believe there are only four more episodes remaining, ever. It makes me want to cry. :o(

Samanth, George and myself went over to house tonight to see what the painters had finished. We saw that they were completely done. We also saw that they must not be professional painters. *shrug* There isn't much we can do about it. At least things were painted. The best, in my opinion is the bathroom. Covering up the bright sky blue is the best part in the bathroom and it helps brighten it up so much. On the other hand, you can still see the blue in some spots and it is real streaky, but it is painted. My bedroom was supposed to be painted. Half of my bedroom is concrete block that was already painted white and the other half is brown paneling. Ugly! The painters repainted the already-painted white concrete block. Argh. I am going to have to paint because there is no way that I am going to be able to stand brown paneling.

It was another day in paradise. Not. Well, I can't really complain. I had a decent-to-good day at work. It went fast and there weren't a lot of problems. It was just another normal day in the life of Chad. :o)

Yesterday we went to Ollie's to get carpet for our bedrooms and George went to pick it up today after work. After we got back from Ollie's, we went over to the new house and cleaned up a bit. Samantha cleaned up her new dresser, George ripped out a large bush that was growing next to the garage, and I was cleaning up around the house. I was taking nails and screws out of the wall; there were a lot of them. We ripped out closet shelves so we could install wire shelving for more storage. I took down some random things that were hanging in the basement and we also took down the draperies/drapery rods. The painters started working last week and hopefully they will finish sometime this week. Over the weekend and into the beginning of next week, we are getting a side extension added to our driveway, which will help with parking. I can't wait to move. We only have eight days left until we can move into our new place!

HPCB.

I went shopping with Samantha last night. I love shopping with Samantha. We have so much fun together. She always tells me the same thing after we're exhausted from trying on everything that looks remotely cute. She values my opinion and I value her opinion. We just have so much fun when we are out shopping together. We don't care about people around us. We are loud and just have fun trying on things and making fun of some of the ugliest things out on the market. :o)

In just fourteen days from today, I will be living at my new place in my new bedroom. I am so excited and I cannot wait. It is closer to work so I will be able to walk. But, right now I must go to work. L8R.

There is a new episode of Queer as Folk tonight. It airs at 10:00 pm EST. I know where I'll be at that time. And, it is one of the episodes with Rosie O'Donnell!<

I absolutely love the introduction/theme to this season of Queer as Folk, which also happens to be the final season. The show has matured so much over the past five years and you can tell from the introduction. The music is much stronger and more powerful than past seasons. It also makes you think where each character might go this season and what will happen to each one after the season finale. It's really sad. I have grown so attached to each of the characters and for it all to come to an end in just a couple of months is really heartbreaking. *sigh*

It's after 4am in the morning and I'm restless. I can't sleep anymore. I have slept way too much in the past few days from being sick. I just can't do it anymore. My sleep schedule is off. I'm terribly ill. I can't breathe. And, the sinus pressure is driving me mad. When will it end?

It seems that I have the largest room in our new house. My room measures 9'7" x 13'1" which just happens to be the largest room. Yay.

Next Tuesday, we are going to have access to our new house so we can take measurements for draperies and ethernet cable. Samantha is going to make curtains/draperies for the living room and George and I are going to be wiring the house for our network. I'm also going to be taking measurements for my basement bedroom because I need to have carpet install, and I need to get dimensions for my new bedroom so I can start planning on my new rollercoaster design (more on that later).We also have to be there on this date so Adelphia can set up out cable services. We don't move in until June 15, but we saved a bundle by taking advantage of some offers they had if we had services installed by the end of May. One step closer to the big move!

1. If you are going to play games, always have a prize for the winner or loser; then, at least they will know that they are in the game.
2. Feel good about yourself. I want someone who doesn't have a "pity-me complex."
3. Do not "show me the money."
4. Have a good time despite the other person; if you can't enjoy yourself, enjoy someone else.
5. I like spontanity as much as the next guy, but have some balance.
6. If you tell a joke, let it be the fastest...not the longest running.
7. There is no such thing as a boring moment, only boring people.
8. It's okay to lie to me, just remember what you said, because I have a great memory.
10. If you don't make sense and I don't make sense, maybe we make sense together.
11. Give a damn about something.
12. Look at me and ask me, do not be afraid to be turned down. Everyone gets turned down, not everyone asks.
13. Hide some of yourself from me; I like to play explorer.
14. Never stick your tongue out at me unless you plan on using it.
15. Smile when you swear at me.
16. Never pass up a moment of comfortable silence.
17. Have an answer to easy questions like, "How was your day?"
18. Make your drama interesting, not life-consuming.
19. If you have a pair, good for you, if you don't, get the fuck out of my way.
20. Have friends...not exclusivly me.
21. Do not get offended easily; life is too short.
22. No belching or other odius personal behavior on at least the first three dates.
23. I love making decisions, that does not mean you can not.
24. Know the shit you say you know, because I know a lot of shit.
25. Do not try to complete me and I will not tell you that I am complete already.
26. Make something sinful...why? Because, you need to be bad to know good.
27. Love your friends, but lust me.
28. Know when enough is enough.
29. Have a mean streak...no one likes a goody goody gumdrop.
30. Do not tell me your mother is your best friend.
31. Be jealous...it turns me on.
32. If I promise you roses...you're getting roses.
33. Have a job or something to do.
34. Make me take out the garbage by bribing me with a kiss.
35. Banter with me.
36. Disagree with me. I'm still right, but if you're cute enough I'll change my mind.
37. Let's be civil. Unless I'm flipping you off.
38. Miss me when I'm gone because you know I'm thinking about what I'm going to do to you when I get back.
39. Be nice to come home to after a long day's work.
40. Take pride in your "self."
41. Please have your heartbroken before me...I don't want to be anyone's first love...simply their last love.

Thank God, for central air.

I'm really excited to move into our new place in a month. I cannot wait. I am moving into the only bedroom that is located in the partially-finished basement, which has its own bathroom and full kitchen. It's going to be a lot of fun. Samantha and I have been planning how we are going to decorate the basement. We haven't even moved into our new place and we are already planning some parties in the basement. I guess we are having a small birthday party for myself and George in July and we are going to have a Halloween party, Christmas party and New Year's Eve party this year! It's going to be crazy. Of course, all of this is going to cost money, and moving is going to cost enough on its own. :o(

I've come to the conclusion, tonight, that I am going to be single and lonely forever. The only person that wanted to dance with me and took interest in me all night long ended up leaving with someone else! *sigh* I never win.

With less than a week until May, it snowed today. It snowed for a brief period, today. Can you believe it? Thankfully, it didn't last too long.

It's been a while since my last post. In the time that has past, I haven't done a lot other than work. We found a house, though. (We, being Samantha, George, Michele and myself.) That's exciting news! It's even closer to work than where I live now. It's really cute and has a full basement. The backyard opens up onto a small public park. Hopefully I'll have pictures. I might take a walk and get some outside pictures to post.

Danny and I are at Tom's place right now and everyone except Laura is out on the balcony taking a smoke break. Laura and I are in the living room talking about the conversation that is going on outside. I am feeling really good right now because I have had five or six shots of rum. Damn, I am feeling great. Danny is trying to talk like a British person. It is hilarious. Laura is channel-surfing. I am looking on eBay for a new battery for my laptop. Tom's laptop is so awesome. I am jealous. I think I am going to have another shot. Blah. I want to finish our game of Cranium.

I'm over at George's place and George, Samantha and I are watching Sex & The City. Samantha made dinner earlier. We had veal parmesan, garlic green beans, potatoes au gratin, and bread. It was really good! Thanks, Samantha!

Two new picture galleries have been posted. You can view them here and here.

What gives? It's snowing outside. It shouldn't be snowing in April. Argh.

If you take a trip over to Flickr you can view some interesting desktop backgrounds. They have created the illusion of a "transparent background" by taking pictures of where their monitors sit and then another picture without the monitor in the shot. It really is neat.

Just in case I get lazy this Easter weekend, one of our local grocery stores is selling a dozen pre-coloured hard-boiled eggs for my Easter enjoyment.

I don't really have much to post right now. I should be getting ready for work, but I'm putting that off for another few minutes. Hopefully, I won't have to work this weekend. We are closed Sunday because it is Easter. Well, the only one of our three stores that is usually open on Sunday is closed this year due to Easter Sunday. Yay.

It snowed today. It snowed a lot today. I hate snow. In a matter of a few hours, we had several inches dumped on us. Blah. It'll be nice when warm weather arrives.

All that I am going to say is if you are not in a situation to view graphic pictures, DO NOT CLICK HERE. Apparently a guy got really stoned and cut off a piece of a body part. Take a look if you dare. Ew.

Yesterday, I had quite a lot to eat in a short amount of time. While, it is generally a good idea to have solid food in one's stomach before drinking, I overdid it.

Around 3pm I went to Denny's with Chris and we had breakfast and we left there around 4pm.

Danny and I had plans to have a nice dinner at Claire's house at 6pm so I ended up stuffing my face with another full plate of food and then dessert! We left her house around 8:30pm. During the time at Claire's, I only had two glasses of wine, which usually doesn't do anything for me, however, I forced myself to eat at her house, as not to seem rude. The food was really good. :o)

When Danny and I got back to our apartment, Justin and Jerry were already here and no sooner did I sit down at my computer, Dan and Andy walked in. We all did a shot. For the record, I hate spiced rum. I would much rather have a shot of regular rum, but we had that last week and they wanted spiced rum this week. I had them make me a half-shot. As soon as I dd the shot, I knew something was wrong and I ended up in the bathroom emptying my stomach of yesterday's events. It was gross. After clearing my throat and nasal cavity of the nasty smell and taste, I felt blah and wasn't really in the mood to go out dancing, although I did go out.

At Players I had two drinks, both of which I did not finish. They weren't hitting me at all and no matter how hard I tried, I didn't want to eat or drink anything. So, I ended up leaving Players shortly after 1am and after only taking a handful of pictures.

My roommates always assume that I never need to get ready before going out so I never get any chance to use the bathroom, even to wash my face and brush my teeth. They take long showers and are in the bathroom for hours. Since I am their ride, tonight, they are just going to have to wait for me to get ready before we go anyway. And, they're going to be quite pissed about it. I don't care.

I suppose that since it is St. Patrick's Day, I should post something, but I think that the post title says it all. Have fun, everyone, as I will be enjoying my green drink of choice (Jolly Rancher) tonight. :o)

I don't appreciate it when people continually assume one thing when it isn't true no matter how many times you tell them. For example, with Jason, he feels so strongly that I am not able to committ. He says he is/was in love with me and fell for me so quickly and that I am juvenile and not able to committ to someone "that would of done everything they could of to make [me] happy." I'm sorry, that is bullshit. It has (it had) nothing to do with committment, but more rather a few things I just told him over IM. He also went on to say that by not telling being open and honest with him that we'd ruin our friendship. Well, I was as open and honest with him that I could be and I'm sure that is going kill any friendship there could have been/was. His loss, not mine.

Some people...

Can you believe it? I put the pictures from last night online and they can be seen here. It took me a week to put the pictures from last week online, but it only took me one day to put the pictures from this week online. Enjoy.

I have finally put some of the pictures from last week on my website for everyone to see. They are available here. This isn't an all-inclusive list, but they are the highlights from last week. Enjoy. :o)

Guess what? It just happens to be Sunday and that means another outing to Players tonight. I'm really excited this week. I don't know what I am going to wear, but I know that I am going to have a lot of fun and I am going to dance my ass off, much like last week. I'll have my camera in hand and I'll be taking lot sof pictures, just like last week. Since Justin and Cookie are back, they are going to be going out, too. That means we'll have a large group and we'll have more fun. :o)

You scored as atheism. You are...an atheist, though you probably already knew this. Also, you probably have several people praying daily for your soul. Instead of simply being "nonreligious," atheists strongly believe in the lack of existence of a higher being, or God.

Atheism 88% Satanism 79% Buddhism 58% Paganism 54% Islam 46% Agnosticism 46% Judaism 25% Christianity 17% Hinduism 13%

I know that I am slacking on the posts. And, I know that I haven't posted anything further about the camera that I bought with my tax refund. I also, haven't put any pictures from this past Sunday online. I'll try to work on that later tonight. There are a lot of pictures to go through. :o)

Today was definitely a manic Monday. I woke up this morning aorund 7am and realized I had a killer headache so I decided to take some Tylenol and go back to sleep. I felt great when I woke up a couple hours later.

Danny and I are currently watching Man On Fire and it is really good. Denzel Washington is doing a fantastic job in this movie, as he does in all of his movies.

It is late. I am tired. I need sleep. I am going to bed to think about things. I will update tomorrow.

I got my camera! More later...

*sigh* We don't get UPN so we can't watch America's Next Top Model. I want to cry.

Okay, so it is almost 7:30pm and I still have no showered and I was not able to get a haircut today. Bummer. Oh well. But, I think I am going to knit later tonight and watch some television or a movie or something.

I went to get a haircut this morning but there was a line of people waiting and I didn't want to just queue myself behind them. So, I decided to come home and get more sleep, which I did. I just recently woke up and talked to Jason and Amy on the phone. Jason is currently moving home with the help of his brother and his cousin. Amy wanted to go to lunch, like we try to do every Saturday, but that didn't happen because I was napping. Oops! I'm not sure what my plans are for the rest of the day. I think I am just going to hang around here and get some laundry done. I will probably attempt to get a haircut today, too. I still haven't showered. Blah.

Blah. My room is such a mess and it seems that no matter how many times I try to tidy it up, it only gets worse. I don't have enough space to put all of the sh!t that I accumulate. I like organization and tidiness, although my room wouldn't suggest it. Help!

I just heard One More Time by Daft Punk and it made me think of this past Sunday at Players. I know that it is totally random, but oh well. Anyway, this song came on at Players, and I do like it a lot, but I wasn't even near the dance floor and some random girl/lesbian grabbed me by the arm and told me that I was going to dance with her. And, of course, I did. She was a lot of fun to dance with. She was full of energy and smiled a lot. Maybe I'll see her out this coming Sunday. That would be fun.

I feel on top of the world right now.

I've spent the better part of the past few days with Jason and I've had a really great time. Thursday night we went out to Chumley's and had a good time. Last night we rented Little Black Book and it was one of the best movies that I've seen in a very long time. I cried, a good cry and it made me realize so many things about myself and life in general. We drank wine and ordered calzones from Home Delivery Pizza. It was really nice.

Where have I been? I haven't posted an entry in several weeks now and I feel that it is time for me to start making daily (or near daily) posts again.

I have been working a lot, as usual. Even though I like to complain about it, I really do enjoy it. I get to work with a decent crew of people and then of course there are my good friends Samantha and George (and Michelle, with whom I do not work).

Yeah, my life sucks big time.

Last night was really wild and tonight is only going to get crazier, I'm sure.

Dan and Andy came over last night, along with Tom and his friend Laura, my two roommates, Justin and Danny, Danny's current interest, Jeremy, as well as myself. We were supposed to watch movies and play games, but of course that didn't happen. We started drinking almost immediately and the night went on from there. The entire evening started around 8pm and everyone was trashed by 11pm, when Dan and Andy left. By this point Jeremy was on the floor of Danny's bathroom and Laura was watching over him. Tom, of course, was on gay.com almost the entire evening.

We are having a little party before the real birthday Players pre-party for Dan. But, Tom has decided pthat we need to watch his recently-rented porn DVD and he has a laser pointer and he is narrating the porn. My roommate, Justin, is squirming a lot because he feels that anal sex is really painful and he doesn't even want to have sex with a man...ever. :o\ This has been a very interesting evening...

I went shopping with Samantha, George and Michele this past Saturday and Sunday. I had a lot of fun and I was able to get something for my mother. Note, however, that I still haven't finished her extremely soft lapghan from last Christmas - oops!

Saturday night we went to one hell of a Christmas party. It was wild and the guys were deliciously hot. Sadly, we had to leave when Samantha made me spill my drink all over her and myself while she was force-feeding me calorie after calorie. :o\

I'm tired.

It looks like I am going to be getting a new digital camera. It will not replace my current digital camera, but be an addition to it. :o) It will be a nice addition because it is an extremely small, pocketable point and shoot camera. I can carry it with me just about everywhere that I go. I love my other camera, but it is too large to take out to a bar or a club. :o\

It was a cold and windy Thanksgiving Day. The chicken and ham were in the oven. The side dishes were about to be prepared. I was beginning to put the first 100 out of the 1150 lights on my artificial christmas tree when I smelled it. And, I saw it. Smoke! Yes, Smoke. Samantha was in the kitchen and had recently basted the chicken and apparently left an oven mit inside the oven. Upon opening the oven door a flame almost two feet high lit up the front of the oven. What did we learn from this? Absolutely nothing other than don't let a woman that has been known to set ovens on fire near your oven. This is her second oven-related fire in less than three weeks. Oh, and don't drink lots of wine while preparing dinner.

I'm glad that this week is finally over. The previous week was honestly the worst week of my life. However, this week was incredibly better. :o) My cell phone was turnred back on Friday morning. I feel whole again. I can't believe how much I missed my cell phone. But, it is back now and hopefully this will never happen again.

I got my pen back. Off to bed I go...

Now that Hump Day is almost over, my week is half over. Yay! *smile*

Woo. $4 got me to the safe edge at Chumley's tonight. I need to go out on Thirsty Thursday's more often. :o) I did seem to upset the sisters by talking to someone, though. Bummer. :o\

I have this pet peeve that fncking pisses me off more than anything that I can think of right now. I cannot stand it when I am having a conversation with a person via AIM and s/he decides to put up an away message without giving me any sort of prior notice. Argh...

Damn. I look hot!

"K"nitter is what's happenin'.

I heard this fabulous phrase on the first episode of The Real World Philadelphia last night. Shavonda was talking to MJ about his girlfriend from back home and she referred to MJ's girlfriend as a kinda sorta but not really. He kinda sorta has a girlfriend, but not really. This is so true of most men. :o\

I hate having a sore throat. Come nurse me and give me chicken noodle soup.

You know, I would still like to go to the San Diego Zoo. If anybody would like to take me, please do. I wish I would have gone a few months back when I almost had the chance. :o\

I really didn't do anything yesterday. Shortly after I crawled out of bed, I decided that I couldn't stand the smell of cigarette smoke so I needed to shower. After I was all clean and dressed, I just pissed around in my bedroom for a while. Occasionally I would step out into the living room to catch a glimpse of what Lifetime or Hallmark movie that my roommate, Danny, was watching. He was a couch potatoe yesterday. Then, for the majority if the day I practiced using my knitting machine. That was an interesting experience in itself. I tried out some new techniques; I tried the lace pattern that I snapped a picture of at the grocery store, as well as a baby blanket pattern that I previously hand knit. I became rather frustrated with the latter so I went and watched a movie with my roommate on the Hallmark channel. Sadly, that is about as much as there is to me day because I went to bed not long after 10:00 am.

*sigh*

I got my knitting machine earlier this week and I have yet to knit a single stitch on it. It has been an interesting and distracting week. I haven't really felt like knitting or really anything else that I would normally do. I have no idea what I am going to do this Labor Day weekend. I get Monday off and I get paid for it, which will be nice. Most of you reading this have my number, so call me and let's do something! :o)

Mood: Depressed

"Where do [I] go from here?
This isn't where [I] intended to be"

I had no idea that it was a crime to water plants that were as dry as a bone.

Today was an extremely long and tiring day. For some reason it stretched on like there was no tomorrow. I'm just glad that it is finally over and I can head to bed. Hopefully, I will get up early enough in the morning to get a haircut before I have to be in to work (around 10am). It really needs to be cut; it is getting way too long. I really don't have much to say other than I'm really tired and I will try to post something exciting tomorrow. Good night.

Recently, I've come to realize that people are not always honest or decide against saying what is on their mind and instead avoid the subject (or me) altogether. This never really bothered me in the past. It does now. Nobody is perfect; I know that. Everybody lies in one form or another, whether it is intentional or to protect someone or something. Everybody does. But, when someone avoids a topic (or me) because s/he is afraid that it would hurt my feelings or they want to be a nice person, it really p!sses me off. I really can't say anymore without using names, so I will leave it at that.

Does anybody read these?

Tonight was my first time ever playing Scattergories. Danny, Tad, Justin, Jarret, and myself played that game tonight. I had a lot of fun, even though I was probably the worst player. If I wasn't, I was easily second to the worst. For some reason I can't think of answers quick enough and I don't seem to know enough pop culture that was helpful in the game. It didn't help, either, that hard letters kept popping up every other category/list that we had to do. Phooey.

I have finally beaten level eight in The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons. It has only taken me nearly an eternity! Now I have to go and make a pathetic attempt at beating the final boss. Then, I will have beat one of the games in a two games series/set (the other is The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages). It doesn't matter in which order the games are played, a password/code is given at the end of one game to continue the other game. Wish me luck.

Amy: "I'm a fast pants changer."
Chad: "That's good. I'm a fast pee-er."

In the past several months (about half of a year) I haven't had a real problem of not having that special someone and not hanging out with friends as I had in the past. However, recently, I feel very lonely and unwanted. Many of my friends are married, engaged or deeply involved with someone. Where does that leave me? Alone. Empty. Isolated. Solo. Singular. Unaccompanied. *sigh*

I can be such an ass sometimes. *sigh*

I have a horrible pain in my right chest. It's not constant. It's more of a random throbbing type of pain. It hurts to lay down. My breathing isn't really affected. However, it does hurt and my right arm feels weird. I can still take deep breathes, which is a sign that my lung is not collapsing, or has collapsed any further. Although, I don't know if it will feel the same way if things start to worsen. God, it hurts.

*barely keeps eyes open* It's really hard to wake up this early in the morning. :o(

I noticed that I have been slacking with the posts in the past few days. I'll have to make sure I fix that. :o)

Today is Tiffany's birthday so everyone should wish her a very happy birthday. I love you, Tiffany! (Hopefully, HBH does not beat me up for that.)

I just rearranged my bedroom. When my parents were up last week they gave me a dresser because I didn't have one and up until tonight it was a nice cluttered buffet in the middle of my bedroom. I decided I didn't like the way that the room was set up and there wasn't a convenient place to put the dresser, so I rearranged everything. My bed is now on the complete opposite wall (for those of you who have been privy to my bedroom). My computer desk is now located at the opposite corner of the room, against the wall to the left of where it previously sat. My papasan is located in the corner where my twisy colour lamp sat. It's like my little knitting corner now. :o) And, I can still watch movies/tv on my computer from it. I should win an award for this.

The last thing I want is to come home and have someone b!tch at me about something that isn't that big of a deal, especially when it is something that I could have taken care of if asked. Blah.

Last night I walked over to Brian and Tom's new place and hung out for a bit. I was having some chest pains and initially brushed them off. Brian made me two Hot Pockets; they were really good. Thank you, Brian. Tom and I fiddled with his wireless Internet over there and I couldn't get my laptop to connect because he is using Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) instead of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). I tried to update the software/driver for my Linksys WPC11 but it doesn't seam to recognize the new driver. It is happily sticking with the old driver. Argh...

First, let me just say that I absolutely love my new car. It is the one that I was going to get all along...the white 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix. It's ten years old, but I don't like to think of it like that. It is six years newer than my old car. It drives sooo nice compared to my Daytona. I'll write more about the car later. I really can't keep my eyes open and my parents will be here in the morning with furniture. It's going to be another long day without much sleep.

I'm so excited! I am working the opening shift tomorrow, 7am-3pm, which is unusual for me. After work I am heading home to get my new car. It will be the last time I make the journey from State College to Corry in my car. It's sad, but that is okay...I am getting a newer car!

My stomach aches and I cannot sleep. :o( Tonight we are going out to Players and hopefully I feel better by then. We should have a good time...hopefully. I just wish I could sleep so that I could get some rest.

I'm excited that I am getting my newer car this week. It is driving me crazy to have to wait until Wednesday. I'm ramlbing. Listen to me go. :o\

Right now I'm listening to the first disc of a two-disc remix set, NYC Underground something-or-other. Coincidentally, a lot of the tracks are those which were played at Players in the spring of 2003 when I went out religiously every Sunday night. I miss those days. I miss going out with Jeff, Brad, Will, and whoever else we could coax along with us. Sami went to Players last fall with us. We first went to Chumley's and then down to Players. We had a lot of fun. Oh, and I can't forget the time that we went to Players after the Prince concert. We walked from the Bryce Jordan Center to Players and then after Players when we were tipsy we walked back to my apartment complex and ate pizza. That was fun. :o)

Blah blah blah. I'm bored. I'm listening to music (at the moment "Here In My Bedroom" by Goldfinger). I could easily fall asleep. But, I want to do something. I was knitting earlier and then I was playing my Gameboy Advance SP and now I am bored. I'm downloading Redhat Fedora Core 2 via Bit Torrent and when it is done I will burn the ISOs and stare at them in amazement. Blah.

It's my birthday. I didn't even know I was going to Chumley's and Tom and Shawn both called me and were talking about meeting times. I'm so confused.

It doesn't look like I will be driving a white Pontiac Grand Prix next week. My father wanted the guy to lower the price a little because all of the break pads and rotors need to be replaced and now the guy isn't returning my father's phone calls. So...I'm back to square one...no car and only one week to go before I go home. Oy vei. :o(

It's Tuesday and that means one day closer to my new car. I'm so excited. I can't wait. I hope I don't hate it. I'm going to miss having a manual transmission. It is going to feel weird to not have to shift while driving. 'eh, I'll survive. It is also going to be weird because I will actually have a working parking break. My old/current car does not have a working parking break, sort of. "Set it and forget it" as Ron Popeil put it. It worked, but you couldn't release it. Hence, it really was an emergency break - to be used only in a real emergency. I'm moving up in the world, lol.

I come home from work and I'm glad to have some time to myself. However, I usually find myself bored out of my mind. I have a zillion things that I could be doing (e.g. knitting, reading, eating, watching movies, cleaning, hanging out with my roommates, misc. crafts, etc.) but I don't do any of those things. I tend to waste my evenings by not doing a single thing! How I go about accomplishing this, I haven't quite figured out. *sigh*

We will be getting furniture to fill the void in our living room on either the 29th or 30th of July. My mom bought a living room set off of a friend that she works with and she and my dad will bring it down later this month. As of right now we have a 46” HDTV and a '70s floral loveseat in our living room. It doesn't leave much room for friends to sit, hang out and watch movies. This will remedy that!

On another note, I am going to be getting a new(er) car that same week (probably the 28th). My current car is rusting away on me and needs a lot of body work and hence will not pass inspection. My parents have been nice enough to locate a white '93 Pontiac Grand Prix that I will soon be the owner of. I'm excited. Even though it isn't extremely new, it is newer and that is all that matters to me. :o)

I never really cared for April Fool's Day. I guess it stems from the fact that I don't really care for practical jokes. But, I know they usually aren't meant to harm anyone, although sometimes they do. Blah.

This is getting better. At least now I have something a little more green than what I had before. Without any documentation, this is really hard. :o\

I hate the default skins that come with this blogging web application. I can't use the green-themed skin that I made with version 0.95 because this is version 0.96. Argh.

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

I know that it has been a while since my last post. I have been busy with knitting and work and stressing over life and I seem to be tired all of the time. I don't know what is wrong with me. I am still dealing with financial issues and my mother informed me yesterday that my student loan repayment information came in the mail. I haven't even graduated from college, yet! Ugh. Life is full of stress sometimes. *remembers that he must breathe* Sometimes I like to close my eyes and imagine myself with Dusty or my knitting and nothing else. Those things make me happy and stress free (within reason). I don't know. I feel that I am rambling, so I will adjourn for the evening.

I love music. It is plain and simple. I honestly don't know what I would do if I had to do without music for any great length of time. I'm glad that I can listen to music at work. It definitely helps my day pass, albeit long. I find it very relaxing to put on some music and relax whether it be knitting (my current love), or working on something on my computer (another love of mine) or just about anything else except watching television. I love to fall asleep to music because it takes me mind away from things and I slowly slip into a deep sleep and I think it helps me sleep better, but I don't always get to fall asleep to music. I can remember using my first discman and a pair of over-the-head headphones and picking out a CD every night just before it was time to crawl into bed and listening to that CD falling asleep. I don't have that discman any longer. I, literally, would use it daily. When I came home from school (high school at this point...you need to remember discmans weren't around when I was in elementary school) and I would slip on the headphones, pop in a CD and continue whatever I was doing for the rest of the evening. I ended up going through batteries like crazy and eventually made the switch to rechargeable batteries, but even they only last so long before they have to be replaced. I think I could have lit a small town for a good month on the amount of battery power that I utilized during my high school years. *sigh* Those were the days.

I feel like I am talking to a wall.

October is quickly approaching and that means Halloween, my favourite holiday, is just around the corner. I haven't quite decided if I am going to have a party this year, however, I am going to go all out decorating. Even if there isn't a party this year, I would like to have a bunch of people over and maybe watch some scary movies. While driving home from Dusty's this weekend, I got a lot of great ideas on how I can spruce up (or down) this place for fight night. More details later...

I worked for several hours last night and a couple hours so far this morning and I still cannot create a new skin of my own. I need some sort of documentation on how this application work. It's really neat and has several features that I really like. However, there are several features that I don't understand and skinning the application isn't exactly easy, either. I just want to change a few things around and I'd be happy. Simple is definitely better.

I'm not feeling in a great mood right now. I am home on my lunch break and I'm not even going to eat anything. Sami and I have been listening to TV themes at work and we're having fun, but the weather is putting me in such a dull mood. I hate the skin on this blog, but I'm going to work on it. There isn't any documentation on it so it will take me a while to figure out what I can and cannot add/remove and keep everything in working order.

I do not like the layout of the current skin of the blog. But, I am working on it. At least I was able to get it working! Right now I am at Joe's place watching Cher's Fairwell Tour and waiting for my laundry to finish drying. More later...

This is my first post and I'm not even sure that it will work correctly.