05.17.02
perhaps you’ve heard of me
o/~ to my dearest friends across the dakotas… please accept my thanks for the swiss army knives… i will be visiting you in my mercury topaz soon! o/~
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an update (few and far between)
i’m at work, so i really don’t have time for this, but i’m going to go ahead and post something anyway, to appease the lovely jepsika who waits endlessly by her computer for me to post bits of wisdom.
well, my company is hiring me on as a real employee (instead of a consultant) with better pay, benefits, and a bunch of other stuff. so that’s good! 
I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS SUMMER!!!
first of all, i’m going to houston with mark for memorial day weekend (5/24-28)… i’m so excited because i’m going to be able to introduce mark and jessica… and show him where i grew up, etc… it means a lot to me. we had some issues because he didn’t realize how important to me it was, and he was acting a bit disinterested, but things are okay now. i think it’s going to be great. this is our first trip anywhere where we’ll actually be flying! i have to make a list of places to go! help me, people!
also, i’m seeing the pet shop boys in concert next week… i’ve never been to one of their shows before, and i’m really excited since their new album is really cool. jessica, i have GOT to send you some songs from it… you’ll really like it!
speaking of concerts, CHER!!! i’m seeing her four times… once in philadelphia, twice in new york city, and once in new jersey. i actually have 6th row seats at the nj show!! needless to say, the cost of the concerts has been quite a burden, but it is her farewell tour.
jason is coming to see me to go to one of the new york city shows near the end of june… he’s doing well.. he just graduated from the university of texas at austin (he would want me to use the full name, of course) . he’s also back to dating now! if you want to follow the saga, read his boy’s journal! it makes for some great reading!!
anyway, i really need to get back to work. ciao!
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05.15.02
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so i’m about to go into this meeting b/c my company wants to hire me on from being a consultant into a real employee position. i have to have the dreaded salary talk, so i’m incredibly nervous. 
i’ll keep you posted (yeah right, like i ever post!)
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moment of zen
“When I die, I want to die like my grandmother who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car.”
– Author Unknown
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05.09.02
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know what i just figured out?
if i have time to write a stupid IM to someone, i have time to write in my journal.
work has been extremely busy, and i’m here late today because of traffic. that means that either i go home at the usual time and feel guilty b/c the guy who sits in the cube next to me will notice, or i stay late. hrmmm.
i’m back @ the gym now! i know it’s kind of crazy, and i’m sure i will get messages from people about this, but i want to get into shape so that i look better when i take my trip back to texas at the end of the month. and i’m so excited about the trip! mark is going to get to see where i grew up! i know he’s not as excited about it really, but it’s important to me, and that’s why he’s going.
i have to make a list of things to do while i’m there. that will follow.
my parents are moving back to kingwood!!! mark is kind of upset about it because that means we won’t be together for the holidays (only major ones, like Thanksgiving and Christmas).. but we’re not to the point where we can skip seeing our families and alternate yet… besides, i’m thrilled about it because i will get to go back more often.
know what sucks? jessica’s posts are always so deep. mine just kinda suck. i don’t have anything really important to say today. i’m sure i will soon though. there’s stuff on my mind but i don’t feel like getting into it (at least right now).
random song lyric of the day:
“Well by the force of will my lungs are filled and so I breathe.
Lately it seems this big bed is where I never leave.
Shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather.”
— 10,000 Maniacs
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05.08.02
why?
okay… don’t get all excited just because i’m posting an entry. i suck.
i don’t understand why when i go downstairs to heat up my weight watchers frozen salisbury steak and macaroni and cheese why i have to deal with a woman dressed up as a gigantic drop of blood telling me not to forget to donate.
first of all, a giant drop of blood costume is scary as hell.
second, i can’t give blood because i’m a sodomizer. when you go to give blood they want to know if you sleep with men. if you do, forget about giving the stuff…. i could be superman and have blood that could heal the millions, but i’m sure they wouldn’t want it anyway.
well, i’m going back to my mac and cheese and processed steak product now.
oh, and yes meli, it is me.
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