why the hell am i bothering, why the hell am i fighting why the the hell am i even bothering to do this shit. i've had it. just had it. all i seem to be fit for is customer service call center shit. i'm tired of fighting it. i'm tired of trying to be anything … Continue reading

If there is one person or more on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

Presenting: Steve Perry...and Barnes & Barnes (of "Fish Heads" fame): edit: and most folks don't know that there's ANOTHER track with Steve Perry on that same Barnes & Barnes album ("Amazing Adult Fantasy") -- "Don't Be A Singer". You can listen to it here: http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/906407-barnes-and-barnes (edit #2: Yes, I have "Don't You Wanna Go To … Continue reading Yes, YOUTUBE HAS EVERYTHING…

Yup, there's one Furry Happy Monster on THIS end of things. Yesterday's interview went GREAT -- I'd put the Shrine AND the Journey Webring on my resume' as accomplishments (and damn well they ARE), and the interviewer was a Journey fan. :))) AND went to Ohio University AND majored in Audio/Video Production...like I did. To … Continue reading Furry Happy Monsters!

Massive sun burn on the face despite SPF 30 sunblock! 14 mile bike ride round-trip, the first half going down the Olengtangy River bike trail, and the second half coming straight back up 4th street...right through campus housing and an area where one drunk black guy stared at us and yelled something about it being … Continue reading Bicycles! Adventure! Columbus City Streets! Art Festival!

I have an interview on Monday!! WOOT! A local agency that supplies contract work to local businesses -- they desperately need web developers, AND they're LOCAL!! WOOT!

Anyone recognize the theme music? and presenting...Henson's 11:

i woke up feeling very dizzy; it hasn't stopped, hasn't gotten worse, just vertigo and dizziness. no blood yet. no other symptoms (though I had an extreme bout of abdominal pain this past weekend). i see the doctor this afternoon. and to cap it off, i just had a call from a collector on the … Continue reading scared.

...in which my post of late yesterday gets absolutely confirmed by THIS showing up on my friend requests: "You better add me since i'm your mother." Facebook -- the Public Face you want to show the world, and you better not get too damn personal because the whole frakkin' world will see it. LiveJournal -- … Continue reading Continuation of Facebook Bomb Droppings…

...my entire family's on there. Not just the immediate family...almost my ENTIRE family. I'm the person who's related to half of Middletown, OH. Small-town, conservative, Red Republican, Steelworker, Middletown OH. I'm not exaggerating. Well, okay. Maybe a little. But not by much. Oh, joy. Yet another source of family contention & argument when I refuse … Continue reading I just realized WHY I resisted Facebook for so long…