bean

grr...arrg.

By the time I realized Buffy the Vampire Slayer might not be a completely worthless piece of TV drivel, but might actually be kinda fun, kinda cool (if a bit kitschy at times), the series had progressed so far that I couldn't get into it. Shalome, on the other hand, is a big fan, and has the whole series on DVD. So tonight, instead...
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Fun stuff: Shalome was kind (or bored) enough to put up a quick little page with some brief words and pictures of our cross-country trek from St. Louis to Long Beach.
It's right here.

Other news: I've been so blissfully ignorant of anything resembling normal life lately that I didn't notice that school started this week. Actually, it started yesterday. So I'll go...
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Things are going a lot better. My family is handling everything about my dad's death pretty well, and I've got enough things going on in my life to keep my mind off of it most of the time.

Thank you all so much for your encouraging words of support. I love that I can always count on everyone here to keep my spirits up when...
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Well. 2003 was a year of extremes. Fantastic highs, tremendous lows. I've said that before, I know, but it pretty much built up to a climax of extremes...ever-greater highs, ever more painful lows.

I've got a whole year-in-review thing cooking in my head, but I'll save that to post when I've got more time.

On the last day of the year, three things happened:

My...
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Happy Day everybody. Merry Christmas and all that jazz. After this I won't be online for a bit, as I'll be on the road until about the 29th.

Last night ended up being a lot of fun...Derby and I went over to Fern's and spent the first 2 hours of Xmas trying new drinks.

When I woke up I sat in traffic for 4...
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Yep...looks like I'll be spending Christmas Eve by myself at my favorite local bar, after I do laundry and clean my house. Holidays suck when your family is all over the place, mentally.

In other news: I finally got a car rented, but since it's fucking Christmas Eve, all the repair shops are, of course, closed, which means I won't be able to even...
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Funfun.

I have a newfound respect for dreidles...and for Hop Louie's, for that matter.




update: It's 8:11am. I should probably get some sleep now. But I'm hungry, maybe I should eat something. No. No, I definitely need to sleep now.

update: 9am. No really, sleep.

bean!

Some thoughts:
I can't take being without a car anymore. I'm renting one tomorrow.

Return of the King was excellent.

Chocolate cake shots don't have anything chocolatey in them, yet somehow they really do taste just like chocolate cake.

There IS viable public transportation in Southern California...if your trip either starts, passes through, or ends in downtown LA...and you don't plan on going anywhere after...
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I was thinking I was going to be too poor for christmas presents for so long that I forgot to think about what to get people. I only have a handful of people to get presents for anyhow. But now, I'm sitting on amazon.com staring blankly at the home page.

Bah.

If I ever bothered to plan more than a few days into the future,...
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