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DUDE. Glad you're okay, and I hope that your home and neighborhood are going to be alright, too.

personal friend of Doug Pinnick?..that's awesome..how did you land that connection?..I have talked with him nearly every concert I saw them. He's a very cool guy. The next time you see him, tell him one of the biggest Minnesota fans says hi and looks fwd to seeing the band again soon.

Kyle

too bad abt the video...i'm sure things will work out next album though!

haha...yes! go quagmire

talk at u later darlin

pregnancy scares = really fucking scary. I've been there, its not a good scene.

Dude, a doctor Who scarf would be awesome. I totally wouldn't mind making you one. I found a million different patterns for it online, that would be so fun to do. Only problem is how much it would cost. It takes quite a bit of yarn. Maybe after i am done with all the move in expenses and so forth i will make you one! Sadly that won't be before Halloween though. So i'm afraid you may have to go forth with different costume plans...

...i think greg and i are going to be zombie-vampires for Halloween, because it seems silly, and for lack of a better idea. We are so stupid.

I noticed a comment you posted about voltaire's tattoo job how its a job no one can beat and I thought hey he seems pretty cool. so what do you want to know before you make me your friend? I didn't mean to be rude, Im just impulsive

*butt*

Yeah there is lots of insane crazy crap going on.

me too! wait...i've never had either. oh well...would be nice!

I prefer black work in tattoos as well, usually. I am going to have some color, but not much. Plus red is the color most people will be allergic too, if they are allergic to inks at all.

One problem i have with the prequels visual style seems to pretty much right itself by the time the third prequel comes out. Basically, my problem is that i don't like the massive use of CGI when it isn't done well. I mean, the effects they used in the first movie were nowhere near flawless, but at no point when they are walking on sand does it look like they are floating several inches above the ground! CGI can be a wonderful thing, but if done badly (and i did think there were points where it was done VERY badly in episode I and II) i can't suspend my disbelief well enough to really believe the movie. Add that to the horrible acting and direction. Again, one can argue that the acting in the original movies was not that good, but i liked the interactions between the characters. The interactions between characters in the prequels felt hollow and contrived, maybe due to George Lucas' direction, i don't know. And the older actor who played Annakin, absolutely hated his acting. I have yet to see if that is just him or Lucas' direction as i haven't seen him act in anything else. I also hated how Padme became the simpering crying housewife, she seemed like she would have been stronger than that to me by how they portrayed her in the first two prequels, so it seemed really out of character. I don't know, yadda yadda bitch bitch i guess. There are things about them that i like. The furthering of the whole story is a good thing. I liked pretty much any and all scenes in space and/or with ships, they looked great. And it was really neat to learn more about the sith and the whole "evil of politics" element. That was very interesting.

Are you going to repost a story of your grandfather in your next journal?

I really really REALLY want to go to the San Diego Con. But my gods, it is so incredibly expensive. Last year it cost us around $500 just on gas to get there and back, which is considerably less than it could have been if Greg didn't have a Pacific Pride card through his parent's business. They paid his gas through their farm's Pacific Pride business account when he was working for them, and as a going away present he got to keep the card...free gas wherever there is Pacific Pride station, which is basically just in Oregon and Washington, so it didn't help out at all along the huge I-5 stretch into SoCal. And then hotel fees.....eek. We reserved a hotel ahead of time, but later than most, so there weren't many choices left. We chose a place that was just slightly over a hundred a night...turned out it was one of those shitholes that should have been maybe 30 dollars a night. The door only came to two inches above the ground, so it wasn't very secure and the noise of the street was not blocked out at all. The sheets really didn't smell like they had been cleaned. The staff was all incredibly rude, looked like they were on meth, and didn't really answer any of our questions...they couldn't have cared less. And there were guys just "hanging out" around our room at all times. Needless to say none of our stuff stayed in that room, we took it all with us in the truck the next day, and found a new hotel in the next town over. Not sketchy at all but it was bad also...$140 a night this time, and "free continental breakfast" meant orange juice and milk. Woohoo.

Do you really want to go? Because if I do go again i think i will reserve rooms in advance, but Greg and i can't afford one on our own. If you wanted to, we could split room costs. And if you know anyone else who would split costs, that would be awesome. I think Greg and i might fly there next year, if we go, because gas prices are up and our income is not...and plane tickets can be found in advance for less than the cost of gas. So, yeah. I really really want to go, it just depends on if all the elements can fall in to place. Crosses fingers...

Where are you moving in January? Greg and i can't have a roommate, our apartment is too tiny! Seriously though, Oregon is amazing! I wouldn't recommend where we live (Corvallis is beautiful but there isn't anything going on here) but Portland is pretty amazing. Well, where do you think you are going to move to?

Okay, i am going to go play WoW....



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I am turing 24 next March. I always though i would die at 25, so i have this fear that its a self fulfilling prophecy. My life might not have any purpose but in a way i kind of like "growing up" and seeing all the changes in myself, even if all the working and pointlessness and toil definately takes its toll. I react to some things better, and some things worse. If i examine myself every year, i feel sometimes like i am looking at a stranger. But i kind of see that as interesting. Taking stock of something i didn't even realise had change. And maybe the changes are not good, but its interesting. Your life may feel entirely stagnant but you constantly adapt. 22 is still young although if you are anything like me you probably feel tired and ancient at this point, like you have lived many years past your self. You say you are bored with life, but you are still looking forward to things. like Molly. Possible filming opportunities that may or may not happen. New tattoos. etc. All these things are in the future.

I am jealous of your bantha skull tattoo. I kind of want a Star Wars tatoo, but in some ways the new movies made me feel different. Should i get a tattoo from a series that i now only like half of? But i really really really like half of it. Le sigh. I dunno of what anyway. I actually really like the pattern over the ears of the helmets the xwing fighters wear. I don't think anyone would recognise it. Not really decided on whether thats a good or bad thing.

I wish you'd been at PAx too. That would have been fun. But alas. We will have to meet some other time. Want to go to the San Diego comic con? We'll split you hotel rent! Seriously though, that would be great, but yegads, its so expensive to go to that. Anyway, I felt PAX was a lot bigger this year witout being better. So Greg and i may skip it in the future. Last year people were crashed out in their cars under the convention center in the parking garage. It was awesome...like its own free car hotel. This year security kicked everyone out, and you couldn't stay inside the con 24 hours a day...it actually close at night. Those aspects of the con were quite unfortunate.

Awww.