Dan asked me today “So what have you been doing since November 11?” and I realized that I hadn’t written since early in the week. Honestly, there hasn’t been a whole lot to write about. I feel like I’m letting people down who read my site because I don’t have any tales of [...]

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When you wake up at 3:30 in the morning and can’t get back to sleep, the smallest thing gets bigger and annoying. Sounds and lights you don’t notice during the day can become infuriating and can prevent your return to blissful slumber. Example 1: the clicking of the second hand of the clock [...]

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Every time I got for a jog or a walk, I remember things that I meant to post about in my blog. I guess it’s because I have time alone in my thoughts without distractions like television and my computers, and things come back to me.
One thing I meant to write about is that [...]

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Stupid comment spam. I’m starting to get random pieces of spam put in comments on entries, which is more common than you’d expect with blogs, and from what I’ve read is becoming more and more of a nuisance to bloggers around the world. First it was email spam (and still), then pop-up ads, [...]

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Guys have this stigma attached to them that society dictates that they cannot cry. I’m not exactly sure how that came about, and it’s been the punchline of numerous jokes through the years.. It probably has something to do with how men are always supposed to be strong, but the question is then [...]

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I finally heard back about the job at Elephant’s Deli, and the answer was a negatory. I understand why they didn’t want to hire me, but it’s still a little frustrating. You know how the old joke goes? “I went to a small liberal arts college (or majored in hostory, or majored [...]

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Googling someone’s name always produces an interesting set of results for many people, a mixture of random entries regarding them in the case of some people I know, and in others whole laundry lists of people with the same name but nothing on them specifically. Naturally, I’m first when you Google my name, whether [...]

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I estimate that I’ve seen Alien probably about a dozen times since I first saw it as a child of ten years of age or so. I’ve the first sequel, Aliens probably twice that over the years, though that’s a pretty liberal estimate. In any case, I know just about everything there is [...]

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Halloween has always been such a mixed bag for me in the last ten years. The last time I went trick or treating was in 8th grade when I went as the wolfman. That was probably my most involved costume I ever did, back when I knew lots of the tricks and secrets [...]

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There’s one feature that I kind of wish I had on my website that I’m not even sure how to implement, but it’s a nice feature that I’ve seen over at LiveJournal: a space with each entry where you can put your mood and what music you’re listening to. I guess it probably wouldn’t [...]

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My Mom made an observation about my comments regarding some of my decisions that I made when I was 18 that I thought would be appropriate to share with my readership:
“Duh.”
I hope that she wasn’t just referring to me, but to all 18 year olds. I’m sure if I had a window into any [...]

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The car’s OK, at least for now. I got it back on Friday afternoon, and it turned out that it was leaking both oil and power steering fluid, so it’s a good thing I got it in when I did. I thought that the three quarts of oil in two days would have [...]

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I had a change of plans yesterday. Originally I was going to take MAX downtown, meet my Dad, and we’d grab a beer at Bridgeport so that I could get my debit card back. When my car began needing triage, I changed my plans so that I would DRIVE downtown (it’s been a [...]

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Well, here’s to doing stupid things.
I went back to Bridgeport last night to enjoy cheap pints of beer, and after having some good conversation while there, I left and got back on the Portland Streetcar and made my way to a MAX stop. As I waited there for the train to come up the [...]

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As the comment on my last entry clearly states, I’m not the only one in this job market who’s struggling to stay sane. No offense to those of you out there who are unemployed like me (Paul, Kristine, and I’m fairly certain you too, Michiko!), but I’m glad you are. If everyone I [...]

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