An interesting article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/magazine/27out-t.html

bacon, cheddar, curly fries

Who knew that laminating could be so much fun and a way to stay sane at the same time. Laminating. Seriously... who'da thunk it?!?

I had an incident with a deer recently, which devoured my car and burped up an insurance check into my eager palms... thus the Kia is dead and gone, replaced by another Cavalier... I am destined to drive Cavalier automobiles. Gladly though, they've done me proud through the years and this one is a bit nicer than the others. It's a 2001 Z24 model and it's fully loaded, even with a power moonroof. It's still an 8 year old vehicle, so it has it's flaws, but hell, it drives nice on the highway and gets me from A to B.

Life's been a lot of twists and turns lately and while it's not been emotionally traumatic or anything, it's had a few aches and pains. There's someone interesting on the horizon and the next month or so will show me where that's going to lead. It's something promising though, in a rather lonely point in my life.

I have yet to buy a bed, but today I bought a chair. Yesterday I bought a kitchen table and chairs set. I may not have settled down in the slightest, but it appears I'm starting to settle in. Next stop... bedroom depot!

Santa mugs abound

Oddly enough, there's only a few things that it could possibly be... and the answer isn't going to get to me anytime soon. Pesky answers. What's the friggin' difference between one thing and the other? Bloody hell... what's the deal with bloody indecisiveness. And what's the deal with being so friggin' impatient. So there. Oh, and what's the deal with corn nuts?

fucked up tickle trunk

Moving is sometimes like an earthquake in a lot of ways... one of them being that stuff sometimes gets unearthed... I cracked open a box of stuff that was last opened nearly 10 years ago... memories and ghosts... wowzer... I rummaged through things and thoughts and people for a good hour... the summary is pretty much that over the past 15 years I shut a whole lot of doors that probably I shouldn't have, mostly because I couldn't be bothered to keep them open... the old mirror in the bottom of the box reflected back a guy that's deep down pretty selfish... kindof sad really, but how do you fight your own nature... I repacked the box and all I could think of is how many more doors will I close in the next 10 years...

seven degrees of Google and Wikipedia

Kind words don't move the earth
But if it can improve your self worth
Why do I let these moments pass me by
Instead I'm quick to judge
And I'm quick to blame
I'm quick to criticize
Quick to maim
It's hard to change
But I'll try
Oh I'll try

So maybe it's your best friend
Or the next stranger you see
Maybe it's your neighbor
Maybe it's you
Maybe it's me
Who needs to hear encouragement
To make it through the day
Who needs to hear whatever kind words
You might have to say
It doesn't matter where you're going
Or where you have been
'Cuz right now is the perfect moment
For us to begin
To appreciate each other
In new and different ways
Oh please don't let another golden Moment
Slip Away
Appreciate each other
More and more each day
Oh please don't let another golden Moment
Slip Away

- from The Moment Slipped Away
by Christine Lavin

In the instant that you love someone
In the second that the hammer hits
Reality runs up your spine
And the pieces finally fit

And all I ever needed was the one
Like freedom fields where wild horses run
When stars collide like you and I
No shadows block the sun
You're all I've ever needed
Baby you're the one

tart and tangy

dating and relationships are like buying cars... you go for the test drive, swear under your breath a lot and ride them until they break down... because no matter how hard you shop around, you can still find a lemon...

les fleurs

My Christmas cactus has decided to blossom. I think it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

Something borrowed, something blue

No weddings, just weirdness :)

Life's been tough for a long time and I haven't wanted to write anything here...

Tomorrow I start on a new journey. I move to Fredericton and I'm all alone. It will be challenging, but it's something I've needed to do for a while and now that it's happening, I'm both anxious and excited to the core. I have a lot of things I need to deal with in this silly life, but I think I'm actually looking forward to it. I've done some rather shitty things over the past several years and while I don't have regrets, I do have some painful memories to dig through and possibly atone for. Le sigh... One thing to look forward to is a clean slate and I think that, aside from mental turmoil and some heart-wrenching melodramas, I will benefit from this whole moving to a new city thing.

On the other hand, it might just do me in completely. Well, shit on a stick!

I'll aim for the better of the two. As the saying goes, what doesn't kill us makes stronger. :)