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good morning!

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good night’s sleep with the CPAP thing on… a little more used to it, but the pressure is still a trifle awkward.

Got up early this morning, giving little bro his VCR, he had me hold it for him while in Hawaii. I can’t find the remote… d’oh. Ah well, I’ll but him a universal to use on his TV and the VCR… hopefully that’ll do. going to loan him some movies, as he has no cable…not sure what, yet, just a big mix of what I have lying around.

Newtie’s a goon…chasing me all over the house, as I tear it apart looking for cables and the remote… we ended up playing fetch as I went, just to accomplish my goals…

Well, off to prepare for work, shower, shave the non-goatee, and have some yogurt and total. 🙂 yum yum!

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progress report.

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I can cross 1, 5 and 6 off my list. The exorcist was mighty fine. I forgot how good the movie was. had lots of fried stuff for supper, but we didn’t get the cool waitress… there’s one there that knows what we like, and is a real sweetheart. the one tonight seemed harried and not into it. my only complaint about tonights movie was that they seemed to add a few ‘superimposed’ devil things…. totally unneeded, but the beginning was especially good, sort of slow on tv, but sweeping on the big screen.

Tomorrow is Derek-time. What to do? Unknown. Maybe just roam around los olas and get a bite. I have to remember to ask if the first weekend in November is good for the canoe trip up peace river.

Peace River

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Freedom.

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Went to Suzy’s hearing today, and it started off bad… but the end results were good… she’s going home today, with a reinstatement of her probation. Did she learn anything from this? Nope, I don’t think so. I, however, learned that our court systems are incredibly lenient, and that odds are good that the innocent are very unlikely to be crimed for things they did not commit…. as are criminals who did do something, you really have to be able to prove that the bad guy did something. I’m not saying all of our laws are good, or even valid… but if you break the law, someone has to try very hard to get you in trouble for it. (apparently there are a lot of people trying very hard, though… look at our prisons!)

Anyhow. Suzy free (as free as probation, anyhow.)

no more collect calls from jail, or taking messages for her friends. (so called…. they wouldn’t even visit.)

I’m guessing she should be back in a cab, driving, by next Monday.

As for myself, I suppose going to the DMV, getting a new photo ID was a good thing… I can now not get bothered when cashing my check, and so on.

Talked to the brother last night. Going with him to a new gym on Sunday.. I’ll be ready for some serious working out, now that he’s joining me. I look forward to being stronger, healthier, and looking a little better than I’ve been lately.

Yipes

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Another day, another $.34 (after taxes.)

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woo. Or even Wu! (Doug, that is) harper #1 in my book, and all around swell guy apparently called danny up last night, giving out his new phone number… sadly, he either doesn’t have the line hooked up yet, or some other weirdness is causing conection trouble. but rest assured that we’ll hear from him soon.

I have no plans for saturday…what to do. maybe just have a rest? my forward week is looking busy, update ID, take car eof a few bills for Suzy while she’s in the pokey, birthday goodies for Derek & Kevin. I should spend some time with Danny and Ray this weekend, I really haven’t spoken to Ray since oh, maybe a month or so ago. Perhaps Saturday will be good for that.

reviews on the googly eyed scotto are mixed… I think I’ll save it for ‘surprised or hyper’ moods when I get my paid account.

Doing a contract job for food for the poor. I have mixed feelings about feeding people overseas when there are hungry folks in my city. Is it wrong to want things better locally first, and then spread out from there? Another tactic is to hit the hungriest first, and go to the less hungry, I suppose… but how does a person calulate that sort of stuff? “Well, 1000 people died here last week… only 800 in haiti died.” The economy of human life is a difficult one for me to calculate. Is it wrong to feed the hungry at all? Opposing nature? (Don’t look at me, I’m totally in favor of good works… and opposing nature. If I wasn’t all my friends with glasses would be much worse off, not to mention the my back, athsmatics, and other ‘defectives’)

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Friday!

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Hoo-hah!

No work tomorrow! Get to play Piston tomorrow!

Munching on snacks and doing detective work. yum!

Also must do laundry over the weekend. And get snacks tonight or tomorrow morning for gaming.

baby carrots & dill dip, with some iced tea, methinks.

Movie night tonight with Robbster… The watcher? Nurse Betty? unsure.

Hanging out with the borther on Sunday, funday. He got a new job at Merril Lynch, broker training. Hooray!

What’s for lunch?

Cubemate going home due to headachyness.

Happy Birthday, ERIN!!! (metalmaiden) We loves ya!

Why is JaneDeau’s Lj set for November?

New LJ $$ news sounds good to me. I’m still going to be a paid member by halloween.

Ugh! Have to get Kevin’s and Derek’s b’day presents this weekend too!

And pay phone bill

and get photo ID set up properly.

hm. that’s the randomness in my head right now.

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good day, sunshine…

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Ahhh.. back at work, and the day is off to a decent start. 🙂 got my 5 mile walk in this morning, and it felt good to get home and showered before work. Current plans for the weekend involve surfing with Dave, Cathi and my Little Brother, if the swells are good Saturday AM. Didn’t get much sleep, but had a decent evening, tonight after work I’m planning on going with Suzy’s boyfriend Bernie to visit her, bring some magazines if she can have ’em, and try and keep her calm. I’ve not been to a prison visit in a long time (about a year) so I forget if certain things are contraband or not. Suzy’s in a real bind, but hopefully that now we’ve gotten her a real lawyer instead of a public defender, the wheels will speed up a bit. *fingers crossed*

off on a tangent. I’m currently on a Walt Whitman kick, as my earlier post may have shown. I think of that time period, and probably of the vast majority of american writers, he and Twain are very high up there on my list of faves, and I find them to be rather similar in mood and style. For a english lit guy, I have a huge love of american lit. From Ben Franklin to contempo stuff like Updike I think we’ve really got some great authors. in fact, I’m updating my interests right now. be back after that, and I get my morning java.

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Well, April is gone.

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Well, April is gone. 5 hours toward Utah at this writing. A good thing for her I think, and for me too. I’m feeling some separation anxiety, which surprises me, I guess any change in habit is disconcerting. I hope I can maintain communication with her, but I’m guessing that she won’t make the effort. We’ll see, maybe she’ll write or call. I’ll keep my ‘3 shots then skip’ rule.

Having privacy again is weird. I keep expecting someone to come home, or be late or something. But I’m alone with Newt now. Oh! That Reminds me, I need to set up the Newtcam again, now that I’m not stepping on anyone’s private toes.

Where has mootpoint gone off too? I miss him. A good guy.

Suzy goes on her cruise starting next weekend. Hm. Just as well, I’d probably rebound at her with great velocity if she was around. I don’t want that.

Danny is back at School teaching again… he’s going to be quite busy.

Little Brother and I will get together, and I look forward to seeing Robby, and Dave, and Cathi, too.

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more updates…

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Argh. Took out the net servers today, no net again, and I had to work tragically late.

I got home, checked my net logs here, and found that april was online atleast until 8 tonight, but when I arrived home at about 11:30, she was gone… I’m imagining she’s spending the night with Ruth and whoever else from work. She mentioned something about that maybe happening earlier in the week. Curious, but not worried about it. I’m more concerned that she;s mixing alcohol with whatever meds she’s taking.

For supper, spaghetti and eggplant parm, and a leftover kruller from this morning.

About 1/3 into Harry potter 3, and it seems pretty good.

Official Tomorrow Doings, Everway game, make plans with Bro for Sunday.

Looking with Gnutella for new books to read… running out of stuff fast. I need something clever, and that’ll hold my interest. any ideas?

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Went to the 5th annual Jerry Garcia Birthday bash in south Florida.

5 hours of grateful dead music, hippy food, and assorted fun stuff. Had a grand time. Discovered an ex-stalker (psycho-chick) got herself pregnant, and has a baby now! Hopefully this will keep Bev out of the running for hunting ol’ Scotto down now, as she has something else to focus attention on.

Had vegan gumbo and potato salad, and penang Thai tofu for supper, some lemon cake & coffee while playing yahtzee with buddies Cathi & Dave. I enjoyed myself immensely.

I need to get ahold of Robby, H and Bri for lunch sometime next week. I’ve not seen or heard from them in a while. 12-8 tomorrow at work, then back to the 4pm to midnight shift again, once tuan returns. I’d love to keep the 12-8 shift, for just Fridays, if I could.
maybe 3 up, 2 down?

Seemed to get along very well with April today. Yay!

Little brother (6’6″, and 29 in September is little?!?) got a job at a bar on Los Olas, something Amici. Looks like he’s making about 85 a day on non-season, so that’ll take good care of him, I feel.

All in all a good day. I need to go shopping to renew food supplies.

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I roamed under it as a tired, nude Maori.

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I ended up giving in to my cravings, and scarfed down 3 veggie-dogs for supper, with a cup of total corn flakes for dessert. (no milk, just flakes…)

Today, I had a bagel & butter, a 10 oz bottle of chocolate milk, and will have 2 pseudo ham & cheese hot pockets for lunch, still soda-free, and not missing it that much.

Thanks JennyLee for linking to me! I have the Canadian Babe(tm) market swept, between Gina and you! More’s the pity that all the good gals seem to be in love with another, buckets of miles away or both. Tsk.

I’d love to host a mass LJ exodus to Disneyworld or Universal, and have my friends all come down and play in the Sunshine state… Maybe someday. It’d be great to see you folks in the skin.

I didn’t do my walkies this morning, as I was lazy, and it was raining to boot. Thunder and Lightning, very very frightning today. power flickers and skies darken, but I still work in my little cubicle, I bet Newton is going nutty. April was still at the apt when I left, so turning on Newtcam was inappropriate… Hopefully she’s playing with him and treating him nice… keeping him kitty-calm.

Last night I was really in a sourball mood when I got home, and April was weirdly manic, talking to the tv and commenting quite a bit, while I grunted, or worked on work stuff from the computer. Eventually I chilled out but was still mildly grumpish for the rest of the night… I think due to my new schedule, my sleep is making me a little duller than I might’ve been. Regardless, the funk lifted this morning.

Talked to my Little brother, and he gave me a lead on a new job off los olas in ft lauderdale… programming gig at Omni Graphics. Sounds good, and gives me an excuse to polish my resume for sportsline too… I don’t know about SPLN…. thebennies are ok, but being locked in gfor a year to get ’em might be too much of a disadvantage. $$? Have to think.

Music – Frank Sinatra, by Cake
Mood – Scattered

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Summary

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Today, I ate – bad things, mostly.

Corn Chips and salsa, tasty!
about a gallon of water, 4 slices of big Louie’s pizza, 3 iced-teas with lemon, no sugar.
1 pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream
some weird Brazilian coconut/pineapple/cookie dessert thing.
No soda! 🙂

Lots of stuff done today, went to Kmart with April to get stuff for her trip north, ended up just getting a duffel. (Well, she got it, I bought chips & salsa. ) I cam close to buying a shirt at Kmart, but realized I needed money for the next week (My ride won’t be able to drive me, so I’ll be taking a cab in to work) and so, I’m out of luck, having to spend an additional $40 tooling to work. Bah. After Kmart, I called my brother up, but he was out looking for work, I think he got a job at Border’s Bookstore, near where Ray lives, and the art theatre where I met April. Funny thing, he applied there, and probably saw Evette, Chase or Joe… who knows? I know he wants a job that’ll get him at least $400 a week, preferably more. I don’t know if he’ll get that in those places, but at least he’ll have some play money during his search. Anyhow, late in the day, I managed to hook up with him, and we went to see Me, Myself and Irene, which was funny, in a gross out way, much better in the first half. after the movie, we hit big Louie’s and talked for a long time… It’s very nice to have him around again. We’re thinking of getting together 3x a week, for a workout regimen, but not until he has his hours worked out, of course.

I really enjoyed talking with Derek. Ideally, we’ll get to be closer, and spend more time with one another, now that he lives a 15 minute drive from me, instead of an 18 hour flight.

Watching the mystery of the desert mummies on discovery, hosted by john malkovitch, and then will hit the sack.

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My Brother’s coming into town!!!

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Bro

I haven’t seen him since last Thanksgiving, and he’s finally moving back to Florida after living in Hawaii for the last 5 years. (Before thanksgiving, the last time I saw him was when he was leaving.) I just wired him some $$$ to get a few last things together to go, so he should be coming into town before the weekend is here! Yayyy! Now I really need to Boot April out of my pad, so that he can stay at my place for a little while. (Downside is that he’s allergic to my little pal Newton… Dagnabbit!) We’ll have to see where it decides to go, but it’ll be fun. As a quick descripter of my bro – My height, maybe a little taller, (6’6″) and he’s on the lean side, as he surfs daily.